In your honest opinion, which Marvel Cinematic Universe film do you think is the best and worst that you've ever seen?
Phase One:
1. Iron Man (2008; Paramount Pictures/Marvel Studios)
2. The Incredible Hulk (2008; Universal Pictures/Marvel Studios)
3. Iron Man 2 (2010; Paramount Pictures/Marvel Studios)
4. Thor (2011; Paramount Pictures/Marvel Studios)
5. Captain America: The First Avenger (2012; Paramount Pictures/Marvel Studios)
6. The Avengers (2012; Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures))
Phase Two:
7. Iron Man 3 (2013; Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures))
8. Thor: The Dark World (2013; Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures))
9. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014; Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures))
10. Guardians of the Galaxy (2014; Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures))
11. Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015; Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures))
12. Ant-Man (2015; Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures))
Phase Three:
13. Captain America: Civil War (2016; Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures))
14. Doctor Strange (2016; Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures))
15. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017; Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures))
16. Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017; Sony Pictures Releasing/Marvel Studios)
17. Thor: Ragnarok (2017; Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures))
18. Black Panther (2018; Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures))
19. Avengers: Infinity War (2018; Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures))
20. Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018; Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures))
21. Captain Marvel (2019; Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures))
22. Avengers: Endgame (2019; Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures))
23. Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019; Sony Pictures Releasing/Marvel Studios)
Phase Four:
24. Black Widow (2021; Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures))
25. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021; Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures))
26. Eternals (2021; Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures))
27. Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021; Sony Pictures Releasing/Marvel Studios)
28. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022; Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures))
29. Thor: Love and Thunder (2022; Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures))
30. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022; Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures))
Phase Five:
31. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023; Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures))
32. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023; Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures))
33. The Marvels (2023; Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures))
34. Deadpool & Wolverine (2024; Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures))
35. Captain America: Brave New World (2025; Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures))
36. Thunderbolts* (2025; Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures))
Phase Six:
37. The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025; Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures))
1. Iron Man (2008; Paramount Pictures/Marvel Studios)
2. The Incredible Hulk (2008; Universal Pictures/Marvel Studios)
3. Iron Man 2 (2010; Paramount Pictures/Marvel Studios)
4. Thor (2011; Paramount Pictures/Marvel Studios)
5. Captain America: The First Avenger (2012; Paramount Pictures/Marvel Studios)
6. The Avengers (2012; Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures))
Phase Two:
7. Iron Man 3 (2013; Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures))
8. Thor: The Dark World (2013; Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures))
9. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014; Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures))
10. Guardians of the Galaxy (2014; Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures))
11. Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015; Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures))
12. Ant-Man (2015; Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures))
Phase Three:
13. Captain America: Civil War (2016; Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures))
14. Doctor Strange (2016; Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures))
15. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017; Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures))
16. Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017; Sony Pictures Releasing/Marvel Studios)
17. Thor: Ragnarok (2017; Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures))
18. Black Panther (2018; Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures))
19. Avengers: Infinity War (2018; Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures))
20. Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018; Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures))
21. Captain Marvel (2019; Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures))
22. Avengers: Endgame (2019; Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures))
23. Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019; Sony Pictures Releasing/Marvel Studios)
Phase Four:
24. Black Widow (2021; Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures))
25. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021; Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures))
26. Eternals (2021; Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures))
27. Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021; Sony Pictures Releasing/Marvel Studios)
28. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022; Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures))
29. Thor: Love and Thunder (2022; Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures))
30. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022; Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures))
Phase Five:
31. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023; Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures))
32. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023; Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures))
33. The Marvels (2023; Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures))
34. Deadpool & Wolverine (2024; Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures))
35. Captain America: Brave New World (2025; Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures))
36. Thunderbolts* (2025; Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures))
Phase Six:
37. The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025; Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures))
Commentaires
Worst: Thor love and thunder
I vote Quantumania too. It's actually offensive how room temperature the film is.
The only movie that I *literally* walked out of the theatre without finishing.
Finishing it at home a year later, it didnt improve given time to breathe.
The Marvels and Ant Man 3 tied worst
The Marvels had a completely forgettable villain who, let’s be honest, was played by someone whose acting just wasn’t up to the mark. The only genuinely redeeming part of that movie was Kamala Khan.
