01 The strangest thing Marvel has ever put its name on, and one of the most visually ambitious.
12 Best Marvel TV Series
By Vlad Zakh · August 25, 2026
Daredevil and Jessica Jones defined the grittier, R-rated side of Marvel before Disney+ arrived, and WandaVision and Loki show how far the format has moved since. The Boys’ success clearly made Marvel more willing to experiment with tone. Legion is the strangest thing the studio has ever put its name to, Luke Cage has real cultural specificity and a great soundtrack, and Ms. Marvel is warm and joyful. Daredevil: Born Again brings the grit back. Moon Knight, The Punisher, Hawkeye and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. round out the list.
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02 A street-level hero show with real cultural specificity and a genuinely great soundtrack.
03 A direct continuation that brings the original show's grit back into the main MCU timeline.
04 Warm, funny, and one of the more purely joyful recent additions to the MCU.
05 A genuinely strange, psychologically complex entry that took real creative risks.
Directed by Brad Baruh · 1h 07m · Rated PG-13
Where to watch
Stream: Disney Plus
Stream: Disney Plus
Stream: Disney Plus
06 The bleakest, most grounded corner of the Netflix Marvel era.
07 It ran for seven seasons and quietly built one of the more ambitious sci-fi arcs in the franchise.
08 A lighter, holiday-set entry that finally gave the character real screen time.
09 A noir-inflected superhero drama built around trauma rather than spectacle.
10 It gave one of the franchise's best supporting characters a genuinely strange, ambitious solo arc.
Directed by David Silverman · 0h 06m · Rated PG
Where to watch
Stream: Disney Plus
Stream: Disney Plus
Stream: Disney Plus
Stream: Disney Plus
11 Used its own format as the central mystery, and it remains one of the more inventive entries in the MCU.
12 The show that proved Marvel TV could be properly R-rated and still work.
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