I'm aware that I have a recency bias since obviously movies I've watched more recently are more at the forefront of my mind than the ones I watched 10 years ago. I also have anchoring bias because I made my list while looking at the Screen Junkies' list. But whatever, I wrote it and it's done.
Disclaimer: There will be MILD SPOILERS for Endgame in this list. I won't be spoiling the plot or anything but sometimes people think that if I say "this movie was good" or "I didn't like the ending" or "the writing wasn't the best" then that in itself is a spoiler. If you are this person then don't read my bit for Endgame.
1. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
I didn't like the first Captain America, so I was really really blown away by this movie. We got a better glimpse into Captain America, I liked Black Widow a whole lot more, and we got Sebastian Freaking Stan in this! It's a great heist movie with great action sequences and great characterisation.
2. Avengers: Infinity War
This was the movie that all the movies were leading up to, all these things about the infinity stones that kept confusing me (Wait, what's the space stone? And what's the tesseract? Oh they're the same thing? Right.) finally came together and we got to see them all in action. I've been waiting for so long for these stones to make sense to me and man did it pay off! The way that they created character combos that we'd never seen before, and the ways they all used their unique powers/abilities to fight against Thanos was great.
3. Guardians of the Galaxy
For a movie to randomly introduce a bunch of randos we don't care about and still be funny, interesting, and all out entertaining... that really solidified how Marvel had us all wrapped around its finger.
4. Captain America: Civil War
I loved this movie because the idea of everyone fighting against their comrades was great. Also the airport scene and the 2v1 scene were just fantastic. I think the only thing that lets this movie down is how bizarre and out there Zemo's plan was - and how there didn't seem to be much room for error outside his very meticulous plan.
5. Avengers: Endgame
MILD SPOILERS ABOUT HOW I FELT ABOUT THIS FILM BUT NO PLOT SPOILERS:
Yes, I do think this movie was not as good as Infinity War. I think Endgame was very satisfying, but I have a few issues with some of the plot (I might write a blog about this later). It still makes top 5 though so don't kill me. After all, the action sequences, particularly at the end, were very satisfying.
6. Thor Ragnarok
Definitely the best Thor movie out there. It was just so high energy, colourful, and funny.
7. Black Panther
So I really loved this when I first watched it but when I rewatched it, it wasn't that great. It still gets points for showcasing this whole new world of Wakanda, and also for M'Baku.
8. Spider-Man: Homecoming
This was the best Spider-Man movie... until Into the Spiderverse. Still, I liked seeing Iron Man mentoring and being a father figure to Spider-Man, even developing his suit for him.
9. Doctor Strange
Ant-Man + Inception on steroids. Betadine Cumbersome. Dormammu, I've come to bargain. All great.
10. Ant-Man
Who would have thought a Paul Rudd Honey I Shrunk The Kids would have been so entertaining? Love me a good heist movie.
11. The Avengers
I think this movie doesn't hold up after the passage of time because we've seen a lot more epic fight scenes and a lot more characters since, but this was still a good movie and a good pay-off to all the individual Iron Man, Captain America, and Thor movies. (And I guess Hulk...)
12. Iron Man
I have to say I am biased against the Iron Man movies. For some reason I just didn't like them as much, but the origin story is definitely better than the sequels.
13. Thor
I quite liked Thor when I first saw it because I loved the world of Asgard and I thought Loki was a much better villain here than he was in The Avengers. It was also a great introduction of Chris Hemsworth as this out-of-touch out-of-time out-of-galaxy bumbling arrogant idiot who was just so fish-out-of-water.
14. Captain America: The First Avenger
I didn't like this movie, I don't know why. Especially given that I love love love Chris Evans and Captain America. I still like this movie for its story about why Steve Rogers is the perfect Captain America, but for some reason the movie just wasn't that great to me.
15. Ant-Man and the Wasp
This movie is quite recent and yet for some reason it's a bit forgettable. Still fun to see Paul Rudd have fun shrinking and flying with ants though.
16. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
This movie was fan service to the max and the whole Ego storyline was really quite bizarre to me. Not a fan.
17. Iron Man 3
I liked the idea of Iron Man needing to survive without his suit, him struggling with PTSD, and The Mandarin being a con. But this movie is also a bit forgettable.
18. Avengers: Age of Ultron
I liked this movie when it first came out, I think specifically because I liked Scarlet Witch. Over time though, it's not the best, and it's a bit chaotic. Best thing was the hammer scene though.
19. Captain Marvel
I really didn't like this movie. The writing wasn't great, the movie was chaotic and all over the place, and I really don't like Bire Larsen as Captain Marvel. I also just don't like the character and her undefined powers.
20. Iron Man 2
These last three movies... I can't remember much. So they're all sort of tied in last place so I just left them in the order that Screen Junkies left them in.
21. Thor: The Dark World
This movie was so forgettable, all I remember is being like "Loki is really pissing me off when he keeps coming back to life".
22. The Incredible Hulk
I'm not even going to comment on this one I barely remember it.
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