Only A Real Comic Book Geek Can Name All These Superhero Movies!
- by Joshua Olivieri
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Comic book movies have only recently exploded in popularity, but they've been around for decades. Comic characters that were larger than life have been a focus in Hollywood for quite some time, with companies like Warner Bros eager to try and capitalize on the uniqueness that they bring to the screen. Whether it be the dark vigilante work of Batman or the campy over-the-top antics of Superman, these characters are ripe for the picking when it comes to film.
Nowadays, there are multiple superhero TV shows and films coming out each year. In 2017 alone, we had The LEGO Batman Movie, Wonder Woman, Justice League, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Spider-Man: Homecoming, and Thor: Ragnarok. With the MCU getting bigger and the DCEU still trying to recover from the loss of its last film, we'll be seeing a lot more of these movies going forward.
Because of this, there are a ton of superhero movies that have already been made. Marvel, DC, Image, and many other comic book publishers have lent their characters time and time again for a chance at dominating the big screen. As such, remembering all of them (or at least a good portion of them) is a serious task that only the greatest comic book geeks are up to.
Anyone who's a real comic book geek should get ready to name all of these superhero movies. Keep in mind that they won't only be including the MCU and DCEU. Other universes and characters will be added here as well.
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This movie follows the adventures of a man named Tony Stark, a weapons dealer. After he starts to see how dangerous his products are, he has a change of heart and decides to develop a suit of armor that he can use to protect the world. Along the way, he brings a lot of changes to his massive company that a lot of other people aren't too happy about. It leads to a massive robot fight in his own backyard.
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This movie stars Prince T'Challa after his father can no longer rule the kingdom. He has to take on the mantle of king and rule the people of Wakanda. However, once he becomes the ruler, he uncovers the mistakes of the kings that came before him and has to decide how he is going to deal with them while still keeping his life. Featuring action, espionage, and mostly excellent special effects, this was a movie that many people refused to miss.
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This X-Men movie posed a serious threat to the mutants of Charles Xavier's school. After Jean Grey started to be taken over by the Phoenix Force, she teamed up with Magneto and caused a lot of problems for the heroes of the world. Not even the mutants on their own were strong enough to stop her. It would be up to the few remaining X-Men to put their powers together in order to stop the villains and their former ally.
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This Spider-Man movie gave us a Peter Parker that was tortured by the disappearance of his parents. He went digging for more information about their research and came across an enhanced spider that gave him special powers. Along the way, he met and started dating the brilliant Gwen Stacy. While things seemed to go well for him, there was an old colleague of his parents' that had fully resurfaced and was trying to establish a new method of research but horribly failed.
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Batman is facing Gotham's greatest trials in this movie. He wants to not be Gotham's hero anymore, but the rise of the Joker doesn't give him much of a choice. He has to continuously fight for the soul of Gotham, but everything around him seems to be crumbling. The Clown Prince of Crime is determined to send the entire city into chaos, but Batman wants to maintain the natural order. Unfortunately, it cost Batman just about everything to keep fighting.
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This movie follows Thor Odinson as his arrogance has left a blemish on Asgard's legacy. His father strips away his powers and hammer and sends him down to Earth where he can learn a valuable lesson about humility. Along the way, Thor meets up with a few human scientists that help him get his powers back as well as teach him the right lessons. Meanwhile, his conniving brother, Loki, is back on Asgard sneaking his way up to the throne.
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Superman faced his greatest challenge yet in this movie. Many years in the past, General Zod and his supporters were cast out to the Phantom Zone. They had now escaped and made their way to Earth to conquer it and challenge Clark. However, he was prepared to face them and had to use his powers like never before, taking on three other Kryptonians in a desperate attempt to save the Earth. Needless to say, there were no holds barred in this battle.
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Jokes and pop culture references were abound in this film. Starring a duck who could talk and was self-aware, it was a bit of an ambitious project. The duck lived on his own planet where all of the swimming birds could talk, but was transported to Ohio and had to figure out a way to get back. Along the way, he met a nice young girl that he began to fall in love with. However, he is contested by the Dark Overlord of the Universe.
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This movie stars the young and scrawny Steve Rogers. Having the lifelong desire to serve his country, he is constantly denied due to his physical state. However, fortune starts to turn his way when a scientist working with the Super Soldier Program decides to handpick Steve as their newest subject. The experiment worked, and Steve was transformed into a super soldier who led his team of rough Howling Commandos during World War II as the noble and patriotic Captain America.
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This movie follows the misadventures of Wade Wilson after he is tasked with protecting a young, hotheaded mutant kid. When a time-traveling cyborg named Cable comes from the future to start messing things up, it's up to Wade to keep the world safe. However, he doesn't think he can do it alone and decides to put together a team of heroes known as the X-Force to get the job done. All of this is set to snarky humor and fourth-wall-breaking jokes.
