10. Logan
9. Joker
8. Mask of the Phantasm
7. Batman Begins
6. Infinity War/Endgame
5. The Dark Knight Returns Pt 1 & 2
4. The Batman
3. The Dark Knight
2. Zack Snyder's Justice League
1. Spider-Man: No Way Home
Logan
Ghost World
Joker
Batman Returns/The Batman (tie)
Batman '89
Watchmen
Dick Tracy
The Dark Knight
The Crow
Road to Perdition
That's assuming you're talking about western comic books. If you want me to include Japanese comics in there, I'd need to consider what's going on with Akira, Ghost in the Shell, Neon Genesis Evangelion, the Cowboy Bebop Movie, and so forth.
My reasoning: I feel like Joker, Logan, and Ghost World are all amazing stories regardless of whether or not they have source material. They aren't reliant on action scenes (even when they have them (particularly Logan)) to tell their stories, and they have deep values about characters and humanity. They're pretty deep.
Batman '89, Returns, and The Batman, Watchmen, and Dick Tracy are stylish and bring comic books to life in ways that few other films do. They look like living, breathing comic books, but none of them sacrifice their psychological depth or tone to just be silly. Dick Tracy is more fun-lovin' than the others, but I think it's fun-lovin' in that great Star Wars/The Mummy kind of classic adventure way. It's a smarter movie than it gets credit for. Watchmen also has a tonne of depth, albeit from the source material - it's not really the movie on its own.
The Dark Knight is high-grade filmmaking, although I don't think it's quite as good an adaptation as some others do. It's still brilliant, though.
The Crow is dark, moody, and very different from a lot of comic movies. Maybe too much style, not enough substance, but it's got enough of both to warrant a slot.
Road to Perdition is a beautiful tale of fathers and sons. It's fantastic.
As with any top-10, there wasn't enough room for all the brilliance. I feel worst about not including 300, Sin City, A History of Violence, Mask of the Phantasm, Into the Spider-verse, and Dredd.
Glad you included Road to Perdition. Not many people are aware that it's based on a comic.
shareThe topic is top 10 comic book films. You are welcome to list any film including Japanese anime. If you would like to list your top 50 comic book films, you are welcome to.
shareWith anime involved, I'd do this:
Logan
Ghost in the Shell
Ghost World
Joker
Batman Returns/The Batman (tie)
Akira
Batman '89
Watchmen
Dick Tracy
The Dark Knight
Although I now feel crummy at bumping The Crow and Road to Perdition. It's hard to make a top 10 without leaving off some amazing films.
Not bad. I edited my initial post to squeeze in animated films. I hear a lot of good things about Akira. I watched it a year or two ago but didn't like the cheesy english dub. I suppose I could look for it in Japanese with subs.
shareMask of the Phantasm could easily make the list, yeah. Animation changes it.
Akira's good. I've got a bunch of the comics, too, and it's an epic story - the movie's awesome but isn't half the story. I only have three volumes, so I'm missing a bunch of the original, too. Yeah, check it out with the sub if you can't stand the dub.
I haven't actually read it, but I do know that the film is a comic book movie.
Same with Men in Black, A History of Violence, and Ghost World - there are plenty of others. Lots of comics that people don't know are comics.
10. Captain America: The First Avenger
9. X-Men: Apocalypse
8. Black Panther
7. Infinity War
6. Batman Begins
5. X-Men: Days of Future Past
4. The Batman
3. Wonder Woman
2. Logan
1. The Dark Knight
In no particular order:
* Watchmen
* Logan
* Zack Snyder's Justice League
* The Dark Knight
* The Batman
* X-Men: First Class
* Avengers: Endgame
* Road to Perdition
* Spider-Man 2
* V For Vendetta
Superman The Movie
Superman II
The Crow (1994)
The Dark Knight
Batman Begins
The Dark Knight Rises
The Hulk
Spider-Man
Watchmen
The Batman
Somebody just reminded me that V for Vendetta exists and now I'm revising again:
Logan
Ghost in the Shell
Ghost World
Joker
Batman Returns/The Batman (tie)
Akira
V for Vendetta
Batman '89
Watchmen
Dick Tracy
1 Howard da Duck - theme song is iconic "Hez Howard, da Duck!"
2 Superman 2 - wuz grate watchin in theater durin a time where their wuz no internet
3 Superman - also grate
4 Iron Man - I saw dis 8 timez in theater. Thought cg wuz cuttin edge
5 TDK - best Joker by far
6 TDKR - I like da catwoman here
7 Batman Beginz - bad rewatch factor, but still ok moovie
8 Endgame - final battle epic
9 Thor Ragnorok - Good changeup on otherwize tired Marvel format
10 Aquaman - I feel dis is 1st grate superhero moovie from DC daz not Batman