Letterboxd is a site that has grown in popularity in recent years, as more and more movie lovers discover it and find a good place to record their thoughts on films. Letterboxd isn’t a review site in the same way that Rotten Tomatoes is, in that while there are critics on Letterboxd, they have as much sway as any other user with a following, as the website is more of a social media site than any sort of official place for reviews. People don’t usually use Letterboxd as the be-all and end-all of a movie’s quality, but rather as a way to record their assorted thoughts and jokes about a film. It’s the voice of the people, in a way, since anyone, amateur or otherwise, can make an account and give their own review of a movie.
Marvel movies, as one might imagine, are quite popular on Letterboxd, with a range of opinions posted about all of them. Hardcore MCU fans can nerd out and make jokes or give praises to the films, while people who areless interested in the world of superheroescan air their gripes. No matter what someone’s opinion on an MCU film might be, they’re likely to find someone else of similar mind in the reviews, since everyone from critics to casual viewers get a say. But which MCU movies and shows are the most loved by the Letterboxd community as a whole, based on average star rating?
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Which MCU Movies Have The Highest Letterboxd Ratings?
On Letterboxd, users can give movies any star rating from 0-5, and the site then takes the average of all of those reviews to give the average star rating for each film. The page for a movie also shows a bar graph of that film’s star ratings, to see which rating is given the most versus the least. The title of whichMCU filmhas the highest rating is actually a tie between two films, though that bar graph might give one film the edge over the other.
Avengers: Infinity WarandSpider-Man: No Way Homeboth have an average of 4 stars on Letterboxd, which are the highest of all of the MCU movies, which tend to average in the 3-star range for the most part. WhileInfinity War’s bar graph shows that 30% of users rated it 4 stars (which makes that star rating the most common one for the movie),No Way Home’s most popular rating is 5 stars, with 27% of users giving it that rating. In a way, this might mean thatNo Way Homeis truly the highest-rated MCU movie on Letterboxd, since it has the higher average of 5-star ratings, butInfinity Warstill has it tied with the overall average.
There are also a few other MCU movies that have fairly high overall ratings, though they didn’t quite reach the levels of those other two films.Avengers: Endgamehas the next highest rating with a 3.9, followed byCaptain America: The Winter Soldier, Thor: Ragnarok,andGuardians of the Galaxy, which all have a 3.8. The next highest areIron Man,The Avengers, andBlack Panther, which all come in at an average rating of 3.7. While these ratings are on the higher end compared to a lot of other MCU movies, they’re still low enough to clearly show the gap between the general audience’s love for films likeInfinity WarandNo Way Homeand the MCU’s other fare.Infinity WarandNo Way Homewere huge, highly anticipated theatrical events that were well-made and therefore well received by both audiences and critics, which is likely what led to their popularity and higher ratings on Letterboxd.
Which MCU Shows Have the Highest Letterboxd Ratings?
As for the MCU’s more recent foray into television with their Disney Plus shows, the ratings for these ones tend to trend a little lower than the movie ratings. While Letterboxd is mainly a movie website, certain television shows - usually limited series - will be logged on the site as well, which is why all of the MCU Disney Plus shows have entries. Unsurprisingly,WandaVisionachieved the highest ratingof all of them, with an average of 3.9.WandaVisionwas the first MCU show to release, and was also the first piece of Marvel content to come out during the pandemic (after a year of nothing releasing in 2020), so the general excitement around it was at an all-time high. The inventive storytelling devices and emotional heart of the show also led to it being really well-received by fans, and many still cite it as their favorite MCU show to this day.
The next highest isLokiwith a 3.8.Lokiwas similarly well-liked at the time of release, partially because of thepopularity of the character, but also because of the structure. The story got a little divisive near the end, so the overall fan reception is a bit controversial, but Letterboxd users clearly still liked it enough to rate it somewhat highly overall. The only other MCU show in the high 3’s isMoon Knight, which achieved a 3.7.Moon Knightwas similarly well-liked for having a unique formula and feeling different from other MCU fare that had come before, which is reflected both in that rating as well as in the comments and reviews that people have left on the site that praise this element of the storytelling.
