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.
Batman Begins, The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises.
Tobey Maguire in the three films that started the modern superhero run.
The black suit, Sandman and Venom at once; the last of the Raimi trilogy.
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.
Raimi, Tobey Maguire and the upside-down kiss in the rain.
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.
Miles Morales across a hundred Spider-worlds; the animation gets even wilder.
Thanos collects the stones and snaps; half the audience gone.
Three Spider-Men in one film; the multiverse as nostalgia machine.
Wakanda, Killmonger and the first superhero film nominated for Best Picture.
Robert Pattinson's detective Batman in a rain-soaked Gotham hunting the Riddler.
The time heist and the portals; the highest-grossing film for a while.
James Gunn reboots Superman with Krypto the dog; the start of the new DC.
Joaquin Phoenix dances down the Bronx stairs; a comic-book film that won the Golden Lion.
A 1970s paranoid thriller inside a superhero film; the elevator fight.
Gal Gadot crosses No Man's Land in 1918; the first superhero blockbuster directed by a woman.
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.
Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and the Hulk together for the first time; the Battle of New York.
An old Wolverine and a dying Professor X on a road trip; the superhero film as western.
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