The list below is made up of master list films with appearances by actors who appeared in at least 12 episodes in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Agent Carter, Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, The Defenders, The Punisher, Runaways, and/or Cloak & Dagger). The list below contains uncredited performances and bit parts as well as important supporting roles and lead performances.
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Actor(s) or Writer |
Overall Rank |
| 1 | The Matrix | 1999 | Lana and Lilly Wachowski | Carrie-Anne Moss | 35 |
| 2 | Toy Story | 1995 | John Lasseter | Joss Whedon | 50 |
| 3 | Blue Velvet | 1986 | David Lynch | Kyle MacLachlan | 103 |
| 4 | The Usual Suspects | 1995 | Bryan Singer | Clark Gregg | 112 |
| 5 | Memento | 2000 | Christopher Nolan | Carrie-Anne Moss | 139 |
| 6 | Brokeback Mountain | 2005 | Ang Lee | Peter McRobbie | 153 |
| 7 | Full Metal Jacket | 1987 | Stanley Kubrick | Vincent D'Onofrio | 226 |
| 8 | Magnolia | 1999 | Paul Thomas Anderson | Clark Gregg | 292 |
| 9 | Million Dollar Baby | 2004 | Clint Eastwood | Mike Colter | 331 |
| 10 | The Royal Tenenbaums | 2001 | Wes Anderson | Ebon Moss-Bachrach | 434 |
| 11 | Ed Wood | 1994 | Tim Burton | Vincent D'Onofrio | 435 |
| 12 | Inside Out | 2015 | Pete Docter | Kyle MacLachlan | 494 |
| 13 | Big | 1988 | Penny Marshall | Peter McRobbie | 501 |
| 14 | How to Train Your Dragon | 2010 | Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders | David Tennant | 502 |
| 15 | Four Weddings and a Funeral | 1994 | Mike Newell | John Hannah | 504 |
| 16 | Sin City | 2005 | Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez | Rosario Dawson | 515 |
| 17 | JFK | 1991 | Oliver Stone | Vincent D'Onofrio | 529 |
| 18 | Iron Man | 2008 | Jon Favreau | Clark Gregg | 537 |
| 19 | The Avengers | 2012 | Joss Whedon | Joss Whedon, Clark Gregg, and Enver Gjokaj | 540 |
| 20 | 12 Years a Slave | 2013 | Steve McQueen | Alfre Woodard and J.D. Evermore | 543 |
| 21 | The Player | 1992 | Robert Altman | Vincent D'Onofrio | 551 |
| 22 | Django Unchained | 2012 | Quentin Tarantino | J.D. Evermore | 579 |
| 23 | A.I.: Artificial Intelligence | 2001 | Steven Spielberg | Clark Gregg | 593 |
| 24 | Spider-Man 2 | 2004 | Sam Raimi | Peter McRobbie | 652 |
| 25 | Top Gun | 1986 | Tony Scott | Adrian Pasdar | 693 |
| 26 | Men in Black | 1997 | Barry Sonnenfeld | Vincent D'Onofrio | 787 |
| 27 | Carlito's Way | 1993 | Brian De Palma | Adrian Pasdar | 804 |
| 28 | Coco | 2017 | Lee Unkrich | Natalia Cordova-Buckley | 809 |
| 29 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | 2005 | Mike Newell | David Tennant | 827 |
| 30 | The Purple Rose of Cairo | 1985 | Woody Allen | Peter McRobbie | 848 |
| 31 | Serenity | 2005 | Joss Whedon | Joss Whedon | 891 |
| 32 | Kids | 1995 | Larry Clark | Rosario Dawson | 922 |
| 33 | Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens | 2015 | J.J. Abrams | Jessica Henwick | 925 |
| 34 | The Rock | 1996 | Michael Bay | Kevin Weisman | 927 |
