Top 10 Superhero Movies

MARVEL’S THE AVENGERS

THE AVENGERS is a rousing superhero spectacle. Thor’s evil brother reaches Earth. He steals the Tesseract, a powerful energy cube found in the first CAPTAIN AMERICA movie. Secret government agent Nick Fury rounds up Thor, Captain America, Iron Man, the Hulk, and…

SPIDER-MAN

SPIDER-MAN opens with Peter Parker telling the audience that this is a movie about a girl: Peter Parker’s neighbor, Mary Jane. A genetically engineered spider bites Peter, giving him super powers, and a family tragedy convinces him that he has to use…

IRON MAN

IRON MAN stars Robert Downey, Jr., in the heroic story of billionaire defense contractor Tony Stark. After a new missile demonstration in Afghanistan, Tony is kidnapped by terrorists (using arms developed by Tony’s company) and forced to build the weapon he just…

THE INCREDIBLES

THE INCREDIBLES is another incredible animated movie from Pixar and Disney. It opens by introducing several superheroes, including Mr. Incredible, a superhero uncomfortable with his celebrity. Because of his superhero duties, Mr. Incredible gets to his wedding with “Elastigirl” a little late.…

CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER

CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER tells the origin of Marvel’s first super-hero. During the beginnings of World War II, scrawny Brooklyn native Steve Rogers is repeatedly turned down by the Army. The head of a secret super soldier project, however, is impressed…

MEGAMIND

MEGAMIND features the title character super villain battling his archenemy super hero, Metro Man. During one of their confrontations, Megamind actually kills Metro Man, and soon Megamind discovers he needs a superhero to battle. So, he sets out to train Hal, a…

SUPERMAN RETURNS

In SUPERMAN RETURNS, Superman has left earth to find the remains of his father’s planet, Krypton. He returns to earth only to find Lois Lane living with Richard White, a relative of the Daily Planet’s Perry White, and with a five-year-old son.…

THE ROCKETEER

SKY HIGH

SKY HIGH is the first fun, funny comic book movie of 2005. The movie tells the story of Will Stronghold, whose parents are famous superheroes, the Commander and Jetstream. When they're not saving the world the Commander and Jetstream are real estate…

X-MEN

X-MEN is the classic comic book tale of the conflicts between two groups of mutants and normal people. A young man named Erik, later Magneto, learns hatred in a 1944 concentration camp, a hatred he turns against the human race. Magneto believes…