The 8 Most Fun Marvel Movies of All Time, Ranked

Sometimes the best compliment a movie can get is that it's "fun." Sometimes a movie doesn't have to be perfect, amazing, or groundbreaking—simply needing to be a fun time for the viewers that they can have fun with for the time they're watching. An incredible project can be fun, and a bad one can be just as much so—for different reasons, but enjoyable ones.

Superhero films specifically have a lot of "fun" products among them. So, with Marvel being the current reigning king (for now) over superhero cinema, they have a large number of films that are a boat load of fun for audiences everywhere. Which are the most fun to watch, though?

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A good fun flick is one that can make audiences laugh, cheer, smile—leaving them walking away from it like they just went on a wild rollercoaster. When it comes to raunchy, more hardcore superhero content, it doesn't get much more fun than the Deadpool franchise. The most fun of the three movies, though, is none other than Deadpool & Wolverine.

This 2024 multiverse romp never lets up once it gets rolling and it's all the fun enjoyable for it. The opening of the movie is literally Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) fighting off Time Variance Authority agents with the impenetrable, adamantium skeleton of the late Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) from Logan.

People had been asking for the Merc With a Mouth and the three-clawed X-Man to team up for quite some time, so when they resolved to sit down and do it, they made sure it was going to be an extremely entertaining movie.

With fun action, great humor, cameos from the multiversal grave—notably Chris Evans's Johnny Storm, Wesley Snipes's Blade, Channing Tatum's Gambit, and more—all combined with a genuine heart at the center of the film, Deadpool & Wolverine ends up being one of Marvel's most fun films of recent years. After making his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in the marvelous airport sequence of Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man (Tom Holland) had a lot of expectations to live up to after such a grand entrance in the 2016 epic.

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Just one year later, fans got to see him on the big screen once again in his first-ever solo film, Spider-Man: Homecoming. Tom Holland's iteration of the hero's first lone outing ended up being such a blast for general audiences and Spidey fans alike.

Spider-Man: Homecoming is a true coming-of-age tale at its heart—akin to the likes of old John Hughes movies.

Because of this, there's a youthful, preppy energy to the plot and visuals that allows it to really thrive as a fun, lighthearted movie about coming into one's self in high school. Not to mention, on top of this, there's plenty of awesome action, featuring a classic Spider-Man villain, The Vulture (Michael Keaton), to scratch the action itch that comes with every superhero flick.

Sam Raimi's first Spider-Man movie was groundbreaking for a plethora of reasons when it was released in 2002. What it continues to be remembered for, though—aside from the cultural impact it's had—is the fact that it is still one of, if not the best, adaptations of the early John Romita Sr. era of Spider-Man comic books.

What sets Spider-Man apart is that the film is wholly unashamed of the comic book property it's based on. Raimi knows that he's making a comic book movie and has so much fun leaning into it and allowing the product to be fun and campy while still having a decent emotional weight when it needs to.

The action is out of this world—a full fight scene happening on a bunch of parade floats—and, especially to this day, Spider-Man is one of the most fun comic book movies to revisit. Up until 2017's Thor: Ragnarok, the Thor franchise was struggling.

With a good first film—but massively underrated—and a second film that many agree is one of the worst Marvel movies, people were unsure what to think of a third Thor flick.

However, when this brand-new Thor movie was released, audiences were beyond pleased with what they ended up watching. Director Taika Waititi cooked up an incredibly lovable, colorful, hilarious, and, well, fun movie. Thor: Ragnarok is most well-known for how much it shifts the status quo from the second Thor entry, Thor: The Dark World.

The comedic prowess of Waititi—known for movies like Jojo Rabbit—makes this project something that is genuinely so memorable for the fun it has during its runtime. It also brings the amazing duo that is Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) and Thor together again, which makes for some great action and character dynamics.

There's a reason that Thor: Ragnaraok has gone down in history as one of the most favored MCU movies ever made.

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Based on your answers, the Marvel hero who matches your spirit, values, and instincts has been revealed. You carry the weight of the world on shoulders that are younger than they should have to be — funny, loyal, and endlessly self-sacrificing.

You fight in the shadows between law and chaos, guided Brilliant, driven, and occasionally insufferable — but always the person who solves the unsolvable problem.

You've been through fire that would break most people — and it did change you, completely. What's left is unyielding, relentless, and operating Powerful, proud, and on a lifelong journey to become worthy of the legend you carry.

You believe in something bigger than yourself — and you fight for it even when the world has moved on and nobody else will.

If there's a movie that can be described as "hype moments and aura," it's the likes of Avengers: Infinity War. This third The Avengers project is an "event film," through and through.

It not only tells an amazing story with Thanos (Josh Brolin) at the center as its protagonist, but it simultaneously juggles a plethora of iconic Marvel characters—each getting their time in the spotlight, without taking away from the others.

Not only does it juggle the characters, but it juggles some of the best action scenes in superhero cinema, each bursting with spectacle. The plot is fast-paced, exciting, and emotionally relevant. This not only allows it to be the best The Avengers film, but it's also become one of the highest-grossing movies of all time—resting nicely in the top 10.

Something that makes the Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse franchise so special is the gigantic amount of attention to detail they have. After the first movie, people were extremely excited to see that the same amount of love, blood, sweat, and tears was placed into the sequel project, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.

Such work results in movies that are a plethora of fun.

Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) returns in this second entry with a new villain—The Spot (Jason Schwartzman)—that starts as a total goofball and becomes one of the greatest Spider-Man threats of all time. Just like the first movie, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse's visuals, comedy, character work, and action make it one of the most fun superhero movies ever made.

The MCU had a great year in 2014, with a serious smash-hit in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and a fun one in Guardians of the Galaxy. Not many people were sure of what to think of this new Marvel property until they were having a plethora of fun with James Gunn's film in theaters.

Being known for movies like Super and the live-action Scoo Guardians of the Galaxy is a movie that loves being a ridiculous-looking space opera that makes audiences giggle at its well-written jokes and hum to the expertly chosen soundtrack oozing with 80s charm. The cast of characters—misfit toys, really—at play are surprisingly relatable for alien raccoons, green warriors, and giant trees.

All of this, combined with the popping visuals on screen, makes for the MCU's most fun movie to date. There are few superhero movies out there that have had the modern cultural impact that the one and only Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse has.

Not only did this film do wonders both critically and financially, but it changed the status quo of the animated film industry as a whole—inspiring other studios to get more creative with their styles, winding up with amazing-looking projects like Arcane and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem.

This isn't just a fun fact, though. This is a huge reason it became as fun a movie as it is. There's so much attention to detail in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, with viewers commonly catching new things with every watch.

There's so much love put into the character of Spider-Man as a whole, and the entire movie is a love letter not just to him, but to animated movies as a whole. This movie is a passion project, and it's beyond clear in the amazing product that was created.