Film Phase 5 — The Multiverse War (2025–2026)

Venom: The Last Dance

Name: Venom: The Last Dance
Released: 2024-10-25
Duration: 109 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Tom Hardy, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Juno Temple, Rhys Ifans, Stephen Graham

"'Til death do they part."

Released October 25, 2024 1h 49m ★ 6.7TMDB ○ Optional to the MCU

Eddie and Venom are on the run. Hunted by both of their worlds and with the net closing in, the duo are forced into a devastating decision that will bring the curtains down on Venom and Eddie's last dance.

Watch note

Tom Hardy's final Venom film. Knull the symbiote god is the true threat. Venom dies; Eddie survives. Sony SSU finale — it opens on Earth-616, where No Way Home's spell left him, before sending him home.

Outside the MCU A Sony's Spider-Man Universe production, made outside Marvel Studios, so it belongs to a separate continuity. It's listed here because it shares characters with the MCU — whether you watch it is up to you.

Why It Matters in the MCU

The concluding chapter of the Hardy Venom trilogy brings the symbiote mythology to a close with a story that addresses the Klyntar homeworld and the cosmic hierarchy the symbiotes serve. It is the trilogy's most ambitious entry in world-building terms and its most structurally conventional in narrative terms, trading the character-work that distinguished the earlier films for mythology delivery. The film's ending resolves the Eddie Brock/Venom relationship with genuine finality, which is a harder creative achievement than most of its detractors acknowledge.

Watch These First

25 titles lead into Venom: The Last Dance — 54 hours in total. 2 of the 25 are essential.

Captain America: The First Avenger Recommended 2h 4m ★ 7.0
Captain Marvel Recommended 2h 4m ★ 6.8
Iron Man Recommended 2h 6m ★ 7.7
Iron Man 2 Recommended 2h 4m ★ 6.9
The Incredible Hulk Recommended 1h 52m ★ 6.3
Iron Man 2 (Post-Credit Scene) Recommended 0h 2m
Thor Recommended 1h 55m ★ 6.8 +2 before this
Captain America: The First Avenger (Credits) Recommended 0h 2m
Thor (Post-Credit Scene) Recommended 0h 2m
The Avengers Recommended 2h 23m ★ 8.1 +2 before this
Iron Man 3 Recommended 2h 10m ★ 6.9
Thor: The Dark World Recommended 1h 52m ★ 6.5
Captain America: The Winter Soldier Recommended 2h 16m ★ 7.7 +3 before this
Guardians of the Galaxy Recommended 2h 1m ★ 7.9
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Recommended 2h 16m ★ 7.6
Avengers: Age of Ultron Recommended 2h 21m ★ 7.3
Captain America: Civil War Recommended 2h 27m ★ 7.5 +1 before this
Eyes of Wakanda (Season 1) Recommended 2h ★ 6.2
Black Panther Recommended 2h 14m ★ 7.4
Spider-Man: Homecoming Recommended 2h 13m ★ 7.3
Doctor Strange Recommended 1h 55m ★ 7.4
Thor: Ragnarok Recommended 2h 10m ★ 7.6 +2 before this
Venom Essential 1h 52m ★ 6.8
Avengers: Infinity War Recommended 2h 29m ★ 8.2 +5 before this
Captain Marvel (Post-Credits Scene) Recommended 0h 2m
Avengers: Endgame Recommended 3h 2m ★ 8.2 +10 before this
Peter's To-Do List Recommended 0h 4m ★ 7.0
Spider-Man: Far From Home Recommended 2h 9m ★ 7.4 +1 before this
Venom: Let There Be Carnage Essential 1h 37m ★ 6.7
Spider-Man: No Way Home Recommended 2h 28m ★ 7.9 +14 before this

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Where It Fits in the MCU

Venom: The Last Dance sits at position 137 of 158 in the MCU's story-chronological order, placing it within the Phase 5 — The Multiverse War (2025–2026) era. It is rated Optional — can be skipped without losing the main thread. Watching in story-chronological order provides the most coherent character development experience — individual arcs build naturally toward the franchise's major crossover events, with each film's post-credits scenes carrying forward into what follows.