Every Movie In The MCU Ranked—According To Data

Every Movie In The MCU Ranked—According To Data


December 11, 2024 | Jesse Singer

Every Movie In The MCU Ranked—According To Data


The MARVEL-ous And Not So MARVEL-ous Cinematic Universe

Like it or not, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been a part of our collective pop culture lives for almost 20 years now. And in that time, they have made almost 40 movies. Some, the critics and audiences agreed on and others, not so much. 

So, in an effort to truly rank the entire MCU movie franchise as accurately as possible, we've looked at both the critics' score on Rotten Tomatoes and the audience score and added them together to get a final rating. Starting with...

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Eternals (2021)

Total: 124

Critics: 47

Audience: 77

One of only two MCU movies to get a "rotten" score from critics.

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Captain Marvel (2019)

Total: 124

Critics: 79

Audience: 45

Now, that's a large gap between the two scores, but it isn't the largest of the franchise.

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Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania (2023)

Total: 128

Critics: 46

Audience: 82

Here's the largest disagreement between critics and audiences. What side are you on?

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The Incredible Hulk (2008)

Total: 137

Critics: 68

Audience: 69

Are we the only ones that still think Ang Lee's 2003 Hulk movie is the best?

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Thor: Love And Thunder (2022)

Total: 137

Critics: 63

Audience: 76

As you will see—this isn't the only Thor movie audiences and critics don't agree on.

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The Marvels (2023)

Total: 143

Critics: 62

Audience: 81

Critics didn't find The Marvels very marvelous.

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Thor: The Dark World (2013)

Total: 142

Critics: 67

Audience: 75

Director Alan Taylor has since said that he isn't happy with the movie and that Marvel made significant changes during post-production.

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Iron Man 2 (2010)

Total: 143

Critics: 72

Audience: 71

The worst of the three Iron Man movies...agreed?

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Thor (2011)

Total: 153

Critics: 77

Audience: 76

Chris Hemsworth's first time grabbing the hammer had critics and audiences pretty much on the same page.

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Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)

Total: 155

Critics: 80

Audience: 75

Critics and audiences agree that this is the worst Captain America movie of the three. Do you?

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Iron Man 3 (2013)

Total: 157

Critics: 79

Audience: 78

Given how popular Iron Man is—and how important the first film was in booting up the entire MCU—it's interesting to note that neither of the sequels got a rating in the 80s from either critics or audiences.

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Avengers: Age Of Ultron (2015)

Total: 158

Critics: 76

Audience: 82

Everyone seems to agree that, while good, Age of Ultron is the worst of the four Avengers films. What do you think?

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Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness (2022)

Total: 159

Critics: 74

Audience: 85

This multiverse brought with it a multitude of varying opinions from audiences and critics.

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Ant-Man And The Wasp (2018)

Total: 166

Critics: 87

Audience: 79

This is the critics' favorite of the three Ant-Man movies (but not the audience's).

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Ant-Man (2015)

Total: 168

Critics: 83

Audience: 85

This was the audience's favorite Ant-Man movie. Is it yours?

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Black Widow (2021)

Total: 170

Critics: 79

Audience: 91

Black Widow was the third most pirated film of 2021.

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Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 2 (2017)

Total: 172

Critics: 85

Audience: 87

(Setting aside the 2022 Holiday Special) According to critics, the second Guardians of the Galaxy movie was the second best—audiences thought it was the worst of them. Although "worst" is a relative term when the rating is still as high as 87. 

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Doctor Strange (2016)

Total: 175

Critics: 89

Audience: 86

Doctor Strange's origin story had audiences and critics excited.

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Black Panther (2018)

Total: 175

Critics: 96

Audience: 79

This is the highest-rated MCU movie on the critics' side.

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The Guardians Of The Galaxy Holiday Special (2022)

Total: 175

Critics: 94

Audience: 81

It did stream directly on Disney+, but it was a movie and is part of the MCU continuity. It also marked the end of Phase 4.

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"Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 3" (2023)

Total: 176

Critics: 82

Audience: 94

This was the audience's favorite film in the Guardians franchise.

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Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

Total: 177

Critics: 85

Audience: 92

Audiences liked this one a little more than critics—and they showed it by making it the first superhero film to break the $2 billion mark at the box office.

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Werewolf By Night (2022)

Total: 178

Critics: 90

Audience: 88

This first Marvel Studios Special Presentation was released on Disney+ in 2022. Shot in black and white, they did put out a color version in 2023.

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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)

Total: 178

Critics: 84

Audience: 94

Just like with the first Black Panther film, critics and audiences have a pretty big gap between them—although this time, it is the audience who liked it more.

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Captain America: Civil War (2016)

Total: 179

Critics: 90

Audience: 89

Captain America: Civil War opened Phase 3 of the MCU.

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Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)

Total: 179

Critics: 92

Audience: 87

This movie earned Tom Holland a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records—as the youngest actor to play a title role in the MCU.

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Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

Total: 180

Critics: 93

Audience: 87

Of the four Thor movies in the MCU, this one is by far the best—according to both audiences and critics.

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Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)

Total: 182

Critics: 90

Audience: 92

The highest scoring of all the Captain America movies.

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Marvel's The Avengers (2012)

Total: 182

Critics: 91

Audience: 91

Marvel ended Phase 1 with the MCU's first billion-dollar grosser.

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Avengers: Endgame (2019)

Total: 184

Critics: 94

Audience: 90

With a box office haul of $2.799 billion, it was the highest-grossing movie of all time until March of 2021—when Avatar took back the crown following a re-release of the film in China.

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Guardians Of The Galaxy (2014)

Total: 184

Critics: 92

Audience: 92

They couldn't agree more.

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Iron Man (2008)

Total: 185

Critics: 94

Audience: 91

The movie that started it all—and still one of the best, according to fans and critics.

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Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)

Total: 186

Critics: 91

Audience: 95

The second Holland Spider-Man movie and the second highest-rated one of the three.

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Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)

Total: 190

Critics: 93

Audience: 97

The third Holland Spidey film and the highest-rated thus far. If there's one superhero that seems to be a guaranteed hit, it's Spider-Man. 

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Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings (2021)

Total: 190

Critics: 92

Audience: 98

If someone had asked you what MCU movie has the highest audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes—would you have guessed Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings? Well, it does.

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