Top 10 Favorite Superhero Movies

[Squishy Duck Man]

Wow, this gets hard, been some good movies in this category over the last few years!

1. Spider-Man 2 - Perfect. Spidey, Doc Ock, everybody. Spot-on in every way, my favorite superhero movie.
2. Superman 2 - You can't beat Christopher Reeve in the role as Superman. Period.
3. Iron Man - What a phenomenal movie! RDJ IS Tony Stark!
4. X-Men First Class - I wasn't expecting much with this but holy cow. And the best role I'd seen for Kevin Bacon in a long time.
5. Blade II - Couldn't count the number of times I've watched this. Del Toro is THE MAN.
6. Hellboy II The Golden Army - Speaking of Del Toro...
7. Spider-Man - Willem Dafoe steals the show here, but the whole movie was good solid fun.
8. Thor - I almost hate to put it so low on the list but it keeps very very good company! Bring on Thor 2!
9. Captain America: The First Avenger - If you need a villain, put Hugo Weaving in the role. Also had me cheering for the USA and I'm not an American.
10. The Dark Knight. Only so low on my top 10 because I have a hard time considering it a "superhero" movie. It's more of a good movie than anything else.

[carlo]

the only #1 in my book is..

X-2, imo this was better than the first one and i also like that one

the rest below in no order, just cool / great films

superman
superman 2 (minus some lester footage)
x-men
spider-man
the dark knight
iron-man
the avengers (did not think i would like it, but glad i saw it)

will be renting Thor and Captain america and give my thumbs up or down soon

[ShowerPowerFrosta]

1) Tank Girl
2) Thor
3) X-Men
4) Superman II
5) Superman
6) Supergirl
7) Batman (The Jack Nickolson one)
8) Hellboy
9) The Incredibles
10) Iron Man

I realize Tank Girl is on a lot of people's worst list, and I think everyone involved with it hated it, but I still think it's awesome. It has Lori Petty, Naomi Watts, and Malcolm McDowell in it for goodness sakes.

[MegaGearMax]

Here are my favorites!

1) X2
2) Avengers
3) Spider-Man 2
4) The Dark Knight
5) Batman Begins
6) Superman II
7) Watchmen
8) Incredible Hulk
9) Iron Man
10) Blade II

[Dr Kain]

I'm guessing this is the best even though the topic creature seems to have his best list in the worst.

1. The Dark Knight
2. The Avengers
3. Batman Begins
4. Thor
5. Iron Man
6. X-Men First Class
7. Spider-Man
8. Kick-Ass
9. Captain America
10. Blade

If I counted them as super hero movies, V for Vendetta would be #4 and The Watchmen would be #6, but they aren't.

[BCI Guy]

I'm guessing this is the best even though the topic creature seems to have his best list in the worst.

1. The Dark Knight
2. The Avengers
3. Batman Begins
4. Thor
5. Iron Man
6. X-Men First Class
7. Spider-Man
8. Kick-Ass
9. Captain America
10. Blade

If I counted them as super hero movies, V for Vendetta would be #4 and The Watchmen would be #6, but they aren't.

I can see not calling V a superhero movie, but how is Watchmen not?

[Dr Kain]

I can see not calling V a superhero movie, but how is Watchmen not?

Because there is nothing super heroey about it. I love the movie, I really enjoyed the comic, but outside of the scene when Silk Specture and Nite Owl are rescueing the people from the burning building, nothing in it shows anyone being a super hero. Sure, they were once super heroes, but it is a drama about super heroes rather than an action story about super heroes. A story about super heroes are people who are saving others throughout the entire story. Watchmen is more like RED, where it has former heroes trying to save themselves from being killed by whatever means possible. Do you get what I am saying?

[Mr. Shokoti]

I'm guessing this is the best even though the topic creature seems to have his best list in the worst.

What does this even mean?

[diosoth]

1) The Mask- adapting the original comics would have been tricky so instead of sort of getting it right with a lot of changes, they just rebuilt the story from the ground up. and it spawned one of the greatest cartoon series of all time.
2) Batman 89- it was perfect. They got the Joker right, Batman right, everything right. How Burton failed so miserably with Returns, I have no idea.
3) Ghost Rider- it would be impossible to do this character better
4) Hellboy- thank del Toro for fighting the idiot executives who wanted to make changes
5, 6) X-Men 1 & II- do I need to explain?
7) Superman- the absolute legend of comic book films
8) Superman II- Despite a few mis-steps I think it did mostly well and gave us some decent villains that weren't "Lex Luthor" or "convenient chunk of kryptonite" or "he's not immune to magic for whatever reason".
9) Blade II - the first was decent but the second picked up the pace a lot better
10) Hulk- they focused more on the character, less on "break stuff".

[Monkeyboy Prime]

I was contemplating putting this on my list as well, but decided not to since I don't consider it a superhero movie. If I made this thread about Comic Book/Strip movies, it definitely would have been on my list.

I figure if Batman is a superhero **** Tracy could be one.

