12 Best Movies Like Black Panther 2 That Superhero Fans Will Adore

Another solo venture in the MCU, 2021's "Black Widow" was years in the making. Scarlett Johansson's character first graced the franchise in "Iron Man 2" and quickly established herself as a member of the Avengers team. But it was a little weird that the character didn't start out with her own origin story much like say The Hulk, Iron Man, Thor, or Captain America — you know, the rest of the Avengers except for Hawkeye. So in 2021, fans finally got their "Black Widow" movie, and it was actually pretty darn good.

Set between the events of "Captain America Civil War" and "Avengers: Infinity War," Natasha Romanoff aka Black Widow learns from her former "sister" Yelena Belova that the "red Room" where they were raised and trained is still functioning. The duo sets out to release the imprisoned girls from their brainwashing and to do so must recruit their former "father," Alexei Shostakov aka Red Guardian (David Harbour) from a Russian prison, and their "mother," Melina Vostokoff, the old Black Widow, to help. The foursome had lived in America together as a family as a front during the '90s before they were discovered.

Like "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever," "Black Widow" features women front and center as they grapple with what it means to be family, how their actions of the past reverberate into the present, and how to move forward after immeasurable tragedy.