Marvel Reviews: Our Verdicts on Every MCU Film

Marvel reviews on Cinvibe are verdicts from one fan who knows the comics and the screen versions side by side, covering the 34 Marvel Studios films from Iron Man (2008), directed by Jon Favreau, to The Fantastic 4: First Steps (2025), directed by Matt Shakman. Individual reviews arrive as they publish, and each one is labeled opinion. A crowd score tells you how many people liked a film, but it rarely explains why, and the why is what makes a verdict useful.

The four MCU Spider-Man films are judged in our Spider-Man coverage instead: Spider-Man: Homecoming, Spider-Man: Far From Home, Spider-Man: No Way Home and Spider-Man: Brand New Day. For the full catalog, see Marvel movies, and for the sequence itself, see Marvel movies in order.

What do I weigh in a verdict? Mostly three things: whether the story works without homework, whether the set pieces are built on practical stakes rather than noise, and how well the film honors where the character came from on the page. That being said, I try to be fair to every era, so a film can rank low and still earn a clear reason to watch it.

Yes, Marvel is worth watching, and in my opinion the saga rewards patience more than it demands homework. Start with Iron Man (2008), which earned about $586 million worldwide on a $140 million budget according to Box Office Mojo, then follow release order through The Avengers (2012) before deciding how deep to go. If time is short, Black Panther (2018) and Avengers: Endgame show the two ends of the saga's ambition. All 34 films stream on Disney+ in the US, UK and Australia, according to JustWatch data on TMDB checked on November 3, 2026, and where to watch Marvel keeps the current list.

The Marvels (2023), directed by Nia DaCosta, divides opinion, and it was the weakest performer at the box office of the 34 films, with about $206 million worldwide on a $270 million budget according to Box Office Mojo and The Numbers. Whether it is a good movie is a separate question, and in my opinion it is better than that number suggests. It runs 105 minutes, the shortest of the 34, and the idea that Carol Danvers, Monica Rambeau and Kamala Khan trade places whenever their light based powers cross is the most inventive fight design in the later saga. The weakness is that it leans on characters built elsewhere, so it plays like a sequel to Captain Marvel (2019) and more. My verdict: a brisk, flawed film that deserved a gentler release slot, and worth an evening if you already like Brie Larson's Carol. The cast and facts sit on The Marvels film page.

Thunderbolts* (2025), directed by Jake Schreier, is a modest result rather than a flop, with about $382 million worldwide against a $180 million budget, according to Box Office Mojo and The Numbers. A gross is not a profit, since marketing and theater shares are not in those figures, and the film landed below Captain America: Brave New World at roughly $415 million on the same budget. As a film, I think it works because Florence Pugh's Yelena Belova anchors a team of damaged agents who must actually rely on one another. The full facts are on the Thunderbolts* (2025) film page.

The newest MCU release is Spider-Man: Brand New Day, which opened on July 31, 2026 and has grossed more than $2.5 billion worldwide, and our verdict lives in the Spider-Man coverage. The newest film in this folder is The Fantastic 4: First Steps (2025), which earned about $522 million worldwide on a $200 million budget. My opinion is that its best decision was staying on Earth-828 and committing to a retro futuristic 1960s look rather than hurrying to connect it to everything else. The next big release is Avengers: Doomsday, set for December 18, 2026, according to Disney. We will not rate it before it opens, and the Avengers: Doomsday trailer page tracks the footage meanwhile.

Six films come up most often in reader questions, and the table gives each one's worldwide gross from Box Office Mojo with a one line opinion from me.

Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) stands apart as the only film of the 34 rated R in the US, and its gross of more than $1.3 billion shows how much room there was for an adult tone. For money across the whole saga, see Marvel box office, and for our full pecking order, see Marvel movies ranked.

We review the theatrical films only, so we do not name a lowest rated Disney+ series, and the ratings sites are the better place for that ranking. Among the films, The Marvels earned the least at the box office, but I would not treat earnings as a rating. If you want to browse the films by character before you pick, start with Marvel characters or the Marvel timeline.