Ranking Of 50 Most Cheer-Worthy Moments In MCU Movies That You Probably Missed In Cinemas

Margot Nolan

The Marvel Cinematic Universe has given us more legendary cinematic superhero moments than anybody can count throughout the course of 23 films. Some scenes make viewers nostalgic, while others make fans jump out of their seats or shed tears of joy or grief right in theaters.
Imagine everyone in the movie theater stood up and clapped for an interesting movie scene. The MCU has done it! The crowd goes wild during the Avengers: Endgame portal scene on the film's opening night. Admittedly, the cinema experience is one of the greatest thrills since you can cheer at the best scenes in a room full of like-minded individuals. We can’t wait to go back to the theaters!
To fill the audience with emotion, we've rounded up some of the film's most exhilarating moments. Scroll down and don’t forget to say thanks to banana22oats for suggesting we create this list!

#1 There is a theater reaction in Avengers: Endgame when everyone came through the portals.

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#2 A scene in Spider-Man: No Way Home in which Andrew's Peter Parker (and, to a lesser extent, Tobey's) appear together.

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#3 At the end of Iron Man, Tony revealed himself to be Iron Man

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#4 In the final battle in Avengers: Endgame, Cap got control of Mjölnir

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#5 When Steve recognized Bucky in Captain America: The Winter Soldier

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#6 Captain America's "Avengers, assemble" line in Avengers: Endgame

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"The entire place erupted when I saw this at the movie theater."—swingzig13

#7 In Spider-Man: No Way Home, all three Spider-Men swung together.

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#8 When the Hulk appeared in Thor: Ragnarok

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#9 This is the first time that the original six Avengers have assembled

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"Chills. I have nothing else to say. "-  glitterway

#10 In Thor: Ragnarok: Thor can summon lightning without his hammer

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"I literally watched this scene again yesterday, and I got so many chills repeatedly. Holy crap, that scene was incredible."—lapoozle28

#11 In Infinity War, Thor (Chris Hemsworth) — accompanied by Groot and Rocket — travels to Nidavellir, where a new weapon is forged for him: an ax called Stormbreaker.

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"In Avengers: Infinity War, when the Avengers are getting beaten badly and Thor's axe suddenly comes skipping through the field, everyone in the theater I was in cheered! It always gives me chills."—meeks34
"'BRING ME THANOS!!'"—banana22oats

#12 When Steve, Nat, and Sam made their entrances in Avengers: Infinity War:

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"Our heroes were sorely missed post Civil War, so seeing our faves pop back in to help Vision and Wanda was an extremely satisfying moment. Also, hello bearded Sam and blonde Nat!!!" - buzzy21

#13 In "avengers: endgame" the first thing tony does when seeing peter again is hug him. Peter is confused since Tony had never hugged him before

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#14 In Black Panther: T Jabari arrived to assist T'Challa's supporters

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"When the border tribe (aka traitors) had the remaining guard trapped and the mountain tribe showed up and kicked ass, omg. That was my favorite moment in Black Panther."—Marijo

#15 In Spider-Man: No Way Home, reveals Willem Dafoe's Green Goblin taunting Tom Holland's emotionally distressed Peter Parker.

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#16 The appearance of Doc Oc in Spider-Man: No Way Home

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#17 When Harry Styles/Starfox appeared in The Eternals' post-credits scene

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#18 The biggest crowd cheers in “Infinity War” came during scenes set in Wakanda.

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"In Infinity War, people were cheering throughout the Wakanda scene....[for example] when Black Panther said 'Wakanda Forever' and they charged."—banana22oats

#19 Bruce revealed his "secret" in The Avengers and turned into the Hulk:

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#20 When Shang-Chi got control of half the rings in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

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#21 It’s one of the most satisfying scenes of the penultimate Avengers films when Natasha and Okoye came to Wanda's rescue in Avengers: Infinity War

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#22 In Captain Marvel, Yon-Rogg tried to persuade Carol to battle him without her powers, but Carol refused and she had nothing to prove to him.

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#23 Natasha's fight scene in Iron Man 2

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#24 The scene where Natasha breaks her own nose to sever the pheromone block, thereby ending Dreykov's control over her and freeing herself once and for all.