Worst: antman 3, I think I actually fell asleep in it first time. I forced myself to watch it properly and it took a lot of strength.
*Avengers: Infinity War* is my favorite MCU movie. It must be said that what it has achieved will probably never be equaled within the MCU (or outside it). I even rank it above *Endgame*.
*Spider-Man: No Way Home* is my second favorite MCU movie. The Spider-Man movies are all very good, but this one strikes a chord.
I also really enjoyed the first *Avengers* and *Ant-Man* movies.
On the other hand, although I particularly hated *The Marvels* and detested *Black Widow*, the films I like least in the MCU are the *Thor* films (with the obvious exception of *Ragnarok*). *Love & Thunder* is the film I like the least in the Multiverse saga, but I hate the first two Thor films even more, although I'm unable to choose between them as I don't have enough specific memories of them.
Worst: Quantumania
That said, Thor 2 is still the worst in my book.
Edit: it's definitely not for Marvel fans and a shame for Thor fans. I don't know what they were thinking.
Thor 2 is a decent watch and I would gladly see it again.
Thor 4 felt like it actively tried to piss me off as much as possible.
Thor Love and Thunder
Worst: Thor: L&T
Worst: Thor love and thunder or
Worst: Quantumania
Worst: easily Thor Ragnarok
I know that’s an insane take to most people but this is easily the most tone deaf movie the MCU has ever made. Yes it’s freaking hilarious the funniest movie in the MCU by far. But when you turn the destruction of Asgard which should be one of the most emotional sad moments in the MCU into a “lmao I can’t beat you but he can” joke with rubbing it in with a “we can probably rebuild, oh nevermind they’re all dead our home is gone ha ha” thats so hilariously god awful that i can’t stand it. I really dislike She Hulk and Secret Invasion but I’ll take that over this because they at least take the meaningful stuff to those characters seriously.
Im amazed that even though Love and Thunder was god awful and a mess it’s a massive improvement over this. At least this cared about its cancer storyline. It still wasnt good, but they tried, and didn’t make it into a tone deaf joke
You said it perfectly: yes, it's a funny movie, but yeah, tone deaf sums it up.
I don't know if I would put Thor Ragnarok dead last, but it's certainly not that good.
The worst: I actually don’t consider any Marvel movie necessarily bad, as I can enjoy a lot of things about even the underwhelming ones. Personally, Love and Thunder is most likely the worst. However, my least favorite is Captain Marvel, I honestly couldn’t get into it.
Also love how creative the final battle was
Worst: Thor Love and Thunder
Worst: love and thunder
Worst: Captain America: Brave New World
Quantumania had Kang's "win" line.
Dark world had Loki in the prison looking like a mess. And someone, I don't remember saying "trust my rage."
The marvels had kamala Kahn being a happy ball of sunshine.
Eternals had Makkari's really cool special effects.
I could go on, but I'm going to cut this short.
Brave new world felt like a nothing burger.
And I love all of the actors who worked on BNW. I feel like somewhere higher up in the food chain at marvel, the identity of the movie got lost by the time the writers put pen to paper.
1. 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier'
2. 'Gaurdians of the Galaxy'
3. 'Ironman'
4. 'Gaurdians of the Galaxy Vol. 2'
5. ='Avengers: Infinity War'/'Avengers: Endgame'
Worst: hard to name one, there's a few that i dislike as much as eachother...
Phase 2. - 9 and 11
Phase 3. - 13, 14, 19 and 17
Phase 4. - 24 and 28
Phase 5. - 32 and 36
Worst by far I think Captain Marvel
Worst: Thor love and thunder
Worst 3 - The Marvels, GotG 3 & Thor Love and Thunder
Worst: Black Widow
Worst: Love and Thunder, Dark World, and Incredible Hulk, I tried to find a 4th film that I hated and I couldn't. Even Iron Man 1 a film that I don't like as much as most people is like a C+ for me lol.
My Least Favorite: Spider-Man Homecoming( Yeah ik i just took a dump in your Kool-Aid with this one but i really don’t like this movie sorry)
Incredible hulk - worst
Worst: Black Widow
Worst : Love & Thunder
Worst: Love and Thunder
Worst - Eternals (I didn’t even finish it.)
