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.
Persepolis (2007)
8.1/10
Director: Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud
Starring: (Voices of) , Catherine Deneuve, Iggy Pop, Gena Rowlands, Sean Penn
Based on her autobiographical graphic novels, Marjane Satrapi and co-screenwriter Vincent Paronnaud directed this Oscar-nominated, black-and-white ani... Read more
Scott Pilgrim vs the World (2010)
7.5/10
Director: Edgar Wright
Starring: Jason Schwartzman, Kieran Culkin, Alison Pill, Chris Evans, Michael Cera, Brando...
Meet charming and jobless Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera), whose life of garage band practice and other laid-back pursuits is turned upside-down when he... Read more
Hanzo the Razor - Sword of Justice (1972)
6.8/10
Director: Kenji Misumi
Starring: Shintaro Katsu, Yukiji Asaoka, Mari Atsumi
Hanzo 'the Razor' Itami is a samurai cop who's expert at weilding more than just his sword. Like a Japanese version of 'Shaft', Hanzo is a demented b... Read more
Surrogates (2009)
6.3/10
Director: Jonathan Mostow
Starring: Bruce Willis, James Cromwell, Radha Mitchell, Ving Rhames, Boris Kodjoe, Rosamun...
In the not-so-distant future, where people experience life through perfect surrogates controlled from the safety of their own homes, murder is a thing... Read more
Asterix in Britain (1986)
7.1/10
Starring: Asterix, Obelix, Zebigboss
It's 50 BC, and the Romans have just invaded British shores. The Brits, however, seem more interested in their daily cuppa than in fisticuffs. But one... Read more
Creepshow (1982)
6.9/10
Director: George A Romero
Starring: Adrienne Barbeau, E G Marshall, Fritz Weaver, Hal Holbrook, Leslie Nielsen
George A Romero directs a screenplay by Stephen King that is a ghoulish comic tribute to EC Comics. Five tales of the macabre are offered. E.G. Marsha... Read more
V for Vendetta ( Blu-ray ) (2006)
7.5/10
Director: James McTeigue
Starring: Stephen Fry, Rupert Graves, Natalie Portman, Stephen Rea, Hugo Weaving, John Hur...
The dystopian world depicted in the graphic novel by Alan Moore and David Lloyd is brought to the screen in this thrilling sci-fi actioner. In a fasci... 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
Asterix at the Olympic Games (2008)
5.1/10
Director: Frederic Forestier, Thomas Langmann
Starring: Gerard Depardieu, Clovis Cornillac, Benoit Poelvoorde, Alain Delon, Vanessa Hess...
While out hunting, Asterix and Obelix run across a local Roman sports champion named Gluteus Maximus who is about to participate in the Olympic Games.... Read more
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
8.7/10
Director: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Starring: Benicio Del Toro, Don Cheadle, Gwyneth Paltrow, Josh Brolin, Mark Ruffalo, Rober...
Iron Man, Thor, the Hulk and the rest of the Avengers unite to battle their most powerful enemy yet -- the evil Thanos. On a mission to collect all si... Read more