15 Most Heart-Wrenching Moments In MCU History

The MCU might have started with Tony Stark's improvised snark, but it quickly gained heart and depth. We went from Thor smashing mugs, to him watching his entire family die in front of him. From Bucky and Steve smiling, to "Who the hell is Bucky?" And then to a Civil War, an Infinity War that destroyed almost half the universe, and then the Endgame.

The MCU might be full of fun, superheroics, and Stan Lee cameos, but it also has some of the most heartwrenching moments in cinematic history. And we're not even counting the Stan Lee-ified Marvel Studios opening logo. Or his Mallrats/Captain Marvel cameo. We're not counting those because if we wrote more words the rest of this article would just be covered in tears and snot.

So, with the Infinity Saga won, and the Avengers dead or done, let's take a look back at the most intense, heart-breaking scenes in the MCU - from a kid who wouldn't fall down in Brooklyn to Tony's last snappy comeback, here are the times Marvel went for the heart, and not the head.

MAJOR SPOILER WARNING FOR AVENGERS: ENDGAME!

Marvel has had a villain problem for a long time, but luckily Ultron was so sucky no one could compete with him and Marvel villains had to get good.

And no one was better at being bad than Zemo. Not only the cutest villain in the MCU, at the time, Zemo also had the smartest plan - destroy the Avengers by taking advantage of the fact that they're testosterone driven, fight machines.

All he needed to do was go, "Hey, Helmet head, look at this video I've got here!"

Okay, it was slightly more dramatic than that. But when you get right down to it, the Avengers weren't ripped apart because Zemo tricked Iron Man into watching a snuff film, but because Steve Rogers lied.

If you look back at Winter Soldier, you see that Rogers learned Barnes killed Stark's parents back before S.H.I.E.L.D. even fell. Steve didn't tell Tony - not while they were ripping down the remnants of Hydra, not after Ultron... never.

If he had, then one of the saddest moments in Marvel Cinematic history wouldn't have happened.

"He's my friend, Tony." "So was I." The Shield his father built destroying his surrogate heart. This shattering of the Avengers was what led to Thanos winning, to five years passing, and Tony ultimately dying. All because of this one fight.