List your top ten favorite Superhero films

[jwyblejr]

Since people are having cartoons on their list:

1. Justice League:New Frontier. Hey Time Warner;this is how you do a Justice League movie.

2.Captain America

3.X-Men:First Class

4.Thor

5.Superman

6.Iron Man

7.The Dark Knight. The Nolan films would be higher on my list but any more when I watch,I keep hearing Batman's voice from the comics going "We think with our heads,not our fists."

8.Fantastic Four. Yeah even with it's flaws,it's not really that bad.

9. The Incredible Hulk.

10.Watchmen.

[Brue]

I am in awe that bolt and doom kept it to 10.

And Palitoy - it is not flipping the script that I like best. It is that there are 9.

Andafter seeing GotG i am not sure where to put it. I loved it, but they are not Characters I was invested in. Probably #21.

Remember what life was like in 1989 when you got Batman and the only truly good Superhero stuff was Superman 1 and 2, some cartoons we liked because there was nothing else that we are now nostalgic for, a Campy TV Batman and a good but dated Superman series.

In 1990 my movie list would have been -(Only 7 would be in today's top 50*)

1 Superman 2
2 Conan the Barbarian
3 Batman (89)
4 Flash Gordon
5 Superman the Movie
6 Superman and the Mole Men
7 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
8 Swamp Thing
9 Superman 3
10 Batman (66)

*Increbible Hulk: Married, flash pilot and Wonder Woman Pilot were TV films but were great. Also there had been some good serials including Flash Gordon, Captain Marvel and Superman


PS Howard the Duck was next on the list -that is how bad things were.

[nvmbrsdoom5]

There's a couple of films I haven't seen yet (like Captain America: Winter Soldier & Days Of Future Past) so they could potentially creep into this list. But as it stands now, here's what I've got-

Superman: The Movie
Batman Begins
The Avengers
Watchmen
Flash Gordon
X-Men: First Class
Iron Man
Thor: The Dark World
X-Men
The Amazing Spider-Man

I don't consider these "superhero" films so I didn't add them, but if it's just "comic book" movies then I'd add V for Vendetta and Sin City to that list too.

[PNGwynne]

Ach, I totally forgot the Hellboy films...

[thunderbolt]

updated list again:
1 Hellboy
2 XMen First Class
3 Avengers
4 Phantom
5 Batman 66 movie
6 Dark Knight Trilogy
7 Captain America First Avenger
8 Rocketeer
9 V for Vendetta
10 Incredibles

[PNGwynne]

Agreed on GL--it needs a redeeming cut like Daredevil received.

[madmarva]

^ totally agree on GL.

[palitoy]

I liked Sharon Stone in "Catwoman" though--I could see her as a Roy Thomas Wonder Woman villainess.

I watch it every time it's on, it's hypnotic and incredible.

I've got to know if Green Lantern was close to making your list?

That one always just makes me kind of sad, with a few little tweaks, it would have rocked.

[PNGwynne]

Lol.

I liked Sharon Stone in "Catwoman" though--I could see her as a Roy Thomas Wonder Woman villainess.

[madmarva]

^^ Palitoy, I love your Bizzaro Top 10. I've got to know if Green Lantern was close to making your list?

[Earth 2 Chris]

^Well played sir, well played.

Chris

[palitoy]

Catwoman
Steel
Captain America (1990)
Fantastic Four (Corman Version)
Elektra
Ghost Rider 2
Return of Swamp Thing
Jonah Hex
Supergirl

[PNGwynne]

Well, I'll wade in--in no particular order, my criteria being rewatchability, style, intent, & story, & excluding animated films (sorry Batman: Mask of the Phantasm & the incredible The Incredibles.):

Batman '66
Superman
Flash Gordon '80
The Rocketeer
Dick Tracy
Batman Returns
The Shadow
The Phantom
Daredevil (the Director's Cut--check it out!)
Spider-Man 2
Watchmen
V for Vendetta
X-Men: First Class
Captain America: The First Avenger

I liked the Thorfilms and The Avengers, too, but the list is already over-long...

[Bruce Banner]

For non-animated films:
(The exact order might be subject to revision):

Superman The Movie & Superman II (Donner Cut)
The Avengers
Iron Man
Spider-Man 2
Captain America: The First Avenger
Man of Steel
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Batman Begins
X-Men: First Class
The Amazing Spider-Man

[The Bat]

the latest rumors have the movie getting the same "found footage" look that Chronicle had. Yawwnn. Starting to wonder if this really is just a Chronicle sequel dressed up in FF's name.

I just wish FOX had let the wrights expire so the FF could have reverted back to MARVEL.