20. The Incredible Hulk:
Starting us off at number 20 is the second entry to the M.C.U, that being the second attempt to make a solo Hulk movie, the Incredible Hulk. This has always been the least out of all the M.C.U movies for me and it will probably always be that way. While definetly not a bad movie at all and it has really great performances by everyone, especially Edward Norton who gives a really great performance as Bruce Banner, the movie itself is just very dull and bland. It doesn't have much Hulk in it and the direction's not really anything that extraordinary. It's just a very okay movie with great performances, but a very slow narrative. I'm happy I saw it and it's not bad, but it isn't really that fulfilling as a Hulk movie.19. Thor: The Dark World:
When rewatching the M.C.U films I managed to especially pick-up more on the Thor films because I hadn't seen the first two films in quite a long time. And while still find them to be pretty enjoyable with some creative elements in them, they're still not really anything special and I find the majority of them to be kinda boring. The second one in particular because it's not all that funny and not all that investing. Chris Hemsworth and Anthony Hopskins are definetly fantastic in it and I would say Loki is easily the most enjoyable part and that's because Tom Hiddleston is so much fun to watch as the character and so seeing that here was amazing. The rest however isn't very engaging and I find it to be, enjoyable, but the rest isn't anything special with probably the weakest M.C.U movie villain yet.
18. Thor:
Speaking of which, here's the first movie in the Thor trilogy and the movie that helped make the M.C.U a whole lot bigger. While this was definetly an impressive movie when it came out considering it helped expand the Marvel universe, it doesn't really hold up years later. It's nice to see that this didn't entirely follow the typical Fish Out Of Water story and it did sorta spice it up a little, but it didn't really help it because it's still not that special a movie. It's mostly fun, especially anything to do with Loki, but it is also kinda boring in some cases. A lot of that could be because I haven't watched either of the first two Thor movies in a long while, so watching them again after seeing Thor: Ragnarok, which was more of a comedic take on Thor while the first two were serious was almost impossible and kinda made them feel a little worse. Still though, this movie is enjoyable with amazing visuals, a really good cast and a likeable lead. I'm really impressed they were able to do this kind of movie this well back then, even if I feel it doesn't all hold up.
17. Iron Man 2:
Now we're getting into the Iron Man movies. I know after the first movie, the quality in these really does go down, but that's doesn't entirely mean they're bad. I still find the second movie to be underrated a small bit. I still love the cast, the visuals and I think the end climax is really cool. Sure the story's pretty inconsistent and it doesn't go anywhere with a pretty lacklustre villain with Whiplash, but I still find it decently enjoyable for most of it, even if it is also pretty boring and drag on a bit too long with scenes. I still love characters like Fury and Coulson in this and seeing Black Widow introduced was another great way to get this universe expanded in a way.
16. Iron Man 3:
The last of the Iron Man trilogy was easily an improvement over the second movie, but it still had a fair amount of problems. While Robert Downey Jr. once again stole the show as the genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist, Tony Stark, there was a major hype surrounding this movie considering it was marketing Iron Man taking on his greatest enemy with the Mandarin. Personally, I'm not super deep into Iron Man comics so I'm not that familiar with the Mandarin character, but I know enough to know he's Iron Man's best villain and seeing him portrayed in the movies as he is in the comics would have been amazing. But instead we're given an actor pretending to be a terrorist with Alrich Killian being the villain and a really pathetic one with a really bad motivation, which is just weird fir an M.C.U movie. Still though, all the acting amazing, same with the visuals and I love the climax at the dockyard with the Iron Man suits.
15. Avengers: Age Of Ultron:
I know, probably a shocker for most of ya. But, like I said, I rewatched all the M.C.U movies before Infinity War and so when I did, I noticed more in this movie and I got more of an opinion on it and I think of it the same way as I do the first two Thor movies, it's good, but's also kinda boring in cases and isn't all that fulfilling. It is something that's enjoyable and a good follow-up to the first Avengers. It was great to see the original heroes back again saying hilarious lines and seeing new characters like Quicksilver, Scarlet With and Vision was also great with Marvel introducing new characters to the M.C.U.
14. Ant-Man:
For 2015, I feel like the better movie is Ant-Man. Paul Rudd was introduced in that movie as Scott Lang along with this fantastic cast. While the movie is probably leaning more towards the lower part of Marvel, that doesn't mean it's bad, it still a lot of fun and I really like it. It may not be anything that special, but I like how it's a more grounded story for the M.C.U after Age Of Ultron. It's also creative in ways of the action because it takes advantage of the idea of shrinking and growing stuff. which is cool to see. Paul Rudd himself is also super likeable in this role and Luis is a humongous highlight and easily one of the funniest M.C.U characters ever. It may have a pretty disappointing villain, but that's overshadowed by the action, story and imaginative things in it even if it was wrapped up in production problems. In fact, that's something I like, even though it was in production problems, they still managed to make a fun movie nonetheless that's easy to just watch and enjoy.
