List of films based on English-language comics

This article is about films based on English-language comic books. For other languages, see List of films based on comics. For comic strips, see List of films based on comic strips.

This is a list of films based on English-language comics, including comic books, graphic novels, and features in anthology comics magazines. It includes films that are adaptations of English-language comics, and those films whose characters originated in comic books (e.g. Batman is not an adaptation of one particular comic book, but the character first appeared in comic books, not in another medium). It also includes film serials. It does not include material where the original source is newspaper comic strips, which is featured on a separate list.

All films categorized by character listed chronologically.

0–9

• 2 Guns (2013)
• 30 Days of Night:
  • 30 Days of Night (2007)
  • 30 Days of Night: Dark Days (2010, direct-to-video movie)
• 300:
  • 300 (2007)
  • 300: Rise of an Empire (2014)

A

• Alien vs. Predator (based on previous Alien and Predator films and the Dark Horse comics of the same name):
  • Alien vs. Predator (2004)
  • Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007)
• The Amazing Cynicalman (2012)
• The Amazing Screw-On Head (2006, animated pilot)
• American Splendor (2003)
• Ant-Man (2015)
• Aquaman (2006, TV pilot)
• Archie Comics:
  • Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again (1990, TV movie)
  • The Archies in Jugman (2007, animated TV movie)
• Art School Confidential (2006)
• Avengers:
  • Ultimate Avengers (2006, animated direct-to-video)
  • Ultimate Avengers 2: Rise of the Panther (2006, animated direct-to-video)
  • Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow (2007, animated direct-to-video)
  • The Avengers (2012)
  • Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Maximum Overload (2013, animated web movie)
  • Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher (2014, animated direct-to-video)
  • Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
  • Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Avengers Reassembled (2015, animated TV movie)
  • Marvel Super Hero Adventures: Frost Fight! (2015, animated TV special)

B

• Bad Kids Go to Hell (2012)
• Barb Wire (1996)
• Batman:
  • Batman (1943, serial)
  • Batman and Robin (1949, serial)
  • Batman: The Movie (1966)
  • Batman (1989)
  • Batman Returns (1992)
  • Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993, animated)
  • Batman Forever (1995)
  • Batman & Robin (1997)
  • Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero (1998, animated direct-to-video)
  • Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (2000, animated direct-to-video)
  • Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman (2003, animated direct-to-video)
  • The Batman vs. Dracula (2005, animated direct-to-video)
  • Batman Begins (2005, Nolan series)
  • The Dark Knight (2008)
  • Batman: Gotham Knight (2008, animated direct-to-video)
  • Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (2009, animated direct-to-video)
  • Batman: Under the Red Hood, (2010, animated direct-to-video)
  • Superman/Batman: Apocalypse (2010, animated direct-to-video)
  • Batman: Year One (2011, animated direct-to-video)
  • The Dark Knight Returns - Part 1 (2012, animated direct-to-video)
  • The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
  • The Dark Knight Returns - Part 2 (2013, animated direct-to-video)
  • Lego Batman: The Movie – DC Super Heroes Unite (2013, animated direct-to-video)
  • Son of Batman (2014, animated direct-to-video)
  • Assault on Arkham (2014, animated direct-to-video)
  • Batman vs. Robin (2015, animated direct-to-video)
  • Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts, (2015, animated direct-to-video)
  • Batman: Bad Blood (2016, animated direct-to-video)
  • Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
  • Batman: The Killing Joke (2013, animated direct-to-video)
  • Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem (2016, animated direct-to-video)
  • Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders (2016, animated direct-to-video)
• Big Hero 6 (2014, animated)
• Blackhawk (1953, serial)
• Blade:
  • Blade (1998)
  • Blade II (2002)
  • Blade: Trinity (2004)
• The Bogie Man (1992, TV movie)
• B.P.R.D. Declassified (2004, TV special)
• Bulletproof Monk (2003)