Worst: Black Panther 2
Brave New World
Worst: Brave New World / Norton's Hulk / Thor Dark World
Worst (this is really hard): Either Thor L & T or Black Widow
Worst - Marvels
Worst: Quantumania
Worst: Black Panther 2 (by quite a margin)
Worst: Tie for Strange 2, Thor Love and Thunder, Quantumania and Wakanda forever. Hate them equally for different reasons
Worst, Love and Thunder
Or more like, most enjoyed: Iron Man
Least enjoyed: Love and Thunder
Worst: Antman: Quantumania
Worst: Quantumania. Just for M.O.D.O.K. alone
Worst: Ant-Man: Quantumania (would be Iron Man 3 in every almost major aspect except Robert Downey Jr keeps it from being dead last)
Worst: Quantumania or Thor 4.
Worst: Eternals
Worst was Eternals and ANT MAN 3
Worst - Thor 2 and The Marvel's. It genuinely pains me to say it about The Marvel's, because I like the main characters. But the writing, pacing, just WTF am I watching? It was a movie in a hurry to be over, when a movie with 3 main characters should be *longer*, not shorter.
Best: Age of Ultron
Worst: Thor 2
Black Panther Wakanda Forever
Worst: Spider-man No Way Home
Favorite: Avengers Infinity War
Worst: Ant-Man Quantumania
Least favorite: Dr. Strange Multiverse of Madness
Worst: Thor: The Dark World
Best is Winter Soldier
Worst: Love and Thunder
Worst? Dark World/Brave New World
Worst: either Captain America brave new world or Quantumania.
Worst: The Eternals
Worst: Iron Man 2 (nearly a tie with Thor 2, Thor Love and Thunder, Quantumania, and Age of Ultron)
Worst: The Incredible Hulk
Worst: Ant Man Quantumania
Worst: Thor 2 or Quantumania
Worst: Dark World
Worst - Iron Man 3
Worst: Thor Love and Thunder was absolute torture to watch.
Worst for me is Eternals. I’ve tried a few times, I just can’t get behind enough of them to care.
Favorite: Spider-Man: No Way Home. Three Spider-Men for the price of one? Sold!
Least favorite: Ant-Man Quantumania. Admittedly, that's only because it has M.O.D.O.K. in it, my least favorite fictional character ever. I'm not a Kang fan, either.
Worst: Thor: Love and Thunder
Worst - Either L&T, Eternals or Marvels
Worst - Eternals
Worst: Brave New World
Neither are close.
Worst: Shang-Chi or the Marvels.
Worst: Quantumania
Worst is Iron Man 3 (Still a very fun movie though) or the Hulk movie with Norton (not a fan of him as Banner. Movie is still solid though).
best: shang-chi
most overrated / overhyped: fantastic four
Worst: toss-up between The Incredible Hulk and Thor Love & Thunder
Worst- Ant Man 3, so bad I couldn’t finish it and it killed my interest in the mcu for a few years
Worst: Quantumania, without a doubt
Worst: Thor The Dark World
Worst: The Marvels
But man, do I have my favorites… GOTG, GOTG vol 3, all four Avengers movies, Ant Man, Black Widow, Ragnarok, both Dr Strange movies, Steve Rogers trilogy, Thunderbolts… these are the movies I’ve returned to over and over again.
Worst: Thor The Dark World
Worst: the Marvels, Ant Man and the Wasp Quantumania and Thor Love and Thunder, can’t decide the worst because they are all trash
Favorite: Avengers: Endgame
Worst: The Marvels
Least Favorite: Ant-Man: Quantumania
**Guardians 2**. I love the mix of light-hearted & heart-felt as well as being the film that gave ao much depth to Nebula and Yondu, making them 2 of my top favs. They had more development & depth in just one film that some characters haven't gotten in multiple.
**Worst**
**Multiverse of Madness.** I rant on this film a lot.
Short answer is, it felt more like a sequel to Wandavision than anything to do Doctor Strange & his lore and characters. It was Wandavision 2, starring Wanda & America, featuring Dr. Strange & Christine.
