Comics Movies
Comics and movies both blossomed in the cultural landscape of the 20th Century. And as they flowered they cross-pollinated one another with their brightest blooms and their most effective arrangements. The digital revolution has opened many doors to the previously unfilmable, leading to an explosion in the number of comic book adaptations.
For many people 'comics movies' mean gaudy titans in tights pounding the snot out of one another. However, if you remove the properties of the two big American companies (DC and Marvel), a broader spectrum of the fantastic and mundane is revealed.
Presenting for your selection, a cornucopia of pocket universes born of ink, transformed into light. For Superheroes peruse the DC and Marvel sub-headings under Comics Movies, stage left.
Pictured: Marv (Mickey Rourke) takes a moment to collect his thoughts in 2005's "Sin City" - cinema's most faithful comic book adaptation to date.
Dennis the Menace (1993)
5.5/10
Director: Nick Castle
Starring: Walter Matthau, Mason Gamble, Christopher Lloyd, Joan Plowright, Lea Thompson, P...
Based on the famous comic strip, this centres on the relationship between 6 year old Dennis Mitchell and his grouchy neighbour, Mr Wilson. Walter Matt... Read more
Devilman (2004)
4.1/10
Director: Hiroyuki Nasu
Starring: Hisato Izaki, Yusuke Izaki, Ayana Sakai, Asuka Shibuya, Ryudo Uzaki
An ambitious live adaptation of the popular long-running manga, created in 1972 by Go Nagai ('Cutie Honey'), this sprawling apocalyptic tale begins wi... Read more
Dick Tracy (1990)
6.1/10
Director: Warren Beatty
Starring: Warren Beatty, Al Pacino, Madonna , Dustin Hoffman
Director/Star Warren Beatty is Chester Gould's comic strip detective, fighting an array of grotesque villains in order to free the city of their grip.... Read more
Dick Tracy (Blu-ray) (1990)
6.1/10
Director: Warren Beatty
Starring: Al Pacino, Dustin Hoffman, Madonna , Warren Beatty
Director/Star Warren Beatty is Chester Gould's comic strip detective, fighting an array of grotesque villains in order to free the city of their grip.... Read more
Dilbert: The Complete Series (1999)
7.3/10
Starring: (Voices of) , Jason Alexander, Daniel Stern, Chris Elliott, Kathy Griffin
Based on the popular comic strip by Scott Adams, Dilbert is a tie-wearing cubicle slave, toiling endlessly over indeterminate products at 'The Company... Read more
Dilbert: Volume 1 (1999)
7.3/10
Starring: Voices Of, Daniel Stern, Jim Wise, Kathy Griffin
Based on the popular comic strip by Scott Adams, Dilbert is a cubicle slave, toiling endlessly over indeterminate products at Pat-E-Tech Management.... Read more
Dororo (2007)
6.4/10
Director: Akihiko Shiota
Starring: Satoshi Tsumabuki, Kou Shibasaki, Eita , Mieko Harada, Yoshio Harada, Nakai Kiic...
Based on a manga by anime grandmaster Osamu Tezuka ('Astroboy'), this fantasy actioner features a powerful samurai who makes a deal with 48 demons who... Read more
Dragon Tiger Gate (2006)
6.2/10
Director: Yip Wai-Shan
Starring: Nicholas Tse, Shawn Yue, Donnie Yen
Award-winning martial arts drama from Hong Kong derived from the comic book of the same name. When Tiger Wong (Nicholas Tse) uses his special Dragon S... Read more
Dredd (2012)
7.1/10
Director: Pete Travis
Starring: Lena Headey, Karl Urban, Wood Harris, Olivia Thirlby
In a desolate post-atomic America, the remaining humans live in police-controlled 'Mega-Cities'. In Mega-City One, a vast, violent metropolis where cr... Read more
Dredd ( Blu-ray ) (2012)
7.1/10
Director: Pete Travis
Starring: Lena Headey, Karl Urban, Wood Harris, Olivia Thirlby
In a desolate post-atomic America, the remaining humans live in police-controlled 'Mega-Cities'. In Mega-City One, a vast, violent metropolis where cr... Read more