C

• Captain America:
  • Captain America (1944, serial)
  • Captain America (1979, TV film)
  • Captain America II: Death Too Soon (1979, TV movie)
  • Captain America (1990)
  • Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
  • Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
  • Iron Man and Captain America: Heroes United (2014, animated direct-to-video)
  • Captain America: Civil War (2016)
• Captain Battle: Legacy War (2013)
• Casper the Friendly Ghost:
  • Casper's Halloween Special (1979, animated TV movie)
  • Casper's First Christmas (1979, animated TV movie, crossover with Hanna-Barbera cartoons)
  • Casper (1995)
  • Casper: A Spirited Beginning (1997, direct-to-video movie)
  • Casper Meets Wendy (1998, direct-to-video movie)
  • Casper's Haunted Christmas (2000, direct-to-video movie)
  • Casper's Scare School (2006, animated TV movie)
• Catwoman (2004)
• City Cat (1992, short TV movie)
• The Clockwork Girl (2014, animated)
• The Condor (2007, animated TV movie)
• Congo Bill (1948, serial)
• Constantine (2005)
• Cowboys & Aliens (2011)
• The Crow:
  • The Crow (1994)
  • The Crow: City of Angels (1996)
  • The Crow: Salvation (2000)
  • The Crow: Wicked Prayer (2005)

D

• Daredevil (2003)
• Dark Dungeons (2014)
• DC Super Hero Girls:
  • DC Super Hero Girls: Super Hero High (2016, animated TV movie)
  • DC Super Hero Girls: Hero of the Year (2016, animated direct-to-video)
• Deadpool (2016)
• The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015)
• Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1975)
• Doctor Strange:
  • Dr. Strange (1978, TV movie)
  • Doctor Strange: The Sorcerer Supreme (2007, animated direct-to-video)
  • Doctor Strange (2016)
• Dracula: Sovereign of The Damned (1980, anime TV movie)

E

• Elektra (2005)
• Ethel & Ernest (2016)

F

• Fantastic Four:
  • The Fantastic Four (1994, unreleased)
  • Fantastic Four (2005)
  • Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)
  • Fantastic Four (2015)
• Faust: Love of the Damned (2000)
• Firebreather (2010, animated TV movie)
• Fritz the Cat:
  • Fritz the Cat (1972, animated)
  • The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat (1974, animated)
• From Hell (2001)

G

• G-Men from Hell (2000)
• Gemma Bovery (2014)
• Gen¹³ (2000, animated)
• Generation X (1996, TV movie)
• Ghost Rider:
  • Ghost Rider (2007)
  • Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2012)
• Ghost World (2001)
• Global Frequency (2005, unsold pilot)
• Green Lantern:
  • Green Lantern: First Flight (2009, animated direct-to-video)
  • Green Lantern: Emerald Knights (2011, animated direct-to-video)
  • Green Lantern (2011)
• Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

H

• Hardware (1990, unauthorized by creators)
• The Haunted World of El Superbeasto (2009, animated)
• Heavy Metal:
  • Heavy Metal (1981, animated)
  • Heavy Metal 2000 (2000, animated)
• Hellboy:
  • Hellboy (2004)
  • Hellboy: Sword of Storms (2006, animated TV movie)
  • Hellboy: Blood and Iron (2007, animated TV movie)
  • Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)
• Hercules (2014)
• A History of Violence (2005)
• Hop Harrigan (1946, serial)
• Howard the Duck (1986)
• Howard Lovecraft and the Frozen Kingdom (2016, animated)
• Hulk:
  • The Incredible Hulk Returns (1988)
  • The Trial of the Incredible Hulk (1989)
  • The Death of the Incredible Hulk (1990)
  • Hulk (2003)
  • The Incredible Hulk (2008)
  • Hulk Versus (2008, animated direct-to-video)
  • Planet Hulk (2010, animated direct-to-video)
  • Iron Man and Hulk: Heroes United (2013, animated direct-to-video)
  • Hulk: Where Monsters Dwell (2016, animated direct-to-video)

I

• I, Frankenstein (2014)
• Iron Man:
  • The Invincible Iron Man (2007, animated direct-to-video)
  • Iron Man (2008)
  • Iron Man 2 (2010)
  • Iron Man 3 (2013)
  • Iron Man: Rise of Technovore (2013, anime direct-to-video)
  • Iron Man and Hulk: Heroes United (2013, animated direct-to-video)
  • Iron Man and Captain America: Heroes United (2014, animated direct-to-video)

