# What are your favorite and least favorite films of the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe)?
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**Tags:** movies
**Created:** [July 25, 2021, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-and-least-favorite-films-of-the-mcu-marvel-cinematic-universe/947239 "2021-07-25T02:59:15Z")
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### Author:  [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2021, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-and-least-favorite-films-of-the-mcu-marvel-cinematic-universe/947239/21 "2021-07-26T20:43:50Z")
Thor: Ragnarok
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Captain America: Civil War
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Avengers
Avengers: Infinity War
Avengers: Endgame
Iron Man
Captain America: The First Avenger
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Ant-Man
Doctor Strange
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Spider-Man: Homecoming
Iron Man 3
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Iron Man 2
Captain Marvel
Thor
Black Panther
The Incredible Hulk
Thor: The Dark World
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### Author:  [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2021, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-and-least-favorite-films-of-the-mcu-marvel-cinematic-universe/947239/22 "2021-07-26T21:12:46Z")
Least fav: Iron Man 3, Thor Thor: The Dark World, Captain Marvel
Fav: Black Panther, Guardians of the Galaxy, Captain America: The First Avenger, Thor: Ragnarok
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### Author:  [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2021, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-and-least-favorite-films-of-the-mcu-marvel-cinematic-universe/947239/23 "2021-07-26T22:02:25Z")
BEST (I would not call any of them “favorites.”):
_Avengers: Infinity War_
_The Avengers_
_Doctor Strange_
_Guardians of the Galaxy_
_Avengers: Age of Ultron_
LEAST FAVORITE (in descending order):
_Spider-Man: Homecoming_
_Captain America: The Winter Soldier_
_The Incredible Hulk_
_Thor: The Dark World_
_Avengers: Endgame_
Haven’t seen _Spiderman: Far from Home_ or _Black Widow_ (or _Daredevil_).
I have not liked any Spider-Man movie, though I’ve only seen maybe 15-20 minutes of _Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse_. I was not caring for it when something interrupted.
I guess X-Men movies don’t count…at least, not yet.
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### Author:  [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2021, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-and-least-favorite-films-of-the-mcu-marvel-cinematic-universe/947239/24 "2021-07-26T22:09:12Z")
> [@Chronos](#):
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> Yeah, the big fight in Civil War was kind of formulaic, but despite what naysayers might say, that wasn’t the whole movie.
I know it wasn’t the whole movie but it really put me off for the rest of it.
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### Author:  [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2021, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-and-least-favorite-films-of-the-mcu-marvel-cinematic-universe/947239/25 "2021-07-26T22:43:51Z")
Tops for me is the first Avengers, hands down. The dialogue, the banter, the way Whedon works the solo-movie characters together without losing their individual characters was brilliant.
Others in the top for me are all three Captain Americas, the first Guardians of the Galaxy and Infinity War
Bottoms for me are Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2 and 3, Thor 2 and Guardians 2.
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### Author:  [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2021, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-and-least-favorite-films-of-the-mcu-marvel-cinematic-universe/947239/26 "2021-07-26T23:07:16Z")
> [@Chronos](#):
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> Yeah, the big fight in Civil War was kind of formulaic
Watching superhero movies on TV, I look over at the wife and say “Annnnd, Fight Scene.” as I fast forward through it. Since she’s barely watching, she just rolls her eyes.
By the way, I was making a list and rereading the thread, I realized I’d completely forgotten _Civil War._
The best thing I can say for it is that it’s the reason for Paul Rudd’s ankle bracelet when he’s playing “Home Roller Coaster” with his daughter in _AM&tW…_
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### Author:  [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2021, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-and-least-favorite-films-of-the-mcu-marvel-cinematic-universe/947239/27 "2021-07-27T00:07:00Z")
> [@Dropo](#):
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> Haven’t seen _Spiderman: Far from Home_ or _Black Widow_ (or _Daredevil_ )
_Daredevil_, the Ben Affleck movie, was pre-MCU, and was not a Marvel Studios production. _Daredevil_, the Netflix series, was supposed to be kinda-sorta in continuity with the MCU, but it’s since been de-canonized.
> [@Dropo](#):
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> I’ve only seen maybe 15-20 minutes of _Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse_ .
That wasn’t an MCU movie, either. It’s one of my personal all-time favorite super-hero movies, though.
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My list (in no particular order within each tier):
**TIER ONE** - Pinnacle
_Captain America: The First Avenger_
_The Avengers_
_Iron Man_
**TIER TWO** - Really Good
_Guardians of the Galaxy_
_Avengers: Age of Ultron_
_Spider-Man: Homecoming_
_Thor: Ragnarok_
**TIER THREE** - Flawed But Enjoyable
_Iron Man 2_
_Doctor Strange_
_Ant-Man_
_Ant-Man and the Wasp_
_Spider-Man: Far From Home_
_Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2_
**TIER FOUR** - Passable
_Iron Man 3_
_Black Widow_
_Captain Marvel_
_Avengers: Infinity War_
_Avengers: Endgame_
_Captain America: The Winter Soldier_
_Captain America: Civil War_
**TIER FIVE** - Bad
_Thor_
_Thor 2: The Dark World_
_The Incredible Hulk_
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### Author:  [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2021, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-and-least-favorite-films-of-the-mcu-marvel-cinematic-universe/947239/28 "2021-07-27T01:10:48Z")
> [@digs](#):
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> The best thing I can say for it is that it’s the reason for Paul Rudd’s ankle bracelet when he’s playing “Home Roller Coaster” with his daughter in _AM&tW…_
To be fair, any scene between Paul Rudd and his daughter, in either of the Ant Man movies, was solid gold, and I’m all for justifying more of them.
