The Hulk

Two 1977 films, five years of television and three reunion films that are one story, and eleven other things that are not.

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Where to start with The Hulk

Most of this page is unconnected, but one part of it is a proper five-film, five-season story told in order, and it is the reason anyone over forty knows the character. Start there. Everything after step six is separate and can be watched in any order or not at all.

  1. 1
    The Incredible Hulk (1977) The Incredible Hulk

    The pilot film. It sets up the whole thing: the accident, the reporter who chases him, and the rule that he changes when he is angry. Nothing precedes it.

  2. 2
    The Return of the Incredible Hulk (1977) The Return of the Incredible Hulk

    The second film, four months before the series started. Sometimes sold as Death in the Family, which is the same thing under another name.

  3. 3
    The Incredible Hulk (1978) The Incredible Hulk

    Five seasons. It is episodic, so you can dip in anywhere, but the first season explains the shape of it and the last season ends abruptly because CBS cancelled it mid-run.

  4. 4
    The Incredible Hulk Returns (1988) The Incredible Hulk Returns

    Seven years after the series stopped. Watch it for Thor, who is in it because the film was built to spin him off into his own series.

  5. 5
    The Trial of the Incredible Hulk (1989) The Trial of the Incredible Hulk

    The same idea again with Daredevil, and it is the better of the two. Stan Lee is the jury foreman.

  6. 6
    The Death of the Incredible Hulk (1990) The Death of the Incredible Hulk

    The end of that story, and it means it. A fourth film was written to undo it and was never made.

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    Hulk (2003) Hulk

    A clean break. If you only want the films, start here instead of at step one.

  8. 8
    The Incredible Hulk (2008) The Incredible Hulk

    Not a sequel to 2003. A fresh start, and the beginning of this character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which the MCU page covers in full.

  9. 9
    Planet Hulk (2010) Planet Hulk

    If you want one animated film, make it this one. It is the story the 2017 Thor film borrowed from.

Then what? The three cartoons are self-contained and none of them needs another. Hulk Vs. is two short films in one package and is the one animated title people recommend after Planet Hulk. Heroes United and Where Monsters Dwell are for completists. She-Hulk sits on the MCU page and is listed here because she first appeared on screen in the 1996 cartoon, not in 2022.

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The Bill Bixby Run

  • The Incredible Hulk 1977
  • The Return of the Incredible Hulk 1977
  • The Incredible Hulk 1978, 5 seasons, 80 episodes
  • The Incredible Hulk Returns 1988
  • The Trial of the Incredible Hulk 1989
  • The Death of the Incredible Hulk 1990

The Cartoons

  • The Incredible Hulk 1982, 1 season, 13 episodes
  • The Incredible Hulk 1996, 2 seasons, 21 episodes
  • Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. 2013, 2 seasons, 52 episodes

The Features

  • Hulk 2003
  • The Incredible Hulk 2008
  • She-Hulk: Attorney at Law 2022, 1 season, 9 episodes

Straight to Video

  • Hulk Vs. 2009
  • Planet Hulk 2010
  • Iron Man & Hulk: Heroes United 2013
  • Hulk: Where Monsters Dwell 2016

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