Movies
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Spider-Man 2
Spider-Man returns in this smash hit sequel and has to face off against the deadly genius Doc Ock as well as his own sense of morality and responsibility.
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Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Galactus is coming and he sends his trusted herald to find a suitable planet to consume. Sequel to the Fantastic Four movie.
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Fantastic Four
The first Fantastic Four movie to receive a cinema release.
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Howard the Duck
George Lucas produced this Howard the Duck adaptation, widely considered to be the largest mis-step in his career.
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Spawn
The film featuring Image Comics most renowned character, good ol' Al Simmons.
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Judge Dredd
Film based on one of Britain's most popular comic characters, the star of 2000 AD, Judge Dredd.
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Æon Flux
A movie that had a comic book tie-in of the same name, published by Dark Horse.
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The Spirit
Frank Miller returned to the director's chair to tackle Eisner's Spirit comic.
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Spider-Man
The first Spider-Man movie directed by Sam Raimi and starring Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker/Spider-Man.
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Blade: Trinity
The final film in the Blade trilogy.
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Blade II
The second film in the Blade trilogy.
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Road to Perdition
Tom Hanks stars in this adaptation of the graphic novel that focuses on a small boy's reaction to his hit-man father's profession.
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Blade
First film in the Blade trilogy.
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Barb Wire
Film based on the Dark Horse comic of the same name, starring the buxom Pamela Andersen. Whether or not that's a good thing is for you to decide.
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League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Loosely based on Alan Moore's graphic novel of the same name, The League of Extraordinary Gentleman stars Sean Connery as Allan Quartermain.
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American Splendor
A fictionalized documentary about the life of Harvey Pekar, the down-on-his-luck writer responsible for the American Splendor comic book.
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Constantine
A Hellblazer adaption based off of Garth Ennis' Dangerous Habits storyline and Jamie Delano's early Hellblazer stories. Keanu Reeves stars as John Constantine, a demon exorcises.
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X-Men Origins: Wolverine
The fourth X-Men movie, and a prequel to the original trilogy that tells the origins of Wolverine.
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X-Men: The Last Stand
The third and (at the time) final instalment in the X-Men trilogy. Loosely based upon the Dark Phoenix Saga/Gifted storyline, new director Brett Ratner directs the epic, containing a vast array of characters from the X-Universe.
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X2: X-Men United
X2: X-Men United is the sequel to the original film "X-Men". The mutants must work together to stop a mutant assassin who has made an attempt on the President's life.
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X-Men
The original X-Men movie, Where Professor X leads his group of mutants, and teaches them to use their superhuman abilities.
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A History of Violence
Viggo Mortenson stars in David Cronenberg's adaptation of the graphic novel about a man trying to escape his violence-riddled past in a small town.
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30 Days of Night
Josh Harnett stars in this Vampire saga set in a sleepy little town in Alaska.
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The Rocketeer
A film rendition of the Rocketeer comics.
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Ghost Rider
Nicolas Cage stars in this feature film based on the comic Ghost Rider.
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Iron Man
Feature-length live action film based around the Marvel character Iron Man, released in 2008 and starring Robert Downey Jr. It serves as the productive beginning of the Marvel Cinematic Universe but chronologically second.
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300
Based on the graphic novel 300 by Frank Miller. Directed by Zack Snyder.
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The Dark Knight
A year after the events of Batman Begins, a new era begins for Batman, as he settles in as Gotham's Caped Crusader, a new threat reveals itself, The Joker, a Clown Prince of Crime raiding banks in Gotham. The Batman must join forces with Commissioner Gordon and Harvey Dent to bring the Joker down before anyone suffers from the his plans. But they are not ready for what the Joker has in store for The People of Gotham. The movie serves as the second part of The Dark Knight Trilogy.
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Sin City
Based on the graphic novels Sin City: The Hard Good-Bye, The Big Fat Kill and That Yellow Bastard by Frank Miller. Intro short is The Customer is Always Right from The Babe Wore Red. Directed by Robert Rodriguez
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V for Vendetta
A film adaption of Alan Moore's famed comic. Unsurprisingly, he wasn't thrilled about it.
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Batman Begins
The first in The Dark Knight Trilogy. Batman Begins takes a darker, edgier tone than past films. Batman is portrayed by Christian Bale.
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Superman Returns
Superman Returns brought the franchise back to the big screen after a 20 year absence with newcomer Brandon Routh putting on the cape. The continuity of the film is set just after Superman II (1980), where Superman had a romantic relationship with Lois Lane.
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Batman & Robin
The fourth Batman major motion picture tells the story-arc of Batman and Robin's relationship while they try to defeat Mr. Freeze, Poison Ivy, and Bane from from destroying Gotham City.
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Superman IV: The Quest For Peace
Superman battles the Russians and the threat of nuclear holocaust in this cold-war inspired film. In addition, Lex Luthor cooks up a scheme to finish Superman once and for all... the creation of Nuclear Man, an evil being spawned from Superman's own genetic material. Christopher Reeve's final film appearance as Superman. This was a box-office and critical bomb and was panned by many. It would be almost 20 years until another Superman movie would be made.
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Batman Forever
The third Batman film. The first one to star Val Kilmer as Batman and featuring Tommy Lee Jones as Two-Face and Jim Carrey as the Riddler. It also stars Nicole Kidman as Doctor Chase Meridan and Chris O'Donnell as Dick Grayson/Robin.
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Batman Returns
Michael Keaton returns as Batman who must now contend with the Penguin and Catwoman.
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Superman III
Richard Pryor adds some comedy to the Superman movie franchise with the third movie starring Christopher Reeve. Although the film did okay at the box office, it was mostly panned.
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Superman II
Although Superman II was shot partially in step with the first movie, director Richard Lester replaced Donner behind the camera. The film's plot picks up immediately after the original film. Despite the behind the scenes drama, the film was a box office smash.
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Batman
The first film in the Batman universe. Featuring Michael Keaton as Batman and Jack Nicholson as the Joker.
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Daredevil
Daredevil is a film adaptation of the Daredevil comic book series. It features Kingpin as the main villain, alongside Bullseye, and has Elektra, Foggy Nelson, Ben Urich and Father Everett as supporting characters.
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Superman
The 1978 film directed by Richard Donner created the first real success of comic-to-film adaptations and became a blockbuster around the world.
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Watchmen
Adaptation of Moore and Gibbons' seminal miniseries.
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