The MCU Ranked: An Ongoing List

Grace, Jay, and I are big fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). It's been many years in the making and over 30 films deep. I'm updating on WWYG?! the MCU rankings that we have compiled as we have watched the movies together.

And yes . . . you'll notice that we decided to include non-Marvel movies in our rankings. I regret nothing about this.

KEY:

Infinity Saga

Phase 1

Phase 2

Phase 3

Multiverse Saga

Phase 4

Phase 5

Phase 6 

(This list is always being updated, as new movies come out.) 

1. Spider-Man: Brand New Day

2. Spider-Man: Homecoming 

[n/r] Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse

3. Iron Man 3 

4. Spider-Man: No Way Home 

5. Spider-Man: Far From Home 

6. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings 

7. Avengers: Infinity War 

[n/r] Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse 

8. Black Panther 

9. Captain America: The Winter Soldier 

10. Guardians of the Galaxy 

[n/r] Deadpool 

11. Captain America: The First Avenger 

12. Thunderbolts*

13. The Fantastic Four: First Steps

14. Thor: Ragnarok 

15. Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3

16. Black Widow 

17. Avengers: Endgame 

18. Ant-Man 

19. Ant-Man and the Wasp 

20. Captain America: Civil War 

21. Iron Man 

22. Deadpool & Wolverine

[n/r] Deadpool 2

23. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

24. Thor 

25. Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 

26. The Avengers 

27. The Marvels

28. Eternals 

29. Captain Marvel 

30. Iron Man 2 

31. Avengers: Age of Ultron 

32. Thor: Love and Thunder

33. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness 

34. Doctor Strange

[n/a] Shazam!

35. Captain America: Brave New World 

36. Thor: The Dark World 

37. The Incredible Hulk (Ed Norton edition) 

38. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

Don't like our rankings? That's fine. I know there are others out there that will suit you better. Here is another web writers thoughts on the MCU phenomenon.

And what about the MCU TVverse?

I can't really scale them in the same list as the cinematic stories, so I'm creating a separate list here. (This includes the original ABC TV shows, the original Netflix shows, and the more recent Disney+ series, movies, and specials.)

1. Daredevil

2. Jessica Jones

3. Loki

4. She-Hulk: Attorney at Law

5. Agatha All Along

[special] Werewolf by Night

6. Daredevil: Born Again (only inclusive of s1 . . .)

7. Wonder Man

8. What If . . . ? (s1 through s3)

9. Agent Carter

10. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

11. WandaVision

12. Hawkeye

13. Ms. Marvel

14. The Punisher

15. Luke Cage

16. The Defenders

[special] The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special

17. Echo

18. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

19. Ironheart

20. Iron Fist

21. Cloak & Dagger

22. Moon Knight

23. Punisher: One Last Kill

24. Runaways

25. Inhumans

26. Secret Invasion