Best Superhero Movies - Based on 130 Movie Rankings

 

Scene from Dark Knight (2008), ranked first for superhero movies almost unanimously, making 79.2% of top fives.

Welcome to our Reel Fives pre-launch movie rankings for best superhero movies of all time.This is a follow on to our earlier posts that include lengthy discussions on the superhero film genre as well as a discussion contrasting the top Marvel and DC superhero movies. Note that the new rankings, shown below, have been adjusted to have less ties. For this reason, these rankings might not match our top five superhero movie rankings exactly.

Top 45 Superhero Movies based on 130 published rankings
Percent of online top fives movies appear on shown
1 . The Dark Knight (2008): 79.2%
2 . The Avengers (2012): 53.8%
3 . Iron Man (2008): 42.3%
4 . Superman: The Movie  (1978): 36.1%
5 . Spider-man 2 (2004): 33.0%
6 . Batman Begins (2005): 30.0%
7 . The Incredibles (2004): 29.2%
8 . X-Men 2 (2003): 23.0%
9 . Guardians of The Galaxy (2014): 19.2%
10 . Superman 2 (1980): 16.1%
11 . Batman  (1989): 15.3%
12 . The Dark Knight Rises (2012): 15.3%
13 . Watchmen (2009): 14.6%
14 . Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014): 14.6%
15 . Spider-man (2002): 13.0%
16 . X-Men (2000): 9.23%
17 . X-Men: Days of The Future Past (2014): 9.23%
18 . X-Men: First Class (2011): 6.15%
19 . Unbreakable (2000): 5.38%
20 . Captain America: The First Avenger (2011): 5.38%
21 . Thor (2011): 4.61%
22 . V for Vendetta (2005): 3.84%
23 . Batman Returns (1992): 3.84%
24 . The Amazing Spiderman (2012): 3.84%
25 . Chronicle (2012): 3.07%
26 . Kick-Ass (2010): 3.07%
27 . Blade (1998): 3.07%
28 . Hellboy 2: The Golden Army (2008): 3.07%
29 . Iron Man 3 (2013): 3.07%
30 . Robocop (1987): 2.30%
31 . The Crow (1994): 2.30%
32 . Hulk (2003): 2.30%
33 . Man Of Steel (2013): 2.30%
34 . Superman/ Batman Apocalypse (2010): 1.53%
35 . Batman Mask of The Phantasm (1993): 1.53%
36 (tied). Sin City (2005): 1.53%
36 (tied). The Shadow (1994): 1.53%
38 . The Green Hornet (2011): 1.53%
39 . The Matrix (1999): 1.53%
40 . Mystery Men (1999): 1.53%
41 . Scott Pilgrim vs The World (2010): 1.53%
42 . Blade 2 (2002): 1.53%
43 . X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009): 1.53%
44 . Big Hero 6 (2014): 1.53%
45 . Avengers of Ultron (2014): 1.53%
Superhero Movie Ranking Sources
100 Top List	List of top 10 (link)
98.1 the hawk	List of top 10 (link)
acomic book blog	List of top 10 (link)
All Time Best 10	List of top 10 (link)
All Womens Talk	List of top 8 (link)
Ask Men	List of top 10 (link)
Best For Film	List of top 10 (link)
Bog Bit	List of top 20 (link)
capes on film	List of top 127 (link)
CBS	List of top 5 (link)
Charged	List of top 5 (link)
Cinema Blend	List of top 6 (link)
clclt	List of top 10 (link)
College Humor	List of top 15 (link)
College Times	List of top 5 (link)
Comic Book Movie	List of top 100 (link)
Comic Book Movie	List of top 30 (link)
Comic Vine	List of top 10 (link)
Crizic	List of top 10 (link)
culture brats	List of top 19 (link)
Den of Geek	List of top 10 (link)
Dorkly	List of top 69 (link)
Ebay	List of top 10 (link)
Empire Online	List of top 30 (link)
erik lundegaard	List of top 10 (link)
etcanada	List of top 10 (link)
Film School WTF	List of top 100 (link)
Filmefy	List of top 13 (link)
Flick Chart	List of top 100 (link)
Flicks	List of top 10 (link)
Flights Tights & Movie Nights	List of top 100 (link)
Forbes	List of top 20 (link)
