Every Marvel Movie, Ranked From Worst to Best

and Lance Cartelli, for Metacritic – March 14, 2016
Updated November 8, 2022 to add Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
The Marvel universe is far bigger than just a bunch of Avengers. Even before the release of 2008’s Iron Man—and the post-credit scene that launched a Cinematic Universe—Marvel was working to cook up movies based on everybody from Daredevil to Spidey, from Wolverine to the Silver Surfer.
Disney continues to release Marvel movies each year, and shows no signs of stopping anytime soon. In the gallery on this page, we rank every Marvel movie (including pre-MCU titles) released to date from worst to best by Metascore, which reflects the critical consensus for each film.

The crude, fourth-wall-breaking antihero has been a sensation ever since his film Deadpool was released in February. The foul-mouthed film has set a number of box-office records en route to becoming the highest-grossing R-rated comic book film of all time. And a sequel is already on the way!
“It takes a strong stomach for extreme violence and over-the-top obscenity, but if you're willing to roll with that, Deadpool is a hoot.” —Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic