Best Superhero Movies
by Jamie_Shannon | created - 16 Feb 2013 | updated - 27 Sep 2020 | PublicWhat makes a Superhero film good? Same thing that makes any movie good. Than you have to add in good special effects. Than you have to have faithfulness to its source material, or originality of concept. Also you have to have a control on the CGI, too much and you have a cartoon. Here is a list in order of what I think are the best.
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1. The Dark Knight (2008)
PG-13 | 152 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When the menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, Batman must accept one of the greatest psychological and physical tests of his ability to fight injustice.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Caine
Votes: 2,871,699 | Gross: $534.86M
Perfect Batman movie with a Perfect Joker. Matt Damon as Harvey Dent would have been a better choice.
2. X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
PG-13 | 132 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The X-Men send Wolverine to the past in a desperate effort to change history and prevent an event that results in doom for both humans and mutants.
Director: Bryan Singer | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy
Votes: 745,364 | Gross: $233.92M
Pulls off one of the more complex story lines of any superhero film perfectly. Best thing about it, it was able to erase X-men 3. No explanation of how Professor X exploded and un-exploded.
3. Iron Man (2008)
PG-13 | 126 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
After being held captive in an Afghan cave, billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil.
Director: Jon Favreau | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges
Votes: 1,125,193 | Gross: $318.41M
Not enough screen time of Iron man himself in battle; this got worse in sequels. Terrance Howard got better in sequels because he was replaced.
4. Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
PG-13 | 149 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The Avengers and their allies must be willing to sacrifice all in an attempt to defeat the powerful Thanos before his blitz of devastation and ruin puts an end to the universe.
Directors: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans
Votes: 1,203,796 | Gross: $678.82M
Improved on the source material which is saying something. Haunting, moving, action packed, and simply good. Structure had one minor flaw other than that would have been second under Dark Knight It bothers me slightly that it was so clear of a better way that no one at Disney spotted it.
5. The Avengers (2012)
PG-13 | 143 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Earth's mightiest heroes must come together and learn to fight as a team if they are going to stop the mischievous Loki and his alien army from enslaving humanity.
Director: Joss Whedon | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner
Votes: 1,459,676 | Gross: $623.28M
This movie brings all the different characters together and is able to juggle them all. A Hawkeye movie before this one. Other than his small appearance in Thor, would have been use full. They tried to shoe horn his back story into the second Avengers, unsuccessfully.
6. Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
PG-13 | 121 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A group of intergalactic criminals must pull together to stop a fanatical warrior with plans to purge the universe.
Director: James Gunn | Stars: Chris Pratt, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Zoe Saldana
Votes: 1,273,700 | Gross: $333.18M
A more or less obscure part of the Marvel Universe, that is surprisingly entertaining and funny. Strength of the movie is the cast and their interaction lifts it above typical super hero into a comedic hybrid.
7. Logan (2017)
R | 137 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
In a future where mutants are nearly extinct, an elderly and weary Logan leads a quiet life. But when Laura, a mutant child pursued by scientists, comes to him for help, he must get her to safety.
Director: James Mangold | Stars: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Dafne Keen, Boyd Holbrook
Votes: 831,750 | Gross: $226.28M
Finally got a solo Wolverine movie right. Its also better than its source material. The source comic was crude this movie is haunting and heart felt.
8. The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
PG-13 | 136 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
After Peter Parker is bitten by a genetically altered spider, he gains newfound, spider-like powers and ventures out to save the city from the machinations of a mysterious reptilian foe.
Director: Marc Webb | Stars: Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Irrfan Khan
Votes: 702,546 | Gross: $262.03M
This film does with Spider-Man what Ultimate Spider-Man comic series did with Spider-Man. Took the weight of a long back story off the hero into a reboot. Gwen Stacy is perfect.
9. X: First Class (2011)
PG-13 | 131 min | Action, Sci-Fi
In the 1960s, superpowered humans Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr work together to find others like them, but Erik's vengeful pursuit of an ambitious mutant who ruined his life causes a schism to divide them.
Director: Matthew Vaughn | Stars: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Kevin Bacon
Votes: 723,886 | Gross: $146.41M
Major world events if mutants were involved. A Watchmen for the masses without the cynicaliness and sadness Poor choices in some of the mutants choosen obscure reasoning to bring in Scotts younger brother as his older and having to work around the introduction of Iceman and Angel already are minor qualms.
10. Wonder Woman (2017)
PG-13 | 141 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
When a pilot crashes and tells of conflict in the outside world, Diana, an Amazonian warrior in training, leaves home to fight a war, discovering her full powers and true destiny.
Director: Patty Jenkins | Stars: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Robin Wright, Lucy Davis
Votes: 699,811 | Gross: $412.56M
Its amazing that they could pull off making a good Wonder Woman and struggle with Superman V. Batman. Gal can act. Script is great.
11. X2 (2003)
PG-13 | 134 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
When anti-mutant Colonel William Stryker kidnaps Professor X and attacks his school, the X-Men must ally with their archenemy Magneto to stop him.
Director: Bryan Singer | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Ian McKellen
Votes: 576,317 | Gross: $214.95M
Tightly story told with tight action sequences. Pacing of the all over story is well done but the villian is not given enough time. Villian has a truly epic quality that is barly touched on.
12. Captain America: Civil War (2016)
PG-13 | 147 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Political involvement in the Avengers' affairs causes a rift between Captain America and Iron Man.
Directors: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo | Stars: Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan
Votes: 850,303 | Gross: $408.08M
Some of the best fight scenes of any of the Marvel Universe films. Great story and script, it is able to juggle a large cast very well. Introducing both the Black Panther and Spiderman as well as keeping all the balls in the air.
13. Watchmen (2009)
R | 162 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
In a version of 1985 where superheroes exist, the murder of a colleague sends active vigilante Rorschach on the trail of a conspiracy that will change the course of history.