13. Ant And The Wasp:
At number 13 is the most recent M.C.U film, Ant-Man And The Wasp. I personally found this film to be more fun than the first film along with being more enjoyable and creative. I wouldn't say it's entirely creative because there were some things in it that I found to be problems. But I was still having a good time with it throughout the whole runtime and was in huge shock during the end credits. If you haven't seen it yet, I won't spoil it for you. And, yeah, overall, I think it's good, fun time that I really liked.
12. Captain America: The First Avenger:
The first from the Captain America movies is his first outing. For me personally, I found it kinda weird, and a little hilarious, that Chris Evans was actually signed onto this when I first head of it because I had already seen him previously in the 2005 Fantastic Four movie and Rise Of The Silver Surfer, but he's perfect as this character. One of the best comic book casting choices ever in my opinion. He totally owns this role and I love him in this. This was also impressive because the early parts of Captain America were relatively silly and all that, but because it was well written, directed and especially well acted by everyone, this movie turned out to be a fun adventure movie with a great supporting cast and a really sad ending. Not the most saddest M.C.U movie ending, but still.
11. Doctor Strange:
2016's Doctor Strange was definetly an interesting movie for the M.C.U. For one thing, it was introducing new elements to the universe and it had a fantastic main actor playing a really cool hero with Benedict Cumberbatch as Stephen Strange. The fact that Marvel was able to introduce a weird character like Dr. Strange into the M.C.U and make it work is just amazing. The visuals were especially a highlight with really creative stuff here. I really must give a lot of credit to Scott Derrickson for being able to come up with a lot of this. But the movie's also well directed in other ways along with being well written and all that. Sure, the pacing's kinda weird, like at the start when it feels kinda clunky and the training, but besides that, and a couple other things, this is still a really enjoyable movie that I really have fun with and I'm interested to know what's gonna happen in the sequel.
10. Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2:
The first appearance from a movie that came out last year is Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2. For myself personally, this is a movie that's changed a lot ever since I first saw it and even since I've seen it before when I first got it on DVD. I still really like it, but when I saw it originally, I was sorta being torn because I wasn't sure which I liked better. Either this or the first Guardians movie. But, again, after rewatching the M.C.U movies, I noticed new things about them and for this one, I sorta began to understand what some people were saying when they were saying they thought the more emotional parts of the movie were kinda weird. And, yeah, I still like them and they provide good character depth and development and fleshing out of these characters, but I thought it was getting a little too old with them doing over and over. Still though, at least visually, this is easily one of the best in the M.C.U and has so many imaginative things in it. I still love the cast and I though Ego was an awesome and charismatic villain who was very entertaining.
9. Thor: Ragnarok:
Last year's biggest gamble from Marvel was Taika Watiti's take on a fresh, new version for Thor with them removing so many things from the M.C.U to make one the most fun M.C.U movies ever. While it may be incredibly comedic with what it's doing, it's also amazing to look at and great to see all these great shots with great to look at colours. Hela is also a great villain in my opinion and I love all the cast. Everyone here is fantastic. Chris Hemsworth was totally killing it with Thor here with this being his best performance at the time. I also loved his dynamic with Hulk and I love how they played off each other. The end climax is also a lot of fun with Thor fighting Hela and the whole bridge fight. It's, overall, a super fun and enjoyable movie that I'm sure anyone would enjoy.
8. Captain America: Civil War:
Yeah, I bet this really surprises a lot of you. This was probably gonna be in like the top 5 a while back, but now after seeing it again, I realised new things about. I still really love the movie and I love what they did to make it feel incredibly fresh, and I still think it has some of the best action ever, but when I see the first half of the movie, while it's definetly interesting with it being amazingly balanced with characters and I love seeing the different opinions by the characters, I think can drag a little too much. I still have fun with it, but when I really look back on it, I think I mainly love it because it introduced characters like Spider-Man and Black Panther into this universe, and they're amazing here. The rest is still good and the cast and action are all perfect and the story's fantastically told, but I still just want to see the action and cast. Still though, it's a fantastic movie with interesting ideas and I love seeing the opposing character ideas. And I love how you understand everyone's motivation and you understand where they're coming from. That's another reason why I love the movie and Zemo is a really cool villain in my opinion.
7. Iron Man:
The one that started it all, Iron Man remains, maybe, one of the best origin story comic book movies ever made. Robert Downey Jr. may have been having a hard time before this was made, but this totally saved him with him being the perfect casting choice for any comic book character ever in my opinion. The directing by Jon Favreau is fantastic and I love how the story is told and paced. It was also really amazing when this movie came out. Iron Man was still kind of an unknown Marvel character before this, but this helped make him one of the most popular superheroes ever. The same can be said about a lot of the M.C.U heroes too. But this is also a really well told and well paced movie that I love to watch because of how much fun it is. The rest of the cast also helps steal the movie.
6. Black Panther:
Another movie from this year is Chadwick Boseman's solo movie as the king of Wakanda, Black Panther. Going in, I was very curious because I wanted to see how Ryan Coogler, who I hadn't seen before, direct a movie because I had heard how amazing a director he was. And what he gave us was one of the most interesting and most entertaining M.C.U movies out there. It has maybe my favourite M.C.U villain ever with Michael B. Jordan as Killmonger and it has so many other amazing details about it that makes it that much more special. This is also the best assembled cast for any M.C.U movie. They got the best talents out there for this and it really paid off with it being incredibly interesting and fun to watch. But I also love the progression of the story and how well you can get behind it and follow it so well. I loved, as well, the fact that it was a live action movie of Black Panther, who's a character I've always really liked and they totally pulled it off.