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When a man shows up at the hidden city of Themyscira and tells a tale of severe war, Diana decides that she is going to go out and put a stop to it. With her mighty bracelets, shield, sword, and lasso, nothing was going to stop her. Known to the world as Wonder Woman, Diana became a hidden hero of sorts, fighting the good fight behind the scenes so that her stories would go down in legend for generations to come.
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When a former vigilante disappears, a group of retired superheroes decide to step out of the darkness to try and investigate. While putting the pieces together, they discover a master plot from a man named Ozymandias to try and unite all of the governments of the world by giving them a false, common threat. Together, these heroes must fully come out of retirement in order to stop this plan before the entire world becomes deceived and enslaved to Ozymandias' will.
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Wolverine is old and struggling in this movie. Years after most of the mutants had faded away, he still carried on as a limo driver. Forced to take care of a mentally ill Charles Xavier, Wolverine has put the altruistic superhero inside of him to rest. Then came along Laura Kinney, who was a clone of Wolverine. With numerous people trying to bring her in, it was up to Wolverine to pop his claws one last time to save her.
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This girl was a lover of Matt Murdock, also known as Daredevil. Trained as an assassin, she would go out and fulfill any contract she was given. However, this movie follows her as she tries to protect a man who has a target on his back. The Hand sent out an agent to get rid of him, so it became up to her to protect him and stop the Hand. Unfortunately for the people involved, the movie was a serious flop.
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Scott Lang was a regular thief until he was set up to steal the Ant-Man suit from Hank Pym. Pym then asked Scott to take over the mantle of the Ant-Man in a last-ditch attempt to stop Darren Cross from mass-producing the Yellowjacket suit as well as using the Pym Particle poorly. Putting his thieving skills to the task, Scott hatched an elaborate plan to get the drop on Cross, though it would ultimately blow up in his face and he would have to fight.
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Bruce Banner was your average, everyday radiation scientist until he was overexposed to gamma rays. Instead of a more natural effect, they turned him into the green monster known as the Hulk. Seen as a menace to the rest of the world, the government spent a lot of time trying to bring him in. On top of that, Banner's abusive father came into the picture and tried to cause trouble for him as well, forcing him to get control of the monster inside.
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Everything was going great for the X-Men until one of the world's first mutants rose again in the present. Taking a few mutants as his Four Horseman, he made his way through the world hoping to turn it into ashes. Then from those ashes, build an even better world where only the strong would survive. The X-Men then had to put their differences aside and use all of the powers they had in order to save the day and stop the mutant.
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Hal Jordan was your typical cool guy until a mysterious alien crash landed on Earth. Seeing the wreckage, he was then bonded to a lantern that was given to him by the alien. After that, a ring was placed on his finger and he became a member of the organization known as the Green Lantern Corps. Using the ring to create impressive constructs, he would have to use his powers to fight off the evil Parallax as it tried to take over the world.
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John has never been a man of upstanding character, and that's precisely where this movie makes its claim. He has a lot of bad deeds to make up for, so he is spending the majority of the film trying to gain favor with Heaven by casting out demons and helping others with supernatural problems. Unfortunately for him, time is not on his side, as he is dealing with a severe illness that gives him a sense of urgency for the remainder of the film.
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A young boy faces his greatest challenge yet when he finds a new girlfriend. The two hit it off really well, but there is a lot of opposition. Her seven crazy ex-boyfriends have all come to terrorize the young boy, so he must use his skills to stop all of them. On top of that, he happens to be a musician who isn't half bad on the guitar. An appropriately ridiculous premise, the movie is an action comedy that doesn't take itself seriously.
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Peter Parker is a young boy trying to make his way through high school. However, he is also learning how to be Spider-Man and trying to do enough to earn the status of a much bigger hero. Despite always trying to do the right thing, Peter quickly learns that he doesn't have it all figured out. Meanwhile, the Vulture is taking some strange alien tech and hatching a plan to try and stop the spider so he can keep providing for his family.
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This movie brings together a cast of DC villains and puts them on a team together thanks to the work of Amanda Waller. Led by Rick Flag, they are tasked with taking out the Enchantress, who has left the control of Waller and is putting together a plan to enslave the world and rebuild it in her image. Characters like Harley Quinn, Deadshot, and Captain Boomerang now have to work together in order to put a stop to the Enchantress.
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When a group of people begin drilling a swamp for oil, local authorities are puzzles when they quickly begin to disappear. After some individuals go investigating, they are shocked to find a swamp creature who lives there and protects the area with its life. Being a giant monster with seemingly no feelings, it will destroy anyone who tries to desecrate its home. The movie was premiered on the sci-fi channel but it hardly got any attention considering how weird it was.