Director: Zack Snyder | Stars: Jackie Earle Haley, Patrick Wilson, Carla Gugino, Malin Akerman
Votes: 582,669 | Gross: $107.51M
Adult take on Superheros sometimes isn't treated with adult depth in this film. The few times its is this film is great. The ending is acutally makes more sense than the comic version.
14. Avengers: Endgame (2019)
PG-13 | 181 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War (2018), the universe is in ruins. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers assemble once more in order to reverse Thanos' actions and restore balance to the universe.
Directors: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth
Votes: 1,266,413 | Gross: $858.37M
This is overlong. Seems to be a movie written around the contracts ending of some the MCU actors. Slow pacing hurts the story arc. A difficult story to tell but left a few plot holes.
15. Batman Begins (2005)
PG-13 | 140 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After witnessing his parents' death, Bruce learns the art of fighting to confront injustice. When he returns to Gotham as Batman, he must stop a secret society that intends to destroy the city.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Ken Watanabe, Liam Neeson
Votes: 1,578,981 | Gross: $206.85M
A realistic take on the superhero sets a tone for the series of films. Weak Scarecrow and Ra's al Ghul performances are followed by a not weak Joker performance in the sequel.
16. Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Imprisoned on the planet Sakaar, Thor must race against time to return to Asgard and stop Ragnarök, the destruction of his world, at the hands of the powerful and ruthless villain Hela.
Director: Taika Waititi | Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Cate Blanchett, Mark Ruffalo
Votes: 816,348 | Gross: $315.06M
Attempt to be to funny story should not be taken serious. Merging Planet Hulk into the mix made th movie from being a pure Thor movie.
17. Black Panther (2018)
PG-13 | 134 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
T'Challa, heir to the hidden but advanced kingdom of Wakanda, must step forward to lead his people into a new future and must confront a challenger from his country's past.
Director: Ryan Coogler | Stars: Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira
Votes: 837,826 | Gross: $700.06M
Simple story done well.
18. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
PG-13 | 136 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
As Steve Rogers struggles to embrace his role in the modern world, he teams up with a fellow Avenger and S.H.I.E.L.D agent, Black Widow, to battle a new threat from history: an assassin known as the Winter Soldier.
Directors: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo | Stars: Chris Evans, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Robert Redford
Votes: 899,365 | Gross: $259.77M
Introduces the Falcon as well as some seriously well filmed and edited action scenes.
19. Spider-Man 2 (2004)
PG-13 | 127 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Peter Parker is beset with troubles in his failing personal life as he battles a former brilliant scientist named Otto Octavius.
Director: Sam Raimi | Stars: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Alfred Molina, James Franco
Votes: 708,940 | Gross: $373.59M
The Dr. Octopus battle was simply as good as it got when the film came out.
20. Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019)
PG-13 | 129 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Following the events of Avengers: Endgame (2019), Spider-Man must step up to take on new threats in a world that has changed forever.
Director: Jon Watts | Stars: Tom Holland, Samuel L. Jackson, Jake Gyllenhaal, Marisa Tomei
Votes: 557,088 | Gross: $390.53M
Mysterio and MJ well done. Movie could have used a little editing. Huge pacing issue of repeating plot points.
21. Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
PG-13 | 124 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Steve Rogers, a rejected military soldier, transforms into Captain America after taking a dose of a "Super-Soldier serum". But being Captain America comes at a price as he attempts to take down a warmonger and a terrorist organization.
Director: Joe Johnston | Stars: Chris Evans, Hugo Weaving, Samuel L. Jackson, Hayley Atwell
Votes: 897,044 | Gross: $176.65M
Makes you care about character from the beginning. Red Skull could have been done better.
22. Blade II (2002)
R | 117 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Blade forms an uneasy alliance with the vampire council in order to combat the Reapers, who are feeding on vampires.
Director: Guillermo del Toro | Stars: Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson, Ron Perlman, Leonor Varela
Votes: 234,485 | Gross: $82.35M
A sequel that blew away its predecessor.
23. Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)
PG-13 | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A prince of the mythical world starts a rebellion against humanity in order to rule the Earth. Hellboy and his team must fight to stop him from locating the all-powerful Golden Army.
Director: Guillermo del Toro | Stars: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Doug Jones, John Alexander
Votes: 285,993 | Gross: $75.75M
Creates an entire world you enter from the beginning to the end.
24. V for Vendetta (2005)
R | 132 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
In a future British dystopian society, a shadowy freedom fighter, known only by the alias of "V", plots to overthrow the tyrannical government - with the help of a young woman.
Director: James McTeigue | Stars: Hugo Weaving, Natalie Portman, Rupert Graves, Stephen Rea
Votes: 1,179,574 | Gross: $70.51M
A hero taking on a fascist England. Its far from the normal superhero fair.
25. Doctor Strange (2016)
PG-13 | 115 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
While on a journey of physical and spiritual healing, a brilliant neurosurgeon is drawn into the world of the mystic arts.
Director: Scott Derrickson | Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams, Benedict Wong
Votes: 805,276 | Gross: $232.64M
Very well done didn't struggle with its source material. Introduced a new layer into the Marvel Cinematic Universe without a problem. There was multiple ways to pull of the Sorcerer Supreme. They took the Matrix route. I am sure it was the easiest.
26. Batman (1989)
PG-13 | 126 min | Action, Adventure
The Dark Knight of Gotham City begins his war on crime with his first major enemy being Jack Napier, a criminal who becomes the clownishly homicidal Joker.
Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger, Robert Wuhl
Votes: 404,363 | Gross: $251.19M
Good at the time it came out. Bad choice to insert a Prince song as to keep it dated forever. Its tricky to feature pop songs in films it makes them at times not age well. You lock the film into that time period forever.
27. Superman II (1980)
PG | 127 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Superman agrees to sacrifice his powers to start a relationship with Lois Lane, unaware that three Kryptonian criminals he inadvertently released are conquering Earth.