5. Captain America: The Winter Soldier:
Nowadays whenever I think of the best Captain America movie, while I may have said before that it was Civil War, after watching all of these movies again, Winter Solider just seems to be the better movie in my opinion. It's got a super interesting and creative and amazingly told story, the characters are well and naturally structured in terms of how they're presented and it's got one of the biggest twists in the entire M.C.U. Actually, two of them. It's also one of the best paced comic book movies I've ever seen and the action is also almost perfect. A few time it may have looked a little too close up and too fast in terms of the camera, but it's still amazing with fantastic choreography. And all the performances, whether they be from previous movies or being introduced into this one, all do amazing. I just really love this movie and think it's the best portrayal of Captain America in his solo movies.
4. Guardians Of The Galaxy:
2014's Guardians Of The Galaxy, I'm sure was a surprise to everyone when it was released. It was based on comic book characters no one really knew about and it was a huge budget sci-fi movie. But James Gunn was able to take all of that and make a super fun movie with these characters that have now become almost as famous as the regular Avengers. It's also got incredible visuals, one of the most likeable cast in any comic book movie and it's so funny. I wouldn't say it's the funniest comic book movie ever, but it's still hilarious. The music is also fantastic and a very unique soundtrack for the M.C.U. The movie on the whole is very entertaining and I love it. It's got an amazing script and you're never bored once while watching it.
3. Spider-Man: Homecoming:
Was there any doubt when it came to Homecoming? Not only do I think it 's the best solo Marvel movie ever made with Marvel's greatest superhero, but it's also one of the most fun comic book movies I've ever seen. Serving as the first solo movie featuring the web-swinging and wall-crawling hero in the M.C.U, Homecoming provided everything you could ever want from a Spider-Man movie and is easily the best Spider-Man movie I've ever seen. It's portrays the character of Spider-Man perfectly and gives us one of, maybe, one of the best comic book movie villains ever with Michael Keaton as the Vulture. It's also hilarious, adventure, incredibly entertaining and definetly a really fun movie. I love Tom Holland as the character and the rest of the supporting cast are as perfect as you can get. It's also got a great comic-relief with Jacob Batalon as Ned. Really, it just has everything I want for a comic book movie and it's an amazing portrayal of Spider-Man.
2. The Avengers:
Coming in close to number 1 is the movie that combined 5 previous movie characters into one movie and it being one of the biggest blockbusters ever, the Avengers. This was honestly a big risk for Marvel. They had been setting this movie up for 4 years and nothing like this had really ever been done before. But it all played out perfectly to make one of the most fun movies I think I may have ever seen with all of the original Avengers finally coming together after the hype had been building this long. It was mainly fun because these characters are so good and so are the interactions. That alone is what people want to see from a movie like this. These fun characters having hilarious and fun interactions. The end climax is also amazing and it never gets boring. It's got so many epic moments and seeing them all together in the battle of New York is such an amazing moment.
1. Avengers: Infinity War:
And finally at number 1 is this year's ginormous movie event, Avengers: Infinity War. Now, yes, I know that this is so weird considering it's such a current movie and I have only seen it once and watched a ton of clips ever since, but I think this might be the most fun and excitement I've ever had with an M.C.U movie. This might be the most fulfilling movie I've ever seen. When I first saw it, I was getting goose bumps the entire time. This also might be the most rewatchable M.C.U movie I've ever seen because there's so many amazing moments in it that I could watch forever and not get tired of it. Of, course, like the first Avengers, what really carries this movie is the characters and how fantastically they're portrayed. I wouldn't say they're all 100% well portrayed considering they're directed by different directors that not all of them worked with before, but they're still well shown and seeing all of these different characters interacting is the best part of the whole movie. Not only that, but also the amazing action and Thanos is an amazing villain with a motivation you understand and he's pretty terrifying. Josh Brolin is also awesome and the effects on him are almost perfect. I also just love how huge this movie is with there being so many characters here and amazing writing and fantastic acting from everyone. The action here also might be on par with Civil War. They're both kinda tied for having the best M.C.U action. The movie's also amazing balanced in terms of characters, mostly. The only thing I would say I didn't like was the whole Wanda and Vision storyline. It was just kinda boring and I don't really care about them together. Thankfully it's short so it's not a big complaint. The ending is also so unexpected and sad. I was honestly scared by the end and it even made me cry a little. Not just me, but so did a lot of other people. And, if you've seen the movie, which you most likely have, then you know what happens and seeing the scene with Spider-Man made me tear up and it was so emotional and heart-breaking. I can't wait to see what they do from here on and I'm so excited for Avengers 4. And all that is why Avengers: Infinity War is my favourite M.C.U movie. And so, everyone, that was my ranking of all the 20 current Marvel Cinematic Universe movie. Thank you all so much for reading, I loved writing about this and please comment down below to tell me what you think and please tell me how would you rank them.
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