Marvel Studios entered the Disney+ era in 2021, bringing the Marvel Cinematic Universe to television in a much bigger way than it had before. Marvel had already experimented with TV through its Netflix partnership and shows on ABC, but the Disney+ projects were the first television stories officially positioned as an extension of the MCU.

Gambit is back, but he isn't returning alone. He brings his former friends from his time before the X-Men along as he continues carrying out Apocalypse's plans. Meanwhile, X-Force joins forces with X-Corp in an attempt to restore the Gambit they once knew. However, Cable isn't entirely honest about why he's involved. 

As tensions continue to boil over between humans and mutants, a group of separatist mutants claim to be continuing the work of Magneto. They abduct the leader of an anti-mutant group who also happens to be the half-brother of Nightcrawler. It leads to a trial, a fight and an uneasy alliance between X-Corp and X-Factor.

Professor Xavier struggles to cope with Magneto's death, but his attempt to process that grief through the Danger Room creates an entirely new threat. At the same time, a former student serving with X-Factor returns to Xavier's School just as the X-Men face one of their most personal challenges yet.

Wolverine gathers the former Team X members for an attack on the lab where they were previously the subjects of experiments. However, he’s being less than truthful about his motivations for this mission leading to massive issues among the team.

Following Rama-Tut's devastating attack that claims Baal's life, Professor X and Magneto remain determined to prevent En Sabah Nur from becoming Apocalypse. Their mission, however, begins to unravel as their opposing philosophies, and the secrets each keeps from the other, push history closer to the very future they hoped to erase.

The X-Men team in the past has found the vessel who will become Apocalypse, En Sabah Nur. Magneto is trying to ensure the first mutant never becomes the greatest villain the X-Men will ever face. However, En Sabah Nur is trying to lead an uprising against a pharaoh who seems to be using futuristic, and almost alien, technology.

Back in the series' present-day timeline of 1997, the world has changed dramatically with the X-Men scattered across different eras. In their absence, two new mutant teams have emerged to defend humanity, however they take very different approaches. Cable assembles X-Force, an independent strike team, while the U.S. government introduces X-Factor, a state-backed group tasked with policing mutant activity.

Apocalypse's latest scheme has scattered the X-Men across three different points in time, forcing the team to fight on multiple fronts. While some mutants remain in 1997, others find themselves stranded in the distant past and far future. To stop Apocalypse before his plans reshape history, the heroes must reunite across time itself.

The Marvel Cinematic Universe first graced movie screens in 2008 with the release of Iron Man. That film’s rousing success ushered in a new era of filmmaking where superhero and comic book films dominated the box office. The Infinity Saga (between Iron Man and Avengers: Endgame) was the most cohesive shared universe ever put to screen. Marvel continued the universe afterward and we are now at 37 films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Marvel and Disney+ are diving back into the world of Special Presentations with The Punisher: One Last Kill. It’s the third Disney+ special after Werewolf by Night and The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special.

In 2025, Marvel and Disney released eight properties to theaters and on Disney Plus. Nine were originally scheduled, but Wonder Man was delayed until 2026. Some of these properties were amazing, while others were only okay. In this listicle, I’m going to rank the eight properties by how good I found each of them.