The Avengers

Directed by Joss Whedon

Written by Joss Whedon (screenplay), Zak Penn (story)

Cast: Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man, Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow, Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, Clark Gregg as Agent Coulson

Released 2012

A power-hungry Loki makes a pact with an alien force to invade the planet and Earth's mightiest heroes, under SHIELD'S Avenger Initiative, band together to stop them. Much mayhem ensues.