MCU: All 18 Marvel Phase Four movies and TV shows ranked from worst to best

10. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Black Panther is one of the MCU’s greatest ever films, so a sequel to that was always going to have a tough task ahead of it living up to expectations. Wakanda Forever also had to find a way to honor the late, great Chadwick Boseman and carry on both his and T’Challa’s legacy into the future. Somehow, someway, it succeeded in doing all of that, and so much more.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is undoubtedly one of the most emotional movies ever made, and in that emotion, you can see the care that went into crafting a beautiful tribute to Boseman. It’s heartfelt, epic, and full of powerful performances, particularly that of the incomparable Angela Bassett, who is nothing short of phenomenal every time she’s on screen.

It’s a little on the long side, and gets a little convoluted the longer that it does go on, but it remains one of Phase Four’s best outings.

9. Black Widow

Black Widow is perhaps the most underrated title in all of Phase Four. The first film to take the MCU into the future (it was the first theatrical release of Phase Four), it was equally as interested in paying tribute to the past, giving Natasha Romanoff the solo movie send-off she deserved.

It did by that delving into her backstory. Set between Captain America: Civil War and Avengers: Infinity War, it showed us what Black Widow got up to during her time as a fugitive of the law, as she reunited with her found family and set her sights on taking down the Red Room once and for all. Natasha was done running.

It may not have been as adventurous as many were hoping it would be, and that’s okay. It is, however, a compelling action flick that serves as a love letter to Scarlet Johansson’s beloved hero and, in hindsight, it’s unquestionably one of the more competent theatrical offerings of Phase Four.