Ranking the MCU Movies by Favorite

One of my favorite Instagram movie accounts, Old Hollywood Swoon, recently has been ranking various groupings of movies.  Movies in a franchise, or by a director, etc.  I have really enjoyed those posts, and they reminded me of when I ranked all of the Alan Ladd movies I had seen by order of favoriteness.  And I thought, why not do more posts like that?

So, I will.  Beginning with the Marvel Cinematic Universe, because I have been re-watching those movies slowly with my teens over the past few months.

Just to be clear: for me, the MCU ends with The Avengers: Endgame (2019).  I watched a couple of movies and Disney+ shows that take place after it and did not like them or where the franchise was heading, so I decided to just stop there.  For me, this is the MCU.  I'm not dissing the later movies, especially since I haven't seen most of them.  But this list won't include later movies and the TV shows.

I haven't reviewed all of these movies, but the ones I've reviewed have their titles linked to my reviews.

1. The Avengers (2012)

2. Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

3. The Avengers: Endgame (2019)

4. Thor (2011)

5. Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)

6. Iron Man (2008)

7. Captain America: Civil War (2016)

8. Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)

9. Captain Marvel (2019)

10. Doctor Strange (2016)

11. Black Panther (2018)

12. The Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

13. The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

14. Thor: The Dark World (2013)

15. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)

16. Ant-Man (2015)

17. Iron Man 2 (2010)

18. Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

19. Iron Man 3 (2013) 

20. Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)

21. Black Widow (2021)

22. Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 (2017)

23. The Incredible Hulk (2008)

Wow.  I've reviewed way more of those than I thought I had.  I should fill in that handful of gaps sometime.

What is your ranking of MCU movies by favorite like?