Director: Richard Lester | Stars: Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Ned Beatty
Votes: 114,656 | Gross: $108.19M
Not without its faults, the big plastic Superman symbol, the endless product placement and the kiss of forget everything. It is still entertaining and the Donner cut is much better.
28. Thor (2011)
PG-13 | 115 min | Action, Fantasy
The powerful but arrogant god Thor is cast out of Asgard to live amongst humans in Midgard (Earth), where he soon becomes one of their finest defenders.
Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Anthony Hopkins, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston
Votes: 900,424 | Gross: $181.03M
The coffee house scene and the emergency room scene are both great. Under the stars with Jane and getting drunk are good. Overall it was a tricky hero to pull off and it is done well. Asgard is not fully fleshed out enough.
29. Aquaman (2018)
PG-13 | 143 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Arthur Curry, the human-born heir to the underwater kingdom of Atlantis, goes on a quest to prevent a war between the worlds of ocean and land.
Director: James Wan | Stars: Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Willem Dafoe, Patrick Wilson
Votes: 520,905 | Gross: $335.06M
Odd in parts better than you would think overall. Could have been better. Mantis is good.
30. Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
PG-13 | 141 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
When Tony Stark and Bruce Banner try to jump-start a dormant peacekeeping program called Ultron, things go horribly wrong and it's up to Earth's mightiest heroes to stop the villainous Ultron from enacting his terrible plan.
Director: Joss Whedon | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth
Votes: 922,055 | Gross: $459.01M
Could of and should been better. Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch are not written in well. Ham handed changed back story. Olsen is not good enough of an actress to pull the character off. Wanda is not the strongest defined Avenger. Her character is more defined by her relationships. They needed a better actress. Strange pacing of the movie makes it lag for periods and go too fast for bits.
31. The Crow (1994)
R | 102 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A man brutally murdered comes back to life as an undead avenger of his and his fiancée's murder.
Director: Alex Proyas | Stars: Brandon Lee, Michael Wincott, Rochelle Davis, Ernie Hudson
Votes: 203,251 | Gross: $50.69M
Low budget take on a pulpy work of art by James O'Barr. Great director and great performance by its star. This film is a real life tragedy of the loss of Lee has scared this movie. As well as its silly tacked on "pass his pain on" nonsense. Should have kept the ending closer to the original material. There are scenes that are frame by frame from the source. Why did it change the ending?
32. Spider-Man (2002)
PG-13 | 121 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
After being bitten by a genetically-modified spider, a shy teenager gains spider-like abilities that he uses to fight injustice as a masked superhero and face a vengeful enemy.
Director: Sam Raimi | Stars: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Willem Dafoe, James Franco
Votes: 880,092 | Gross: $403.71M
There is some bad acting here and some bad editing. There is also a sense of joy and a sense of sadness. The two emotions are what make Spider-Man movies great. He is a child carrying grief and guilt. That is trying to make right a tragic mistake.
33. Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
PG-13 | 133 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Peter Parker balances his life as an ordinary high school student in Queens with his superhero alter-ego Spider-Man, and finds himself on the trail of a new menace prowling the skies of New York City.
Director: Jon Watts | Stars: Tom Holland, Michael Keaton, Robert Downey Jr., Marisa Tomei
Votes: 719,706 | Gross: $334.20M
This the 3rd reboot of the franchise is a bit overrated in my humble opinion. Keaton does a good job as the Vulture. It is too tightly wrapped up in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to breath on its own. Almost as if they knew the last two were independent of it and they tried to force it in every place they could.
34. Hellboy (2004)
PG-13 | 122 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A demon raised from infancy after being conjured by and rescued from the Nazis, grows up to become a defender against the forces of darkness.
Director: Guillermo del Toro | Stars: Ron Perlman, Doug Jones, Selma Blair, John Hurt
Votes: 350,148 | Gross: $59.62M
Sequel much better but has its moments. Sometimes it seems to think the audience knows things it doesn't. At least I didn't then brings in on the subject, really needed another draft on the screen play.
35. Ant-Man (2015)
PG-13 | 117 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Armed with a super-suit with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, cat burglar Scott Lang must embrace his inner hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym, pull off a plan that will save the world.
Director: Peyton Reed | Stars: Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Corey Stoll, Evangeline Lilly
Votes: 722,299 | Gross: $180.20M
Douglas's performance seems a bit phoned in. Rudd does a good job. The subject was not one of Marvel's A Team heroes but its a better movie than any of the Hulk films.
36. Dredd (2012)
R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
In a violent, futuristic city where the police have the authority to act as judge, jury and executioner, a cop teams with a trainee to take down a gang that deals the reality-altering drug, SLO-MO.
Director: Pete Travis | Stars: Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby, Lena Headey, Rachel Wood
Votes: 294,476 | Gross: $13.41M
As close to the comic as could have been done. Really good action suffers slightly from budget and limited scope of the film.
37. Captain Marvel (2019)
PG-13 | 123 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Carol Danvers becomes one of the universe's most powerful heroes when Earth is caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races.
Directors: Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck | Stars: Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Jude Law
Votes: 610,936 | Gross: $426.83M
Script is horrible, star seems bipolar and confused. Parts without dialog are the good parts.
38. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
PG-13 | 136 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The Guardians struggle to keep together as a team while dealing with their personal family issues, notably Star-Lord's encounter with his father, the ambitious celestial being Ego.
Director: James Gunn | Stars: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel
Votes: 759,851 | Gross: $389.81M
Sequel lets its characters down with poor script and pacing. Characters are still stand out. Humor goes blue in spots for cheap laughs. Kurt Russell is given a script that repeats his lines so frequently it sounds like one of the songs. Aside from its problems the characters from the first are still strong.
39. Superman (1978)
PG | 143 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
An alien orphan is sent from his dying planet to Earth, where he grows up to become his adoptive home's first and greatest superhero.