Forth 2	List of top 10 (link)
Gamepro	List of top 30 (link)
Games Radar	List of top 50 (link)
Gamespot	List of top 30 (link)
Grinch of Salt	List of top 30 (link)
Hero Machine	List of top 10 (link)
Hitfix	List of top 25 (link)
Hollywood	List of top 20 (link)
Hollywood Lollipop	List of top 25 (link)
Hub Pages	List of top 10 (link)
I Check Movies	List of top 30 (link)
ifanboy	List of top 40 (link)
ign	List of top 25 (link)
imdb	List of top 100 (link)
imdb	List of top 50 (link)
Influx Magazine	List of top 10 (link)
Invision Free	List of top 60 (link)
io9	List of top 105 (link)
John Collings	List of top 13 (link)
Kesq	List of top 5 (link)
ktar news	List of top 5 (link)
letterboxd	List of top 90 (link)
List Challenges	List of top 40 (link)
Matts Movie Reviews	List of top 10 (link)
Maxim	List of top 15 (link)
Maxim	List of top 10 (link)
Midlands Movies	List of top 15 (link)
Monster & Critics	List of top 10 (link)
Movie Fanatic	List of top 23 (link)
Movie Mavericks	List of top 5 (link)
movie melt	List of top 38 (link)
Mubi	List of top 10 (link)
Mutantville	List of top 10 (link)
My Little Empire	List of top 30 (link)
My Movie Thoughts	List of top 10 (link)
News Day	List of top 10 (link)
oldschool	List of top 10 (link)
Oner Room With a View	List of top 10 (link)
Orlando Sentinel	List of top 50 (link)
Pinterest	List of top 25 (link)
Playboy	List of top 113 (link)
Pop Culture Blog	List of top 5 (link)
prezi	List of top 10 (link)
Ranker	List of top 177 (link)
Rate your Music	List of top 62 (link)
real style network	List of top 8 (link)
Reckon Talk	List of top 17 (link)
Red Carpet Crash	List of top 25 (link)
Revision 3	List of top 8 (link)
Rock 101	List of top 15 (link)
Rolling Stone	List of top 15 (link)
Rotten Tomatoes	List of top 39 (link)
Screen Crush	List of top 25 (link)
Screen Rant	List of top 10 (link)
Seattlepi	List of top 20 (link)
sfgate	List of top 20 (link)
Share Ranks	List of top 26 (link)
Shoreline Beacon	List of top 11 (link)
simple film critics	List of top 29 (link)
Slide Share	List of top 5 (link)
Spin 1038	List of top 10 (link)
Stuff	List of top 10 (link)
Submarine Channel	List of top 5 (link)
Super Hero Movie Talk	List of top 10 (link)
Tech First Post	List of top 5 (link)
Techno Buffalo	List of top 105 (link)
Techradar	List of top 15 (link)
Telegraph	List of top 21 (link)
The Celebrity Cafe	List of top 10 (link)
The Cinemaholic	List of top 10 (link)
The FilmFellas Blog	List of top 10 (link)
The Geek Generation	List of top 10 (link)
The Guardian	List of top 10 (link)
The Key103	List of top 10 (link)
The Reel Deal	List of top 10 (link)
The Script Lab	List of top 10 (link)
The Shelf Is Half Full	List of top 12 (link)
The Street	List of top 10 (link)
The Top Tens	List of top 10 (link)
The Upperloop	List of top 5 (link)
They Young Folks	List of top 10 (link)
Thrillist	List of top 84 (link)
Time Out	List of top 20 (link)
Top Ten of City	List of top 10 (link)
Unreality Magazine	List of top 10 (link)
Virgin Media	List of top 20 (link)
Vulture	List of top 25 (link)
Wash fm	List of top 10 (link)
Watch Mojo	List of top 10 (link)
wattpad	List of top 5 (link)
wdlafm	List of top 5 (link)
We Got This Covered	List of top 50 (link)
What Culture	List of top 10 (link)
What Culture	List of top 5 (link)
Wikia	List of top 10 (link)
Yahoo	List of top 20 (link)
Yahoo	List of top 30 (link)
You Nerded	List of top 10 (link)
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