Rank your favorite superhero films

[Soubhagya]

I wanted to make a poll so that one can vote for one's favorite superhero film. But i was amazed by the number of choices i could put in there. So, i changed my idea for now and decided to make a simple thread asking you to rank your top ten superhero movies of all time. It doesn't matter if its DC or Marvel or others. Simply rank them into top 10. And if one wishes one may expand further. Go to top 20 or even 25.

So what are your top ten superhero films? And rank them.

[Soubhagya]

Personally i am amazed by the kind of films we have got within the last two decades. Spider-man 2 is at the bottom half of top ten! I think i would have stretched to complete a top five back then. Bringing films which i thought were simply okay so as to make a top five.

And making this list is like a snapshot in time. Who knows what the list could be a year later, let alone five or ten years. We are living in the golden age of superhero films.

So, here's my top ten.

1. Logan
2. Dark Knight
3. Captain America: Civil War
4. X-Men: First Class
5. Avengers
6. Superman
7. Captain America: Winter Soldier
8. Spider-man 2
9. Batman Begins
10. X-Men: Days of Future Past

[Jekyll]

Wow, this is going to be tough!

1. Raimi’s Spider-Man 2
2. Wonder Woman
3. 1989 Batman
4. Captain America: First Avenger/ Winter Soldier.....it’s a toss up! I love them both.
5. Batman Begins
6. Hellboy
7. The Rocketeer
8. The Avengers
9. X-Men: Days of Future Past
10. Iron Man

[Rincewind]

I had to check Wikipedia to refresh my memory on older movies. My top 10 are:

1. Captain America: Winter Soldier
2. The Rocketeer
3. Iron Man
4. The Crow
5. X2: X-Men United
6. Captain America: Civil War
7. Deadpool
8. Superman: The Movie
9. The Mask of Zorro
10. The Dark Knight

[Martini Sigil]

1- Watchmen
2-Winter Soldier
3- Guardians of the Galaxy
4- Ragnarok
5- The Avengers
6- Deadpool
7- Black Panther
8-Wonder Woman
9- Logan
10-Iron Man

[JBatmanFan05]

This is my list, for now (could change at any time with more reflection and remembering more movies...the list obviously reflects some of my subjective tastes as far as what I look for in superhero films):

1. Batman Mask of the Phantasm
2. The Rocketeer
3. Superman: The Movie
4. Superman II (Lester cut sadly)
5. Batman (1989)
6. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) - edited in
7. V for Vendetta
8. Captain America: Winter Soldier
9. Deadpool
10. Spider-Man (2002)

[Sandfall]

I don't have a favorite superhero movie. I like many.

Batman returns
Blade
X-men
X2
Spiderman 1
Spiderman 2
First Class
Batman Begins
Days of future past
TDK
Avengers
Logan
Kick Ass
Deadpool

[WillieMorgan]

That's tough but I'm sure it's do-able if I just put my mind to it.

1. Superman - The Movie
2. The Dark Knight
3. Captain America - The Winter Soldier
4. Captain America - Civil War
5. Wonder Woman
6. Avengers/Avengers Assemble
7. Guardians Of The Galaxy
8. Batman Begins
9. Spider-Man - Homecoming
10. X-Men - First Class

[AmazingSpiderFan]

Top ten? Boring. Here's my list of the best Superhero Movies Based On Comics (That I've Seen). This list does not include superhero movies not based on comics (Darkman, The Meteor Man, Hancock, etc.), animated films, or films I haven't seen (which includes every DCEU movie after Man of Steel).

1. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
2. Spider-Man 2
3. Captain America: Civil War
4. Guardians of the Galaxy
5. The Avengers
6. Iron Man
7. Deadpool
8. Ant-Man
9. The Crow
10. The Rocketeer
11. Captain America: The First Avenger
12. Spider-Man
13. Batman
14. Spider-Man: Homecoming
15. Iron Man 2
16. Punisher: War Zone
17. Incredible Hulk
18. The Dark Knight Returns
19. Hellboy
20. Superman II
21. X-Men: First Class
22. Thor: Ragnarok
23. Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2
24. Doctor Strange
25. Superman
26. Kick-Ass
27. X-Men: Days of Future Past (Rogue Cut)
28. Avengers: Age of Ultron
29. Black Panther
30. Blade
31. The Wolverine
32. Iron Man 3
33. The Dark Knight
34. Batman Begins
35. Batman Returns
36. Mystery Men
37. X-Men
38. X2: X-Men United
39. X-Men: Apocalypse
40. Hulk
41. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)
42. Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
43. Doctor Mordrid
44. Spider-Man 3
45. Thor
46. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
47. Ghost Rider
48. Amazing Spider-Man
49. Blade II
50. Fantastic Four (2005)
51. Daredevil
52. Blade: Trinity
53. Superman III
54. Thor: The Dark World
55. X-Men: Days of Future Past
56. X3: The Last Stand
57. Kick-Ass 2
58. Hellboy II: The Golden Army
59. Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
60. Green Lantern
61. Punisher (1989)
62. The Crow: City of Angels
63. Man of Steel
64. Batman Forever
65. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II
66. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
67. Punisher (2004)
68. Spawn
69. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
70. Elektra
71. Amazing Spider-Man 2
72. X-men Origins: Wolverine
73. Fantastic Four (2015)
74. Batman & Robin
75. Superman IV