| 35 | Happiness | 1998 | Todd Solondz | Wai Ching Ho | 969 |
| 36 | Near Dark | 1987 | Kathryn Bigelow | Adrian Pasdar | 998 |
| 37 | Risky Business | 1983 | Paul Brickman | Rebecca De Mornay | 1044 |
| 38 | Remember the Titans | 2000 | Boaz Yakin | Kip Pardue | 1053 |
| 39 | (500) Days of Summer | 2009 | Marc Webb | Clark Gregg | 1106 |
| 40 | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | 2003 | Peter Weir | James D'Arcy | 1130 |
| 41 | The Wolf of Wall Street | 2013 | Martin Scorsese | Jon Bernthal | 1160 |
| 42 | Walk the Line | 2005 | James Mangold | J.D. Evermore | 1171 |
| 43 | Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me | 1992 | David Lynch | Kyle MacLachlan | 1189 |
| 44 | Mulan | 1998 | Tony Bancroft and Barry Cook | Ming-Na Wen | 1190 |
| 45 | 25th Hour | 2002 | Spike Lee | Rosario Dawson | 1219 |
| 46 | American Splendor | 2003 | Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini | Ebon Moss-Bachrach | 1258 |
| 47 | Captain America: Civil War | 2016 | Anthony and Joe Russo | Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, and Alfre Woodard | 1289 |
| 48 | Zelig | 1983 | Woody Allen | Peter McRobbie | 1328 |
| 49 | Avengers: Infinity War | 2018 | Anthony and Joe Russo | Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, and Hayley Atwell | 1384 |
| 50 | Cast Away | 2000 | Robert Zemeckis | Elden Henson | 1395 |
| 51 | The Butterfly Effect | 2004 | Eric Bress and J. Mackye Gruber | Elden Henson | 1405 |
| 52 | Strange Days | 1995 | Kathryn Bigelow | Vincent D'Onofrio | 1417 |
| 53 | Zero Dark Thirty | 2012 | Kathryn Bigelow | Mike Colter | 1419 |
| 54 | Dunkirk | 2017 | Christopher Nolan | James D'Arcy | 1439 |
| 55 | Avengers: Endgame | 2019 | Anthony and Joe Russo | Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, Hayley Atwell, and James D'Arcy | 1454 |
| 56 | Captain America: The Winter Soldier | 2014 | Anthony and Joe Russo | Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, and Hayley Atwell | 1475 |
| 57 | Primal Fear | 1996 | Gregory Hoblit | Alfre Woodard | 1558 |
| 58 | Love & Basketball | 2000 | Gina Prince-Bythewood | Alfre Woodard | 1564 |
| 59 | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | 2005 | Andrew Adamson | Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely | 1625 |
| 60 | Showgirls | 1995 | Paul Verhoeven | Kyle MacLachlan | 1634 |
| 61 | The Hurricane | 1999 | Norman Jewison | John Hannah | 1646 |
| 62 | Dallas Buyers Club | 2013 | Jean-Marc Vallée | J.D. Evermore | 1662 |
| 63 | Star Trek: First Contact | 1996 | Jonathan Frakes | Alfre Woodard | 1672 |
| 64 | He Got Game | 1998 | Spike Lee | Rosario Dawson and Ron Cephas Jones | 1675 |
| 65 | Lincoln | 2012 | Steven Spielberg | Gloria Reuben and Peter McRobbie | 1814 |
| 66 | Thor | 2011 | Kenneth Branagh | Clark Gregg | 1864 |
| 67 | The Rookie | 2002 | John Lee Hancock | J.D. Evermore | 1898 |
| 68 | The Matrix Reloaded | 2003 | Lana and Lilly Wachowski | Carrie-Anne Moss | 1901 |
| 69 | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | 2013 | Francis Lawrence | Noëlle Renée Bercy | 1950 |