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### Author:  [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2021, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-and-least-favorite-films-of-the-mcu-marvel-cinematic-universe/947239/29 "2021-07-27T04:41:26Z")
I don’t actively dislike any of the MCU movies although I would say some of them had less impact than others. But the worst movie is the one that never happened: Inhumans. It was supposed to be an MCU film but was banished to Marvel Entertainment and they made the worst thing in recent history with the word Marvel on it. It was a humorless show with a lead character who couldn’t talk and a very non-sympathetic set of “heroes” who were trying to maintain their slave society. There was a dude from Game of Thrones in it so I guess the writers thought that he would bring that GoT awesomeness with him and forgot that it doesn’t actually work that way.
Case in point for how bad this show was: at one point the heroes get involved with some bad dudes who are growing weed in the jungle. Eventually there is a conflict and a gigantic pile of cheeba gets lit on fire… _and none of the characters are standing downwind from it_! The Inhumans are a closed society from the Moon so they’re very much fish-out-of-water in Hawaii. There was comedy gold potential in getting them all stoned and they completely whiffed it. Shameful display.
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### Author:  [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2021, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-and-least-favorite-films-of-the-mcu-marvel-cinematic-universe/947239/30 "2021-07-27T05:14:49Z")
Since I’m bored, I rated them all except for _Black Widow_ using the SABCDF tiers that’s so common in these types of rankings. Order in each tier is by release date. I’ve only seen _Black Widow_ once, which why I didn’t include it, but it’s probably at least C-Tier though definitely not S-Tier.
### S Tier
Guardians of the Galaxy
Ant-Man
Doctor Strange
Thor: Ragnarok
Avengers: Infinity War
### A Tier
Iron Man
The Avengers
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Captain America: Civil War
Spider-Man: Homecoming
### B Tier
Captain America: The First Avenger
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Avengers: Endgame
Spider-Man: Far From Home
### C Tier
Iron Man 3
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Thor
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Black Panther
### D Tier
Iron Man 2
Thor: The Dark World
Captain Marvel
### F Tier
The Incredible Hulk
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### Author:  [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2021, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-and-least-favorite-films-of-the-mcu-marvel-cinematic-universe/947239/31 "2021-07-27T07:50:04Z")
I agree with all this: _Inhumans_ had all sorts of potential with the political intrigue and their powers and their giant teleporting dog and adjusting to life on Earth…and then we got a couple of episodes about growing pot in Hawaii. WT actual F. So pointless.
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### Author:  [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2021, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-and-least-favorite-films-of-the-mcu-marvel-cinematic-universe/947239/32 "2021-07-27T14:35:59Z")
We’ve recently rewatched all the movies available on Disney+, usually one per weekend, so the movies are fairly fresh in my mind. I’m not going to bother ordering within a tier.
Great Tier (well worth watching again for any reason)
Iron Man
Thor
Captain America: The First Avenger
The Avengers
Guardians of the Galaxy
Doctor Strange
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Black Panther
Captain Marvel
Good Tier (worth watching as part of a series)
Iron Man 2
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Ant-Man
Thor: Ragnarok
Avengers: Infinity War
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Avengers: Endgame
Okay Tier (worth watching once)
Iron Man 3
Thor: The Dark World
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Captain America: Civil War
Black Widow
Poor Tier (not worth watching)
I don’t think any of these movies merit my Poor tier.
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### Author:  [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2021, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-and-least-favorite-films-of-the-mcu-marvel-cinematic-universe/947239/33 "2021-07-27T15:12:33Z")
I’ll separate into “Movies I’d actually use the remote to navigate to start” and “Movies I’d turn off if I came across the running”.
Would Start Up
Iron Man
Avengers
Civil War
Ant-Man
Guardians of the Galaxy
Thor: Ragnarok
Spider-Man: Homecoming
Would Turn Off
Captain Marvel
Age of Ultron
Iron Man 3
Thor 2: Dark World
Incredible Hulk
Everything else falls into a middle-ground of “Would watch it if I came across it but wouldn’t be my choice if I wanted to watch a superhero movie”. Even the turn-off movies have a moment or two and aren’t the worst thing on film but, having seen them once for the story, none are worth watching again for the experience.
I notice that two of my top choices (Iron Man, Avengers) came pretty early and set a good tone for what an action superhero should be and four (AM, SM:HC, T:R, GotG) are just “fun”, featuring heroes who seem to actually _enjoy_ being superheroes and thinking “Woah, this is awesome!” rather than “Woe unto me for this heavy burden I must carry…”. And Civil War has some great Spider-Man and Ant-Man scenes plus some fun action. I actually _liked_ the big obvious superhero brawl that people like to complain about. Of course it was ridiculous and telegraphed and “made for film” but it was still fun.
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### Author:  [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2021, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-and-least-favorite-films-of-the-mcu-marvel-cinematic-universe/947239/34 "2021-07-27T19:20:33Z")
Top favourites:
_Captain Marvel_
_Black Panther_
_Thor:Ragnarok_
_Spider-Man : Into The Spiderverse_ if that counts
Least Favourites:
_Incredible Hulk_
_Iron Man II_
_Thor: The Dark World_
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