6. Captain Marvel

The first Marvel Cinematic Universe movie released in 2019 was the highly-anticipated Captain Marvel – which was also the first MCU solo movie with a female lead (Ant-Man and the Wasp wasn’t a solo movie).

Brie Larson starred as the titular Carol Danvers and she definitely delivered – and with a supporting cast that included Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Djimon Hounsou, Lee Pace, Lashana Lynch, Gemma Chan, Annette Bening and Clark Gregg, everyone who watched was suitably entertained.

The movie depicted Danvers’ transformation into Captain Marvel after Earth became caught up in a galactic conflict between two alien civilisations – the Skrulls and the Kree.

It was criticised a little for its convoluted plot and lack of originality in terms of its origin formula – meaning it wasn’t as well received as the other MCU movies of 2019 – but the performance of the entire cast was praised (especially Larson, Jackson, Bening and Mendelsohn), as was the action, and the fact it has a female lead who defied objectification was fantastic.

The movie also gave us Goose – the lovable cat-like alien character who actually turned out to be absolutely lethal – and that alone means it’s well worth a watch!