<p class="ingestion featured-caption">"Deadpool & Wolverine" is the most recent installment of the MCU.Jay Maidment/20th Century Studios andMarvel Studios</p><ul class="summary-list"><li>Since 2008, there have been five distinct "phases" of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).</li><li>Eight projects have been released so far in Marvel's Phase 5.</li></ul><p>When Marvel released "Iron Man" in 2008, there was no way to know it would kick off the biggest multimedia franchise of all time.</p><p>From 2008 to 2019, the MCU went through three phases, culminating in "<a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/avengers-endgame-is-even-better-than-infinity-war-2019-4">Avengers: Endgame</a>" and "Spider-Man: Far From Home." Marvel head Kevin Feige has since dubbed these three phases the "<a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/avengers-who-is-the-strongest-after-endgame-2019-5">Infinity Saga,</a>" which has grossed $22 billion worldwide.</p><p>But it's been difficult to restore that magic. Phases 4 and 5 have seen somewhat <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/eternals-box-office-underwhelms-compared-to-other-marvel-movies-2021-11">lackluster box-office returns</a>, critical derision, and evidence of <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/guardians-of-the-galaxy-3-james-gunn-superhero-fatigue-real-2023-4">superhero fatigue</a>.</p><p>Since Phase 5 kicked off in February 2023 with "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania," there have been four movies and four TV shows.</p><p>We've ranked them from worst to best in terms of quality and significance to the MCU at large. Here's what we thought.</p><p>Warning: Spoilers ahead.</p>