THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER Week: Bucky's 10 Best Moments In The Marvel Cinematic Universe Ranked

With just days to go until the premiere of The Falcon and The Winter Soldier on Disney+, we're taking a look back at Bucky's (Sebastian Stan) best moments in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Take a look...

By JoshWilding - Mar 15, 2021 07:03 AM EST

Filed Under: Falcon and The Winter Soldier

The Falcon and The Winter Soldier arrives on Disney+ this Friday, and excitement is now at an all-time high to see what happens when Sam Wilson and Bucky Barnes are forced to team-up.

Everything we've seen from the show so far points to it being something special, so now feels like a good time to take a look back at each of the lead's best moments in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In the case of Sebastian Stan's Bucky, he's something of an MCU veteran after first appearing in Captain America: The First Avenger way back in 2011 (a decade ago!).

He'd go on to become a huge part of that franchise before fighting alongside Earth's Mightiest Heroes.

By clicking on the "Next" button below, you'll find an in-depth breakdown of the hero's best moments, many of which could inform what we end up seeing in The Falcon and The Winter Soldier this week...

10. Taking Out Nick Fury

What an introduction. The First Avenger has a lot of story to cover, and Bucky arguably didn't receive as much screentime as he should have. Of course, we knew he'd be back as the Winter Soldier for this sequel, and the Russo Brothers instantly established him as an unstoppable force of nature.

Taking aim at Nick Fury, the HYDRA assassin made short work of his mission. In fact, it was pure luck that Fury managed to escape because he really met his match in the Winter Soldier.

It was important to make Cap's best friend a formidable opponent here, while emphasising the weapon he'd become thanks to the machinations of HYDRA. This scene did a perfect job with that.

9. "Let's Hear It For Captain America"

It's easy to forget this, but Bucky was actually the first person to call Steve Rogers "Captain America" unironically. It came shortly after Steve decided to ditch the USO show and save his best friend from HYDRA's clutches. Returning to camp, Steve received a hero's welcome from his fellow soldiers.

Bucky, who had been tortured and experimented on (little did we know what that would lead to) still managed to support his best pal, rallying the troops and declaring, "Let's hear it for Captain America!"

It's a small moment, though those are sometimes the best ones in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

8. Bucky Gets A New Arm

Captain America: Civil War ended with Bucky being put on ice once again, this time for his HYDRA programming to be removed once and for all. By the time Avengers: Infinity War rolled around, the former Winter Soldier had found peace, but it was then T'Challa finally came calling for him.

Presenting Bucky with a new, Vibranium arm, Black Panther made it clear he would be needed again, and despite everything he'd been through, the hero sacrificed his happiness to return to action.

This says a lot about him as a hero, and no one could have blamed the one-time assassin for giving up his old life for good and embracing his new role as the White Wolf. Alas, it wasn't to last.

7. Rocket Team-Up

As the Winter Soldier, Bucky saw a lot, but a talking raccoon? That was definitely something new.

In this epic final battle from Avengers: Infinity War, Bucky saw all sorts of crazy stuff, but his team-up with Rocket was an undeniable highlight. After the Guardian of the Galaxy attempted to buy Bucky's arm, the two later found themselves fighting alongside each other, with Buck spinning his fellow hero around as the two of them blasted away the incoming Chitauri soldiers.

We never expected to see this on the big screen, but damn, we sure are glad it became a reality.

6. "Can You Move Your Seat Up?"

Another small moment (don't worry, we'll reach the big ones), this memorable exchange in Captain America: Civil War played a huge part in establishing the dynamic between these two heroes.

Forced to cram into a comically small car alongside Steve, Bucky and Sam watched on as their friend hit it off with Sharon Rogers. However, before that memorable GIF-worthy moment featuring the two of them nodding in approval at their friend, they bickered about this seating arrangement.

"Can you move your seat up?" Bucky asks Sam with disdain in his voice. "No," his future partner responds with an equal level of apathy. It's a fun scene, and one fans still talk about today.

5. Wielding The Shield

There are a few occasions when Bucky has wielding Captain America's shield, so we're going to lump them all together here. The first came during World War II on the train the hero eventually falls from. Later, after attempting to assassinate Nick Fury for a second time, the Winter Soldier catches it much to Steve's shock.

Our favourite, however, came during that perfectly choreographed battle on the streets of Washington.

The Russo Brothers put themselves on the map as action movie directors with this sequence, and the shot above of the HYDRA assassin holding the shield has become iconic. It felt a lot like Marvel Studios might be teasing his future as Captain America, but we obviously now know that was seemingly never the plan.

4. Saving Steve Rogers

As we've mentioned, Bucky didn't get a huge amount of time to shine in 2011's The First Avenger.

That was Captain America's movie at the end of the day, but Marvel Studios still did everything possible to make us buy into the friendship Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes shared. That included having the latter show up to save his best pal right in the nick of time when he was being attacked by some thugs.

