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x Captain America Captain America   Albert Pyun
Captain America is the title of a film based on the Marvel Comics superhero of the same name. While the film takes several liberties with the comic's storyline, it features Steve Rogers becoming Captain America during World War II to battle the Red...
x The Avengers The Avengers.jpg May 4, 2012  
The Avengers is a 2012 superhero action film written by Zak Penn.
x Deadpool deadpool.jpg 2012  
Daedpool is a Marvel Comics film that will be released in 2011.
x The First Avenger: Captain America The First Avenger Captain America.jpg Jul 22, 2011 Joe Johnston
The First Avenger: Captain America, a film directed by Joe Johnston, is due for release on July 22, 2011.
x Thor Thor.jpg May 20, 2011 Kenneth Branagh
Thor is a film directed by Kenneth Branagh, is due for release on May 20, 2011.
x Spider-Man 4 spiderman4teaserwo2.jpg May 5, 2011 Sam Raimi
Spider-Man 4 will be the fourth film in the ''Spider-Man'' film franchise based on the fictional Marvel Comics character Spider-Man.
x Iron Man II poster_ironman-2.jpg May 7, 2010 Jon Favreau
Iron Man 2 is the upcoming 2010 superhero film, based on the Marvel Comics fictional character Iron Man. The film is directed by Jon Favreau, with Robert Downey, Jr. reprising the title role. The film is to be released on April 28 (Belgium, Sweden...
x X-Men Origins: Wolverine Wolverineteaserposter a Apr 28, 2009 Gavin Hood
X-Men Origins: Wolverine is a 2009 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics' fictional character Wolverine. It was released worldwide on May 1, 2009. The film is directed by Gavin Hood and stars Hugh Jackman as the title character, along...
x Hulk Vs Hulk Vs Coverart Jan 27, 2009 Frank Paur
Hulk Vs is a January 27, 2009 direct-to-video animated film from Marvel Animation and Lionsgate, featuring the Incredible Hulk in two short film battles, one against Wolverine, the other against Thor. Both short films have been rated PG-13 by the...
Sam Liu
x Punisher: War Zone Punisher war zone Dec 5, 2008 Lexi Alexander
Punisher: War Zone is a 2008 American comic book action film directed by Lexi Alexander; based on the fictional Marvel Comics vigilante/anti-hero the Punisher. The film is a reboot which follows the original telling of Frank Castle's war on crime...
x Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow Next Avengers - Heroes of Tomorrow Coverart Sep 2, 2008 Jay Oliva
Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow is a direct-to-video animated film. It is fifth in a series of animated films from Marvel Animation, based on Marvel Comics by Lions Gate Entertainment. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray on September 2, 2008. The...
x The Incredible Hulk Incrediblehulkrealearlyteaser Jun 13, 2008 Louis Leterrier
The Incredible Hulk is a 2008 superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character the Hulk. It is directed by Louis Leterrier and stars Edward Norton as Dr. Bruce Banner/the Hulk. It is not a sequel to Hulk (2003), but rather a reboot that...
x Iron Man /guid/9202a8c04000641f80000000011abb58 May 2, 2008 Jon Favreau
Iron Man is a 2008 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. Directed by Jon Favreau, the film stars Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark, a billionaire industrialist and master engineer who builds a powered...
x Doctor Strange DoctorStrangeDVD Aug 14, 2007 Frank Paur
Doctor Strange: The Sorcerer Supreme is a direct-to-DVD & BD animated movie based on the Marvel Comics character Doctor Strange. The film was released August 14, 2007 and had its American broadcast premiere on Cartoon Network November 1, 2008. This...
Jay Oliva
Patrick Archibald
x Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer Jun 15, 2007 Tim Story
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer is a 2007 American superhero film, and sequel to the 2005 film Fantastic Four. Both films are based on the Fantastic Four comic book. The film was directed by Tim Story, who also directed the first film in...
x Spider-Man 3 /guid/9202a8c04000641f8000000001196db7 May 1, 2007 Sam Raimi
Spider-Man 3 is a 2007 superhero film written and directed by Sam Raimi, with a screenplay by Ivan Raimi and Alvin Sargent. It is the third film in the Spider-Man film franchise based on the fictional Marvel Comics character Spider-Man. The film...