J

• Jonah Hex (2010)
• Josie and the Pussycats (2001)
• Judge Dredd:
  • Judge Dredd (1995)
  • Dredd (2012)
• Justice League:
  • Legends of the Superheroes (1979, two-part special)
  • Justice League of America (1997, TV pilot)
  • Justice League: The New Frontier (2008, animated direct-to-video)
  • Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths (2010, animated direct-to-video)
  • Justice League: Doom (2012, animated direct-to-video)
  • Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (2013, animated direct-to-video)
  • JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time (2014, animated direct-to-video)
  • Justice League: War (2014, animated direct-to-video)
  • Justice League: Throne of Atlantis (2015, animated direct-to-video)
  • Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League vs. Bizarro League (2015, animated direct-to-video)
  • Justice League: Gods and Monsters (2015, animated direct-to-video)
  • Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League: Attack of the Legion of Doom (2015, animated direct-to-video)
  • Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League: Cosmic Clash (2016, animated direct-to-video)
  • Justice League vs. Teen Titans (2016, animated direct-to-video)
  • Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League: Gotham City Breakout (2016, animated direct-to-video)

K

• Kick-Ass
  • Kick-Ass (2010)
  • Kick-Ass 2 (2013)
• Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015)
• Knights of Justice (2000, TV movie)
• Kyoufu Densetsu Kaiki! Frankenstein (1981, Anime TV movie)

L

• Lady Death: The Movie (2004, animated)
• The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
• Lightspeed (2006, TV movie)
• Locke & Key (2011, TV pilot)
• The Losers (2010)

M

• M. Rex:
  • Ben 10/Generator Rex: Heroes United (2011, animated TV movie, crossover with non-comic franchise Ben 10)
• Man-Thing (2005, TV movie)
• The Mask:
  • The Mask (1994)
  • Son of the Mask (2005)
• The Men in Black:
  • Men in Black (1997)
  • Men in Black II (2002)
  • Men in Black 3 (2012)
• Model by Day (1993, TV movie)
• Monkeybone (2001)
• Mosaic (2007, animated direct-to-video)
• Most Wanted (2016, unaired pilot)
• El Muerto (2005)
• Mystery Men (1999)

N

• Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (1998, TV movie)
• Nightveil: Witch War (2005, direct-to-video)

O

• Oblivion (2013)
• Officer Downe (2016)

P

• Painkiller Jane (2005, TV movie)
• Paradox (2010, TV movie)
• The Phantom (1996)
• Pixies (2015)
• Plastic Man: Puddle Trouble (2006, unaired animated pilot)
• Power Pack (1991, pilot)
• Punisher:
  • The Punisher (1989)
  • The Punisher (2004)
  • Punisher: War Zone (2008)
  • The Punisher: Dirty Laundry (2012, short film)
  • Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher (2014, animated direct-to-video)

R

• RED:
  • Red (2010)
  • Red 2 (2013)
• Red Sonja:
  • Red Sonja (1985)
  • Red Sonja: Queen of Plagues (2016, animated direct-to-video)
• Remains (2011, TV movie)
• Richie Rich:
  • Ri¢hie Ri¢h (1994)
  • Richie Rich's Christmas Wish (1998, direct-to-video movie)
• R.I.P.D. (2013)
• Road to Perdition (2002)
• The Rocketeer (1991)

S

• Sabrina the Teenage Witch:
  • Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996, TV movie)
  • Sabrina Goes to Rome (1998, TV movie)
  • Sabrina, Down Under (1999, TV movie)
  • Sabrina: Friends Forever (2002, animated TV movie)
• Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)
• The Scribbler (2014)
• The Shadow (1994)
• Shazam:
  • Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941, film serial)
  • Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam (2010, animated short)
• Sheena (1984)
• Sin City:
  • Sin City (2005)
  • Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014)
• The Sixth Gun (2013, unaired TV pilot)
• Solarman (1992, animated pilot)
• Sparks (2013)
• Spawn (1997)
• Spider-Man:
  • Spider-Man (1977, TV movie)
  • Spider-Man Strikes Back (1978, TV movie)
  • Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge (1981, TV movie)
  • Spider-Man (2002)
  • Spider-Man 2 (2004)
  • Spider-Man 3 (2007)
  • The Amazing Spider-Man (2012, reboot)
  • The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
• The Spirit:
  • The Spirit (1987, TV movie)
  • The Spirit (2008)
• Spy Smasher (1942, serial)
• Stan Lee's Mighty 7: Beginnings (2014, animated TV movie)
• Steel (1997)
• Suicide Squad (2016)
• Supergirl (1984)
• Superman:
  • Superman (1948, serial)
  • Atom Man vs. Superman (1950, serial)
  • Superman and the Mole Men (1951)
  • It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman (1975, TV special)
  • Superman (1978)
  • Superman II (1980)
    • Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006, direct-to-video)
  • Superman III (1983)
  • Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
  • Superman Returns (2006)
  • Superman: Brainiac Attacks (2006, animated direct-to-video)
  • Superman: Doomsday (2007, animated direct-to-video)
  • Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (2009, animated direct-to-video)
  • Superman/Batman: Apocalypse (2010, animated direct-to-video)
  • Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam (2010, animated short)
  • All-Star Superman (2011, animated direct-to-video)
  • Superman vs. The Elite (2012, animated direct-to-video)
  • Superman Unbound (2013, animated direct-to-video)
  • Man of Steel (2013)
  • Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
• Swamp Thing:
  • Swamp Thing (1982)
  • The Return of Swamp Thing (1989)

