

Run Time: 2 hr 14 min | Director: Cate ShortlandĬast: Scarlett Johansson, Florence Pugh, Rachel Weisz, David Harbour, Ray Winstone Guardians of the Galaxy is one of the most beloved films in the MCU and after seeing it again, it’s easy to see why. Along the way, we get introduced to Thanos, Ronan the Accuser, Yondu and The Collector who would all return in one form or another in the MCU, but more importantly we get more knowledge about the Infinity Stones that would come into play over the next 12 films in the MCU. The film has some incredible action sequences from the prison break out scene to the final Battle for Xandar scene. Chris Pratt was a former sitcom actor, Zoe Saldana was still an up-and-coming actress, Dave Bautista was a former pro wrestler, and they turned their most well-known actors in Bradley Cooper and Vin Diesel into a talking raccoon and a sentient tree.īut James Gunn brings all of these disparate characters together to form a dysfunctional superhero family and give the film a unique sense of humor.


The actors weren’t even a massive selling point here. Outside a few comic book knowledgeable fans, the Guardians of the Galaxy were a completely unknown quantity to the public. Arriving as the 10th film in the MCU it had its work cut out for it. Run Time: 2 hr 2 min | Director: James GunnĬast: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Bradley Cooper, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, Lee Pace, Michael Rooker, and Karen Gillanīilled by Marvel in 2014 as an “action-packed epic space adventure," Guardians of the Galaxy certainly lived up to its billing when it burst onto the superhero film scene and shocked pundits and box office prognosticators.