Longer Answer
Any reviews, threads, and reaction vids tend to leave this movie talking about Wanda. Some think she was character assassinated & done no justice. Others feel she served and was the best part of the film. But for better or worse, SHE is the character folks leave this film discussing & remembering. Not Strange- beyond memes about him being lonely & "bitchless in every universe." Because that is what you wanna remember a titular character for....../s 🙄 As well as him getting punked out by Wanda effortlessly when he wasn't running away from her. It was clear what character the filmmakers had an obvious bias for, and it wasn't the titular character whom they gave absolutely nothing to in this film.
Clea, Mordo, Donna, and Nightmare all got scrapped in favor of Wanda, her kids, Chavez, and Christine being brought back to give Strange a personal story that can piggyback off What If so they don't have to write new material for him that takes away from Wanda's story.
For as bad as L&T is, and as much of a clown as Thor became, he still gets to look strong & heroic despite the bumps in his characterization. Meanwhile Strange whole thing nowadays seems to be that he's a miserable POS and an incompetent menace in every universe. And if they follow Hickman's run for Secret Wars, his character is not going to get better.
No Way Home was not the best for Strange. But Multiverse of Madness (imo) is the film that truly ruined his character and was a complete waste of time as a DS film since it touched on none of the bigger & important aspects of his lore and has left tons of things untouched that will either never be resolved, or will get rushed to Hell and finished off in an unsatisfying manner in DS3 in 2028 - such as Mordo's entire character arc, Clea's character development, family history, & relationship to Strange (assuming they even have a relationship), Strange's past & why he is how he is, and not getting to see Nightmare, one of the OG Strange villains that many DS fans wanted & still want to see.
Worst: Love and Thunder
Honourable mention: Iron Man. A true classic that kick started the MCU, set the visual tone, and turned RDJ into the cultural icon he is today. Perfect match of actor and role.
Worst: Doctor Strange In The Multiverse of Madness. Butchered characters, dumb script, Raimi given way too much leeway, ropey CGI. So bad I haven’t watched it since, and I’ve seen *every* subsequent film at least thee times. Ignored Wanda’s character development in WandaVision.
Dishonourable Mention: Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3. Didn’t like it. The Rocket storyline was nice and emotional and all that, but it’s diminished by the rest of the film. Gunn, like Raimi with MoM, was allowed way too much leeway. Overlong, self indulgent, and the sequences on the planet with all the US suburban homes felt really cheap, like I was watching a mid-2000s show on The CW or something. The whole film made me care less about the characters as a whole.
Both of those two hurt more than other maybe more commonly mentioned films because they are sequels to films (Doctor Strange and GotG1) that I’d place in my top ten, or even top five, films of all time (ie not just MCU).
However, best and worst movies as compared to my expectations for them? Winter Soldier and Guardians 3. Winter Soldier was SUCH a good movie. The Russo’s knocked it out of the park, and it’s probably one of my top 3 MCU picks anyways. I know it’s a hot take, but Guardians 3 was a huge letdown for me. Coming after both the amazing first two Guardians entries and Avengers 3&4, I had huge expectations and was just SO let down, so I feel like it was the worst experience for me.
Worst- Quantumania
Worst: Captain America: Brave New World. I was so excited for Mackie as Cap and Ford as Red Hulk. Even more excited for Tim Blake Nelson to make his long awaited return as Leader. But man, that movie fell so flat. It was such a disappointment.
Personal fave: Guardians 1. Just a super fun ride from start to finish.
Worst = Captain America: Brave New World (That third act was so embarassing)
Worst: Spider Man far from home. The villain was so petty even the plot felt sorry for him and let his plan slip through its many holes
Worst: Quantumania. It's just so bad. Ignores what works about the first 2 flicks.....
Worst - Thor: Love & Thunder
Worst: Spidey 3
worst steve rogers
Worst: Thor Love and Thunder
Worst of the worst is secret invasion though. What a waste
Worst was Thor: The Dark World
Best: Iron Man 3, Thor The Dark World, Avengers, Loki, Spiderman trilogy, Thunderbolts
Worst: Thor Ragnarok, Guardians of the Galaxy, Incredible Hulk, Brave New World
Worst - quantumania
Worst: Ant-Man Quantumania.
*I don't even know why they made that movie.*
Best (from a technical standpoint): Winter Soldier
Worst: Quantumania
Worst: ~~Thor 2~~ Eternals
EDIT: I forgot Eternals existed