Director: Richard Donner | Stars: Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Gene Hackman, Marlon Brando
Votes: 187,577 | Gross: $134.22M
Pompous epic and grand a huge production that even had Marlon Brando in it. Funny and action packed at times and other times just doesn't work. Ending was just dumb.
40. X-Men (2000)
PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In a world where mutants (evolved super-powered humans) exist and are discriminated against, two groups form for an inevitable clash: the supremacist Brotherhood, and the pacifist X-Men.
Director: Bryan Singer | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen, Famke Janssen
Votes: 646,760 | Gross: $157.30M
Pretty much just a setup for the much better sequel. Perfect casting offset a rather weak story. Great scenes and frequently right after awkwardly written ones.
41. Deadpool (2016)
R | 108 min | Action, Comedy
A wisecracking mercenary gets experimented on and becomes immortal yet hideously scarred, and sets out to track down the man who ruined his looks.
Director: Tim Miller | Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, T.J. Miller, Ed Skrein
Votes: 1,126,035 | Gross: $363.07M
Like a little kid who can get away with swearing, Marvel went over the top a bit in their first 'R' rated film. The CGI rendering of Colossus was another problem.
42. Thor: The Dark World (2013)
PG-13 | 112 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
When the Dark Elves attempt to plunge the universe into darkness, Thor must embark on a perilous and personal journey that will reunite him with doctor Jane Foster.
Director: Alan Taylor | Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgård
Votes: 725,232 | Gross: $206.36M
Takes the heart out of the first one and replaces it with much more action and a larger story.
43. Blade (1998)
R | 120 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
A half-vampire, half-mortal man becomes a protector of the mortal race, while slaying evil vampires.
Director: Stephen Norrington | Stars: Wesley Snipes, Stephen Dorff, Kris Kristofferson, N'Bushe Wright
Votes: 299,059 | Gross: $70.09M
Doesn't know what it wants to be winds up being a bit of B-movie. The much superior sequel shows what it could have been. There is an alternative ending that needs to be seen to be believed. They really had no idea what they were doing when they made this movie.
44. Deadpool 2 (2018)
R | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Foul-mouthed mutant mercenary Wade Wilson (a.k.a. Deadpool) assembles a team of fellow mutant rogues to protect a young boy with abilities from the brutal, time-traveling cyborg Cable.
Director: David Leitch | Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Josh Brolin, Morena Baccarin, Julian Dennison
Votes: 645,988 | Gross: $324.59M
Better than the first one; Colussus and suporting case shine.
45. The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
PG-13 | 164 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Eight years after the Joker's reign of chaos, Batman is coerced out of exile with the assistance of the mysterious Selina Kyle in order to defend Gotham City from the vicious guerrilla terrorist Bane.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, Gary Oldman
Votes: 1,827,988 | Gross: $448.14M
Poor choice in accents hurt this movie, ruined the villain. Poorly written script takes short cuts and breaks from logic to tell its tale. Good scenes are followed by bad scenes on a alternating basis during the whole movie. Robin and Cat Woman are not thought out and not needed. This mess ends in a unbelievable happy ending.
46. Suicide Squad (2016)
PG-13 | 123 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A secret government agency recruits some of the most dangerous incarcerated super-villains to form a defensive task force. Their first mission: save the world from the apocalypse.
Director: David Ayer | Stars: Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Viola Davis
Votes: 722,448 | Gross: $325.10M
Some of the characters are developed some aren't; really really bad villain. There should have been a Harley Quinn movie, a Deadshot movie, and a el Diablo movie. The script could not pull all the back stories together.
47. Venom (2018)
PG-13 | 112 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A failed reporter is bonded to an alien entity, one of many symbiotes who have invaded Earth. But the being takes a liking to Earth and decides to protect it.
Director: Ruben Fleischer | Stars: Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Riz Ahmed, Scott Haze
Votes: 538,520 | Gross: $213.52M
Lame pacing and bad script, has a first draft feel to it with Hardy being the the best part of it. CGI is good villian is weak.
48. Iron Man 2 (2010)
PG-13 | 124 min | Action, Sci-Fi
With the world now aware of his identity as Iron Man, Tony Stark must contend with both his declining health and a vengeful mad man with ties to his father's legacy.
Director: Jon Favreau | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Mickey Rourke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle
Votes: 868,761 | Gross: $312.43M
There was no reason to create a villain. Stark has plenty from the comics to pick from. The new villain just doesn't have the feel of computer genius. Maybe it was Mickey, who seemed to be cast because of him being on the comeback trail after the Wrestler. Hammer is done well but the focus is on a bad villain,
49. Bloodshot (2020)
PG-13 | 109 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Ray Garrison, a slain soldier, is re-animated with superpowers.
Director: Dave Wilson | Stars: Vin Diesel, Eiza González, Sam Heughan, Toby Kebbell
Votes: 84,753 | Gross: $12.56M
Would like to see other Valiant superheroes
50. Batman Returns (1992)
PG-13 | 126 min | Action, Crime, Fantasy
While Batman deals with a deformed man calling himself the Penguin wreaking havoc across Gotham with the help of a cruel businessman, a female employee of the latter becomes the Catwoman with her own vendetta.
Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken
Votes: 327,560 | Gross: $162.83M
Christopher Walken and Danny DeVito are not given a strong enough script to become a strong enough villain. It becomes a three way battle for the film to focus on as the Catwoman steals screen time. Batman becomes a supporting character in a movie that has some nice scenes but no substance.
51. The Incredible Hulk (2008)
PG-13 | 112 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Bruce Banner, a scientist on the run from the U.S. Government, must find a cure for the monster he turns into whenever he loses his temper.
Director: Louis Leterrier | Stars: Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth, William Hurt
Votes: 523,643 | Gross: $134.52M
Norton and Tyler had no chemistry. There is something in Norton's performance that never lets you care about him. Tyler simply does not belong in this movie. All this boils down to boring video game like CGI battle at the end. There is nothing worse than watching someone else play a video game.
52. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
PG-13 | 151 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Batman is manipulated by Lex Luthor to fear Superman. Superman´s existence is meanwhile dividing the world and he is framed for murder during an international crisis. The heroes clash and force the neutral Wonder Woman to reemerge.
Director: Zack Snyder | Stars: Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Jesse Eisenberg
Votes: 752,581 | Gross: $330.36M
Making Doomsday explosive was not a good idea. Had a feeling it was going to boil down to a CGI battle at the end like Man of Steel. Batman is done rather well by Affleck and not the problem with this movie at all.
53. Iron Man Three (2013)
PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
When Tony Stark's world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, he starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution.
Director: Shane Black | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Guy Pearce, Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle
Votes: 899,451 | Gross: $409.01M
Ruins a great Iron Man villain and the best Iron Man story line all at the same time. Tony Stark takes over the screen giving Iron Man very limited screen time. This equals a slow moving story. Taking him out of his element simply as a plot device.
54. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
PG-13 | 142 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
When New York is put under siege by Oscorp, it is up to Spider-Man to save the city he swore to protect as well as his loved ones.
Director: Marc Webb | Stars: Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx, Paul Giamatti
Votes: 538,148 | Gross: $202.85M
Electro is poorly done and so is the Green Goblin. The best parts of Amazing Spider Man. Peter and Gwen are given limited screen time. Short setup for friendship with Harry rushed into going bad. Completely un-threatening take on the Green Goblin more of a whining kid. Short, clipped, and cliched character for Electro. Really over the top CGI to wrap Electro into a bad boring battle with Spider man.
55. The Punisher (2004)
R | 124 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An undercover FBI agent becomes a vigilante and sets out to unleash his wrath upon the corrupt businessman who slaughtered his entire family at a reunion.
Director: Jonathan Hensleigh | Stars: Thomas Jane, John Travolta, Samantha Mathis, Laura Harring
Votes: 170,608 | Gross: $33.81M
John Travolta can play a good villain. Sometimes when he is a villain he makes a choice to be a certain over the top villain. It is sort of one his fall back on villain impression number 3. It maybe he simply doesn't understand the character so he acts the same way. He ruins this movie with his performance. There is also a really bad boring ending.
56. X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
PG-13 | 144 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In the 1980s the X-Men must defeat an ancient all-powerful mutant, En Sabah Nur, who intends to thrive through bringing destruction to the world.
Director: Bryan Singer | Stars: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult
Votes: 461,239 | Gross: $155.44M
This movie was big chance on a huge story that really wasn't paced or thought out enough. Some good scenes and pandering to comic book fans rather than trying to produce the same quality of the last two. Horrible story line that needed space and should have been told over several movies if was attempted. Instead it is condensed and clipped into slow parts that were needed and not much else.
57. Birds of Prey (2020)
R | 109 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
After splitting with the Joker, Harley Quinn joins superheroines Black Canary, Huntress, and Renee Montoya to save a young girl from an evil crime lord.
Director: Cathy Yan | Stars: Margot Robbie, Rosie Perez, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jurnee Smollett
Votes: 264,763 | Gross: $84.16M
Harley is outstanding tons of other characters glossed over
58. Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)
PG | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
The Fantastic Four learn that they aren't the only super-powered beings in the universe when they square off against the powerful Silver Surfer and the planet-eating Galactus.
Director: Tim Story | Stars: Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis
Votes: 277,441 | Gross: $131.92M
The best of the two Alba Fantastic Four movies. Strange slammed together crunch of second act and no need to bring Doom back but they do. Huge plot chunks seem to be missing, and a they don't seem to care about the source material attitude. The same feel as the first one but with a really cool Silver Surfer.
59. Justice League (2017)
PG-13 | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Fueled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman's selfless act, Bruce Wayne enlists the help of his new-found ally, Diana Prince, to face an even greater enemy.
Director: Zack Snyder | Stars: Ben Affleck, Gal Gadot, Jason Momoa, Ezra Miller
Votes: 478,732 | Gross: $229.02M
Get rid of Zack Snyder save the world. Too many superhero movies turn into CGI battles. The bad ones cross the line into being Video games being streamed by teenagers. Nothing in this movie brings the viewer into it the action where they care. Poor choice of villian also.
60. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
PG-13 | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
In an alternate Victorian Age world, a group of famous contemporary fantasy, science fiction, and adventure characters team up on a secret mission.
Director: Stephen Norrington | Stars: Sean Connery, Stuart Townsend, Peta Wilson, Jason Flemyng
Votes: 183,991 | Gross: $66.47M
Could have been great, too little time spent on character development.
61. The Mask (1994)
PG-13 | 101 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Bank clerk Stanley Ipkiss is transformed into a manic superhero when he wears a mysterious mask.
Director: Chuck Russell | Stars: Jim Carrey, Cameron Diaz, Peter Riegert, Peter Greene
Votes: 420,942 | Gross: $119.94M
More about a show case for Carey than about the Mask character.
62. Superman Returns (2006)
PG-13 | 154 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Superman returns to Earth after spending five years in space examining his homeworld Krypton. But he finds things have changed while he was gone, and he must once again prove himself important to the world.
Director: Bryan Singer | Stars: Brandon Routh, Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, James Marsden
Votes: 291,404 | Gross: $200.08M
Should have been Superman 3, this film could have used Superman 2's cast. Spacey phones in his performance from a cell phone while driving. The rest of the cast doesn't seem to want to be there either or at least know what they are supposed to be doing. Marsden and Langella being the only two who are taking the movie seriously.
63. Wanted (2008)
R | 110 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A frustrated office worker discovers that he is the son of a professional assassin, and that he shares his father's superhuman killing abilities.
Director: Timur Bekmambetov | Stars: Angelina Jolie, James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman, Terence Stamp
Votes: 408,663 | Gross: $134.51M
Movie is watching someone else play a video game.
