Best Marvel Superhero Movies - Based on 130 Movie Rankings

Scene from Marvel's The Avengers (2012), ranked first for Marvel Superhero Movies

Welcome to our Reel Fives pre-launch movie rankings for best Marvel superhero movies of all time. The rankings for Marvel superhero movies are based on our pre-launch rankings for its parent genre,  superhero movies. This captures superhero movies more broadly and also includes DC superhero movies. The movie rankings for top Marvel superhero movies are based on the 130 movie ranking sources we found for superhero movies. In that list there were 45 movies and of those 18 movies were for Marvel superheroes - these 18 Marvel films are ranked below.  As with the broader superhero genre, the Marvel superhero movie rankings are based on rankings created by movie experts as well as rankings from polling sites that were found online.

Marvel superhero films are unique in that many are thoroughly intertwined and consistent with a single Marvel universe. The Avengers (2012), the all-time best Marvel Superhero movie, does this best by being built up by individual movies for Hulk, Iron Man, Thor, and Captain America. The film captures the Marvel family at its best by using the strengths of all the superheroes to save the world.  Watching their interaction is one of the main elements that enamored audiences. We have another set of consistent movies in the X-Men and Wolverine (X-Men origins) movies. Iron Man (2008), ranked second, saves the world from destruction after he builds a metal body suit after being captured by terrorists in the Middle East. In this way it keeps to Iron Man’s authentic origin story while updating it to today’s context. Marvel films, in contrast to DC superhero films, also have a healthy dose of humor. For example, the relationship between Captain America and Iron Man revolves around light insults. Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), ranked fifth, may best incorporate humor. Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) is a reluctant hero and his journey to save the world is a clumsy one. We also found a few surprises in the list with the sequels ranking higher than the original movies. Spider-man 2 (2004) is ranked third while Spider-man (2002) ranked seventh. X-Men 2 (2003) is ranked fourth while X-Men (2000) ranked eighth. Marvel will continue to build its universe with Captain America: Civil War, Deadpool, and X-Men: Apocalypse coming out this year.

Top 18 Marvel Superhero Movies
Percent of online top fives movies appear in shown
1 . The Avengers (2012): 53.8%
2 . Iron Man (2008): 42.3%
3 . Spider-man 2 (2004): 33.0%
4 . X-Men 2 (2003): 23.0%
5 . Guardians of The Galaxy (2014): 19.2%
6 . Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014): 14.6%
7 . Spider-man (2002): 13.0%
8 . X-Men (2000): 9.23%
9 . X-Men: Days of The Future Past (2014): 9.23%
10 . X-Men: First Class (2011): 6.15%
11 . Captain America: The First Avenger (2011): 5.38%
12 . Thor (2011): 4.61%
13 . The Amazing Spiderman (2012): 3.84%
14 . Hellboy 2: The Golden Army (2008): 3.07%
15 . Iron Man 3 (2013): 3.07%
16 . Hulk (2003): 2.30%
17 . X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009): 1.53%
18 . Avengers of Ultron (2014): 1.53%

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