With that, we were fully on board with these two being friends, and it was clear Bucky viewed Steve as not just a buddy, but a brother as well. That would continue playing out for years to follow.

3. The Falcon And The Winter Soldier Take On Spider-Man

It's almost as if Marvel Studios knew The Falcon and The Winter Soldier would one day become a reality.

During Spider-Man's Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in Captain America: Civil War, it was Bucky and The Falcon who found themselves having to deal with the wall-crawler. That led to a lot of very funny moments, and now serves as a great hint of what we can expect from the duo's future team-ups.

This was just a spectacular action sequence, and while both Bucky and Sam found themselves overwhelmed by their superpowered opponent, they certainly gave Spidey a good fight.

2. Battle With Iron Man

Captain America: Civil War revealed that the Winter Soldier was responsible for the deaths of Howard and Maria Stark, and Steve's decision to keep that from Iron Man destroyed their alliance.

Knowing that Bucky wasn't in control of his actions as the Winter Soldier, Cap couldn't stand by and watch Tony kill his friend in anger, and what followed was an awesome two on one battle. Out powered by Iron Man's tech, Steve and his oldest ally were pushed to their limits, with Bucky even losing his arm (again).

Ultimately, the duo managed to overpower Tony, with Cap very nearly taking lethal measures to put his fellow Avenger down. This was an epic battle, and one with a truly great team-up.

1. Saving Steve Rogers...Again

Steve did everything he could to get through to his best friend as the Helicarrier came crashing down to Earth, and ultimately three his shield to one side and let the Winter Soldier nearly beat him to death.

Thankfully, this led to Bucky breaking free of his programming, and when they both fell into the water below, the former HYDRA assassin pulled Steve from the water and saved him once again. He quickly left, but this left the door open a crack to the two friends being reunited somewhere down the line.

This fight remains of the Marvel Cinematic Universe's best, and this was a great way to tease fans before Steve and Bucky would find themselves once again fighting side-by-side in Civil War.

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21 Comments

regularmovieguy - 3/15/2021, 8:10 AM

Solid list, excited to see Bucky get some of the spotlight again. Post-Civil War he was good for a line here and there but other than that he’s been on the sideline.

This shows going to be good 🤌🏻

Repian - 3/15/2021, 8:11 AM

GhostDog - 3/15/2021, 8:30 AM

The absence of the "maybe its maybelline" strut is concerning

OmegaDaGrodd - 3/15/2021, 8:50 AM

The way T'Challa had this man STRESSED in Civil War.....

OmegaDaGrodd - 3/15/2021, 8:53 AM

There are a lot of things I'll never forget about seeing Civil War opening weekend, but one of the moments where it really solidified that Phase 3 was going up another level was when Bucky has this crazy dope fight scene in the apartment complex where you see he's still a total badass......and then moments later Black Panther shows up and makes it clear that we don't even really know what badass is yet. Probably the best character establishing moment Marvel's ever done (with Spider-Man in the same damn movie coming in a close second)

bkmeijer2 - 3/15/2021, 8:56 AM

@OmegaDaGrodd - that took my by surprise (both Bucky's reaction and BP's appearance).

Civil War is the best movie because of that, how well it handles all characters and there place in the plot and their dynamic with other characters.

OmegaDaGrodd - 3/15/2021, 9:12 AM

@bkmeijer - Yeah as great as Infinity War and EndGame are at integrating the entire universe and so many diverse variables, Civil War functions with a level of precision I don't think any of the other big films match. It's like the funnest math problem ever put onscreen.

bkmeijer2 - 3/15/2021, 9:34 AM

@OmegaDaGrodd - the only reason Infinity War doesn't come close is because there is sometimes a lot of time between picking up storylines again (like for example, there is a very long time between Stark/Spider-Man/Strange leaving Earth and them hatching a plan in space).

ModHaterSLADE - 3/15/2021, 8:53 AM

Loved just how brutal the fights were in Winter Soldier. Hopefully Black Widow's is just as brutal.

UXASIS - 3/15/2021, 8:55 AM

My Top 10 list would include all his CAWS scenes, that was his best movie, and still holds the first rank of my favorite MCU flicks.

Also, this was one pretty dark scene.

bkmeijer2 - 3/15/2021, 9:00 AM

I really hope they dive more into Bucky's mental state and how it affected his relation with Steve as seen in my favorite scenes from my favorite MCU movie:

MasterMix - 3/15/2021, 9:19 AM

The Bucky/Rocket team up is still a personal favorite of mine.

Kyos - 3/15/2021, 9:23 AM

MyCoolYoung - 3/15/2021, 10:49 AM

"that guy on the bridge... Who's that?...... But I know him"

And

"yeah but I did it"

Are buck's best moments to me. The emotions sebestian conveyed was great and really made me feel for the character

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