x Ghost Rider Ghost Rider Feb 16, 2007 Mark Steven Johnson
Ghost Rider is a 2007 superhero film written and directed by Mark Steven Johnson. Based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, the film stars Nicolas Cage as Johnny Blaze, a stunt motorcyclist who morphs into the demon vigilante Ghost...
x The Invincible Iron Man Invincible Iron Man poster Jan 23, 2007 Frank Paur
The Invincible Iron Man is an Eisner Award-winning comic book ongoing series written by Matt Fraction with art by Salvador Larroca, published by Marvel Comics and starring the superhero Iron Man. Iron Man fights Ezekiel Stane, son of Obadiah Stane,...
x Ultimate Avengers 2 Ultimate Avengers 2 Aug 8, 2006 Curt Geda
Ultimate Avengers 2 (also known as Ultimate Avengers 2: Rise of the Panther) is the sequel to Ultimate Avengers. The film was released on August 8, 2006. The film premiered on Cartoon Network on October 21, 2006. T'Challa, the Prince of Wakanda,...
Will Meugniot
Steven E Gordon
x X-Men: The Last Stand X-Men: The Last Stand May 26, 2006 Brett Ratner
X-Men: The Last Stand is a 2006 superhero film and the third in the X-Men series. It is directed by Brett Ratner, who took over when Bryan Singer dropped out to direct Superman Returns. The movie revolves around a "mutant cure" that causes serious...
x Ultimate Avengers Ultimate Avengers Feb 21, 2006 Curt Geda
Ultimate Avengers (also known as Ultimate Avengers: The Movie) is a direct-to-DVD animated film based on the Marvel comic book The Ultimates, and released by Lions Gate Entertainment. The DVD was released on February 21, 2006 in America, and in...
Bob Richardson
Steven E Gordon
x Fantastic Four /wikipedia/images/en_id/1597562 Jul 8, 2005 Tim Story
Fantastic Four is a 2005 superhero film based on the Marvel Comics comic Fantastic Four. It was directed by Tim Story, and released by 20th Century Fox. This is the second live-action Fantastic Four movie to be filmed. The previous attempt, a B...
x Man-Thing Man-Thing, as portrayed in the 2005 TV-movie Apr 30, 2005 Brett Leonard
Man-Thing is a 2005 straight to video then telefilm, directed by Brett Leonard and featuring the Marvel Comics creature created by Stan Lee, Roy Thomas and Gerry Conway. The plot is based loosely on a storyline by Steve Gerber, who wrote the most...
x Elektra Elektra Jan 14, 2005 Rob Bowman
Elektra is a 2005 action movie directed by Rob Bowman. It is a spin-off from the 2003 movie Daredevil, starring the Marvel comics character Elektra Natchios (played by Jennifer Garner). The story follows Elektra, an international assassin whose...
x Blade: Trinity Blade: Trinity Dec 8, 2004 David S. Goyer
Blade: Trinity is a 2004 American vampire Marvel Comics action film, written and directed by David S. Goyer, who also wrote the screenplays to the first two Blade films. It is the third film in the Blade trilogy, following on from Blade and Blade II...
x Spider-Man 2 Spider-Man 2 Jun 30, 2004 Sam Raimi
Spider-Man 2 is a 2004 American superhero film directed by Sam Raimi, written by Alvin Sargent and developed by Alfred Gough, Miles Millar, and Michael Chabon. It is the second film in the Spider-Man film franchise based on the fictional Marvel...
x The Punisher The Punisher Apr 16, 2004 Jonathan Hensleigh
The Punisher is a 2004 comic book action film, based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, starring Thomas Jane as the antihero Frank Castle / The Punisher and John Travolta as the villain Howard Saint, a money launderer who orders the...
x Hulk Hulk Jun 20, 2003 Ang Lee
Hulk (also known as The Hulk) is a 2003 superhero film based on the fictional Marvel Comics character of the same name. Ang Lee directed the film, which stars Eric Bana as Dr. Bruce Banner, as well as Jennifer Connelly, Sam Elliott, Nick Nolte and...
x X2 /guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000f64c648 May 2, 2003 Bryan Singer
X2 (also known as X2: X-Men United, X-Men 2: X-Men United and X-Men 2) is a 2003 superhero film based on the fictional characters the X-Men. Directed by Bryan Singer, it is the second film in the X-Men film series. It stars an ensemble cast...
x Daredevil Daredevil Feb 14, 2003 Mark Steven Johnson
Daredevil is a 2003 American superhero film written and directed by Mark Steven Johnson. Based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, the film stars Ben Affleck as Matt Murdock, a blind lawyer who fights for justice in the courtroom and...
