Every MCU Movie Ranked 2026: The Definitive Marvel Movie List

The best MCU movie is Avengers: Endgame (2019) by most measures — it paid off 21 films of setup and delivered a nearly perfect blockbuster conclusion. Avengers: Infinity War ranks second for its willingness to let Thanos win. Iron Man (2008) ranks third as the film that proved Marvel's formula could work. The bottom of the MCU is occupied by Thor: The Dark World, Eternals, and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania — films that felt generic, rushed, or narratively disconnected from the broader universe. The Phase 4-5 era (2021-2026) has been inconsistent, with highs (Shang-Chi, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Deadpool & Wolverine) and lows that critics cite as MCU fatigue. This ranking covers all 35 MCU films through 2026.