Marvel Cinematic Universe movies in release order: the Infinity Saga
The top 3 according to 222 votes from people: Iron Man 2 · Iron Man · The Incredible Hulk. (Updated May 1, 2021.)
The 23 films of the MCU's first three phases, from Iron Man (2008) to Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), in the order they hit cinemas.
Top 23
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1
Iron Man 2
2010. Stark against Whiplash; Black Widow's first appearance.
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2
Iron Man
2008. Phase One opens with Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark.
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3
The Incredible Hulk
2008. Edward Norton as Bruce Banner.
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4
The Avengers
2012. The team assembles against Loki in New York.
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5
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
2014. S.H.I.E.L.D. infiltrated by Hydra.
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6
Captain America: The First Avenger
2011. Steve Rogers in the Second World War.
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7
Thor
2011. Chris Hemsworth exiled from Asgard to Earth.
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8
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
2017. Star-Lord meets his father, Ego.
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9
Thor: The Dark World
2013. Thor against the Dark Elves.
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10
Captain America: Civil War
2016. The Avengers split over the Sokovia Accords.
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11
Spider-Man: Homecoming
2017. Tom Holland's first solo film as Spider-Man.
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12
Guardians of the Galaxy
2014. Star-Lord and his band of misfits.
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13
Ant-Man
2015. Paul Rudd shrinks; Phase Two ends.
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14
Black Panther
2018. T'Challa and Wakanda; Best Picture nominee.
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15
Spider-Man: Far From Home
2019. Peter Parker in Europe; Phase Three closes.
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16
Avengers: Age of Ultron
2015. Stark's AI turns against humanity.
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17
Thor: Ragnarok
2017. Taika Waititi's comic turn for Thor.
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18
Captain Marvel
2019. Brie Larson in the 1990s.
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19
Avengers: Infinity War
2018. Thanos gathers the Infinity Stones.
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20
Doctor Strange
2016. Benedict Cumberbatch learns the mystic arts.
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21
Avengers: Endgame
2019. The culmination of the saga; it became the highest-grossing film of all time that year.
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22
Iron Man 3
2013. Phase Two begins.
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23
Ant-Man and the Wasp
2018. Scott Lang and Hope van Dyne.
How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.
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Comments (16)
Spider-Man: Far From Home as the epilogue works great.
Doctor Strange visuals were amazing in IMAX.
Infinity War ending, the whole theater was silent.
Endgame in theaters was the loudest crowd I've ever been part of.
Black Panther was a cultural moment.
Iron Man started it all, RDJ was perfect casting.
Thor: Ragnarok saved Thor as a character.
Guardians of the Galaxy with that soundtrack, pure joy.
Thor: The Dark World is skippable, honestly.
Watching in release order is the only correct way.
The Infinity Saga was a once-in-a-lifetime run.
Iron Man 2 is mid but sets up a lot.
The Incredible Hulk is the forgotten child of the MCU.
Captain Marvel goes in the 90s if you watch chronologically.
Winter Soldier is still the best MCU movie, fight me.
Captain America: Civil War felt like an Avengers movie.