# Top 5 superhero/comic movies. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 6, 2012, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-superhero-comic-movies/627410 "2012-07-06T11:51:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-superhero-comic-movies/627410/41 "2012-07-08T00:32:23Z")
A pox on you, I love Billy Zane’s _The Phantom_. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-superhero-comic-movies/627410/42 "2012-07-08T01:43:23Z")
Just five? Ouch. That’s tough. For me, though: _The Incredibles Iron Man The Avengers Mystery Men V for Vendetta_ Honorable mentions: _Superman, X-Men, Spider-Man_ ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-superhero-comic-movies/627410/43 "2012-07-08T20:13:27Z")
Spiderman 2 The Avengers Iron Man The Incredibles The Dark Knight ---
**Author:** ![Monkey\_Chews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@Monkey\_Chews](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monkey_Chews)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-superhero-comic-movies/627410/44 "2012-07-09T00:23:36Z")
Superman X-Men 2 Watchmen X-Men: First Class Chronicle I have a hard time of thinking of “V For Vendetta” in the same genre as these movies, but if we’re including it then sign me up, it’s probably the best of all of them. Also the recent Australian movie “Griff The Invisible” with Ryan Kwanten was a really wonderful movie and had an interesting take on the superhero idea. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-superhero-comic-movies/627410/45 "2012-07-09T01:43:14Z")
Just watched _The Phantom_, again, for the umpteenth time. So there. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-superhero-comic-movies/627410/46 "2012-07-09T02:05:32Z")
The Avengers X-Men First Class The Dark Knight Captain America Spiderman 2 ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-superhero-comic-movies/627410/47 "2012-07-09T03:40:58Z")
The Avengers Iron Man The Incredibles X-Men (first one) Watchmen Honorable Mention: X-Men First Class, Iron Man 2, Batman (the original), Captain America ---
**Author:** ![Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunzio_Tavulari)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-superhero-comic-movies/627410/48 "2012-07-09T03:47:37Z")
I must be tired. I read the title as Top 5 homo/erotic movies ---
**Author:** ![Tanbarkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a698b9/32.png) [@Tanbarkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tanbarkie)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-superhero-comic-movies/627410/49 "2012-07-09T04:22:00Z")
1. The Avengers 2. The Dark Knight 3. X2: X-Men United 4. Iron Man 5. Spider-man 2 Honorable mentions go to: The Incredibles, Hellboy, and X-Men, which kicked off the whole modern superhero film craze with wit and charisma to spare. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-superhero-comic-movies/627410/50 "2012-07-09T06:28:07Z")
> [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](#): > > I must be tired. I read the title as Top 5 homo/erotic movies So…are you going to give us a list? ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-superhero-comic-movies/627410/51 "2012-07-09T06:54:07Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > So…are you going to give us a list? 300 ---
**Author:** ![Jules\_Andre](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jules_andre/32/9334_2.png) [@Jules\_Andre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jules_Andre)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-superhero-comic-movies/627410/52 "2012-07-09T08:12:51Z")
> [@Tanbarkie](#): > > 1. The Avengers > 2. The Dark Knight > 3. X2: X-Men United > 4. Iron Man > 5. Spider-man 2 I’d play with the order a bit (2,1,4,5,3), but this is my exactly top five as well. ---
**Author:** ![magnusblitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@magnusblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magnusblitz)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-superhero-comic-movies/627410/53 "2012-07-09T08:38:20Z")
Hmm… 1. Iron Man 2. The Dark Knight 3. The Avengers 4. X-Men First Class 5. Kick-Ass I really hesitated on the last choice, as I also considered the Incredibles, Batman Begins, Iron Man 2, Scott Pilgrim, etc. Also, Kick-Ass was the one I’ve seen most recently, so maybe that’s why. Been a long time since I’ve seen some of them (especially X-Men 2 and the Spider-Man films) so hard to judge them… in my mind I remember them being okay for the time but corny and overshadowed by later comic book films. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-superhero-comic-movies/627410/54 "2012-07-09T13:51:18Z")
[ol] [li]Avengers[/li][li]Incredibles[/li][li]Batman Begins[/li][li]Iron Man[/li][li]Blade[/li][/ol] ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-superhero-comic-movies/627410/55 "2012-07-09T14:09:37Z")
Glad to see the love for X-2. In my opinion it is not only the best comic book movie but one of the best movies, ever. I first saw it without having read any X-Men but after reading _God Loves, Man Kills_ I felt even more respect for how perfectly they adapted the comic to film. Magneto is the greatest villain ever. Um, yeah, so 1. X-2 2. The Incredibles 3. Iron Man 4. Kick-Ass 5. Does _Iron Giant_ count? ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-superhero-comic-movies/627410/56 "2012-07-09T14:16:44Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > 1. Does _Iron Giant_ count? The science checks out, so I’ll allow it. ---
**Author:** ![Tanbarkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a698b9/32.png) [@Tanbarkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tanbarkie)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-superhero-comic-movies/627410/57 "2012-07-09T14:42:23Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > Glad to see the love for X-2. In my opinion it is not only the best comic book movie but one of the best movies, ever. I first saw it without having read any X-Men but after reading _God Loves, Man Kills_ I felt even more respect for how perfectly they adapted the comic to film. Magneto is the greatest villain ever. Speaking from the perspective of a non-comics fan, X2 was the film that really showed me the potential of the superhero genre. It deftly wove social commentary into its mythos without sacrificing the thrills you’d expect of from an action flick, and really deepened its sprawling cast of characters at the same time - no one-dimensional cardboard cutouts, these X-Men! Nor their villains! And the opening sequence with Nightcrawler BAMFing (in more ways than one) around in the White House is, for my money, still one of the best action scenes ever. X2 is just superlative popcorn filmmaking all around. It’s a damn shame the subsequent films didn’t live up to it. ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-superhero-comic-movies/627410/58 "2012-07-09T16:13:15Z")
> [@Tanbarkie](#): > > And the opening sequence with Nightcrawler BAMFing (in more ways than one) around in the White House is, for my money, still one of the best action scenes ever. This. I came to X-men fandom rather late, and never got why everyone raved about Nightcrawler. Then I saw this scene, and I got it. BAMF indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Gerald\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Gerald\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gerald_II)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-superhero-comic-movies/627410/59 "2012-07-09T19:50:24Z")
1. Spider-man 2 2. X2: X-Men United 3. Blade II 4. The Crow 5. The Dark Knight My honorable mentions: 1989 Batman-I liked it much better than Batman Begins, but Heath Ledger’s performance alone secure The Dark Knight among the top 5. X-Men: First Class-I liked this movie to, but mostly the Magneto and Professor X scenes. The ending was wrapped up way too fast in my opinion. Kick-Ass was awesome, and if The Crow doesn’t count, than I substitute that spot for Kick-Ass. Superman was good, but a lot of it is so corny. Seeing Clark grow up in Smallville was good, as well as seeing him turn back time was amazing. But everything else felt very campy. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-superhero-comic-movies/627410/60 "2012-07-09T19:51:37Z")
Until The Avengers I considered X2 the best Comic book movie period (that opening scene is quite awesome). First Class is nearly as good. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-superhero-comic-movies/627410.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-superhero-comic-movies/627410.md?page=4)