[TheShadow]

1) Batman Returns
2) Masters of the Universe
3) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
4) Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
5) **** Tracy
6) Batman
7) The Shadow
8) Spider-Man 2
9) Transformers: Dark of the Moon
10) Batman Forever

[Dr Kain]

What does this even mean?

Well his "worst" list has Iron Man, THe Dark Knight, Batman Begins, Thor, Captain America, Kick-Ass, etc on it, when those are some of the best (and TDK IS the best).

[iron_pride]

Best is Avengers by far, but my opinion is somewhat skewed since I don't go to see very many movies. I saw Green Lantern, liked it ok, but Avengers, nothing can beat that in my mind.

[ksensor]

1) The Dark Knight - Perfect
2) Iron Man 2 - Spot on
3) Batman Returns - Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman AND Christopher Walken. End of story.
4) Batman Forever - Love the villains in this one. Tommy Lee Jones as Two-Face FTW. Drew Barrymore and Debi Mazar as Sugar & Spice.
5) X3 - Do you know who I am???
6) X2 - Nightcrawler!!!
7) X-Men: First Class - Just a well-done movie overall
8) Iron Man - A great movie, I just had to rank it lower b/c IM2 was so good
9) Thor - Beautiful visuals and an entertaining story. I still laugh about Natalie Portman and Kat Dennings drooling over Thor.
10) Batman - Came out when I was a year or two too young to appreciate it, otherwise it might be higher.

I haven't seen The Avengers yet, so I'm reserving the right to modify my list after this weekend

[wyldman11]

Well his "worst" list has Iron Man, THe Dark Knight, Batman Begins, Thor, Captain America, Kick-Ass, etc on it, when those are some of the best (and TDK IS the best).

The posts were started by two different people.

my list
Thor
Superman II Donner Cut
Captain America (first avenger)
Iron Man
X-men First Class
Batman 89
Batman Begins
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
The Incredibles
Scott Pilgrim

I haven't seen Avengers yet

Movies like Green Lantern, Spider-man, Spider-man 2, X-men (1.5), X2 didn't make it because of some of the flaws they have in them but they are movies I watch when I can. I few others fall into this list also.

[BCI Guy]

but it is a drama about super heroes rather than an action story about super heroes. A story about super heroes are people who are saving others throughout the entire story.

I think you're splitting hairs. But that's OK. Its your definition, just don't expect everyone else to agree with it..

[Mr. Shokoti]

I figure if Batman is a superhero **** Tracy could be one.

I can see that. With that reasoning, I'd probably have put Judge Dredd on my list as well. Even though it has Rob Schneider in it & is despised by fans of the comic since he takes his helmet off, I liked it. It had cool action, a post apocalyptic cannibal family right out of Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and giant robots.

[wolfsfang]

The posts were started by two different people.

Exactly.

This list is for people to post THEIR top 10 best superhero movies and it was created by Mr Shokoti

The other list is for people to post THEIR top 10 worst superhero movies and that one was started by me

[Mr. Shokoti]

Exactly.

This list is for people to post THEIR top 10 best superhero movies and it was created by Mr Shokoti

The other list is for people to post THEIR top 10 worst superhero movies and that one was started by me

I didn't even know there was another list since I don't look through the forums much anymore.

[Orko's Magic Hat]

01 superman 2
02 batman returns
03 superman 3
04 batman
05 supergirl
06 the dark knight
07 the avengers
08 superman 1
09 Thor
10 batman forever / iron man

[Dr Kain]

I think you're splitting hairs. But that's OK. Its your definition, just don't expect everyone else to agree with it..

Did I say it was anyone else's definition?

[krugos]

1 - 2. It's a tie between Thor and The Incredible Hulk, can't pick a favorite.
3. Batman (1989).
4. The Avengers.
5. Iron Man II.
6. Captain America.
7. Iron Man.
8. Batman Returns.
9. Spider-Man.
10. Spider-Man II.

Numbers 4 to 10 may change depending on which day you ask me.

[vaderSW1]

My 10 Favorite Super Hero movies (in no particular order) are:

1. Iron Man
2. The Avengers
3. X-2
4. Spider-Man 2
5. TMNT (1990)
6. The Dark Knight
7. Batman (1989)
8. Blade
9. Superman 2
10. The Crow (you know, I'm not sure many people would consider this a superhero movie but I think it fits the bill -- the graphic novel that the film is based on is amazing and still one of my all time fav comics.)

[Mr. Shokoti]

10. The Crow (you know, I'm not sure many people would consider this a superhero movie but I think it fits the bill -- the graphic novel that the film is based on is amazing and still one of my all time fav comics.)

The Crow is another movie I'd have put on my list if this was the Top 10 Comic Book Movies. That first film was great with an amazing soundtrack.

[Shadow-Ra]

1) The Avengers
2) X-Men 2
3) The Secret of the Sword
4) Supergirl
5) Blade 2
6) Green Lantern
7) Push
8) Sky High
9) Batman & Robin
10) Mighty Morpin' Power Rangers

In no particular order.