Superhero Bucket List

Miles Morales and five other Spider-People; the film that changed how animation looks.

Gotham falls and rises in the closing chapter of the Nolan trilogy.

A bank clerk finds a Norse mask and turns into a cartoon; the film that made Carrey a green blur.

Raimi, Tobey Maguire and the upside-down kiss in the rain.

Doctor Octopus, the train scene and the best superhero sequel of its era.

The Avengers split at an airport; the crossover that worked.

A surgeon learns magic and the buildings fold; Marvel's Inception.

The black suit, Sandman and Venom at once; the last of the Raimi trilogy.

The Penguin, Catwoman and a Gotham of black ice; the darker Burton Batman.

A teenager gets his father's powers and learns what his father is; the animated superhero series with teeth.

Superheroes as corporate psychopaths and the men who hunt them; Homelander.

Tulsa 1921 and a masked police force; Damon Lindelof's sequel to the comic.

The time heist and the portals; the highest-grossing film for a while.

Joaquin Phoenix dances down the Bronx stairs; a comic-book film that won the Golden Lion.

Miles Morales across a hundred Spider-worlds; the animation gets even wilder.

Wakanda, Killmonger and the first superhero film nominated for Best Picture.

Robert Pattinson's detective Batman in a rain-soaked Gotham hunting the Riddler.

Thanos collects the stones and snaps; half the audience gone.

James Gunn reboots Superman with Krypto the dog; the start of the new DC.

Three Spider-Men in one film; the multiverse as nostalgia machine.

Gal Gadot crosses No Man's Land in 1918; the first superhero blockbuster directed by a woman.

An old Wolverine and a dying Professor X on a road trip; the superhero film as western.

Ryan Reynolds' foul-mouthed mercenary breaks the fourth wall; the R-rated superhero hit.

A talking raccoon, a tree and a Walkman; Marvel's space opera comedy.

Robert Downey Jr. builds a suit in a cave and the Marvel Cinematic Universe begins.

Taika Waititi turns Thor into a comedy with a gladiator Hulk and Led Zeppelin.