Phase 1: Assembling the Avengers4 May 2012Movie143 min

The Avengers

When an unexpected enemy emerges and threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins!

Why This One Matters

The payoff for Phase 1, and the film that proved the whole shared-universe idea worked.

⚠MID- AND POST-CREDITS SCENES

Two scenes. The second introduces the villain of the entire Infinity Saga — and the first is just the team eating shawarma.