| 70 | But I'm a Cheerleader | 1999 | Jamie Babbit | Kip Pardue | 1952 |
| 71 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | 2011 | David Fincher | Elodie Yung | 1964 |
| 72 | How to Train Your Dragon 2 | 2014 | Dean DeBlois | Simon Kassianides | 1988 |
| 73 | Dune | 1984 | David Lynch | Kyle MacLachlan | 2034 |
| 74 | Big Night | 1996 | Campbell Scott and Stanley Tucci | Peter McRobbie | 2071 |
| 75 | Chocolat | 2000 | Lasse Hallström | Carrie-Anne Moss | 2077 |
| 76 | Runaway Train | 1985 | Andrey Konchalovskiy | Rebecca De Mornay | 2090 |
| 77 | Stardust | 2007 | Matthew Vaughn | Charlie Cox and Ben Barnes | 2126 |
| 78 | The Cabin in the Woods | 2011 | Drew Goddard | Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard | 2184 |
| 79 | Cloverfield | 2008 | Matt Reeves | Drew Goddard and Theo Rossi | 2214 |
| 80 | Freaky Friday | 2003 | Mark Waters | Chad Michael Murray | 2220 |
| 81 | Avengers: Age of Ultron | 2015 | Joss Whedon | Joss Whedon | 2249 |
| 82 | Twin Peaks Pilot | 1990 | David Lynch | Kyle MacLachlan | 2301 |
| 83 | Transformers | 2007 | Michael Bay | Rachael Taylor | 2309 |
| 84 | John Wick | 2014 | Chad Stahelski | Adrianne Palicki | 2372 |
| 85 | Pariah | 2011 | Dee Rees | Rob Morgan | 2383 |
| 86 | The Mummy | 1999 | Stephen Sommers | John Hannah | 2388 |
| 87 | Dawn of the Planet of the Apes | 2014 | Matt Reeves | J.D. Evermore | 2429 |
| 88 | The Joy Luck Club | 1993 | Wayne Wang | Ming-Na Wen | 2440 |
| 89 | The Hidden | 1987 | Jack Sholder | Kyle MacLachlan | 2447 |
| 90 | Baby Driver | 2017 | Edgar Wright | Jon Bernthal | 2495 |
| 91 | The Matrix Revolutions | 2003 | Lana and Lilly Wachowski | Carrie-Anne Moss | 2507 |
| 92 | Twilight | 2008 | Catherine Hardwicke | Melissa Rosenberg | 2521 |
| 93 | Sleepers | 1996 | Barry Levinson | Peter McRobbie | 2533 |
| 94 | The Mighty Ducks | 1992 | Stephen Herek | Elden Henson | 2567 |
| 95 | Ant-Man | 2015 | Peyton Reed | Hayley Atwell | 2581 |
| 96 | Band of Brothers | 2001 | David Frankel, Mikael Salomon, Tom Hanks, David Leland, Richard Loncraine, David Nutter, Phil Alden Robinson, and Tony To | Jason O'Mara | 2591 |
| 97 | Across the Universe | 2007 | Julie Taymor | Ron Cephas Jones | 2604 |
| 98 | Rent | 2005 | Chris Columbus | Rosario Dawson | 2608 |
| 99 | Blue Chips | 1994 | William Friedkin | Alfre Woodard | 2617 |
| 100 | Captain America: The First Avenger | 2011 | Joe Johnston | Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, and Hayley Atwell | 2620 |
| 101 | Glory Road | 2006 | James Gartner | J.D. Evermore | 2727 |
| 102 | Shut Up & Sing | 2006 | Barbara Kopple and Cecilia Peck | Adrian Pasdar | 2751 |
| 103 | The Thomas Crown Affair | 1999 | John McTiernan | James Yaegashi | 2769 |
| 104 | Margaret | 2011 | Kenneth Lonergan | Krysten Ritter | 2782 |
| 105 | Clear and Present Danger | 1994 | Phillip Noyce | Clark Gregg | 2786 |
| 106 | The Doors | 1991 | Oliver Stone | Kyle MacLachlan | 2805 |
| 107 | Fury | 2014 | David Ayer | Jon Bernthal | 2811 |