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Regardless of whether you eagerly await a new Marvel film like Christmas or you see the studio as a box office freight train that needs to be stopped, you have to applaud studio president Kevin Feige.

The Marvel Cinematic Universe has been in full swing for 14 years now and looks set to easily continue for long into the future. With each now year comes up to three new theatrical Marvel films and, as of 2021, about four TV shows.

The episodic nature of the film series – with post-credits stings setting up the next blockbuster-to-be – may have started out as a costly experiment, but is now a formula other studios clearly view as a terrific business model.

While some MCU films are the best example of what they are – CGI-heavy superhero adventures – some are not so successful. An MCU ranking is a challenging ask for the sole reason that no fan could ever agree on the placement of certain films – but we’ve given it a go anyway, factoring in the TV shows, too.

From Iron Man to Doctor Strange and Captain Marvel to Hawkeye, below is a full ranking of every MCU movie and TV show to date.

31. Iron Man 2

Iron Man 2 barely holds together. Rather than making it a straight sequel to the successful Iron Man, Marvel overstuffed the film with universe-building references (Black Widow, Nick Fury and SHIELD’s Agent Coulson all make appearances) and two-dimensional villains (played by Sam Rockwell and Mickey Rourke). The resulting film lacks any direction and primarily serves as a Trojan horse set-up for the first Avengers film.

30. The Incredible Hulk

Edward Norton’s version of the smashing Hulk often gets forgotten by Marvel fans – and for good reason. Whereas Mark Ruffalo’s bumbling interpretation of the character has a gravitational charm, Norton’s moping monster is void of any charisma. With Liv Tyler phoning in her performance as love interest Betty Ross, the film falls flat emotionally and serves only as a by-the-numbers character introduction. You won’t…