u/lucyroesslers

I spent the last 2+ years watching the MCU and decided to do a complete timeline watch. I mostly used the Disney order but for the TV series I did peruse the r/MCU_timeline subreddit and some of their experts broke it down into great detail what to watch.

While watching I decided I might as well rank them as I went along. I was rewatching a lot of them but there were some movies and shows I had not seen or had not seen in a long time. I was surprised by my rankings.

I tried to do everything under the MCU but I did skip Agents of Shield- it was just sooo much TV if I did that. I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed really the overwhelming majority of this list. Almost everything under the MCU, for me, rises to the minimum category of at least good or mediocre movies/TV. The at least upper half of the MCU I consider great, and some of my favorite movies and TV in any genre are near the top of this list. When it came to ranking, I divided the TV shows up by seasons as I think some have distinct feels and can vary by quality quite a bit (plus I feel it’s easier to try and compare a season of TV against a movie than an entire series).

I’m far from a Marvel expert, feel free to debate and rip this list to shreds, but I thought it would be fun to put my opinion out there. Gonna be no surprise at first glance I’m a big fan of Captain America and Daredevil, not as high on Spider Man and Thor as others are. Phase 4 does disappoint overall but it’s being compared to some amazing movies in phases 1-3 and I still enjoyed the majority of them.

Timeline Ranking 2024/25

Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Avengers: Endgame
Avengers: Infinity War
Iron Man
Captain America: Civil War
Avengers
Daredevil: Season 3
Guardians of the Galaxy
Black Panther
Doctor Strange
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Captain America: The First Avenger
Daredevil: Born Again S2
Doctor Strange: Multiverse
Falcon and the Winter Soldier
Daredevil: Born Again S1
WandaVision
Loki: Season 1
Thor: Ragnarok
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Daredevil: Season 1
Daredevil: Season 2
Guardian of the Galaxy 3
Shang-Chi
Loki: Season 2
Thunderbolts
Agatha All Along
Hawkeye: Season 1
The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Spider-Man: Homecoming
The Marvels
Werewolf at Night
Black Widow
Punisher: Season 1
Punisher: Season 2
Captain America: Brave New World
Ant-Man
Jessica Jones: Season 1
Guardians of the Galaxy 2
Captain Marvel
Eternals
Jessica Jones: Season 3
What If: Season 1
Iron Man 3
Punisher: One Last Kill
Deadpool & Wolverine
Wonder Man
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Guardian Christmas Special
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
She-Hulk
Jessica Jones: Season 2
Ms. Marvel
Thor: The Dark World
Thor
Marvel Zombies
Echo
What If Season 2
Luke Cage: Season 1
Secret Invasion
Iron Man 2
Thor: Love and Thunder
Moon Knight
Eyes of Wakanda
Iron Fist: Season 2
Ironheart
The Defenders
Luke Cage: Season 2
I Am Groot
The Incredible Hulk
Ant-Man: Quantumania
Item 47
The Consultant
Agent Carter
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor’s Hammer
Iron Fist: Season 1