8. Elektra
If there was ever an award for the most pointless Marvel movie, it would probably have to go to Elektra. Crafted as a spinoff sequel to 2003's Daredevil, it saw Jennifer Garner reprise her role as the badass antihero Elektra, who is resurrected by The Hand to carry out a new mission. That might sound similar to the plot of the Netflix series The Defenders that came out a decade later but it unfortunately wasn't anywhere near as successful as that show.
An Elektra offshoot didn't have to be a bad thing, Heck, seeing Jennifer Garner tear it up again on-screen with her badassery should have been a great thing (and in the moments that she was allowed to do that, it was a great thing). But Elektra never justified its reason for existing. It never progressed the character's story in any kind of meaningful way, it didn't follow up on the events of Daredevil, and even though it was great to see the character revived, it never really gave a convincing reason for why her death was undone.
The film is a heck of a lot more enjoyable than some of the other ones on this list (and honestly, I don't even consider a bad movie), but that didn't prevent it from going down in history as one of the biggest misfires to feature a Marvel character. It was poorly received by audiences and critics, and it significantly underperformed at the box office too, ending the character's cinematic journey. Or at least it did for another 19 years.
Garner reprised the role in 2024's Deadpool and Wolverine and she was nothing short of badass, highlighting how timeless her epic portrayal of the character is. She just deserved a better standalone movie to showcase that in back in 2005.