2. Thunderbolts*
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and Deadpool and Wolverine aside, Marvel Studios was having a pretty rough run of things when it came to movies in Phase Five. Each and every one of them received a pretty lukewarm response at best and a very, very negative response at worst. That all changed when it came to Thunderbolts*.
Comprised of characters we met during the early days of the Multiverse Saga (along with one or two MCU veterans), on the surface this was Marvel's answer to the Suicide Squad. This was a good sign, for it meant that the misadventures of Yelena Belova, Bucky Barnes, John Walker, Red Guardian, Ghost, Taskmaster, and Bob were going to make for a ridiculously fun cinematic adventure at the very least. It was all of that... but it was also so much more.
What Thunderbolts* offered up was a surprisingly thoughtful look at mental health, as well as the importance of the support that anyone struggling needs. Bob doesn't find a bunch of super-powered teammates in the Thunderbolts; he finds a family. A highly dysfunctional one, but a family through and through.
Thunderbolts* is a triumph that showcases the MCU at its very best, and a heartfelt reminder that the franchise still very much has that special ingredient that made so many of those earlier movies the forces of nature that they are.