by Vanessa Tottle
I want to rank every live-action superhero movie made since 2000 through this year. The movie has to have had a theatrical release to qualify. It’s an ambitious goal, so I broke things down into categories to make it easier.
Films Based Around a Male Superhero
51. Jonah Hex
50. Zoom
49. The Crow: Wicked Prayer
48. Son of the Mask
47. Thor: The Dark World
46. Green Lantern
45. Man-Thing
44. The Green Hornet
43. The Incredible Hulk
42. Superman Returns
41. The Crow: Salvation
40. The Spirit
39. Ghost Rider
38. Kick-Ass 2
37. Daredevil
36. X-Men Origins: Wolverine
35. Iron Man 2
34. R.I.P.D.
33. Super
32. Spider-Man 3
31. Punisher: War Zone
30. The Legend of Zorro
29. Ghost Rider: The Spirit of Vengeance
28. The Punisher
27. Iron Man 3
26. Blade: Trinity
25. Wanted
24. Iron Man
23. The Amazing Spider-Man 2
22. Captain America: The First Avenger
21 .The Amazing Spider-Man
20. Kick-Ass
19. Jumper
18. Spider-Man
17. The Dark Knight
16. Blade 2
15. Spider-Man 2
14. The Wolverine
13. Thor
12. Man of Steel
11. Hulk
10. Hancock
9. Hellboy 2: The Golden Army
8. Batman Begins
7. Hellboy
6. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
5. V for Vendetta
4. Constantine
3. Dredd
2. Unbreakable
1. The Dark Knight Rises
Ensembles Dominated by Male Superheroes
12. Fantastic Four
11. X-Men: The Last Stand
10. Sky High
9. Push
8. Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
7. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
6. X-Men
5. X-Men: First Class
4. The Avengers
3. Chronicle
2. X2: X-Men United
1. Watchmen
Ensembles Dominated by Female Superheroes
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Films Based Around a Dog Superhero
2. Super Buddies
1. Underdog
Films Based Around a Female Superhero
2. Catwoman
1. Elektra
If Black Widow gets a solo movie, we’ll be one ahead of dogs, you guys!
Gabriel Diego Valdez 
I’d have to disagree about Watchmen being better than the Avengers. The source material is certainly stronger, but I don’t think Snyder understood the film he was trying to make, and as a result he made a lot of mistakes with it, whereas Avengers is pretty much perfect for what it wants to do.
Nevertheless, a fun project!
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I haven’t seen all the films on the list myself. While I do agree with Vanessa on how and why she’s split up the categories, I disagree with her in some of the details. “Push” might actually be my personal favorite in the ensemble subcategory – it’s weird and different; the rock-paper-scissors logic of the powers at play give the conflict an element of creative puzzle-solving many other superhero films lack; and I often enjoy having more personal stakes in a plot than “you must do this or the world ends.”
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Really putting Thor the Dark World below Green Lantern? and The Spirit? and RIPD? (which is not even a super hero movie) Come on Thor 2 was a great movie.
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