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 television shows (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) as well as films written by show creators. 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 | 26 |
| 2 | Toy Story | 1995 | John Lasseter | Joss Whedon | 38 |
| 3 | Brokeback Mountain | 2005 | Ang Lee | Peter McRobbie | 111 |
| 4 | Blue Velvet | 1986 | David Lynch | Kyle MacLachlan | 133 |
| 5 | The Usual Suspects | 1995 | Bryan Singer | Clark Gregg | 134 |
| 6 | Memento | 2000 | Christopher Nolan | Carrie-Anne Moss | 145 |
| 7 | Full Metal Jacket | 1987 | Stanley Kubrick | Vincent D'Onofrio | 198 |
| 8 | 12 Years a Slave | 2013 | Steve McQueen | Alfre Woodard and J.D. Evermore | 235 |
| 9 | Inside Out | 2015 | Pete Docter | Kyle MacLachlan | 276 |
| 10 | Coco | 2017 | Lee Unkrich | Natalia Cordova-Buckley | 304 |
| 11 | The Avengers | 2012 | Joss Whedon | Joss Whedon, Clark Gregg, and Enver Gjokaj | 313 |
| 12 | Million Dollar Baby | 2004 | Clint Eastwood | Mike Colter | 341 |
| 13 | How to Train Your Dragon | 2010 | Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders | David Tennant | 347 |
| 14 | Avengers: Endgame | 2019 | Anthony and Joe Russo | Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, Hayley Atwell, and James D'Arcy | 373 |
| 15 | Iron Man | 2008 | Jon Favreau | Clark Gregg | 376 |
| 16 | Magnolia | 1999 | Paul Thomas Anderson | Clark Gregg | 387 |
| 17 | Django Unchained | 2012 | Quentin Tarantino | J.D. Evermore | 411 |
| 18 | Avengers: Infinity War | 2018 | Anthony and Joe Russo | Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, and Hayley Atwell | 436 |
| 19 | Four Weddings and a Funeral | 1994 | Mike Newell | John Hannah | 441 |
| 20 | Spider-Man 2 | 2004 | Sam Raimi | Peter McRobbie | 459 |
| 21 | Dunkirk | 2017 | Christopher Nolan | James D'Arcy | 460 |
| 22 | Big | 1988 | Penny Marshall | Peter McRobbie | 515 |
| 23 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | 2005 | Mike Newell | David Tennant | 534 |
| 24 | The Royal Tenenbaums | 2001 | Wes Anderson | Ebon Moss-Bachrach | 546 |
| 25 | Zero Dark Thirty | 2012 | Kathryn Bigelow | Mike Colter | 549 |
| 26 | Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens | 2015 | J.J. Abrams | Jessica Henwick | 565 |
| 27 | Love & Basketball | 2000 | Gina Prince-Bythewood | Alfre Woodard | 602 |
| 28 | The Wolf of Wall Street | 2013 | Martin Scorsese | Jon Bernthal | 613 |
| 29 | Men in Black | 1997 | Barry Sonnenfeld | Vincent D'Onofrio | 637 |
| 30 | A.I.: Artificial Intelligence | 2001 | Steven Spielberg | Clark Gregg | 655 |
| 31 | Ed Wood | 1994 | Tim Burton | Vincent D'Onofrio | 674 |
| 32 | Near Dark | 1987 | Kathryn Bigelow | Adrian Pasdar | 697 |
| 33 | Sin City | 2005 | Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez | Rosario Dawson | 737 |
| 34 | JFK | 1991 | Oliver Stone | Vincent D'Onofrio | 745 |
| 35 | Serenity | 2005 | Joss Whedon | Joss Whedon | 755 |
| 36 | Captain America: The Winter Soldier | 2014 | Anthony and Joe Russo | Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, and Hayley Atwell | 760 |
| 37 | The Player | 1992 | Robert Altman | Vincent D'Onofrio | 770 |
| 38 | Top Gun | 1986 | Tony Scott | Adrian Pasdar | 816 |
| 39 | (500) Days of Summer | 2009 | Marc Webb | Clark Gregg | 842 |
| 40 | Remember the Titans | 2000 | Boaz Yakin | Kip Pardue | 846 |
| 41 | Captain America: Civil War | 2016 | Anthony and Joe Russo | Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, and Alfre Woodard | 867 |