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Earth's Mightiest Heroes must come together when Loki returns to take the Tesseract and launch an invasion on Earth. Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, Black Widow, and Hawkeye all learn to put their differences aside and fight together in order to defeat the Chitauri and save New York. Unfortunately for them, Loki's plan was just a small plan in a much larger game of chess. The Avengers were just more pawns being used for an ultimate goal.
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This movie involves the Guardians of the Galaxy. After saving Xandar from Ronan the Accuser, they decide to become heroes for hire in order to make some extra money. However, things start to go downhill for them once Star Lord's father, Ego the Living Planet, comes into the picture. Finding out that he is part Celestial, Star Lord hopes to have the relationship with his father that he never got as a child. However, those events tested the relationship with the Guardians.
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Hiro Hamada is left with a hole in his heart when a horrible accident results in a family tragedy involving his brother. After that, he decides to finish his brother's work by giving his medical robot, Baymax, a suit of armor. Together, the two of them learn to fight crime and figure out who took Tadashis life. However, Hiro and Baymax aren't alone, as they are joined by a lot of Tadashi's friends from college, all of whom have unique suits of armor themselves.
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This movie puts Batman in a fight against not one, but two villains. Both the Riddler and Two Face have come to Gotham City in the hopes of conquering it for themselves. Batman not only has to learn to fight more than one bad guy at a time, but he also gains the addition of an ally in the form of Robin. Together, they save the day and stop the wacky bad guys. This version of the Dynamic Duo would never be the same, though.
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Stephen was one of the best surgeons in his field until a serious car accident resulted in him losing proper use of his hands. When medical science failed him, he spent the rest of his money to go to Kamar-Taj and learn the mystic arts. However, he quickly discovers that there's more to the world than meets the eye and he makes it his goal to become one of the greatest sorcerers. Willing to bend the rules, he ends up saving the world.
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Years after the Joker tried to take over Gotham City, Batman has retired and is a shell of the vigilante he once was. However, he is forced to spring back into action once a mysterious character named Bane rides into town. Backed by an army of criminals, Bane takes over the city, disables Batman, and lets the people see hope within their grasp while preparing to take it away. It was Batman's greatest struggle yet as he needed to team up with the entire GCPD and some unlikely allies.
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When Captain America's best friend, Bucky Barnes, is suddenly accused for a terrorist attack, he and Iron Man become split on the issue. Couple that with the fact that the United Nations is forcing the Avengers to become government-authorized superheroes, another issue that Cap and Stark don't agree on, tensions rise quickly. Unable to submit to a government with agendas, Steve and his team goes on the run to save Bucky. Iron Man and his group, on the other hand, knows they need to be put in check and tries to stop Cap.
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It's all hands on deck when the Mad Titan starts knocking. Thanos has been sitting on his interdimensional throne for years and is now looking to gather the Infinity Stones. Travelling to the planet of Xandar, the refugee Asgardian ships, the desolate Knowhere, and then Earth, all of the Avengers and the Guardians of the Galaxy have to get together in order to stop him and his Children. It certainly was a battle to remember with the Avengers facing certain destruction.
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This movie centers around Peter Parker's decision to become Spider-Man. After he does his best to maintain an excellent personal life as well as defeat the criminals of New York City, it all starts to get to him. Not only can he not keep a job very well, but he's failing in school, and has trouble getting Mary Jane to love him. Couple that with the rise of Doc Ock, and Peter Parker has to understand why he wants to be Spider-Man.
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This version of Superman is, in every way, an encounter film. Being an alien launched to Earth, he was raised by the loving Kent family. However, he was dealing with the legacy of his biological dad and his adopted dad, both of whom told him different things about what to do with his powers. Bringing this to a head was the villain Zod, who came from the Phantom Zone. He wanted to make Earth a new Krypton, and Superman had to deal with his past in the process.
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This movie followed Reed Richards, Ben Grimm, Susan Storm, and Johnny Storm as they gained exposure to a new dimension that resulted in them acquiring some fantastic and horrifying powers. Unfortunately, their arch nemesis would also be created in the same way, taking the name Doctor Doom. Despite how scared they were at their new powers, the team had to learn to work as a family in order to save the world and start a new beloved superhero movie franchise.
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This movie takes place in the same universe as The LEGO Movie. It follows a Batman who has been fighting crime for decades but is still defined by the loss of his parents. He has grown aloof, detached, and self-absorbed. However, when the Joker tricks him to unleash an entire slew of new villains on Gotham City, Batman must learn to put his pride on the shelf to work with Alfred and the new members, Dick Grayson and Barbara Gordon to stop the Clown Prince of Crime.