hey guys – Rebecca here DC’s new DC
Universe streaming service is launching
and it inspired us to take a look back
at some of our old DC related lists
we’ll have a playlist on the channel
featuring a bunch of our classic DC
stuff for you to binge but we’re also
going to redux our top 10 DC Comics
movies and we need your help there have
been a lot of movies released since we
published it back in October 2014 so
it’s due for a reboot alright what do
you have to do watch this video to see
our original rank and all its dated
glory and then be sure to click the link
below to get to our suggest page to vote
on our new updated version so head over
to my mojo and get voting and in a
week’s time we’ll publish the Redux
version incorporating all of your input
so head to my mojo and start voting it’s
super easy and you can even log in with
these are the best of the best that
stemmed from the pages of the DC
Universe and it’s all thanks to the
genius of one man welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10
DC Comics films for this list we’ve
chosen a mix of big screen blockbuster
adaptations full length animated
features as well as direct-to-video
releases that are under the DC banner
we’ve also excluded narratives that
don’t Center on superheroes vigilantes
or protagonists with supernatural
abilities so as much as we love films
like Road to Perdition and a history of
go number 10
Batman mask of the phantasm in this
animated mystery flick based on the
classic 90s animated series
[Music]
the Dark Knight is mistaken from much
darker vigilante who is begun
systematically murdering Gotham’s
criminals ient one at a time he didn’t
do it it’s garbage mysteries that Batman
does not kill while pursuing this grim
and mysterious figure the neo noir film
also serves up a meshed B plot and
origin story centered on Bruce Wayne’s
rekindling of a lost relationship that
compelled him to become the Caped
Crusader I always felt like like I’d
thrown you a curve ball like you never
know what to do with me because I wasn’t
in the plan number nine Superman
[Music]
we all believed that a man could fly
with the first full-length release
featuring the Man of Steel directed by
the celebrated Richard Donner the film
traces the life of the young Kryptonian
all I can send you cool showcasing his
growth and development as the young
adult Clark Kent to the Daily Planet
reporter slash superhero whose first big
trial is to halt a nuclear plot
concocted by none other than his arch
enemy Lex Luthor now call me foolish
call me irresponsible it occurs to me
that a 500 Megaton bomb planted at just
a proper point would would destroy most
of California number eight Batman
Returns in this dark sequel to Tim
Burton’s 1989 adaptation an underground
gang leader abandoned in the sewers as a
child known as the penguin arises under
the guise of a hero wishing to reinvent
himself as Gotham’s mayor you’re not the
mayor
things during his campaign he devises a
plan with the equally deceptive Catwoman
to have Gotham citizens turn against
Batman however when his plan fails and
the cold-blooded penguin Klotz
a darker revenge scheme to bring the
city to an explosive end with the help
number seven Watchmen we’ll be starting
shortly they’re waiting for me in this
adaptation of the celebrated graphic
novel Zack Snyder utilizes his slow
motion signature to capture the tensions
and turmoil of an alternate history set
crime action film shadows a group of
former vigilantes resurfacing to
investigate the mysterious murder of one
of their own while simultaneously
attempting to prevent nuclear war you
have to stop this everyone will die
loaded with brutal visuals it’s one of
the few comic-book adaptations to
receive an R rating not that the story
was targeting children to begin with
they’re shaping me into something gaudy
number six The Dark Knight Rises in the
epic conclusion of the Christopher Nolan
series The Dark Knight Rises from an
eight-year absence after Gotham’s
peacetime is threatened with the
emergence of the brutal and highly
intelligent Bane successor to the same
mentor as Batman Bane’s mission is to
spread the same citywide chaos brought
about by Ra’s al Ghul in the first film
before bringing it to a cataclysmic Hulk
Kirk could be loaded with themes
challenging society’s boundaries let the
games reveal the film takes many of its
moral cues from its predecessors making
it an equally potent and
thought-provoking curtain call you don’t
owe these people any
you’ve given them everything about
everything
not yet number five V for Vendetta
remember remember the 5th of November
the gunpowder treason and plot in this
adaptation of Alan Moore’s graphic novel
James McTeague makes his directorial
debut by diving into a dystopian UK
where an oppressive government has
executed brutal and condemning tactics
to maintain absolute power you really
think the blowing up Parliament’s going
to make this country a better place
there’s no certainty the opportunity in
one of the rare instances where we get
to see him play the hero albeit arguably
Hugo Weaving gives a brilliant
performance as the cunning strategic and
anonymous V are you’d like a crazy
person I’m quite sure they will say sir
a freedom fighter attempting to initiate
a revolution with some brutal tactics of
his own
number four Batman Begins
in this reboot that introduced
Christopher Nolan to broader audiences
we follow his retelling of a troubled
fortune heir who overcomes his fears and
dark memories to become his city’s
feared and dark Protectorate look in
Batman Begins Bruce Wayne is trained by
and later pitted against a syndicate of
assassins whose ideas of Justice
conflict greatly with his own fight with
themes of terror and principle it’s the
first of the Batman films to contain