| 42 | Mulan | 1998 | Tony Bancroft and Barry Cook | Ming-Na Wen | 917 |
| 43 | The Martian | 2015 | Ridley Scott | Drew Goddard | 918 |
| 44 | Carlito's Way | 1993 | Brian De Palma | Adrian Pasdar | 945 |
| 45 | Dallas Buyers Club | 2013 | Jean-Marc Vallée | J.D. Evermore | 954 |
| 46 | Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me | 1992 | David Lynch | Kyle MacLachlan | 963 |
| 47 | The Rock | 1996 | Michael Bay | Kevin Weisman | 978 |
| 48 | The Purple Rose of Cairo | 1985 | Woody Allen | Peter McRobbie | 990 |
| 49 | 25th Hour | 2002 | Spike Lee | Rosario Dawson | 1051 |
| 50 | The Cabin in the Woods | 2011 | Drew Goddard | Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard | 1052 |
| 51 | Uncut Gems | 2019 | Benny and Josh Safdie | Sean Ringgold | 1073 |
| 52 | Kids | 1995 | Larry Clark | Rosario Dawson | 1080 |
| 53 | Lincoln | 2012 | Steven Spielberg | Gloria Reuben and Peter McRobbie | 1122 |
| 54 | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | 2003 | Peter Weir | James D'Arcy | 1129 |
| 55 | Baby Driver | 2017 | Edgar Wright | Jon Bernthal | 1146 |
| 56 | Spider-Man: Homecoming | 2017 | Jon Watts | Miles Mussenden | 1159 |
| 57 | John Wick | 2014 | Chad Stahelski | Adrianne Palicki | 1167 |
| 58 | Pariah | 2011 | Dee Rees | Rob Morgan | 1194 |
| 59 | But I'm a Cheerleader | 1999 | Jamie Babbit | Kip Pardue | 1208 |
| 60 | Happiness | 1998 | Todd Solondz | Wai Ching Ho | 1265 |
| 61 | Fruitvale Station | 2013 | Ryan Coogler | Chad Michael Murray | 1283 |
| 62 | Strange Days | 1995 | Kathryn Bigelow | Vincent D'Onofrio | 1301 |
| 63 | Star Trek: First Contact | 1996 | Jonathan Frakes | Alfre Woodard | 1327 |
| 64 | Sicario | 2015 | Denis Villeneuve | Jon Bernthal | 1362 |
| 65 | Showgirls | 1995 | Paul Verhoeven | Kyle MacLachlan | 1378 |
| 66 | How to Train Your Dragon 2 | 2014 | Dean DeBlois | Simon Kassianides | 1386 |
| 67 | Cast Away | 2000 | Robert Zemeckis | Elden Henson | 1387 |
| 68 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | 2011 | David Fincher | Elodie Yung | 1390 |
| 69 | Walk the Line | 2005 | James Mangold | J.D. Evermore | 1416 |
| 70 | American Splendor | 2003 | Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini | Ebon Moss-Bachrach | 1420 |
| 71 | Dawn of the Planet of the Apes | 2014 | Matt Reeves | J.D. Evermore | 1435 |
| 72 | Ford v Ferrari | 2019 | James Mangold | Jon Bernthal | 1442 |
| 73 | Oppenheimer | 2023 | Christopher Nolan | James D'Arcy | 1446 |
| 74 | Girls Trip | 2017 | Malcolm D. Lee | Mike Colter | 1459 |
| 75 | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | 2005 | Andrew Adamson | Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely | 1467 |
| 76 | Captain America: The First Avenger | 2011 | Joe Johnston | Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, and Hayley Atwell | 1473 |
| 77 | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | 2013 | Francis Lawrence | Noëlle Renée Bercy | 1485 |
| 78 | Zelig | 1983 | Woody Allen | Peter McRobbie | 1493 |
| 79 | Spider-Man: No Way Home | 2021 | Jon Watts | Charlie Cox | 1494 |
| 80 | The Mummy | 1999 | Stephen Sommers | John Hannah | 1529 |
| 81 | He Got Game | 1998 | Spike Lee | Rosario Dawson and Ron Cephas Jones | 1549 |
| 82 | Ant-Man | 2015 | Peyton Reed | Hayley Atwell | 1556 |
| 83 | The LEGO Batman Movie | 2017 | Chris McKay | Rosario Dawson | 1632 |
| 84 | The Butterfly Effect | 2004 | Eric Bress and J. Mackye Gruber | Elden Henson | 1643 |
| 85 | Stardust | 2007 | Matthew Vaughn | Charlie Cox and Ben Barnes | 1667 |
| 86 | The Matrix Reloaded | 2003 | Lana and Lilly Wachowski | Carrie-Anne Moss | 1705 |