64. Constantine (2005)
R | 121 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror
Supernatural exorcist and demonologist John Constantine helps a policewoman prove her sister's death was not a suicide, but something more.
Director: Francis Lawrence | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz, Djimon Hounsou, Shia LaBeouf
Votes: 374,337 | Gross: $75.98M
This cast tries, Keanu tries, the director tries, the movie fails because of a weak script. The ending is very very weak. This is one of those movies that should have ad sequel that would have been better than the first.
65. Daredevil (2003)
PG-13 | 103 min | Action, Crime
A man blinded by toxic waste which also enhanced his remaining senses fights crime as an acrobatic martial arts superhero.
Director: Mark Steven Johnson | Stars: Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, Colin Farrell, Michael Clarke Duncan
Votes: 229,113 | Gross: $102.54M
Poor directory and a studio re-edited movie. That is the problem with this one. The cast is fine and does a good job. The directors cut makes the ending make sense. Crazy they would have released a movie that didn't make sense. Bullseye does what he does making a good villian
66. X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Sci-Fi
The early years of James Logan, featuring his rivalry with his brother Victor Creed, his service in the special forces team Weapon X, and his experimentation into the metal-lined mutant Wolverine.
Director: Gavin Hood | Stars: Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Ryan Reynolds, Danny Huston
Votes: 530,730 | Gross: $179.88M
Lets throw as many characters as possible into the movie until we get a script. The last half from Gambit on is terrible. Keep the CGI cheap and make a horrible movie. Hugh Jackman is best part.
67. Green Lantern (2011)
PG-13 | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Reckless test pilot Hal Jordan is granted an alien ring that bestows him with otherworldly powers that inducts him into an intergalactic police force, the Green Lantern Corps.
Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard, Mark Strong
Votes: 296,171 | Gross: $116.60M
A disgusting villain, Hector Hammond, in what should have been a movie with a light heart. A bunch of interesting parts of Green Lantern are introduced and never fallowed properly past a scene or two. The CGI is not good enough for what the movie needed to support it.
68. Fantastic Four (I) (2005)
PG-13 | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A group of astronauts gain superpowers after a cosmic radiation exposure and must use them to oppose the plans of their enemy, Doctor Victor Von Doom.
Director: Tim Story | Stars: Ioan Gruffudd, Michael Chiklis, Chris Evans, Jessica Alba
Votes: 343,930 | Gross: $154.70M
Poorly cast, horrible changes made to Doctor Doom, slow moving story and on and on. The Thing was a guy in a rubber suit.
69. Hulk (2003)
PG-13 | 138 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Bruce Banner, a genetics researcher with a tragic past, suffers an accident that causes him to transform into a raging green monster when he gets angry.
Director: Ang Lee | Stars: Eric Bana, Jennifer Connelly, Sam Elliott, Josh Lucas
Votes: 278,622 | Gross: $132.18M
An art film about fatherly abuse that decided to become a movie about the Hulk somewhere in its development. CGI Hulk in desert vs army was good went on way to long
70. Ghost Rider (2007)
PG-13 | 110 min | Action, Fantasy, Thriller
When motorcycle rider Johnny Blaze sells his soul to the Devil to save his father's life, he is transformed into the Ghost Rider, the Devil's own bounty hunter, and is sent to hunt down sinners.
Director: Mark Steven Johnson | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Sam Elliott, Matt Long
Votes: 252,322 | Gross: $115.80M
Nicholas Cage is Nicholas Cage he is not Johnny Blaze. The choices he made to flesh out the character. The listening to the Carpenters etc. All made Johnny Blaze more Cage like. Terrible dialog and a villain that was not fully thought out. It seems to not take itself at all seriously but it wants your time and money to watch it.
71. Kick-Ass (2010)
R | 117 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Dave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan who one day decides to become a superhero, even though he has no powers, training or meaningful reason to do so.
Director: Matthew Vaughn | Stars: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Nicolas Cage, Chloë Grace Moretz, Garrett M. Brown
Votes: 593,503 | Gross: $48.07M
Children.
72. The Shadow (1994)
PG-13 | 108 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
In 1930s New York City, The Shadow (Alec Baldwin) battles his nemesis, Shiwan Khan (John Lone), who is building an atomic bomb.
Director: Russell Mulcahy | Stars: Alec Baldwin, John Lone, Penelope Ann Miller, Peter Boyle
Votes: 27,143 | Gross: $32.06M
You have to give it Alec Baldwin for attempting to pull this one off. It was going to be a blockbuster. The film fails to engage the viewer and the last half is a snooze. Putting you to sleep as the action is supposed to pick up.
73. The Green Hornet (2011)
PG-13 | 119 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Following the death of his father, Britt Reid, heir to his father's large company, teams up with his late dad's assistant Kato to become a masked crime fighting team.
Director: Michel Gondry | Stars: Seth Rogen, Jay Chou, Christoph Waltz, Cameron Diaz
Votes: 164,705 | Gross: $98.78M
Seth Rogen cannot be funny in a PG-13 movie. Seth is barely funny in a R movie. There is this strange stillness in certain scenes in this movie like they left the camera running while the crew enjoyed the Pineapple express.
74. Batman Forever (1995)
PG-13 | 121 min | Action, Adventure
Batman must battle former district attorney Harvey Dent, who is now Two-Face and Edward Nygma, The Riddler with help from an amorous psychologist and a young circus acrobat who becomes his sidekick, Robin.
Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey, Nicole Kidman
Votes: 266,633 | Gross: $184.03M
Okay let Joel Schumacher take over the Batman series. He will use lots and lots of neon colors. Let everyone over act it will be great just like an updated Batman television series, Script is not a script just a series of lines that are all overacted.
75. Man of Steel (2013)
PG-13 | 143 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
An alien child is evacuated from his dying world and sent to Earth to live among humans. His peace is threatened when other survivors of his home planet invade Earth.