[AndrewCrossett]

My top 12:

1. The Avengers
2. Guardians of the Galaxy
3. Superman (1978)
4. Iron Man
5. The Incredibles
6. The Dark Knight
7. X-2
8. Spider-Man (2002)
9. Iron Man 2
10. X-Men: First Class
11. Batman (1989)

Yes, I know that's only 11, but I haven't seen Black Panther yet and want to leave a space for it in case it, as expected, makes my top dozen.

[Jekyll]

This is my list, for now (could change at any time with more reflection and remembering more movies...the list obviously reflects some of my subjective tastes as far as what I look for in superhero films):

1. Batman Mask of the Phantasm
2. The Rocketeer
3. Superman: The Movie
4. 1989 Batman
5. Superman II (Lester cut sadly)
6. V for Vendetta
7. Captain America: Winter Soldier
8. Deadpool
9. Spider-Man (2002)
10. Unbreakable (2000) or Logan or The Shadow or Blade...idk

Ohhhhh man how could I forget Phantasm?! That movie is criminally underrated!

[RikWriter]

Not in exact order, but close enough, starting with number one.

Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Avengers
Captain America: Civil War
Iron Man
Thor: Ragnarok
Batman Begins
Superman 2
Batman: The Dark Knight
Captain America: The First Avenger
X-Men 2
X-Men First Class
Spider-Man 2
Spider-Man: Homecoming
Wonder Woman
Superman the Movie

[Marvel/DC Fan]

1. Dark Knight
2. Iron Man
3. Watchmen
4. Thor
5. Captain America- The First Avenger
6. Guardians of the Galaxy
7. Black Panther
8. Avengers
9. Superman 2
10. X-men 2

[Soubhagya]

Wow, this is going to be tough!

1. Raimi’s Spider-Man 2
2. Wonder Woman
3. 1989 Batman
4. Captain America: First Avenger/ Winter Soldier.....it’s a toss up! I love them both.
5. Batman Begins
6. Hellboy
7. The Rocketeer
8. The Avengers
9. X-Men: Days of Future Past
10. Iron Man

Its so cool to see Spider-man 2 at the top. Its among the best comic book films of all time. It always has a special place in my heart. The reason i couldn't place it at the top was because i love the others more. (lol. its such an obvious statement to make). Its cool to see Captain America The First Avenger. I really liked the film. In my opinion the best 1st phase MCU film before Avengers is a toss up between Thor and Captain America.

Let no one take issue with my liking something from your list. This thread is not meant to judge anyone's taste or something like that. Everyone's list along with their rankings are cool. Its that childlike giddy feeling in discovering that there is something which i like so much is acknowledged by someone other then me.

[Soubhagya]

This is my list, for now (could change at any time with more reflection and remembering more movies...the list obviously reflects some of my subjective tastes as far as what I look for in superhero films):

1. Batman Mask of the Phantasm
2. The Rocketeer
3. Superman: The Movie
4. 1989 Batman
5. Superman II (Lester cut sadly)
6. V for Vendetta
7. Captain America: Winter Soldier
8. Deadpool
9. Spider-Man (2002)
10. Unbreakable (2000) or Logan or The Shadow or Blade...idk

Of course. My list is also subject to change. Especially ranking wise. With more reflection or newer films such a list and particularly its ranking can change. In fact, the reason why i wanted to make this thread was when i realized that i love Logan 'slightly' more then Dark Knight. Dark Knight was my favorite for ten long years. Before that Spider-man 2 was my favorite for good three to four years.

After watching Logan the second time, for the first time i realized that here's a film which has come close enough to Dark Knight for me. For a while i couldn't decide which is my favorite. And yesterday i watched that scene of Logan (at the good ol' Youtube) where Charles calls Logan a disappointment. That's so raw and cuts far deeper then any superhero film for me. For all the awesomeness of Dark Knight it was not this personal and thus it hits so close to home. About fathers and sons. The whole film is about that, but that particular scene takes away that sheen of safety and comfort which one might have while watching a superhero film and makes it feel so visceral and real as if something has died inside. Just like a small kid might have when his or her pet dies and the ugliness of the cold world is right in front of one's eyes.

I haven't cried while watching a film yet. That pet example may have been more accurate then. But scenes like that can choke one with emotion.