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The Best Superhero Movies of All-Time, Revisited


We are just a few days away from the North American release of Avengers:Infinity War. While I am dutifully going to see it opening night, it's not a film I'm looking forward to. It is (spoiler) part one of two, which means we can expect plenty of plot threads left dangling when the credits roll. In other words, part two will probably be better, and provide some actual resolution. Also, Thanos looks like a CGI yawn-fest. Hopefully, I'll be proved wrong.

Nevertheless, this is a good opportunity to rank (again) the major superhero movies (Marvel and otherwise) that we've had so far. As you know, I love making a list, and this one is going to be a definitive one! If you don't see a film on here, it's because I haven't seen it (the first two Thors, Iron Man 2, some of the X-Men features, etc.).   Alright, here we go.

39. Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
38. Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
37. Superman Returns (2006)
36. Watchmen (2009)
35. Batman & Robin (1997)
34. Suicide Squad (2016)
33. The Shadow (1994)
32. Spider-Man 3 (2007)
31. Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
30. Superman III (1983)
29. Spider-Man (2002)
28. Hulk (2003)
27. The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
26. Superman (1978)
25. The Avengers (2012)
24. Captain America: Civil War (2016)
23. Justice League (2017)
22. Iron Man 3 (2013)
21. Batman Returns (1992)
20. Batman (1966)
19. Batman Begins (2005)
18. Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
17. Deadpool (2016)
16. Doctor Strange (2016)
15. Iron Man (2008)
14. Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
13. Guardians of the Galaxy 2 (2017)
12. Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
11. Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
10. Spider-Man 2 (2004)
  9. Ant-Man (2015)
  8. Logan (2017)
  7. Black Panther (2018)
  6. Superman II (1980)
  5. The Dark Knight (2008)
  4. X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
  3. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
  2. Wonder Woman (2017)
  1. Batman (1989)


And, there you have it. Another list of truth. Now, on to Avengers: Infinity War!

(and Ant-Man and the Wasp, and Deadpool 2, and.... )



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