x Spider-Man Spider-Man May 3, 2002 Sam Raimi
Spider-Man is a 2002 American superhero film based on the fictional Marvel Comics character Spider-Man. The first installment in the Spider-Man series, the film, directed by Sam Raimi and written by David Koepp, stars Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst,...
x Blade II /wikipedia/images/en_id/1000566 Mar 22, 2002 Guillermo del Toro
Blade II is a 2002 American vampire action film based on the fictional Marvel Comics character Blade. It is the first sequel to the film Blade, making it the second in the Blade film-series. It continues the essence and story of the first film, but...
x X-Men /guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000f64c616 Jul 13, 2000 Bryan Singer
X-Men is a 2000 superhero film based on the fictional Marvel Comics characters of the same name. Directed by Bryan Singer, the film stars Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Anna Paquin, Famke Janssen, Bruce Davison, James Marsden, Halle...
x Blade Blade Aug 21, 1998 Stephen Norrington
Blade is a 1998 vampire action film starring Wesley Snipes and Stephen Dorff, loosely based on the Marvel Comics character Blade. The film was directed by Stephen Norrington and written by David S. Goyer. Snipes plays Blade, a half-human and half...
x Nick Fury: Agent of Shield Nick Fury: Agent of Shield May 26, 1998 Rod Hardy
Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. is a made-for-TV movie starring David Hasselhoff. It is based on the comic book adventures of the Marvel Comics character Nick Fury, director of S.H.I.E.L.D.. Nick Fury, retired, is approached to return to duty to...
x Generation X promo-poster-generation-x-movie-3.jpg Feb 20, 1996 Jack Sholder
Generation X is a made-for-TV film which aired on FOX on February 20, 1996. It is based on the Marvel Comics series Generation X. It was produced by New World Entertainment and Marvel Entertainment. Banshee and Emma Frost are the headmasters of...
x The Fantastic Four The Fantastic Four 1994 Oley Sassone
The Fantastic Four is an unreleased low-budget feature film completed in 1994. Created to secure copyright to the property, the producers never intended it for release although the director, actors, and other participants were not informed of this...
x Power Pack Power Pack 1991 Rick Bennett
Power Pack is a team of fictional child superheroes in the Marvel Comics universe. They were created by writer Louise Simonson and artist June Brigman, and first appeared in their own comic book series in 1984. The series lasted 62 issues. The...
x The Punisher The Punisher Oct 5, 1989 Mark Goldblatt
The Punisher is a 1989 film starring Dolph Lundgren as Frank Castle, directed by Mark Goldblatt from a screenplay by Boaz Yakin. It is based on the Marvel Comics' character The Punisher. The film changes many details of the comic book origin and the...
x Howard the Duck Howard the Duck Aug 1, 1986 Willard Huyck
Howard the Duck is a 1986 American comedy science fiction film, directed by Willard Huyck and produced by George Lucas. Loosely based on the comic book of the same name, the film focuses on Howard, an alien from a planet inhabited by anthropomorphic...
x Captain America II: Death Too Soon 00376735_.jpg Nov 23, 1979 Ivan Nagy
Captain America II: Death Too Soon, a Television movie directed by Ivan Nagy, that was released in November 3, 1979.
x Captain America captainamerica1979.jpg Jan 19, 1979 Rod Holcomb
Captain America, a Television movie directed by Rod Holcomb, that was released in January 19, 1979.
x Dr. Strange Drstrangemovie Sep 6, 1978 Philip DeGuere
Dr. Strange is a made-for-TV movie based on the Marvel Comics fictional character Dr. Strange, created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. It was both directed and written by Philip DeGuere. Stan Lee served as a consultant on the film, which was created as...
x 3 Dev Adam 3 Dev Adam 1973 T. Fikret Uçak
3 Dev Adam (translated as Three Mighty Men but also known as Turkish Spider-Man vs. Captain Turkish America) is an infamous low-budget 1973 Turkish film with unauthorized versions of Captain America, Santo, and Spider-Man as the main characters....
x Captain America Cptamerica serial Feb 5, 1944 Elmer Clifton
Captain America (1944) is a Republic serial film based (loosely) on the comic book character Captain America. It was the last Republic serial made about a superhero. It also has the distinction of being the most expensive serial that Republic ever...
John W English
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