Movies
* = short review
DC Extended Universe
“Man of Steel” (2013)
“Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” (2016)
“Suicide Squad” (2016)
“Wonder Woman” (2017)
“Justice League” (2017)
“Aquaman” (2018)
“Shazam!” (2019)
“Birds of Prey” (2020)
“Wonder Woman 1984” (2020)
“Zack Snyder’s Justice League” (2021)
“The Suicide Squad” (2021)
“Black Adam” (2022)
“Shazam! Fury of the Gods” (2023)
“The Flash” (2023)
“Blue Beetle” (2023)
“Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” (2023)
Marvel Cinematic Universe
“Iron Man” (2008)
“The Incredible Hulk” (2008)
“Iron Man 2” (2010)
“Thor” (2011)
“Captain America: The First Avenger” (2011)
“The Avengers” (2012)
“Iron Man 3” (2013)
“Thor: The Dark World” (2013)
“Captain America: The Winter Soldier” (2014)
“Guardians of the Galaxy” (2014)
“Avengers: Age of Ultron” (2015)
“Ant-Man” (2015)
“Captain America: Civil War” (2016)
“Doctor Strange” (2016)
“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” (2017)
“Spider-Man: Homecoming” (2017)
“Thor: Ragnarok” (2017)
“Black Panther” (2018)
“Avengers: Infinity War” (2018)
“Ant-Man and the Wasp” (2018)
“Captain Marvel” (2019)
“Avengers: Endgame” (2019)
“Spider-Man: Far From Home” (2019)
“Black Widow” (2021)
“Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” (2021)
“Eternals” (2021)
“Spider-Man: No Way Home” (2021)
“Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” (2022)
“Thor: Love and Thunder” (2022)
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (2022)
“Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” (2023)
“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” (2023)
“The Marvels” (2023)
X-Men Universe
“X-Men” (2000)
“X2: X-Men United” (2003)
“X-Men: The Last Stand” (2006)
“X-Men Origins: Wolverine” (2009)
“X-Men: First Class” (2011)
“The Wolverine” (2013)
“X-Men: Days of Future Past” (2014)
“Deadpool” (2016)
“X-Men: Apocalypse” (2016)
“Logan” (2017)
“Deadpool 2” (2018)
“X-Men: Dark Phoenix” (2019)
“The New Mutants” (2020)
Other DC
“Batman” (1966)
“Superman” (1978)
“Superman II” (1980, 2006)
“Swamp Thing” (1982)
“Superman III” (1983)
“Supergirl” (1984)
“Superman IV: The Quest for Peace” (1987)
“The Return of Swamp Thing” (1989)
“Batman” (1989)
“Batman Returns” (1992)
“Batman: Mask of the Phantasm” (1993)
“Batman Forever” (1995)
“Batman & Robin” (1997)
“Steel” (1997)
“Catwoman” (2004)
“Constantine” (2005)
“Batman Begins” (2005)
“Superman Returns” (2006)
“Batman: Gotham Knight” (2008)
“The Dark Knight” (2008)
“Watchmen” (2009)
“Jonah Hex” (2010)
“Green Lantern” (2011)
“The Dark Knight Rises” (2012)
“Joker” (2019)
“The Batman” (2022)
Other Marvel
“The Punisher” (1989)
“Captain America” (1990)
“The Fantastic Four” (1994)
“Blade” (1998)
“Blade II” (2002)
“Spider-Man” (2002)
“Daredevil” (2003)
“Hulk” (2003)
“The Punisher” (2004)
“Spider-Man 2” (2004)
“Blade: Trinity” (2004)
“Elektra” (2005)
“Fantastic Four” (2005)
“Ghost Rider” (2007)
“Spider-Man 3” (2007)
“Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer” (2007)
“Punisher: War Zone” (2008)
“Kick-Ass” (2010)
“Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance” (2011)
“The Amazing Spider-Man” (2012)
“Kick-Ass 2” (2013)
“The Amazing Spider-Man 2” (2014)
“Big Hero 6” (2014)
“Fantastic Four” (2015)
“Venom” (2018)
“Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” (2018)
“Venom: Let There Be Carnage” (2021)
“Morbius” (2022)
Misc.
