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There is so much controversy about the best Marvel movies, so I am going to say my opinion — let’s see if we agree! Here it is: the Top Ten Marvel movies ever in Phase One through Phase Three.

Before we get into all of that, let’s see when these Phases took place or why they even exist:

As a Marvel fan, you probably know that Phase One started in 2008 with Iron Man and ended in 2012 with Marvel’s The Avengers. Phase One established the foundation of the superheroes and their backstories, then came Phase Two, which started in 2013 with Iron Man 3 and ended in 2015 with Ant-Man. I believe that Phase 2 is a chapter in itself because it shows that HYDRA infiltrated SHIELD from the beginning and how it’s going to cause some problems. Phase Three started in 2016 with the release of Captain America: Civil War and ended in 2019 with Avengers: Endgame and Spider-man: Far from Home. Phase Three, which is the last phase of seeing our favorite characters, shows how the universe links together. With Captain Marvel’s movie in the spring of 2019, it shows that Nick Fury was involved in making her a superhero. 

Here are my favorite Marvel movies of all time — I know you have been waiting!

Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), or maybe every single Captain America movie 

It’s Captain America, shall I say more?

Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

With amazing action sequences and some of the best lines in the entire series, this is where Wanda (Scarlet Witch) makes her debut!

Black Panther (2018) 

It was a beautiful film that had a beautiful message and had some of the best landscapes and characters of all time. It was amazing to see T’Challa’s sister have a big role as well and become a sort of superhero too.

Ant-Man (2015) and Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)

The first Ant-Man one is the best and has some of the best references to other blockbuster movies not just in Marvel. There was a reference to Titanic in one scene and the funniest memes come out of it! The second Ant-Man was terrible, but in general, Spider-Man is amazing!!

All the other Avengers movies 

The first one was eh, but it was definitely the foundation of the Avengers teaming up. The last two, well, you know what happens if you watched it. 

Guardians of the Galaxy movies

The first one was really good, and so were the rest, but it almost makes it hard to connect to the real Avengers series in general.

Thor movies

The first one and Ragnarok are the best, but the second is sad and morbid. 

Doctor Strange and Captain Marvel

These two movies give a different twist to Marvel because they have a much more magical and vintage feel. 

Incredible Hulk

The most boring Marvel movie ever. It almost killed the universe, though as the first one it should have led the series on a good start. It definitely did not, so thank god Mark Ruffalo took over the role!

Conclusion: 

Maybe Phase 4 will be good too, but it is really hard to be as good as these movies! 

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