Director: Zack Snyder | Stars: Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Diane Lane
Votes: 812,024 | Gross: $291.05M
Turns into watching a video game half way into the movie. You just don't care about anyone in this movie before that. You will become as bored as someone watching Twitch
76. Spawn (1997)
PG-13 | 96 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An elite mercenary is killed, but comes back from Hell as a reluctant soldier of the Devil.
Director: Mark A.Z. Dippé | Stars: Michael Jai White, John Leguizamo, Martin Sheen, Theresa Randle
Votes: 72,300 | Gross: $54.97M
Poor special effects and poor story, a very low budget feel poorly executed.
77. Hancock (2008)
PG-13 | 92 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Hancock is a superhero whose ill-considered behavior regularly causes damage in the millions. He changes when the person he saves helps him improve his public image.
Director: Peter Berg | Stars: Will Smith, Charlize Theron, Jason Bateman, Jae Head
Votes: 511,821 | Gross: $227.95M
Why do these kind of movies resort to blue humor or just plain dirty jokes? What audience are your seeking? Make a good movie and throw vulgar crap into it or make a vulgar movie and throw good crap into it. This movie did not know what it was or what it wanted to be.
78. Priest (2011)
PG-13 | 87 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror
A warrior priest disobeys church law to track down a pact of vampires who have kidnapped his niece.
Director: Scott Stewart | Stars: Paul Bettany, Cam Gigandet, Maggie Q, Karl Urban
Votes: 124,159 | Gross: $29.14M
B movie with good parts. Overall waste of time to watch with some good action scenes.
79. The Spirit (2008)
PG-13 | 103 min | Action, Crime, Fantasy
Rookie cop Denny Colt returns from the beyond as The Spirit, a hero whose mission is to fight against the bad forces in Central City.
Director: Frank Miller | Stars: Gabriel Macht, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Jaime King
Votes: 62,848 | Gross: $19.78M
Miller should never had attempted to direct this one he couldn't pull it off. Its a hard story to bring to screen as its dated, and a bit slow moving. There are moments where you will say wow that is a nice scene but that is about it.
80. Spider-Man 3 (2007)
PG-13 | 139 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A strange black entity from another world bonds with Peter Parker and causes inner turmoil as he contends with new villains, temptations, and revenge.
Director: Sam Raimi | Stars: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Topher Grace, Thomas Haden Church
Votes: 637,828 | Gross: $336.53M
Too many villains and a weak Venom. Sandman was the best part of this movie. Peter Parker descent into badness is just bad. Script should have just the Venom story line with a different actir for Venom or the Sandman without the recon into him being Ben's killer
81. X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The human government develops a cure for mutations, and Jean Grey becomes a darker uncontrollable persona called the Phoenix who allies with Magneto, causing escalation into an all-out battle for the X-Men.
Director: Brett Ratner | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Famke Janssen
Votes: 540,891 | Gross: $234.36M
Crap. Crap director. Sums up long storylines from the comic into bits. Sprinkles great characters into bit parts. Makes itself into a convoluted crib notes of smashed together X-men stories and makes it somehow at the same time boring
82. Jonah Hex (2010)
PG-13 | 81 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
The U.S. military makes a scarred bounty hunter with warrants on his own head an offer he cannot refuse: in exchange for his freedom, he must stop a terrorist who is ready to unleash Hell on Earth.
Director: Jimmy Hayward | Stars: Josh Brolin, Megan Fox, John Malkovich, Michael Fassbender
Votes: 61,811 | Gross: $10.54M
Need this movie need to be made? Josh Brolin did you really think this was going to be a hit.
83. The Wolverine (2013)
PG-13 | 126 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Wolverine comes to Japan to meet an old friend whose life he saved years ago, and gets embroiled in a conspiracy involving yakuza and mutants.
Director: James Mangold | Stars: Hugh Jackman, Will Yun Lee, Tao Okamoto, Rila Fukushima
Votes: 492,255 | Gross: $132.56M
Waste of Silver Samurai and poor pacing. Tries to bring one of the better Wolverine comics into a movie but needs for some reason to change so much that it just takes the highlights.
84. Elektra (2005)
PG-13 | 97 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Elektra the warrior survives a near-death experience, becomes an assassin-for-hire, and tries to protect her two latest targets, a single father and his young daughter, from a group of supernatural assassins.
Director: Rob Bowman | Stars: Jennifer Garner, Goran Visnjic, Will Yun Lee, Kirsten Zien
Votes: 97,952 | Gross: $24.41M
The directors cut was better, very sleepy little superhero movie. Script seems like it was in the rough draft stage.
85. The Rocketeer (1991)
PG | 108 min | Action, Adventure, Family
A young pilot stumbles onto a prototype jetpack that allows him to become a high-flying masked hero.
Director: Joe Johnston | Stars: Billy Campbell, Jennifer Connelly, Alan Arkin, Timothy Dalton
Votes: 61,783 | Gross: $46.70M
Never gets into a groove. Good movie strong cult following. The ending is to much like the serails it is based on should have been modernized
86. Punisher: War Zone (2008)
R | 103 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Frank Castle, known as the Punisher, ruthlessly demolishes organized crime, but it starts an even bigger war.
Director: Lexi Alexander | Stars: Ray Stevenson, Dominic West, Julie Benz, Doug Hutchison
Votes: 67,177 | Gross: $8.05M
Just Violence
87. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)
PG | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The Turtles discover their origins while they endeavour to save New York City from the evil Shredder and his Foot Clan.
Director: Michael Pressman | Stars: Paige Turco, David Warner, Michelan Sisti, Leif Tilden
Votes: 61,023 | Gross: $78.66M
88. Masters of the Universe (1987)
PG | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
The heroic warrior He-Man battles against the evil lord Skeletor and his armies of darkness for control of Castle Grayskull.
