The best Marvel movies
Ranked by TMDB audience score across every Marvel film since 1998, 78movies with enough votes to count. Scores shift a little week to week; the order below is the snapshot, and the position in our all-universe guide is listed with each entry so a rewatch plan writes itself.
- 1
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse2018 · guide #34 · 1h 57m8.4 - 2
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse2023 · guide #35 · 2h 20m8.3 - 3
8.2 - 4
8.2 - 5
8.1 - 6
7.9 - 7
7.9 - 8
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 32023 · guide #144 · 2h 30m7.9 - 9
7.9 - 10
Logan2017 · guide #110 · 2h 17m7.8 - 11
7.7 - 12
7.7 - 13
Deadpool2016 · guide #94 · 1h 48m7.6 - 14
7.6 - 15
7.6 - 16
7.6 - 17
7.5 - 18
Deadpool 22018 · guide #95 · 1h 59m7.5 - 19
X-Men: Days of Future Past2014 · guide #11 · 2h 11m7.5 - 20
7.5
The honest caveats
Audience scores reward recent films and punish contested ones. Two patterns worth knowing before you argue with the list: recency inflates, so anything released in the last year sits a notch above where it will settle, and the pre-MCU catalog gets graded on nostalgia, which is exactly as it should be.
A rating is not a viewing order. If you are walking into Marvel cold, the top ten below marked essential are the ones that carry story weight, and the full reasoning lives in the watch order guide.
Best essentials, ranked
The intersection of quality and consequence: the highest-rated films that also carry plot you cannot skip.
- 1Avengers: Infinity War8.2
- 2Avengers: Endgame8.2
- 3The Avengers8.1
- 4Guardians of the Galaxy7.9
- 5Spider-Man: No Way Home7.9
- 6Spider-Man: Brand New Day7.9
- 7Iron Man7.7
- 8Captain America: The Winter Soldier7.7
- 9Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 27.6
- 10Thor: Ragnarok7.6
The bottom of the table
For balance, the five lowest-rated films on the timeline. Every one is marked optional in our data, which is the system working.
- Man-ThingOptional · 20054.3
- Fantastic Four (2015)Optional · 20154.4
- Ghost Rider: Spirit of VengeanceOptional · 20125
- ElektraOptional · 20055.1
- Madame WebOptional · 20245.3
Common questions
What is the best Marvel movie?
By audience score on our snapshot, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (8.4/10). By consequence, Avengers: Endgame, and our watch order explains the difference.
Are the old X-Men and Spider-Man films on this list?
Yes. The ranking covers every Marvel film since 1998, not just the MCU. The Fox and Sony classics compete directly with the modern films.
What is the worst Marvel movie?
On this snapshot, Man-Thing at 4.3/10. It is marked optional on the timeline, like almost everything at this end of the table.
Prefer series? The best Marvel series ranking uses the same method. Scores are TMDB audience ratings; the snapshot date is on the methodology page.