Controversial but data-backed ranking of the 10 best MCU movies

4. Thor: Ragnarok

The God of Thunder was one of the MCU's earliest heavy-hitters but his movie's weren't always the franchise's heaviest of hitters. Though reception to 2011's Thor was mostly positive, the 2013 sequel Thor: The Dark World is widely regarded as one of the MCU's weaker movies. And thus, when it came time to put together a third installment for Chris Hemsworth's hammer-wielding hero, Taika Waititi was tasked with making the adventure a lot more colorful.

Thor: Ragnarok exploded onto the scene with its witty dialogue, unserious tone, and overall crazy adventure, and it instantly paid off, producing a story that felt as larger than life as the hero at the heart of it. Response from both fans and critics was overwhelmingly positive, with many believing it to be Thor's best adventure of all. And even though the silly tone is an acquired taste, most critics agreed that the pivot in tone was necessary at this point in time to make the Thor movies as main event as the character they are about.

The film earned itself a 93% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, placing it above the vast majority of the franchise's films. That's an impressive feat given how his previous films were often overlooked when compared to the Iron Man or Captain America trilogies. Its audience score is a little lower at 87% but that might be down to the fact that fans soured on the in-your-face, over-the-top approach to Thor after Waititi's sequel Thor: Love and Thunder took things too far into unseriousness.

Nevertheless, the majority of MCU fans would agree that this one belongs in the Top 10, and for good reason. This essentially did for Thor what Guardians of the Galaxy did for its own titular heroes, relaunching him as a whole new hero. At the time, it worked like a dream.