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.

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Infinity Saga

Phase 1

Phase 2

Phase 3

Multiverse Saga

Phase 4

Phase 5

Phase 6 (TK!)

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

1. Spider-Man: Homecoming 

[n/r] Spider-Man Across the Spiderverse

2. Iron Man 3 

3. Spider-Man: No Way Home 

4. Spider-Man: Far From Home 

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

6. Avengers: Infinity War 

[n/r] Spider-Man Into the Spiderverse 

7. Black Panther 

8. Captain America: The Winter Soldier 

9. Guardians of the Galaxy 

[n/r] Deadpool 

10. Captain America: The First Avenger 

11. Thunderbolts*

12. Thor: Ragnarok 

13. Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3

14. Black Widow 

15. Avengers: Endgame 

16. Ant-Man 

17. Ant-Man and the Wasp 

18. Captain America: Civil War 

19. Iron Man 

20. Deadpool & Wolverine

[n/r] Deadpool 2

21. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

22. Thor 

23. Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 

24. The Avengers 

25. The Marvels

26. Eternals 

27. Captain Marvel 

28. Iron Man 2 

29. Avengers: Age of Ultron 

30. Thor: Love and Thunder

31. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness 

32. Doctor Strange

[n/a] Shazam!

33. Captain America: Brave New World 

34. Thor: The Dark World 

35. The Incredible Hulk (Ed Norton edition) 

36. 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 Disney+ series.)

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

7. What If . . . ?

8. Agent Carter

9. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

10. WandaVision

11. Hawkeye

12. Ms. Marvel

13. The Punisher

14. Luke Cage

15. The Defenders

[special] The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special

16. Echo

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

18. Iron Fist

19. Cloak & Dagger

20. Moon Knight

21. Runaways

22. Inhumans

23. Secret Invasion