Though often ed for his role as Steve Rogers, a.k.a. Captain America, in Marvel Studios' series of interconnected superhero movies, Chris Evans has played a number of other memorable roles in very successful movies both inside and outside the comic book adaptation game.
If you're a fan of the actor and have wondered which of his movies are considered to be the best then, hopefully, this list of Chris Evans' 10 best movies according to scores from review aggregate site Metacritic should enrich your understanding of their back catalog of work on the big screen so far.
Avengers: Age of Ultron (66)
Though it's the least-loved of the Avengers movies, Age of Ultron still has a relatively high approval rating amongst critics and fans of the superhero genre, becoming a huge financial hit at the box office upon its release.
The movie was Evans' fourth appearance in the MCU as Captain America (technically his fifth, if you count his cameo in Tom Hiddleston's Loki pretending to be him as he does again in the fourth Avengers movie) and the sequel successfully set up the character's even more successful future appearances.
Avengers: Infinity War (68)
The third Avengers movie was generally seen as a big improvement over Age of Ultron by both fans and critics, becoming the franchise's biggest hit at the box office at that time (soon to be dethroned by the following Avengers movie) and being lauded as an ambitious step forward.
Returning once again as Captain America, Evans is often more removed from the action in this installment but builds to a fight-filled finale and second part with a more direct leadership role for the character.
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (69)
Evans had a brief but memorable role as one of the many main antagonists of Edgar Wright's unique and stylized take on comic book movies.
Adapted from the Scott Pilgrim graphic novel series by Bryan Lee O'Malley, the movie is thought of as more of a cult hit but is widely-praised for its inventive execution.
The Avengers (69)
The first Avengers movie was a milestone for the superhero movie genre and cemented Chris Evans' take on Captain America as one of the most iconic roles of recent years.
Following his debut of the character the previous year in the first solo Captain America movie, Evans began to position himself as the heart and soul of the MCU itself.
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (70)
Evans' second solo Captain America wasn't as an ensemble a picture as some of the character's later appearances but still featured a lot of from fellow MCU mainstays Samuel L. Jackson and Scarlett Johansson as Nick Fury and Black Widow, respectively.
It also introduced Anthony Mackie's take on fan-favorite hero The Falcon and shifted the audience's core understanding of the universe's dynamic, setting up Age of Ultron and several other movies.
Spider-Man: Homecoming (73)
Evans' Captain America only appears very briefly as a kind of background character in the first solo movie of the MCU's iteration of Spider-Man and gets a memorable post-credits scene too.
The movie followed on from the debut of Tom Holland's tenure as the title character seen in the third Captain America movie, which we'll look at next.
Captain America: Civil War (75)
The Winter Soldier with Evans as the main character.
As well as introducing Tom Holland's Spider-Man and setting up Homecoming, the movie also debuted Chadwick Boseman as Black Panther, setting up the events of his solo movie and the following Avengers movies as well as the Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier by introducing each of those characters to Daniel Brühl's villain, Helmut Zemo.
Avengers: Endgame (78)
The fourth Avengers movie brought the story arc of Evans' Captain America to a satisfying and seemingly-permanent conclusion which both fans and critics responded to very positively.
Following on directly from the events of Endgame became the highest-grossing movie of all time at the global box office not long after its release and is one of the most critically-praised superhero movies ever made.
Knives Out (82)
Playing a member of a generally unpleasant family that comes under scrutiny when their patriarch dies in a suspicious manner, Evans demonstrated that he had plenty of versatility to offer in the roles of his post-Avengers career.
Rian Johnson's detective mystery was a huge hit with critics and audiences, quickly spurring demand for a sequel starring Daniel Craig's lead sleuth.
Snowpiercer (84)
Adapted from a French graphic novel by Oscar-winning director post-apocalyptic world.
Though the movie's director would find even greater success in the field of metaphorical deconstructions of class structure with Parasite, Snowpierecer quickly became a cult favorite and tops our list as Evans' highest-rated movie by critics, according to Metacritic, in which he takes the lead role as a rebellious leader of underclass engers attempting to take control of the train.
