6. Captain America: The First Avenger

Captain America: The First Avenger was a great way of introducing Steve Rogers to the general audience, and director Joe Johnston helped to make the patriotic character (who could have easily come across as a joke or incredibly unlikeable to international audiences) into one of the best big screen superheroes.

Incredible special effects turned Chris Evans into the weedy Steve Rogers, and his touching relationship with the tough as nails Peggy Carter is easily one of the best love story subplots in the genre. Red Skull was a solid villain, though this is where we start to nitpick. Taking away his Nazi roots made him somehow less threatening, while the Tesseract – better known to fans as the Cosmic Cube – could have also been utilised than more than just a power source.

Bucky’s death was also poorly handled, but all this aside, and it was still one of Marvel’s best solo outings.