Director: Gary Goddard | Stars: Dolph Lundgren, Frank Langella, Meg Foster, Billy Barty
Votes: 44,314 | Gross: $17.34M
This could have been worse. Really cheaply made could have used better Frank Langella make up. The whole might eighties music synth story line was not needed at all.
89. Kick-Ass 2 (2013)
R | 103 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Following Kick-Ass' heroics, other citizens are inspired to become masked crusaders, but Red Mist leads his own group of evil super-villains to get revenge, kill Kick-Ass, and destroy everything he stands for.
Director: Jeff Wadlow | Stars: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Chloë Grace Moretz, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Jim Carrey
Votes: 288,527 | Gross: $28.80M
Children
90. Fantastic Four (2015)
PG-13 | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Four young outsiders teleport to an alternate and dangerous universe which alters their physical form in shocking ways. The four must learn to harness their new abilities and work together to save Earth from a former friend turned enemy.
Director: Josh Trank | Stars: Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Bell
Votes: 176,625 | Gross: $56.12M
The worst part for me of the notorious bad movie was when Sue Storm's wig came on in the tacked on studio ending.
91. Batman & Robin (1997)
PG-13 | 125 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Batman and Robin try to keep their relationship together even as they must stop Mr. Freeze and Poison Ivy from freezing Gotham City.
Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, George Clooney, Chris O'Donnell, Uma Thurman
Votes: 268,183 | Gross: $107.33M
George Clooney could have been a half way decent Batman Arnold, Green Ivy and Bane are all silly. Neon ugliness punctionated by bad puns.
92. Dark Phoenix (2019)
PG-13 | 113 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Jean Grey begins to develop incredible powers that corrupt and turn her into a Dark Phoenix, causing the X-Men to have to decide if her life is worth more than all of humanity.
Director: Simon Kinberg | Stars: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult
Votes: 205,091 | Gross: $65.85M
Poor Acting by the most important character in the film. Epic story wrapped up and given to an actress who is way out of her league. Vague villians without well defined powers futher ruin this movie. Slap in a final action scene poorly edited. Low number on list because of how good it could have been.
93. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)
PG | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Four teenage mutant ninja turtles emerge from the shadows to protect New York City from a gang of criminal ninjas.
Director: Steve Barron | Stars: Judith Hoag, Elias Koteas, Josh Pais, David Forman
Votes: 104,851 | Gross: $135.27M
94. Superman III (1983)
PG | 125 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Synthetic kryptonite laced with tar splits Superman in two: good Clark Kent and bad Man of Steel.
Director: Richard Lester | Stars: Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor, Margot Kidder, Jackie Cooper
Votes: 74,793 | Gross: $59.95M
So you have a better sequel than the first movie. Your follow up? You stick a hip comedian into the movie to over shadow the whole thing. You hire get this now Robert Vaughn of all people as the villain. Even in 1983 it was obvious that his prime was Napoleon Solo. Its not a Superman film its more of a Pryor film.
95. Blade: Trinity (2004)
R | 113 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Blade, now a wanted man by the FBI, must join forces with the Nightstalkers to face his most challenging enemy yet: Dracula.
Director: David S. Goyer | Stars: Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson, Parker Posey, Ryan Reynolds
Votes: 188,351 | Gross: $52.41M
Seems like a attempt to fork a new team but instead spawned a TV series. The movie pushes Ryan Reynolds and Jessica Biel. Snipes is in the background. Read it was a troubled production it seems like it. Editing is choppy and has a made for television feel to the pace and dialog.
96. The Phantom (1996)
PG | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The Phantom, descendent of a line of African superheroes, travels to New York City to thwart a wealthy criminal genius from obtaining three magic skulls which would give him the secret to ultimate power.
Director: Simon Wincer | Stars: Billy Zane, Kristy Swanson, Treat Williams, Catherine Zeta-Jones
Votes: 35,822 | Gross: $17.30M
Kudos for the cajones to make this movie. Its a rough character to bring to the screen. Overall this might have been the best anyone could have done with this story. Its just not a good character to bring to film. My thinking was they saw him as an Indiana Jones in purple. Well he is not.
97. I, Frankenstein (2014)
PG-13 | 92 min | Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Frankenstein's creature finds himself caught in an all-out, centuries-old war between two immortal clans.
Director: Stuart Beattie | Stars: Aaron Eckhart, Bill Nighy, Miranda Otto, Virginie Le Brun
Votes: 83,930 | Gross: $19.08M
Video Game. You never care about the Monster you never care what happens in any scene. You don't care about the plot. Its a bad script. Jumps right in and does not spend a minute on character development. Next time just make a video game with really long cut scenes. You would have had a hit.
98. Judge Dredd (1995)
R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
In a dystopian future, Joseph Dredd, the most famous Judge (a police officer with instant field judiciary powers), is convicted for a crime he did not commit and must face his murderous counterpart.
Director: Danny Cannon | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Armand Assante, Rob Schneider, Jürgen Prochnow
Votes: 124,962 | Gross: $34.69M
Writing a script to allow a movie star not dress like the character always does in the comic. It is a critical mistake and than you throw in a comic relief tool.
99. Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011)
PG-13 | 96 min | Action, Fantasy, Thriller
Johnny Blaze, tortured by the Ghost Rider's curse, gets a chance of redemption through protecting the Devil's son, whose father is pursuing him.
Directors: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Ciarán Hinds, Idris Elba, Violante Placido
Votes: 126,250 | Gross: $51.77M
Russian Video Game
100. Catwoman (2004)
PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Crime, Fantasy
A shy woman, endowed with the speed, reflexes, and senses of a cat, walks a thin line between criminal and hero, even as a detective doggedly pursues her, fascinated by both of her personas.
Director: Pitof | Stars: Halle Berry, Sharon Stone, Benjamin Bratt, Lambert Wilson
Votes: 125,817 | Gross: $40.20M
Sharon Stone and a French director who seemed to have no concept of the character or a need to film one single scene that was original. Well the carnival scene is a little inspired.
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