darker visuals and mature tones
targeting audiences above and beyond
comic book fan boys wishing to Lobster
up a massive task force to catch you
he thinks you’re dangerous what do you
think I think you’re trying to help
number three
Superman – no this is a very special
place for me I wanted you to see it in
this sequel to the 1978 phenomenon
Superman Returns to face a trio of foes
native to his destroyed home planet of
Krypton all right Todd
it’s over after being freed from the
Phantom Zone space prison
the Kryptonian criminals General Zod
Ursa and nan garner super human
this leads the trio to form an alliance
with the Man of Steel’s arch enemy with
intentions of becoming godlike rulers of
earth who is your superior where
everyone including the son of jor-el is
to kneel before Zod need number two
Batman I’m Batman
in what started the initial film series
for the franchise Tim Burton showcases
his classic dark and fantastic visuals
by entering the streets of Gotham with
the help of the original Michael Keaton
Batman and the comically maniacal Jack
Nicholson Joker boom serving as a
stepping stone for the DC Universe
the film also relaunched Hollywood’s
faith in the superhero narrative as a
bankable genre what’s with that stupid
grin life’s been good to me spawning new
television shows full-length animated
features and more live-action
blockbusters a lot of people think
you’re as dangerous as the Joker
psychotic before we unveil our pick for
the best DC film here are a few
I remember the Secret Service being
tougher me too it’s not an S on my world
it means hope
well here it’s an S if you people can’t
see the potential danger of an
out-of-control Justice League I don’t
need to wait for a vote I don’t belong
here
number one the Dark Knight I know why
you’re afraid to go out at night the
Batman taking top honors is the
mind-bending second installment of
Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy in what is
dubbed as one of cinema’s greatest
sequels Batman continues the fight
against Gotham’s biggest crime lords
some men just want to watch the world
burn who are pushed to join forces with
a more menacing and sociopathic
depiction of his arch enemy brilliantly
captured by the late Keith ledger
why so serious with themes of identity
and morality attached no one wants to
get their hands dirty fine I’ll do it
the crime thriller makes the same leap
of faith jumped by its predecessor with
its deviation from the youth targeted
source material you either die a hero or
you live long enough to see yourself
become the villain the result is one of
[Music]
do you agree with our list shut up which DC Comics film do you think is the
which DC Comics film do you think is the best way to go Tommy
four more Super top 10s published every day be sure to subscribe to
day be sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com know
Universe streaming service is launching
and it inspired us to take a look back
at some of our old DC related lists
we’ll have a playlist on the channel
featuring a bunch of our classic DC
stuff for you to binge but we’re also
going to redux our top 10 DC Comics
movies and we need your help there have
been a lot of movies released since we
published it back in October 2014 so
it’s due for a reboot alright what do
you have to do watch this video to see
our original rank and all its dated
glory and then be sure to click the link
below to get to our suggest page to vote
on our new updated version so head over
to my mojo and get voting and in a
week’s time we’ll publish the Redux
version incorporating all of your input
so head to my mojo and start voting it’s
super easy and you can even log in with
these are the best of the best that
stemmed from the pages of the DC
Universe and it’s all thanks to the
genius of one man welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10
DC Comics films for this list we’ve
chosen a mix of big screen blockbuster
adaptations full length animated
features as well as direct-to-video
releases that are under the DC banner
we’ve also excluded narratives that
don’t Center on superheroes vigilantes
or protagonists with supernatural
abilities so as much as we love films
like Road to Perdition and a history of
go number 10
Batman mask of the phantasm in this
animated mystery flick based on the
classic 90s animated series
[Music]
the Dark Knight is mistaken from much
darker vigilante who is begun
systematically murdering Gotham’s
criminals ient one at a time he didn’t
do it it’s garbage mysteries that Batman
does not kill while pursuing this grim
and mysterious figure the neo noir film
also serves up a meshed B plot and
origin story centered on Bruce Wayne’s
rekindling of a lost relationship that
compelled him to become the Caped
Crusader I always felt like like I’d
thrown you a curve ball like you never
know what to do with me because I wasn’t
in the plan number nine Superman
[Music]
we all believed that a man could fly
with the first full-length release
featuring the Man of Steel directed by
the celebrated Richard Donner the film
traces the life of the young Kryptonian
all I can send you cool showcasing his
growth and development as the young
adult Clark Kent to the Daily Planet
reporter slash superhero whose first big
trial is to halt a nuclear plot
concocted by none other than his arch
enemy Lex Luthor now call me foolish
call me irresponsible it occurs to me
that a 500 Megaton bomb planted at just
a proper point would would destroy most
of California number eight Batman
Returns in this dark sequel to Tim
Burton’s 1989 adaptation an underground
gang leader abandoned in the sewers as a
child known as the penguin arises under
the guise of a hero wishing to reinvent
himself as Gotham’s mayor you’re not the
mayor
