25 Best Reviewed Franchise Films Of The 21st Century (According To Metacritic)

4. Black Panther (88)

Black Panther Nakia T'Challa Shuri
Marvel Studios

Chadwick Boseman's future King of Wakanda was one of a handful of breakout stars in the MCU's superior threequel Captain America: Civil War in 2016 - but critics truly went mad for his solo headline debut two years later when he learned just what it meant to hold the throne.

Creed director Ryan Coogler stepped up to the superhero plate to near-unprecedented success in the genre with his first try - and aided by Michael B. Jordan's wonderfully nuanced turn as antagonist Erik Killmonger, it became the first major comic-book effort to crack the Oscars.

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