Captain America and Thor are the most important before seeing the Avengers.
The others aren't needed, but the first of the Iron Man movies is really good. The others aren't bad, but Hulk pretty much adds the least to the experience. Iron Man 2 introduces Black Widow, and other than that you there really don't need anything from it except for some exposition on power sources and learning Tony's personality.
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