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Marvel Cinematic Universe

Black Widow

Film · 2021 · 134 minutes · Phase Four

Natasha Romanoff is forced to confront the darker parts of her ledger when a conspiracy tied to her past as a Black Widow assassin resurfaces. On the run as a fugitive following the fallout of the Sokovia Accords, she reunites with her estranged "sister" Yelena Belova and the rest of her former surrogate family, Alexei (Red Guardian) and Melina, to take down the Red Room and its leader, General Dreykov, and his mind-controlled enforcer Taskmaster. The mission forces Natasha to reckon with the family she never chose and the trail of harm left by her Red Room training. A mid-credits scene set after Natasha's death shows Yelena, already working for Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, visiting Natasha's grave before Valentina gives her a new assignment: killing Clint Barton.

Follows on from

  • Captain America: Civil War
    side-story — Set during Natasha's fugitive period immediately following the Avengers' split over the Sokovia Accords depicted in Civil War.
  • Avengers: Endgame
    cameo-only · optional — The mid-credits scene takes place after Natasha's death in Endgame, showing Yelena mourning at her grave before being given a new assignment.

Leads to

  • Hawkeye: Season One
    side-story — Yelena Belova's mid-credits-scene mission to hunt down Clint Barton for Natasha Romanoff's death, set up in Black Widow, is the inciting thread that drives her pursuit of Clint through this season.
  • Hawkeye
    direct-sequel — Continues directly from Black Widow's post-credits scene, in which Yelena Belova is given a target profile on Clint Barton and sets out believing he murdered Natasha Romanoff.
  • Ronin — S01E05
    side-story · optional — Yelena's motive for targeting Clint, and her Blip-return flashback shown in this episode, stem directly from Valentina's post-credits recruitment of her in Black Widow.
  • Thunderbolts*
    direct-sequel — Yelena Belova, Alexei Shostakov (Red Guardian), Antonia Dreykov (Taskmaster), and Valentina de Fontaine's black-ops recruitment scheme all carry forward directly from Black Widow.