The Vulture's The 30 Best Superhero Movies Since Blade
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The 30 best superhero movies since Blade kicked off their modern renaissance. Criteria for what constitutes a superhero movie were as follows: It must (a) be about a do-gooder or group of do-gooders who have superhuman abilities or are more skilled at crime-fighting than any human possibly could be (Batman and the Punisher being examples of the latter); (b) be set primarily on Earth, which excludes sci-fi fantasias like Star Wars and Guardians of the Galaxy, as both are set in galaxies where superhuman abilities are commonplace; and (c) have been released theatrically. There’s also a certain amount of Potter Stewart–esque logic here: You know a superhero when you see one.
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Black Panther
2018, in 9 top lists Check -
2 new
Logan
2017, in 9 top lists Check -
3 new
Unbreakable
2000, in 6 top lists Check -
4 new
The Dark Knight
2008, in 27 top lists Check -
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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
2018, in 21 top lists Check -
6 new
The Avengers
2012, in 7 top lists Check -
7 new
The Incredibles
2004, in 13 top lists Check -
8 new
Batman Begins
2005, in 11 top lists Check -
9 new
Superman Returns
2006, in 4 top lists Check -
10 new
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
2014, in 3 top lists Check -
11 new
Iron Man Three
2013 — a.k.a. Iron Man 3, in 3 top lists Check -
12 new
Spider-Man: Homecoming
2017, in 3 top lists Check -
13 new
Spider-Man 2
2004, in 7 top lists Check -
14 new
Avengers: Endgame
2019, in 8 top lists Check -
15 new
Punisher: War Zone
2008, in 0 top lists Check -
16 new
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
2008, in 1 top list Check -
17 new
Iron Man
2008, in 8 top lists Check -
18 new
X-Men: Days of Future Past
2014, in 3 top lists Check -
19 new
X2
2003 — a.k.a. X2: X-Men United, in 5 top lists Check -
20 new
Hellboy
2004, in 1 top list Check -
21 new
Sky High
2005, in 0 top lists Check -
22 new
Captain America: Civil War
2016, in 2 top lists Check -
23 new
Captain America: The First Avenger
2011, in 2 top lists Check -
24 new
Thor: Ragnarok
2017, in 3 top lists Check -
25 new
Wonder Woman
2017, in 4 top lists Check -
26 new
Spider-Man
2002, in 7 top lists Check -
27 new
Chronicle
2012, in 0 top lists Check -
28 new
The Lego Batman Movie
2017, in 2 top lists Check -
29 new
X-Men
2000, in 5 top lists Check -
30 new
Big Hero 6
2014, in 3 top lists Check
Last updated on Mar 27, 2020; source