“Flash Gordon” (1980)
“Condorman” (1981)
“The Toxic Avenger” (1984)
“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” (1990)
“Darkman” (1990)
“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze” (1991)
“The Rocketeer” (1991)
“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III” (1993)
“The Meteor Man” (1993)
“The Crow” (1994)
“The Shadow” (1994)
“The Mask” (1994)
“Blankman” (1994)
“Tank Girl” (1995)
“Judge Dredd” (1995)
“Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers: The Movie” (1995)
“The Phantom” (1996)
“Barb Wire” (1996)
“The Crow: City of Angels” (1996)
“Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie” (1997)
“Spawn” (1997)
“The Mask of Zorro” (1998)
“Mystery Men” (1999)*
“The Crow: Salvation” (2000)
“The Specials” (2000)
“Unbreakable” (2000)
“Bulletproof Monk” (2003)
“Hellboy” (2004)
“The Incredibles” (2004)
“The Crow: Wicked Prayer” (2005)
“Son of the Mask” (2005)
“The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl” (2005)
“Sky High” (2005)
“The Legend of Zorro” (2005)
“My Super Ex-Girlfriend” (2006)
“Special” (2006)
“Zoom” (2006)
“TMNT” (2007)
“Underdog” (2007)
“Superhero Movie” (2008)
“Hancock” (2008)
“Hellboy II: The Golden Army” (2008)
“The Spirit” (2008)
“Defendor” (2009)
“Push” (2009)
“Super” (2010)
“The Green Hornet” (2011)
“Chronicle” (2012)
“Dredd” (2012)
“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” (2014)
“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows” (2016)
“Max Steel” (2016)
“Split” (2017)
“Power Rangers” (2017)
“The Incredibles 2” (2018)
“Brightburn” (2019)
“Fast Color” (2019)
“Glass” (2019)
“Hellboy” (2019)
“Bloodshot” (2020)
Documentaries
“Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope” (2011)
“Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics” (2013)
“She Makes Comics” (2014)
“The Death of ‘Superman Lives’: What Happened?” (2015)
“Doomed! The Untold Story of Roger Corman’s The Fantastic Four” (2015)
“Batman & Bill” (2017)
Biopics
“Professor Marston & the Wonder Women” (2017)
Television
DC Extended Universe
Marvel Cinematic Universe
(In chronological order of release date.)
ABC
“Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” Season 1 (2013-14)
“Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” first episode
“Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” Season 2 (2014-15)
“Agent Carter” Season 1 (2015)
“Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” Season 3 (2015-16)
“Agent Carter” Season 2 (2016)
“Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” Season 4 (2016-17)
“Inhumans” Season 1 (2017)
“Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” Season 5 (2017-18)
“Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” Season 6 (2019)
“Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” Season 7 (2020)
Netflix
“Daredevil” Season 1 (2015)
“Jessica Jones” Season 1 (2015)
“Daredevil” Season 2 (2016)
“Luke Cage” Season 1 (2016)
“Iron Fist” Season 1 (2017)
“The Defenders” (2017)
“The Punisher” Season 1 (2017)
“Jessica Jones” Season 2 (2018)
“Luke Cage” Season 2 (2018)
“Iron Fist” Season 2 (2018)
“Daredevil” Season 3 (2018)
“The Punisher” Season 2 (2019)
“Jessica Jones” Season 3 (2019)
Hulu
“Runaways” Season 1 (2017-18)
“Runaways” Season 2 (2018)
“Runaways” Season 3 (2019)
“Helstrom” first episode (2020)
Freeform
“Cloak & Dagger” Season 1 (2018)
“Cloak & Dagger” first episode
“Cloak & Dagger” Season 2 (2019)
“Cloak & Dagger” Season 2 first episode
Other Marvel
“The Gifted” Season 2 first episode
“Mutant X” Season 1* (2001-02)
DC
“Birds of Prey” (2002-03)
“Black Lightning” first episode
“Gotham” Season 2 first episode
“Gotham” Season 3 first episode
“Gotham” Season 5 first episode
“iZombie” Season 4 first episode
“iZombie” Season 5 first episode
“Smallville” Season 1 (2001-02)
“Watchmen” (2019)
Misc.
“The Boys” Season 1 (2019)
“The Boys” Season 2 first episode
“The Boys” Season 3 first episode
“Comic Book Men” first episode
“Gen V” Season 1 first episode
“Heroes” Season 1 (2006-07)*
“The Nine Lives of Chloe King” first episode
“No Ordinary Family” first episode
Documentaries
“Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle” (2013)
“Superheroes Decoded” (2017)
“Superpowered: The DC Story” (2023)
Comic Books
Batman
“The Dark Knight Returns” (1986)
“Batman: Year One” (1987)
“The Killing Joke” (1988)
“The Long Halloween” (1996-97)
Books
Nonfiction
“Superman: The High-Flying History of America’s Most Enduring Hero” (2012)
Categories of interest
- Superhero Movies
- Superhero TV
- Batman/ “Gotham”
- “Black Lightning”
- “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”/ “Angel”
- “Comic Book Men”
- Comic Books
- Daredevil
- DC Extended Universe
- “iZombie”
- Marvel Cinematic Universe
- Punisher
- Spider-Man
- Superman/Supergirl
- “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”
- “X-Men”
Lists and rankings
- All DCEU films, ranked
- All MCU films, ranked (John’s rankings)
- All MCU films, ranked (Michael’s rankings)
- The best and worst of the MCU (Jared’s ratings)
- Rating the Marvel one-shots
- All ‘X-Men’ Universe films, ranked
Commentaries
- John’s thoughts on Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase Four
- James Gunn’s firing might be the turning point – in a good way – for fans of good movies
- Entertainment Weekly’s 50 Most Powerful Superheroes list has absurd omissions
- ‘X-Men’ films should focus on individual characters
- Self-centered Supergirl does the minimum of superhero work, but somehow is seen as a role model
Elsewhere
Podcasts
Hero Movie Podcast — Three adults who are kids at heart engage in lively discussions of new and old superhero films and TV series. It’s funny yet family friendly, geeky yet accessible. You can listen on the site, via iTunes or via YouTube.