Best and Worst Theatricaly releasedSuperhero Comic Movies 1951 to 2020+

[Brue]

First - What is a Theatricaly released Superhero Comic Movie?

Theatricaly released: Shown in wide release at Theaters in the US. (2020/21 exception for COVID theater to streaming releases)
Punisher (Lundgren) , Captain America (Salinger) were straight to video -in case you wanted to list them in your top 10
The pilot of the Incredible Hulk and the 70's TV Marvel Movies. No.
Fan Films. No
Foreign Films. No

Has a Superhero. Usually super powers. If no Superpowers they have a unique costume and heroic things and/or have gifting of some kind.


Originated in print form (magazine, pulp, comic book or strip)
So as much as I LOVE Incredibles, it does not make the list.
The new power rangers movie was good. Not a comic. Turtles and Transformers are also not comic originated material - even though all had comics that supported toy and TV.
Unbreakable is awesome. not a comic book

[Brue]

1. Avengers
2. Avengers Age of Ultron
3. Captain America - The Winter Soldier
4. Dark Knight
5 Wonder Woman
6. Iron Man
7. Spider-Man
8. Superman II
9. Batman Mask of the Phantasm
10. Captain America
11. Iron Man 2
12. X-Men
13. X-Men Days of Future Past
14. Spider-Man 2
15. X2
16. Guardians of the Galaxy
17. Batman (89)
18. Watchmen
19. Conan the Barbarian (Arnold)
20. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
21. Flash Gordon
22. Thor
23. Logan
24. Thor Ragnorok
25. Doctor Strange
26. Superman The Movie
27. Lego Batman
28. Black Panther
29. Avengers End Game
30. Batman Returns
31. Batman v Superman
32. Avengers Infinity War
33. Blade
34. Daredevil
35. Thor The DarkWorld
36. X-Men Age of Apocalypse
37. Batman Begins
38. Ant-Man
39. V for Vendetta
40. Sin City
41. Deadpool
42. The Crow
43. Spider-man - Into the Spider verse
44. Aquaman
45. Shazam
46. Ant Man and the Wasp
47. Kick ***
48. Hellboy
49. Spawn
50. Batman Forever
51. Incredible Hulk
52. X-Men First Class
53. Batman (66)
54. Deadpool 2
55. Blade 2
56. Amazing Spider-man
57. Rocketeer
58. Superman and Mole Men
59. Phantom
60. Captain America Civil War
61. Spider-man Homecoming
62. X-Men The Last Stand
63. Spider-man Far From Home
64. Dark Phoenix
65. Venom
66. Wonder Woman 1984
67. Justice League
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
68. Superman Returns
69. Captain Marvel
70. Ghost Rider
71. Fantastic 4 2015
72. Punisher War Zone
73. Man of Steel
74. New Mutants
75. Mask of Zorro
76. Barbarella
77. Red Sonja
78. Howard The Duck
79. The Mask
80. Judge Dredd (1995)
81 Suicide Squad
TMNT
82. The Wolverine
83. Conan the Destroyer
84. Swamp Thing
85. The Dark Knight Rises
86.. Barb Wire
87. Hellboy 2
88. Ghost Rider Spirits of Vengeance
89. The Shadow
90. Amazing Spider-man 2
91. Fantastic Four 2015
92. Birds of Prey
93. Iron man 3
94. Tank Girl
95. Jonah Hex
96. Steel
97. League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
98. Hulk
99. Fantastic four silver surfer
100. Batman and robin

There are now 102 in the list because I inserted Turtles that I overlooked before.

[PNGwynne]

Superman is #26 for you? Wow.

[Brue]

And the WORST

1. Catwoman
2. Constantine
3. Blade: Trinity
4. Elektra
5. Son of the Mask
6. Joker
7. The Punisher (Thomas Jane)
8. Spider-man 3
9. Fantastic Four (2005)
10. X-Men Origins: Wolverine
11. Superman 4
12. Supergirl
13. Superman 3
14. The Dark Knight Rises
15. Gren Lantern

[Werewolf]

TMNT comics predate the cartoon by three years.

[thunderbolt]

TMNT comics predate the cartoon by three years.

yeah, Brue, you need to go review your knowledge of the Turtles.

[CrimsonGhost]

There’s no way WW84 is better than Howard the Duck.

[Hector]

I myself know little about the Turtles. I know two things about them, they are named after real life artists and eat pizza. But didn’t grow up with them. Didn’t watch their cartoons. Never read their comics. Never bought their toys. Watched one movie and that was more than enough for me.

So if people diss me for not knowing much about them, awesome...

[enyawd72]

I remember buying the very first issues of TMNT when they came out...the black and white ones. Tossed them after I read them. MAJOR regret now. LOL

[thunderbolt]

1 Captain America
2 Hellboy
3 Dark Knight
4 Wonder Woman
5 Deadpool
6 Ragnarok
7 Deadpool
8 Guardians
9 Batman 66 movie
10 Kick ***
11 Ironman
12 Joker
13 Rocketeer
14 Sin City
15 V for Vendetta
16 Blade 2
17 Avengers
18 Antman
19 Dr Strange
20 Deadpool 2

[thunderbolt]

Damn you really should be kicking yourself in the arse for that. I sold a second print of 1 for nutso money years ago

I remember buying the very first issues of TMNT when they came out...the black and white ones. Tossed them after I read them. MAJOR regret now. LOL

[Mr.Marion]

I still think you can't be a comic book film connoisseur if you don't list Danger Diabolik. Alot of movies like Ghost Rider are largely forgettable. But Diabolik had a visual style that was borrowed for 40 years.
Seeing Superman listed at #26 also doesn't sit right with me.

[PNGwynne]

Danger:Diabolik is a fantastik film.

[thunderbolt]

Diabolik was in my next 20. Superman doesn’t make my list.

I still think you can't be a comic book film connoisseur if you don't list Danger Diabolik. Alot of movies like Ghost Rider are largely forgettable. But Diabolik had a visual style that was borrowed for 40 years.
Seeing Superman listed at #26 also doesn't sit right with me.

[sprytel]

So out of the 115 best/worst that Brue posted, I have not seen 47 of them (35/100 of the best 12/15 of the worst). I feel like I need to turn in my "nerd" card.