Good enough place to kick this sub off.

10) Iron Man - this is where the superhero era kicks off for me, introducing probably my favorite character.

9) Avengers Endgame - while certainly good, time travel and writing off Steve, Tony and Natasha dropped this a bit for me. Was expecting Clint to use the gauntlet without consequence as he paid for the soul stone. Would've been an appropriate closing of his arc, as we saw him lose his family earlier.

8) Captain America Civil War - do you need permission to do good when time is of the essence? So many great lines and battles that this really serves as the Avengers 2 we deserved.

7) X-men First Class - brilliant backstory to the X-men universe. Magneto is one of those truly brilliant characters, as he really sees himself as the hero of this story. Xaviers backstory feeds the future character appropriately.

6) Batman vs Superman - superheros aren't necessarily ideologically perfect, and this shows appropriate and believable flaws. Only real gripe is that this needed to be a season or two of TV, as they skipped a lot of steps. I get annoyed when people criticize the Martha line, as it totally undercuts the ability of Lois to defuse anger.

5) Iron Man 2 - my favorite character, and the story felt more like an open world than a journey to a specific point. Anything could happen, and we got to see something memorable about Tony in most scenes.

4) The Dark Knight - Heath fucking Ledger. Theres a fan theory that he's a vet with PTSD and training in psychological warfare, and this just fits so well. A simple lunatic shouldn't hold a candle to our ultimate prep warrior, but a disturbed trained soldier? That's much more plausible.

3) Avengers Infinity War - this was another brilliant open world movie that explored so many great characters, not the least of which was Thanos.

2) Zack Snyder's Justice League - finally a DC movie that shows an ensemble developing appropriately. Several brilliant tweaks that fixed problems from the 2017 version, not the least of which was developing Steppenwolf from simplistic toddleresque 2017 version to the fierce competitor for Darkseids favor in Zack Snyders version. Also, taking Flash from being a sideshow like character to instantaneous world changer...beautiful.

1) X-Men Days Of Future Past (Rogue Cut) - too many brilliant characters to name, and I never was quite sure what the next scene would be or whose powers would prevail in a given scene. Brilliant dialogue, epic battles, all the charm of the 70s, with incredible scale of future possibilities. Its going to be a long time until a movie tops this, and it'll probably be where Rogue takes down Captain Marvel.