Every Marvel Movie, Ranked From Worst to Best
and Lance Cartelli, for Metacritic – March 14, 2016
Updated November 8, 2022 to add Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
The Marvel universe is far bigger than just a bunch of Avengers. Even before the release of 2008’s Iron Man—and the post-credit scene that launched a Cinematic Universe—Marvel was working to cook up movies based on everybody from Daredevil to Spidey, from Wolverine to the Silver Surfer.
Disney continues to release Marvel movies each year, and shows no signs of stopping anytime soon. In the gallery on this page, we rank every Marvel movie (including pre-MCU titles) released to date from worst to best by Metascore, which reflects the critical consensus for each film.
Aside from the stellar special effects and usual greatness of Nicolas Cage, this movie was chided by critics. The shoddy reviews didn’t stop Ghost Rider from being a success as the box office, however. The 2007 film made more than $228 million in theaters, on a $110 million budget.
“Ghost Rider is the kind of movie that's great stupid fun as long as someone else is buying the tickets.” —Ty Burr, Boston Globe