| 87 | The Mighty Ducks | 1992 | Stephen Herek | Elden Henson | 1710 |
| 88 | Primal Fear | 1996 | Gregory Hoblit | Alfre Woodard | 1711 |
| 89 | Thor | 2011 | Kenneth Branagh | Clark Gregg | 1732 |
| 90 | The Joy Luck Club | 1993 | Wayne Wang | Ming-Na Wen | 1868 |
| 91 | Captain Marvel | 2019 | Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck | Clark Gregg | 1871 |
| 92 | Risky Business | 1983 | Paul Brickman | Rebecca De Mornay | 1907 |
| 93 | The Rookie | 2002 | John Lee Hancock | J.D. Evermore | 1919 |
| 94 | Sorry to Bother You | 2018 | Boots Riley | Rosario Dawson | 1975 |
| 95 | The Hurricane | 1999 | Norman Jewison | John Hannah | 1977 |
| 96 | Transformers | 2007 | Michael Bay | Rachael Taylor | 1983 |
| 97 | Freaky Friday | 2003 | Mark Waters | Chad Michael Murray | 2023 |
| 98 | Fury | 2014 | David Ayer | Jon Bernthal | 2029 |
| 99 | Encanto | 2021 | Jared Bush and Byron Howard | Rhenzy Feliz | 2102 |
| 100 | Avengers: Age of Ultron | 2015 | Joss Whedon | Joss Whedon | 2103 |
| 101 | Cloverfield | 2008 | Matt Reeves | Drew Goddard and Theo Rossi | 2108 |
| 102 | Twilight | 2008 | Catherine Hardwicke | Melissa Rosenberg | 2165 |
| 103 | Public Enemies | 2009 | Michael Mann | Geoffrey Cantor | 2188 |
| 104 | Death Proof | 2007 | Quentin Tarantino | Rosario Dawson | 2194 |
| 105 | Bridge of Spies | 2015 | Steven Spielberg | Peter McRobbie | 2216 |
| 106 | The Holiday | 2006 | Nancy Meyers | Patrick Cavanaugh | 2238 |
| 107 | I, Tonya | 2017 | Craig Gillespie | Miles Mussenden | 2306 |
| 108 | Dune | 1984 | David Lynch | Kyle MacLachlan | 2345 |
| 109 | Across the Universe | 2007 | Julie Taymor | Ron Cephas Jones | 2358 |
| 110 | Crooklyn | 1994 | Spike Lee | Alfre Woodard | 2363 |
| 111 | Killers of the Flower Moon | 2023 | Martin Scorsese | Elden Henson | 2409 |
| 112 | Inherent Vice | 2014 | Paul Thomas Anderson | Peter McRobbie | 2431 |
| 113 | Runaway Train | 1985 | Andrey Konchalovskiy | Rebecca De Mornay | 2462 |
| 114 | Clear and Present Danger | 1994 | Phillip Noyce | Clark Gregg | 2488 |
| 115 | Chocolat | 2000 | Lasse Hallström | Carrie-Anne Moss | 2525 |
| 116 | Grindhouse | 2007 | Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino | Rosario Dawson | 2567 |
| 117 | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | 2019 | Dean DeBlois | David Tennant | 2570 |
| 118 | Margaret | 2011 | Kenneth Lonergan | Krysten Ritter | 2582 |
| 119 | Thirteen | 2003 | Catherine Hardwicke | Kip Pardue | 2622 |
| 120 | Big Night | 1996 | Campbell Scott and Stanley Tucci | Peter McRobbie | 2677 |
| 121 | Iron Man 2 | 2010 | Jon Favreau | Clark Gregg | 2741 |
| 122 | The Thomas Crown Affair | 1999 | John McTiernan | James Yaegashi | 2774 |
| 123 | Seven Pounds | 2008 | Gabriele Muccino | Rosario Dawson | 2812 |
| 124 | The Theory of Everything | 2014 | James Marsh | Charlie Cox | 2817 |
| 125 | Mystic Pizza | 1988 | Donald Petrie | Vincent D'Onofrio | 2855 |
| 126 | Mudbound | 2017 | Dee Rees | Rob Morgan | 2891 |
| 127 | Cloud Atlas | 2012 | Tom Tykwer and Lana & Lilly Wachowski | James D'Arcy | 2894 |
| 128 | Rent | 2005 | Chris Columbus | Rosario Dawson | 2973 |
| 129 | Sleepers | 1996 | Barry Levinson | Peter McRobbie | 2982 |
| 130 | Blue Chips | 1994 | William Friedkin | Alfre Woodard | 3002 |
| 131 | Widows | 2018 | Steve McQueen | Jon Bernthal | 3011 |
| 132 | P.S. I Love You | 2007 | Richard LaGravenese | James Marsters | 3035 |
| 133 | The Matrix Revolutions | 2003 | Lana and Lilly Wachowski | Carrie-Anne Moss | 3044 |