New releases like Wonder Man and the second season of Daredevil: Born Again have given the Marvel Cinematic Universe fresh momentum in 2026. What began back in 2013 with Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD has now grown into a lineup of more than 25 titles, so it is a good time to sort the standouts from the rest. Drawing on Rotten Tomatoes scores, here are the 15 best Marvel series, most of which stream on Disney+.
15. Marvel’s Agent Carter (2015), 2 seasons
Rotten Tomatoes: 86 percent
After losing her love Steve Rogers in the first Captain America film, Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell) builds a life for herself as a single woman in late 1940s America while secretly working for Howard Stark (Dominic Cooper). When dangerous inventions of his are stolen and the government suspects him of treason, Stark goes into hiding and asks Carter to track down the thieves. Her only ally is Stark’s butler Edwin Jarvis (James D’Arcy), who later turns up in Iron Man and the Avengers films.
14. Loki (2021), 2 seasons
Rotten Tomatoes: 87 percent
Loki’s death was one of the heaviest blows in Avengers: Infinity War, but the Avengers’ messy time travel in Endgame offered a loophole. A past version of the God of Mischief slipped away from SHIELD and created an alternate reality, and this series follows the fallout.
13. Marvel’s Luke Cage (2016), 2 seasons
Rotten Tomatoes: 87 percent
This gritty, action-heavy drama traces the rise of Luke Cage (Mike Colter), a man left with superhuman strength and unbreakable skin after a failed experiment. Following a doomed romance with Jessica Jones, Cage tries to settle quietly into life in Harlem, until a growing threat forces him to reckon with the past he has worked so hard to bury.
12. Cloak & Dagger (2018), 2 seasons
Rotten Tomatoes: 87 percent
The collapse of an oil platform throws together Tandy Bowen (Olivia Holt) and Tyrone Johnson (Aubrey Joseph), two teenagers from very different worlds. Living rough on the streets of New York, the pair become targets for drug cartels, and their emerging powers and feelings for each other only tangle things further.
11. Daredevil: Born Again (2025), 2 seasons
Rotten Tomatoes: 87 percent
The original Daredevil debuted on Netflix in 2015 but was canceled after three seasons. Blind lawyer and fearsome fighter Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) then made a surprise comeback in Spider-Man: No Way Home before returning to series form in 2025. Old allies and enemies came along for the ride, including Jon Bernthal as The Punisher, Vincent D’Onofrio as Kingpin, plus Foggy Nelson and Karen Page. A third season is already in the works.
10. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021)
Rotten Tomatoes: 89 percent
Who carries the mantle of Captain America? At the close of Avengers: Endgame, the hero handed his near-indestructible shield to his friend Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie). Alongside Cap’s oldest friend, Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan), Wilson must now try to live up to a legend.
9. What If…? (2021), 3 seasons
Rotten Tomatoes: 91 percent
A sharp premise paired with scripts that sometimes feel thin. Some Marvel stars voice their own characters in this animated series while others have been recast, and the 3D animation of familiar heroes gives it an odd quality. Best suited to dedicated MCU fans.
8. Wonder Man (2026)
Rotten Tomatoes: 91 percent
One of the standout shows of 2026 follows rising Hollywood actor Simon Williams (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II), who is struggling to break through. A chance meeting with fading actor Trevor Slattery (Ben Kingsley) leads Simon to learn that famed director Von Kovak is planning a remake of the superhero film Wonder Man. Both men chase roles that could change everything, and the audience gets a look behind the curtain of the entertainment industry. Funny, touching, and easy to follow even for newcomers.
7. Marvel’s Daredevil (2015), 3 seasons
Rotten Tomatoes: 92 percent
By day Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) fights for justice as a lawyer, and by night he becomes a masked vigilante with astonishing combat skills. Blinded in a childhood accident, he relies on his heightened senses as Daredevil to protect Hell’s Kitchen, with little patience for the legal system he works within.
6. WandaVision (2021)
Rotten Tomatoes: 92 percent
The first of the Disney+ Marvel series left viewers guessing. Last seen grieving the death of Vision (Paul Bettany) in Avengers: Endgame, Wanda, aka Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen), now appears to have found domestic bliss in suburbia. The picture-perfect neighborhood, however, hides something far stranger. The spin-off VisionQuest arrives in 2026.
5. Eyes of Wakanda (2025)
Rotten Tomatoes: 92 percent
Fans of Wakanda should not skip this animated series, which follows the brave War Dogs of the secret organization Hatut Zeraze across history. Their globe-spanning missions send them after lost Vibranium artifacts scattered around the world.
4. Hawkeye (2021)
Rotten Tomatoes: 92 percent
In the breeziest MCU spin-off so far, archer Clint Barton (Jeremy Renner) reluctantly takes on a young orphan (Hailee Steinfeld) as his protégé. The series also pays tribute to fallen heroine Natasha Romanoff and introduces fresh faces to the MCU in Steinfeld and Alaqua Cox.
3. Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD (2013), 7 seasons
Rotten Tomatoes: 95 percent
The very first MCU series spin-off picks up where the first Avengers film ends. The covert organization SHIELD investigates supernatural threats and repeatedly clashes with the Nazi offshoot Hydra, blending superhero action with spy thriller in the process.
2. Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (2025)
Rotten Tomatoes: 97 percent
This animated take on Peter Parker’s origin has drawn wide acclaim. Set in an alternate multiverse timeline, Peter gains his powers through a temporal paradox caused by Dr. Stephen Strange during a battle with a symbiotic alien. In this reality his mentor is Norman Osborn rather than Tony Stark. Season 2 is due in 2026.
1. Ms. Marvel (2022)
Rotten Tomatoes: 98 percent
Ms. Marvel brings the first Muslim superheroine into the Avengers universe. High schooler Kamala Khan (Iman Vellani), a devoted fan of the Avengers and especially Captain Marvel (Brie Larson), finds her passion makes her a target at school, where she also faces everyday racism. Then she develops powers of her own. Vellani later appeared beside Larson in the film The Marvels.
What is the MCU?
The Marvel Cinematic Universe is built mainly on comic book adaptations produced by Marvel Studios, part of Disney, since 2008. Its defining feature is interconnection, with films and series constantly referencing one another and sharing a single reality, so heroes and villains cross paths often. Captain Marvel, for example, works as a kind of prequel to Avengers: Endgame, and its heroine Carol Danvers becomes the idol of Kamala Khan.
Marvel versus the MCU
These team-ups are only possible when Marvel owns the relevant film rights, which for years was not the case for the X-Men and Spider-Man franchises. A special agreement was needed to fold Tom Holland’s Spider-Man into the MCU. The Defenders series, first released as Netflix Originals between 2015 and 2019, are another special case. Now streaming on Disney+, their characters are officially part of the MCU, which is why Matt Murdock could appear in Spider-Man: No Way Home and Wilson Fisk could turn up in Hawkeye.
