My MCU Watch Order - Phase 1
I recently started a complete MCU rewatch. It's not release order, nor is it purely chronological--I'm trying to build an optimal watch order that flows nicely. That being said, it's also relevant to me and how/what I'd like to watch. This is not an order I would recommend for first time viewers--I did try to tag relevant spoilers in my explanations below.
Captain America: The First Avenger - up through Valkyrie fight
extra: Agents of SHIELD 2.01 Shadows opening teaser scene - Shows >!Peggy and some of the Howling Commandos after Steve goes down,!< but before the events of Agent Carter
Agent Carter one-shot
Agent Carter seasons 1-2
extra: Agents of SHIELD 7.04 Out of the Past - This makes zero sense here and spoils tons of other things to come, I do not recommend this if it's your first time through the MCU, or if you don't like the Marvel Television stuff. But I personally felt it was fun to see >!Sousa again and see a resolution to his time with SSR/SHIELD after Agent Carter was so rudely cancelled. !<
Captain Marvel - (skip mid-credit scene until after Infinity War)
Iron Man
Iron Man 2 - (post credit scene cut-down from Thor can be skipped)
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer - one-shot
Thor
extra: deleted Arctic scene from Incredible Hulk - Doesn't make much sense if you've not seen IH before; >!was obviously inspiration for dialogue in Avengers.!<
Incredible Hulk - skip pre-credits scene, see OS below.
The Consultant - one-shot
Captain America: The First Avenger - remainder of the film (post credit scene cut-down from Avengers can be skipped)
The Avengers
Item 47 - one-shot
I loved Marvel Television and AoS was a big part of my fandom, so I'm happy to pepper little bits of that in my watch order, and I don't expect anyone else to feel the same way.
This was a lot of fun watching, and I'll probably post what order I settle on for the other phases as I work through them. I almost put a couple of What If? episodes in here too, but ended up not doing so.