T

• Tales from the Crypt:
  • Tales from the Crypt (1972)
  • Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995)
  • Tales from the Crypt: Bordello of Blood (1996)
  • Tales from the Crypt Presents: Ritual (2002)
• Tank Girl (1995)
• Teen Titans:
  • Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo (2006, animated TV movie)
  • Justice League vs. Teen Titans (2016, animated direct-to-video)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles:
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993)
  • TMNT (2007, animated)
  • Turtles Forever (2009, animated TV film)
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014, new franchise)
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016)
• Term Life (2016)
• Thor:
  • Thor (2011)
  • Thor: Tales of Asgard (2011, animated direct-to-video)
  • Thor: The Dark World (2013)
• Timecop:
  • Timecop (1994)
  • Timecop 2: The Berlin Decision (2003, direct-to-video movie)
• Trailer Park of Terror (2008, direct-to-video, based on Imperium Comic)
• Turok: Son of Stone (2008, animated; direct-to-video)
• Two-Fisted Tales (1992, TV movie)

U

• Up in Flames (1973, unauthorized by creators)

V

• V for Vendetta (2006)
• Vampirella (1996, direct-to-video movie)
• The Vault of Horror (1973)
• The Vigilante (1947, serial)
• Virus (1999)

W

• Wanted (2008)
• Watchmen:
  • Watchmen (2009)
  • Watchmen: The Director's Cut (2009)
  • Watchmen: The Ultimate Cut (2009)
• Weird Science (1985)
• When the Wind Blows (1986, animated)
• Whiteout (2009)
• Witchblade (2000, TV movie)
• Wolverine:
  • X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
  • The Wolverine (2013)
• Wonder Woman:
  • Wonder Woman (1974, TV movie)
  • Wonder Woman (2009, animated direct-to-video)
  • Wonder Woman (2011, unaired pilot)

X

• X-Men:
  • X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men (1989, animated TV pilot)
  • X-Men (2000)
  • X2 (2003)
  • X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
  • X-Men: First Class (2011)
  • X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
  • X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)

