Disney released its official watchlist for Avengers: Doomsday on December 18, listing a range of Marvel Cinematic Universe films and several pre‑MCU titles. The list includes X‑Men, Captain America: The First Avenger, The Avengers, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame, Loki, Shang‑Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Spider‑Man: No Way Home, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Captain America: Brave New World, Deadpool & Wolverine, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Thunderbolts, and The Fantastic Four: First Steps.

Captain America: Civil War, released in 2016, depicts the fracture of the Avengers and explains the divergent positions of Captain America and Iron Man leading up to Infinity War. Its omission means the watchlist skips a film that directly influences the team’s composition in later movies.

The Marvels, released in 2023, earned $207 million worldwide against a $374 million production budget and is regarded as the MCU’s biggest financial disappointment to date. The film’s post‑credit scene shows Monica Rambeau entering a dimension that features Kelsey Grammer’s Beast, a character slated to appear in Avengers: Doomsday. Disney has not confirmed whether the film will be included, and speculation suggests the omission may avoid spoilers or limit the number of titles on the list.

X‑Men: The Last Stand, released in 2006, introduces Beast and depicts the deaths of Cyclops and Professor X and the de‑powering of Magneto. These events conflict with the status of those characters in Doomsday, leading to speculation that the film was left off to avoid confusing viewers or to exclude a less‑favored entry.

Avengers: Doomsday is scheduled for theatrical release on December 18. Disney has not provided official reasons for the selected titles or the excluded movies.