If You Loved The Avengers, Watch These 8 Next. #1 Did It First.

You liked mismatched heroes bickering, then saving the world. Good. Here's where to get that fix next, ranked, with zero shawarma breaks.

Number one did the whole Avengers thing first, and almost nobody bought a ticket.

1. 8
   Iron Man (2008)9.0

   Ground zero. No Iron Man, no Avengers, no shawarma.

   Robert Downey Jr. riffing his way out of a cave is where the Avengers banter was born. 94% on Rotten Tomatoes, $585.8 million worldwide.
2. 7
   Black Panther (2018)8.9

   Better villain than Loki. Yes, I said it.

   Same universe, same big team energy, but Michael B. Jordan's villain actually has a point. A+ CinemaScore and $1.35 billion worldwide.
3. 6
   X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)8.8

   Two X-Men casts, one movie, somehow not a traffic jam.

   Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender share the screen like a time-travel Avengers roll call. 90% on Rotten Tomatoes, $746 million worldwide.
4. 5
   Star Trek (2009)9.2

   The best assemble-the-team movie Marvel didn't make.

   Strangers who can't stand each other become a crew, the exact Avengers setup. Simon Pegg steals every scene. 94% on Rotten Tomatoes, 9.2 movie.guru score.
5. 4
   Captain America: Civil War (2016)8.7

   The real Avengers sequel just has Captain America's name on it.

   Same heroes, now punching each other. The airport fight alone earns the reported $250 million budget. It pulled $1.16 billion worldwide.
6. 3
   Aliens (1986)9.4

   Space marines are just Avengers with worse luck.

   A loud, cocky squad and one hero who's actually competent. Sigourney Weaver ran the team-up playbook in 1986 on a reported $18.5 million. 9.4 movie.guru score.
7. 2
   Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)8.7

   Best Marvel movie, and it's secretly a spy thriller.

   Chris Evans and Scarlett Johansson carry straight over from The Avengers. Guru's Take is 8.6, beating Civil War's 8.0, and it made $714.4 million worldwide.
8. 1
   Serenity (2005)8.5

   Joss Whedon's best team movie isn't The Avengers.

   Same director, same wisecracking crew, years earlier. Audiences gave it an A CinemaScore, then it made just $40.4 million worldwide on a reported $39M budget. You missed it.

$2,173 says you watch #1 tonight and spend Wednesday quoting Alan Tudyk to coworkers who have never heard of it.

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