The Thor Cinematic Filmography
Four theatrical Thor movies exist in the MCU so far. I counted them once because someone asked me at a bar and I had to pull it out of my head without looking anything up. Here is the full list in order. Thor (2011), directed by Kenneth Branagh. This is the one that starts with Chris Hemsworth still learning what he was supposed to be doing with this character. It plays like a Shakespearean fantasy more than a superhero origin story, which is probably why it holds together better than most people remember. Thor: The Dark World (2013), directed by Alan Taylor. Christopher Eccleston as Malekith. The Dark Elf plot is thin, but the movie gets away with it because the tone shifts toward something lighter and more self-aware halfway through.
Thor: Ragnarok (2017), directed by Taika Waititi. This is the one that saved the franchise from becoming generic. Waititi stripped out the mythological weight and replaced it with actual comedy. Hela works because Cate Blanchett committed fully to the bit, and the Hulk vs Thor dynamic is genuinely funny without feeling forced. Thor: Love and Thunder (2022), directed by Taika Waititi. Christian Bale as Gorr the God Butcher. The first half has real emotional backbone. The second half forgets what it was doing and turns into a sketch comedy routine about Thor refusing to grow up. It is not terrible, but it is inconsistent in a way that makes the whole thing feel shorter than it is. That is four films. If you include the Disney+ streaming series Thor: Love and Thunder did not have a season two. There is a Thor: Love and Thunder comic being adapted but that is a different medium entirely and does not count toward the movie total.
I got asked this exact question while waiting for a flight last year and realized most people conflate the broader Marvel ensemble films with standalone Thor entries. Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame both feature Thor significantly but those are ensemble pictures, not Thor movies. If you count them you get six, but that is incorrect counting. People do it anyway, which is why this question comes up so often on forums. There is also the matter of the Marvel One-Shots. The short film The Consultant features a brief post-credits appearance by Tom Hiddleston as Loki, not Thor. Item 47 features no Thor. So none of the one-shots actually count toward a Thor movie tally, even though casual fans sometimes bring them up when the conversation goes sideways. The fifth Thor film has been publicly discussed by Kevin Feige but no production date has been locked. Rumors point to 2027 or later, but I would not treat any of those leaks as factual until Marvel Studios posts an official slate announcement. Until then the answer remains four.
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If you are trying to watch them in release order, start with the first Thor and work forward. Ragnarok is where the character becomes interesting again, and Love and Thunder is where it falls apart slightly. The chronological order within the MCU timeline is messier because Ragnarok's events overlap with Captain America: Civil War and Infinity War, but that does not change the movie count.
