25 Greatest Comic Book Movies

pave · **Posted:** Tue May 29, 2012 1:19 am

also, Best Superhero Movie Acting Performances:
1. Heath Ledger as The Joker in The Dark Knight
2. Ian McKellen as Magneto in the X-Men trilogy
3. Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man in Iron Man 1 & 2 plus The Avengers
4. Gene Hackman as Lex Luthor in Superman 1 & 2
5. Jack Nicholson as The Joker in Batman
6. Gary Oldman as Jim Gordon in Batman Begins & The Dark Knight
7. Michael Fassbender as Magneto in X-Men: First Class
8. Christopher Reeve as Superman in the Superman series
9. Ron Pearlman as Hellboy in Hellboy 1 & 2
10. Christian Bale as Batman in Batman Begins & The Dark Knight
11. Tom Hiddleston as Loki in Thor & The Avengers
12. Michael Keaton as Batman in Batman & Batman Returns
13. Edward Norton as Bruce Banner in The Incredible Hulk
14. Alfred Molina as Dr. Octavius in Spider-Man 2
15. Chloe Grace Moretz as Hit-Girl in Kick-Ass
16. Hugh Jackman as Wolverine in the X-Men series
17. Willem Dafoe as The Green Goblin in Spider-Man
18. Tim Roth as Emil Blonsky in The Incredible Hulk
19. Jackie Earle Haley as Rorschach in Watchmen
20. Mickey Rourke as Ivan Vanko in Iron Man 2
21. Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner in The Avengers
22. Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman in Batman Returns
23. Patrick Stewart as Professor Xavier in the X-Men series
24. Brandon Lee as Eric Draven in The Crow
25. Danny DeVito as The Penguin in Batman Returns

boo boo · **Joined:** Mon Oct 11, 2010 7:36 pm **Posts:** 10838

Sodacake wrote:

Aye. Road to Perdition should be quite high up there if we include graphic novels too. I love that film.

And also The Crow... and Ghost World.

Another comic book movie I really liked was The Rocketeer.

pgm · **Posted:** Sun Jun 10, 2012 11:42 pm

Are manga adaptations excluded from this? Because Akira comes to mind.

beyonddeities · **Posted:** Sun Jun 10, 2012 11:43 pm

I think they should have their own separate list. They are so culturally different, in terms of visuals and the world they manoeuvre in compared to their Western counterparts

Zach · **Posted:** Sun Jun 10, 2012 11:47 pm

I'd flip X-Men and X2. Also, I'm not sure Hellboy is quite Top 10-worthy. I'd put it under Batman Begins, probably.

Zach · **Posted:** Sun Jun 10, 2012 11:51 pm

pave, check #12 on your acting performances list.

pave · **Posted:** Tue Jun 12, 2012 2:33 am

Zach wrote:

pave, check #12 on your acting performances list.

oops. my bad.

Sherick · **Posted:** Tue Jun 12, 2012 2:55 am

The Crow is a superhero movie?

Sodacake · **Posted:** Tue Jun 12, 2012 3:09 am

Well Eric is a supernatural hero of sorts, so I guess it counts.

pave · **Posted:** Tue Jun 12, 2012 4:17 am

Sherick wrote:

The Crow is a superhero movie?

i debated that one a lot. i welcome any disagreement with any of the choices. there is a weird grey area of supernatural vs what we think of as the traditional superhero.

pgm · **Posted:** Thu Jun 14, 2012 11:27 am

Zach wrote:

I'd flip X-Men and X2. Also, I'm not sure Hellboy is quite Top 10-worthy. I'd put it under Batman Begins, probably.

I think the first X-Men should be higher. It pretty much started the modern wave of more serious comicbook movies.

Sodacake · **Posted:** Thu Jun 14, 2012 11:50 am

Definitely. That film doesn't get enough credit because it was eclipsed by Spider-Man two years later.

all the young trains · **Joined:** Wed Oct 13, 2010 8:19 pm **Posts:** 1187

pave wrote:

also, Best Superhero Movie Acting Performances:

You forgot Terence Stamp.

Sodacake · **Posted:** Thu Jul 26, 2012 11:07 am

So now that it's been released where will TDKR rank?

Zach · **Posted:** Thu Jul 26, 2012 2:34 pm

Personally, I'd say put it somewhere in the 8-10 range.

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