Upcoming films

• 2016
  • Abattoir
• 2017
  • Bad Kids of Crestview Academy
  • Batman and Harley Quinn
  • The Coldest City
  • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
  • I Kill Giants
  • Justice League
  • Justice League Dark
  • Kingsman: The Golden Circle
  • The Lego Batman Movie
  • Logan
  • Spider-Man: Homecoming
  • Teen Titans: The Judas Contract
  • Thor: Ragnarok
  • Wilson
  • Wonder Woman
• 2018
  • Accident Man
  • Animated Spider-Man
  • Ant-Man and the Wasp
  • Aquaman
  • Avengers: Infinity War
  • Black Panther
  • Chew
  • Deadpool 2
  • The Flash
  • The New Mutants
• 2019
  • Untitled Avengers sequel
  • Captain Marvel
  • Justice League 2
  • Shazam
• 2020
  • Cyborg
  • Green Lantern Corps
• TBD
  • 100 Bullets
  • A Contract with God
  • Agnes Quill
  • Aleister Arcane
  • Alibi
  • Alien Legion
  • The Amory Wars
  • Anya's Ghost
  • Apollo Rising
  • Arch Alien
  • ArchEnemies
  • Archer & Armstrong
  • Archie
  • Astro City
  • Atlantis Rising
  • Avengelyne
  • Bananaman
  • The Batman
  • Battling Boy
  • Beasts of Burden
  • Black Hole
  • Black Summer
  • Black Widow
  • Blood Nation
  • Blood of the Innocent
  • Bloodshot
  • Bolivar
  • Bone
  • Bonesaw
  • Booster Gold
  • Breathe of Bones
  • Button Man
  • Caliber
  • Capeshooters
  • Captain Canuck
  • Cardboard
  • Casper the Friendly Ghost
  • Chrononauts
  • City of Dust
  • Cla$$war
  • Cleburne
  • Cobalt 60
  • Cowboy Ninja Viking
  • Crash Ryan
  • Crawl To Me
  • Criminal Macabre
  • The Crow
  • Damn Nation
  • The Damned
  • Dark Universe
  • Darkchylde
  • The Darkness
  • Day Men
  • Dead World
  • Deadman
  • Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant
  • Descender
  • Destiny: Queen of Thieves
  • Die Hard: Year One
  • Doc Savage
  • Dominion: Dinosaurs Versus Aliens
  • Doom Patrol
  • Drafted
  • Dream Jumper
  • The Dwelling
  • Ed the Happy Clown
  • Elephantmen
  • Elfquest
  • Elric of Melniboné
  • Emily the Strange
  • Empress
  • The Empty Man
  • Fables
  • Fathom
  • FBP: Federal Bureau of Physics
  • Fire
  • Foreverman
  • Freedom Formula
  • Full Moon Fever
  • Gambit
  • Ghostopolis
  • The Godyssey
  • The Golden Age
  • The Goon
  • Gravel
  • Grimjack
  • Guardians of the Galaxy 3
  • Hack/Slash
  • Harbinger
  • Harbinger Wars
  • Hard Boiled
  • Harley Quinn
  • Heavy Metal
  • Hellboy 3
  • Hit-Girl
  • Hoax Hunters
  • Hot Stuff
  • Huck
  • Imagine Agents'
  • Incognito
  • Inherit the Earth
  • Insurrection
  • Interceptor
  • Irredeemable
  • Jeremiah Harm
  • Jinx
  • Joe the Barbarian
  • Jupiter's Legacy
  • Kabuki
  • Killogy
  • Killraven
  • Last Blood
  • Last Days of American Crime
  • Last Man Standing: Killbook of a Bounty Hunter
  • Leading Man
  • The Legend of Isis
  • Legends
  • Legion of 5
  • Lenore: The Cute Little Dead Girl
  • Lions, Tigers and Bears
  • Lobo
  • Lumberjanes
  • Madman
  • Mage
  • Mal Chance
  • Malignant Man
  • Man of Steel 2
  • Metal Men
  • Micronauts
  • Mind MGMT
  • Monolith
  • Monster Hunter's Survival Guide
  • Mouse Guard
  • Mortal Souls
  • MPH
  • Namor the Sub-Mariner
  • Nemesis
  • Nick Fury
  • Nightfall
  • Ninja High School
  • Nonplayer
  • Ocean
  • Painkiller Jane
  • The Piper
  • Plutona
  • Polar
  • Popbot
  • Pretty, Baby, Machine
  • Queen & Country
  • Random Acts of Violence
  • RASL
  • Razor
  • Realm
  • Red Sonja
  • The Red Star
  • Rex Libris
  • Rex Mundi
  • Roche Limit
  • The Rocketeers
  • Rom
  • Ronin
  • Ruse
  • Rust
  • Sabrina the Teenage Witch
  • The Sandman
  • Savage
  • The Secret
  • Sgt. Rock
  • The Shadow
  • Shadowman
  • Shi
  • The Shunned One
  • Sleeper
  • Son of Shaolin
  • Soulfire
  • Spawn
  • Stan Lee's The Annihilator
  • Starlight
  • The Stuff of Legend
  • Supercrooks
  • Superior
  • Swamp Thing
  • The Sword
  • Teen Titans
  • Three Days in Europe
  • Thulsa Doom
  • Tigress
  • Timecop
  • Tumor
  • Turok
  • Unique
  • Untitled animated Wonder Woman Project
  • Untitled Suicide Squad Sequel
  • Venom
  • Vice
  • Wanted 2
  • War Heroes
  • Warrior Nun Areala
  • Wayward Sons: Legends
  • The Weapon
  • Weird Science
  • Who Is Jake Ellis
  • Wire Hangers
  • Witchblade
  • Worth
  • X-Force
  • Youngblood
  • Zahra's Paradise
  • Zita the Spacegirl
  • ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction

See also

• Superhero film
• List of American superhero films
• List of films based on French-language comics
• List of films based on manga
• List of films based on Dark Horse Comics properties
• List of films based on DC Comics
• List of films based on Marvel Comics

Also related:

• List of films based on comic strips
• List of films based on radio series
• List of television programs based on comics

References

• Superheroes Lives, List of films based on comics

External links

• Superhero Hype!