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#25 When Carol got up again in Captain Marvel and it flashed back to all the times she got back up again after falling in her life:

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#26 Carol saves a whole Avengers team when Thanos's ship nearly destroys all of them

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#27 The moment when Iron Man had the power and strength to use Thanos' Infinity Gauntlet in Avengers: Endgame

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#28 In Spider-Man: Far From Home, Peter saw through Mysterio's deception and stopped him from shooting him in the head.

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#29 In Black Panther, T'Challa announced to Wakanda/Killmonger that he was alive.

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"If this was the first moment we saw T'Challa alive, it would be higher up, but we already knew he'd survived. Still a badass moment. "- tink1953

#30 When Cap gave Sam his shield in Avengers: Endgame

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"I hated Endgame, but that moment when Steve handed Sam the shield, I literally yelled 'THAT'S MY CAP!' at our midnight screening."—constanvee

#31 Short dialogue in Black Panther

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#32 In Avengers: Endgame, Thor summoned BOTH the Mjolnir and the Stormbreaker.

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"A truly badass moment." - glitterway

#33 Wanda Maximoff, aka Scarlet Witch, could've beaten Thanos alone in Avengers: Endgame.

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#34 When Steve first came out of the machine in Captain America: The First Avenger:

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#35 Daredevil made his first appearance in Spider-Man: No Way Home.

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#36 Marvel's The Avengers (2012 movie): The scene where the incredible Hulk thrashing Loki

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"I don't know about y'all, but I found this scene pretty damn satisfying." -  steveinva

#37 In Spider-Man: Homecoming, Peter pushed his way out of the rubble without his suit.

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#38 When Loki arrived with the ship in Thor: Ragnarok

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#39 The cool moment when the Guardians held hands and withstood the Power Stone in Guardians of the Galaxy

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#40 The scene when Hulk said 'Hulk smash' and beat Abomination in The Incredible Hulk

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#41 Norman’s “I'm something of a scientist myself” line in Spider-Man: No Way Home

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#42 When Venom recognized Peter in the post-credits scene for Venom: Let There Be Carnage (Okay, he is in No Way Home, but only for two seconds in a post-credits scene.)

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#43 When Druig knocked Sprite out in The Eternals

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#44 In Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Fury showed his injured eye and utilized it for a retinal scan.

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"Such a badass Fury moment. Also, I can't get over that his eye looks that bad all because of Goose." - buzzy21

#45 When Tony appeared in the credits of The Incredible Hulk, it was a surprise.

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"When Tony appeared at the end of The Incredible Hulk. The MCU wasn't really a thing. No one expected the film to be connected to Iron Man any more than they expected those films to be connected to the latest Spider-Man films. When people realized it was not just Robert Downey Jr., but RDJ as Tony Stark, they cheered."—akja90901517

#46 The moment Doctor Strange realized how to defeat Dormammu left the audience in awe

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The moment people realized Strange's plan, he got a big cheer. This is such a great character moment for him — I love also when Dormammu says, "You will die," and he says, "Yes, but everyone else will live." The growth!! - By Lou Corbett

#47 In Captain America: The Winter Soldier, the tech refused to launch the ships when Cap urged him not to.

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"I loved the scene in Captain America: The Winter Soldier when the tech with the gun to his head refused to activate the helicarriers for Hydra because of 'Captain's orders.'"—animus000

#48 When Yondu got a Ravager funeral in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

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#49 The scene where the old man stands up to Loki in the first Avengers

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"This scene is wonderful. People don't cheer because it's cool, they cheer because it's important."—banana22oats

#50 The all-female team-up scene in in Avengers: Endgame

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Yes, this got a big cheer in theaters. But it felt so forced and unrealistic that I could not take it seriously. In what world is every single female Marvel character in that one place? Did they plan it? Was Steve like yo, if you're a female Avenger, go help Carol? Mantis and Valkyrie don't even know any of them. I am ALL for an awesome feminist movie moment, but this felt like it was written by a man — which, of course, it was — with only a vague idea of what might be empowering to women. - By shieldmaiden1975