Top 5 Movies About Family in Marvel’s Cinematic Universe

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Marvel’s latest superhero blockbuster, won’t be out for more than another week. But here’s a quick peek at the movie’s biggest theme: It’s all about family. While Shang-Chi—like any superhero worth his or her salt—has to save the world, he also has to come to terms with his prickly, messy nuclear unit, and come to terms with who he is as a part of it.

This isn’t anything new for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. A couple of years ago, I wrote a blog all about it. But given the strong familial ties we see in Shang-Chi, and the equally prickly, powerful family messages we just saw in Black Widow, it got me thinking: What movies in the MCU feature the strongest messages about family? What films give us a look at how important—for better...

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Aug 24th 2021
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