Marking the end of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s epic Phase III, I bring you my favorite (23) MCU movies, ranked by phase and overall.

My “favorites” are not necessarily ranked by which movie is the “best,” according to film critic/fan scoring websites like Rotten Tomatoes or Metacritic, but are ranked by 1) how much I enjoyed the movie the first time that I watched it, and 2) how many times I have watched the movie thereafter.

Phase 1

1. Marvel’s The Avengers (2012)

2. Iron Man (2008)

3. Iron Man 2 (2010)

4. Thor (2011)

5. Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)

6. The Incredible Hulk (2008)

Phase 2

1. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)

2. Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

3. Ant-Man (2015)

4. Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

6. Iron Man 3 (2013)

8. Thor: The Dark World (2013)

Phase 3

1. Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

2. Avengers: End Game (2019)

3. Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)

4. Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)

5. Black Panther (2018)

6. Captain America: Civil War (2016)

7. Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

8. Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)

9. Doctor Strange (2016)

10. Guardians of the Galaxy 2 (2017)

11. Captain Marvel (2019)

Overall

1. Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

2. The Avengers (2012)

3. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)

4. Avengers: End Game (2019)

5. Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)

6. Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)

7. Black Panther (2018)

8. Captain America: Civil War (2016)

9. Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

10. Iron Man (2008)

11. Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

12. Ant-Man (2015)

13. Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)

14. Doctor Strange (2016)

15. Guardians of the Galaxy 2 (2017)

16. Iron Man 2 (2010)

17. Captain Marvel (2019)

18. Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

19. Thor (2011)

20. Captain America: The First

Avenger (2011)

21. Iron Man 3 (2013)

22. The Incredible Hulk (2010)

23. Thor: The Dark World (2013)