things during his campaign he devises a
plan with the equally deceptive Catwoman
to have Gotham citizens turn against
Batman however when his plan fails and
the cold-blooded penguin Klotz
a darker revenge scheme to bring the
city to an explosive end with the help
number seven Watchmen we’ll be starting
shortly they’re waiting for me in this
adaptation of the celebrated graphic
novel Zack Snyder utilizes his slow
motion signature to capture the tensions
and turmoil of an alternate history set
crime action film shadows a group of
former vigilantes resurfacing to
investigate the mysterious murder of one
of their own while simultaneously
attempting to prevent nuclear war you
have to stop this everyone will die
loaded with brutal visuals it’s one of
the few comic-book adaptations to
receive an R rating not that the story
was targeting children to begin with
they’re shaping me into something gaudy
number six The Dark Knight Rises in the
epic conclusion of the Christopher Nolan
series The Dark Knight Rises from an
eight-year absence after Gotham’s
peacetime is threatened with the
emergence of the brutal and highly
intelligent Bane successor to the same
mentor as Batman Bane’s mission is to
spread the same citywide chaos brought
about by Ra’s al Ghul in the first film
before bringing it to a cataclysmic Hulk
Kirk could be loaded with themes
challenging society’s boundaries let the
games reveal the film takes many of its
moral cues from its predecessors making
it an equally potent and
thought-provoking curtain call you don’t
owe these people any
you’ve given them everything about
everything
not yet number five V for Vendetta
remember remember the 5th of November
the gunpowder treason and plot in this
adaptation of Alan Moore’s graphic novel
James McTeague makes his directorial
debut by diving into a dystopian UK
where an oppressive government has
executed brutal and condemning tactics
to maintain absolute power you really
think the blowing up Parliament’s going
to make this country a better place
there’s no certainty the opportunity in
one of the rare instances where we get
to see him play the hero albeit arguably
Hugo Weaving gives a brilliant
performance as the cunning strategic and
anonymous V are you’d like a crazy
person I’m quite sure they will say sir
a freedom fighter attempting to initiate
a revolution with some brutal tactics of
his own
number four Batman Begins
in this reboot that introduced
Christopher Nolan to broader audiences
we follow his retelling of a troubled
fortune heir who overcomes his fears and
dark memories to become his city’s
feared and dark Protectorate look in
Batman Begins Bruce Wayne is trained by
and later pitted against a syndicate of
assassins whose ideas of Justice
conflict greatly with his own fight with
themes of terror and principle it’s the
first of the Batman films to contain
darker visuals and mature tones
targeting audiences above and beyond
comic book fan boys wishing to Lobster
up a massive task force to catch you
he thinks you’re dangerous what do you
think I think you’re trying to help
number three
Superman – no this is a very special
place for me I wanted you to see it in
this sequel to the 1978 phenomenon
Superman Returns to face a trio of foes
native to his destroyed home planet of
Krypton all right Todd
it’s over after being freed from the
Phantom Zone space prison
the Kryptonian criminals General Zod
Ursa and nan garner super human
this leads the trio to form an alliance
with the Man of Steel’s arch enemy with
intentions of becoming godlike rulers of
earth who is your superior where
everyone including the son of jor-el is
to kneel before Zod need number two
Batman I’m Batman
in what started the initial film series
for the franchise Tim Burton showcases
his classic dark and fantastic visuals
by entering the streets of Gotham with
the help of the original Michael Keaton
Batman and the comically maniacal Jack
Nicholson Joker boom serving as a
stepping stone for the DC Universe
the film also relaunched Hollywood’s
faith in the superhero narrative as a
bankable genre what’s with that stupid
grin life’s been good to me spawning new
television shows full-length animated
features and more live-action
blockbusters a lot of people think
you’re as dangerous as the Joker
psychotic before we unveil our pick for
the best DC film here are a few
I remember the Secret Service being
tougher me too it’s not an S on my world
it means hope
well here it’s an S if you people can’t
see the potential danger of an
out-of-control Justice League I don’t
need to wait for a vote I don’t belong
here
number one the Dark Knight I know why
you’re afraid to go out at night the
Batman taking top honors is the
mind-bending second installment of
Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy in what is
dubbed as one of cinema’s greatest
sequels Batman continues the fight
against Gotham’s biggest crime lords
some men just want to watch the world
burn who are pushed to join forces with
a more menacing and sociopathic
depiction of his arch enemy brilliantly
captured by the late Keith ledger
why so serious with themes of identity
and morality attached no one wants to
get their hands dirty fine I’ll do it
the crime thriller makes the same leap
of faith jumped by its predecessor with
its deviation from the youth targeted
source material you either die a hero or
you live long enough to see yourself
become the villain the result is one of
[Music]
do you agree with our list shut up which DC Comics film do you think is the
which DC Comics film do you think is the best way to go Tommy
four more Super top 10s published every day be sure to subscribe to
day be sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com know
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