With a new Superman movie around the corner, we've decided to rank the best DC movies of all time. With several decades of history on the big screen, from classics like 19🎃78's Superman to fan-favorite adaptations like Christoper Nolan's The Dark Knight trilogy, it's not easy to pick the best of the best, but we are certainly going to give it a try.
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Evaluating all the live-action movies released under the DC banner in half a century, we have selected the 10 best DC movies of all time. This list has it all, from grounded takes on classic characters to bold and exciting introductions to heroes who are a little more underrated. Ready to dive in? For more, don't forget to check out our guide on how to watch the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:DC movies in order, from the greats to the not-so-greats.
10. Shazam!
Director: David F. Sandberg
Released: 2019
Of all the movies set in the old DCEU, Shazam! was on🌜e of the few that felt unashamed to embrace the colorful and energetic spirit of the comic books that inspired these terrific stories of daring dynamics. As a result, Shazam! feels like the black sheep of that particular cinematic universe in both its optimistic tone and vibrant aesthetic. Still, don't think Shazam! is all fun and games because Mark Strong's sinister Dr. Sivana presents a surprisingly dark foil to Billy Batson's (Zachary Levi and Asher Angel) goofy superhero persona. Although, with all that in mind, do yourself a favor and skip the sequel; it lacks the magic of the original.
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9. Blue Beetle
Director: Ángel Manuel Soto
Released: 2023
One of the newest films on this list of the best DC movies, Blue Beetle, tells the story of Jaime Reyes ⛦(Xolo Maridueña), a down-on-his-luck college graduate who becomes bonded to a symbiotic alien scarab that grants him incredible powers. So far, so superhero, right? Well, what separates this delightful film frꦦom the milieu of mediocre superhero movies is its focus on Jaime's lovable family, who nearly steal the show from the titular bug-themed hero.
Luckily, Xolo's cha♊rismatic enough to stop that from happening (although we'd give the minigun-toting grandma a spin-off), and we're excited that James Gunn has confirmed the character has a future in his new DCU. That said, if that's the plan, Gunn needs to bring back director Ángel Manuel Soto as well. Soto clearly understands what makes the character tick, and it'd be a shame to lose that.
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8. The Batman
Director: Matt Reeves
Released: 2022
There have been plenty of grim and gritty reinterpretations of Gotham's lantern-jawed vigilante. Still, director Matt Reeves found new ground amongst Gotham's pearl-strewn alleys with The Batman by making his superhero movie🌃 a David Fincher-style crime drama. As a result, the always-brilliant Robert Pattinson was allowed 🌊to showcase Bruce Wayne's detective abilities, a trait often neglected by filmmakers who prefer to flaunt Batman's impressive ability to punch clowns.
Don't go thinking The Batman's all method and no madness, though. Paul Dano's Riddler is arguably the most chilling big-screen 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Batman villain since Heath Ledger sm🐓eared white makeup all over his face, and the scene where he and the Caped Crusader finally come face to face in Arkham is probably one of the tensest scenes in any DC movie 𝓀ever.
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7. Birds of Prey
Director: Cathay Yan
Released: 2020
David Ayer's Suicide Squad wasn't a great mౠovie, but it did do one thing right. It gave us Margot Robbie's unforgettable Harley Quinn – a piece of casting so superb it'll go down in superhero movie history alongside the cast🍷ing of JK Simmons as J. Jonah Jameson. Harley stole the show from the rest of Task Force X, so a spin-off was inevitable. Sure enough, four years later, we got Birds of Prey, or to give it its proper title, "Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn."
Frantic and anarchic, Birds of Prey is an action-packed and deliciously violent break-up movie with Harley finding new f💟riends (and enemies) after the Joker kicks her out of his house. While the plot is a little formulaic at times, the colorful cast of characters Harley meets on her adventures more than m🌼akes up for that. Director Cathy Yan also keeps the action lively and characterful, so even veterans of the caped genre will find themselves enraptured by the spectacle.
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6. The Suicide Squad
Director: James Gunn
Released: 2021
What's that in the sky? Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's James Gunn c🍨oming to save film fans from bad Suicide Squad movies. Yes, The Suicide Squad might technically be a sequel, but let's be honest: this is a full-on reboot wearing a pair of cheap glasses in the hope no one realizes, and it's all the better for it. As a result, The Suicide Squad is a weird and wonderful picture that breath▨lessly revels in the outlandishness of comic books and has a lot of fun doing so.
It's not all jokes and gags, though. Gunn and his incredible cast of actors manage to inject a surprising degree of pathos into a film that ends with our heroes 💫battling a giant starfish from space. So I guess we're saying that bad guys have all the fun, ꧑and no film on this list proves that quite like The Suicide Squad, a movie that elevates irreverence to an art form.
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5. Wonder Woman
Director: Patty Jenkins
Released: 2017
Easily Gal Gadot's best movie and probably her most iconic big-screen role (although who knows what the future holds for Gisele Yashar?) Wonder Woman is a film that reviews itself; it's wonderful. The entire thing is a thrilling period piece that skillfully manages to tell Wonder Woman's somewhat confusing origin story (better told in many of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best Wonder Woman comics) without falling int𒉰o the pitfalls that ♛mar the genre.
A lot of that comes down to Patty Jenkins' deft directorial touch and the way she weaves action into the narrative in such an interesting way that you never feel like the film's taking a break from the story to give you a dose of adrenaline. This is probably most notabl♑e in the No Man's Land scene, a sequence that deserves to go down in DC movie history for its beauty and poignance.
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4. Superman
Director: Richard Donner
Released: 1978
The film that made us believe a man ꦫcould fly, Superman, is a modern masterpiece🅘 that sets the bar all superhero movies aspire to. It's action-packed, full of heart and humor, and Richard Donner does deft work in making the character's labyrinthian origin story into something easily digestible.
While the cast's magnificent, Christopher Reeve is clearly the MVP, playing the Man of Steel and Clark Kent as essentially two different characters simultaneously. We also can't miss the opportunity to mention John Williams's soaring score. Williams' Superman theme is the Superman theme. It embodies everything the character stands for. It's hopeful, heroic, and, most importantly, inspirational. Here's hoping Gunn brings it back for the new 2025 Superman.
3. Batman
Director: Tim Burton
Released: 1989
Many credit Christopher Nolan for reinterpreting Batman as a serious superhero divorced from the inherent campiness of a man who dresses as a bat and fights crime, but that's not entirely true. It was Tim Burton, inspired by the adult themes in two of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best Batman comics, The Dark Knight Returns and The Killi🔥ng Joke, who put the 'dark' in the Dark Knight with his brooding Batman '89🦄.
Gothic in tone and effortlessly stylish (Burton was actually criticized for being more interested in set design than Bruce Wayne), Batman proves that just because your movie's dark, it doesn't have to be poe-faced and dour. Indeed, a large part of why the film works is the lively lunacy of Michael Keaton's and Jack Nicholson's performances, which brings much-needed energy to the film. Decades later, it remains one of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best Batman movies ever made.
