The Hero in Superhero
by quiqueperezsoler | created - 4 months ago | updated - 3 months ago | PublicI feel the genre of Superheroes has spread out too much lately, and while I'm glad diverse subgenres have emerged I feel they don't make those "pure" superhero ones. The ones where they are viewed as ideal versions of humanity, and we see them as leaders but also equals, suffering from the same flaws we suffer from. I feel this list exemplifies those ideals and that wish for having someone help us see through our greed, our self-fishness, stubborness... Heroes we look up to and respect.
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1. The Incredibles (2004)
PG | 115 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
While trying to lead a quiet suburban life, a family of undercover superheroes are forced into action to save the world.
Director: Brad Bird | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Samuel L. Jackson, Holly Hunter, Jason Lee
Votes: 809,243 | Gross: $261.44M
A husband and father must learn to value his family and his new life in stead of wanting to relive the olden days.
2. Spider-Man 2 (2004)
PG-13 | 127 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Peter Parker is beset with troubles in his failing personal life as he battles a former brilliant scientist named Otto Octavius.
Director: Sam Raimi | Stars: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Alfred Molina, James Franco
Votes: 709,190 | Gross: $373.59M
Responsibility is a burden one must bear, one can't runaway from it without consequences. But maybe you don't have to do it all on your own
3. Batman Begins (2005)
PG-13 | 140 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After witnessing his parents' death, Bruce learns the art of fighting to confront injustice. When he returns to Gotham as Batman, he must stop a secret society that intends to destroy the city.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Ken Watanabe, Liam Neeson
Votes: 1,579,365 | Gross: $206.85M
Trauma can scarr a man, making him dedicate his life to revenge and on this path see the err of his ways and become the change he wants to see in the world.
4. The Batman (2022)
PG-13 | 176 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When a sadistic serial killer begins murdering key political figures in Gotham, Batman is forced to investigate the city's hidden corruption and question his family's involvement.
Director: Matt Reeves | Stars: Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, Jeffrey Wright, Colin Farrell
Votes: 787,753 | Gross: $369.35M
A "cesspoolean" society is beyond salvation, fear may not be the only answer. Fighting fire with fire will backfire. Perhaps what's needed is hope
5. The Dark Knight (2008)
PG-13 | 152 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When the menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, Batman must accept one of the greatest psychological and physical tests of his ability to fight injustice.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Caine
Votes: 2,872,411 | Gross: $534.86M
An agent of chaos plays with the fickle minds of people. How can a fighter fight a mastermind, or worse, the people's herd mentality.
6. The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
PG-13 | 164 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Eight years after the Joker's reign of chaos, Batman is coerced out of exile with the assistance of the mysterious Selina Kyle in order to defend Gotham City from the vicious guerrilla terrorist Bane.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, Gary Oldman
Votes: 1,828,490 | Gross: $448.14M
A man must decide if he should live as a legend or die as a hero. When you can't fight no more, who can? Who can defend the innocent?
7. Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
PG-13 | 121 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A group of intergalactic criminals must pull together to stop a fanatical warrior with plans to purge the universe.
Director: James Gunn | Stars: Chris Pratt, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Zoe Saldana
Votes: 1,273,890 | Gross: $333.18M
When you feel alone and misunderstood, maybe you haven't found a family that understands and is as messed up as you are.
8. Wonder Woman (2017)
PG-13 | 141 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
When a pilot crashes and tells of conflict in the outside world, Diana, an Amazonian warrior in training, leaves home to fight a war, discovering her full powers and true destiny.
Director: Patty Jenkins | Stars: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Robin Wright, Lucy Davis
Votes: 699,907 | Gross: $412.56M
What happens when someone who sees War as a black and white matter is thrusted into a shades of gray one. And is shocked to realise the cruelty of mankind. (Granted, the movie does a left turn and reveals it as a black and white matter, but during the first 2 thirds and the argument scene it feels like that theme is presented)
9. Shazam! (2019)
PG-13 | 132 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A newly fostered young boy in search of his mother instead finds unexpected super powers and soon gains a powerful enemy.
Director: David F. Sandberg | Stars: Zachary Levi, Mark Strong, Asher Angel, Jack Dylan Grazer
Votes: 385,148 | Gross: $140.37M
Found family movie, learning to value your new family rather than pursuing those who shall never love us.
10. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
PG | 117 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Teen Miles Morales becomes the Spider-Man of his universe and must join with five spider-powered individuals from other dimensions to stop a threat for all realities.
Directors: Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman | Stars: Shameik Moore, Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld, Mahershala Ali
Votes: 672,205 | Gross: $190.24M
Overcoming expectations and meeting them our way. Life is a journey, noone can teach us how to live ours, we have to find our way, our way.
11. Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)
PG-13 | 151 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Diana must contend with a work colleague, and with a businessman whose desire for extreme wealth sends the world down a path of destruction, after an ancient artifact that grants wishes goes missing.
Director: Patty Jenkins | Stars: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Kristen Wiig, Pedro Pascal
Votes: 291,888 | Gross: $46.37M
What we want has a cost, are we willing to pay it? Also, appreciate what you have and not what you wish you had: getting over past traumas
12. Iron Man (2008)
PG-13 | 126 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
After being held captive in an Afghan cave, billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil.
Director: Jon Favreau | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges
Votes: 1,125,425 | Gross: $318.41M
An accident reveals to a man the err of his ways and he tries to make up for it.
13. Iron Man 2 (2010)
PG-13 | 124 min | Action, Sci-Fi
With the world now aware of his identity as Iron Man, Tony Stark must contend with both his declining health and a vengeful mad man with ties to his father's legacy.
Director: Jon Favreau | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Mickey Rourke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle
Votes: 868,922 | Gross: $312.43M
After realising the err of his ways, a man was confront the dark legacy he inherited from his father and handle its consequences.
14. Thor (2011)
PG-13 | 115 min | Action, Fantasy
The powerful but arrogant god Thor is cast out of Asgard to live amongst humans in Midgard (Earth), where he soon becomes one of their finest defenders.
Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Anthony Hopkins, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston
Votes: 900,614 | Gross: $181.03M
A stubborn, selfish and disrespectful god prince must be taught the err of his way of thinking by having a humbling experience in an "inferior" world.
15. Megamind (2010)
PG | 95 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Evil genius Megamind finally defeats his do-gooder nemesis, Metro Man, but is left without a purpose in a superhero-free world.
Director: Tom McGrath | Stars: Will Ferrell, Jonah Hill, Brad Pitt, Tina Fey
Votes: 296,047 | Gross: $148.42M
A supervillain realises he isn't evil, he became the supervillain because his fellow alien became the hero. The nature vs nurture theme is explored while rediscovering everyone's role in society and challenging expectations
16. Spider-Man 3 (2007)
PG-13 | 139 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A strange black entity from another world bonds with Peter Parker and causes inner turmoil as he contends with new villains, temptations, and revenge.
Director: Sam Raimi | Stars: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Topher Grace, Thomas Haden Church
Votes: 638,011 | Gross: $336.53M
A good man is corrupted by revenge and past trauma which leads him down a dark path, he must realise this before he loses everything he cared for
17. Hercules (1997)
G | 93 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The son of Zeus and Hera is stripped of his immortality as an infant and must become a true hero in order to reclaim it.
Directors: Ron Clements, John Musker | Stars: Tate Donovan, Susan Egan, James Woods, Barbara Barrie
Votes: 255,348 | Gross: $99.05M
Just because you have power doesn't mean you have strength. The strength of a hero is not measure in his physical strentgh but the strength of his heart: a man learns that it's not about how successful you are but rather how you can find success in the things that matter to you
18. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
PG-13 | 126 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Doctor Strange teams up with a mysterious teenage girl who can travel across multiverses, to battle other-universe versions of himself which threaten to wipe out the multiverse. They seek help from the Scarlet Witch, Wong and others.
Director: Sam Raimi | Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Elizabeth Olsen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Benedict Wong
Votes: 478,702 | Gross: $411.33M
Two main: A man must reflect on his life and consider if he is happy with his life choices while he must learn to teach a powerful girl to control her powers; A powerful witch must cope with the fact that we can't bring back the dead without paying some sort of price for them, we must move on.
19. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
PG-13 | 161 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The people of Wakanda fight to protect their home from intervening world powers as they mourn the death of King T'Challa.
Director: Ryan Coogler | Stars: Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira, Winston Duke
Votes: 305,871 | Gross: $453.72M
The loss of an important figure and friend can cause change in us, society and the world at large. Legacy is what matters and how the living live on.
20. The Suicide Squad (2021)
R | 132 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Supervillains Harley Quinn, Bloodsport, Peacemaker, and a collection of nutty cons at Belle Reve prison join the super-secret, super-shady Task Force X as they are dropped off at the remote, enemy-infused island of Corto Maltese.
Director: James Gunn | Stars: Margot Robbie, Idris Elba, John Cena, Joel Kinnaman
Votes: 409,988 | Gross: $55.82M
Quirky villains must work for the government while getting over their fears and coming together as a team
21. Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
PG-13 | 148 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
With Spider-Man's identity now revealed, Peter asks Doctor Strange for help. When a spell goes wrong, dangerous foes from other worlds start to appear, forcing Peter to discover what it truly means to be Spider-Man.
Director: Jon Watts | Stars: Tom Holland, Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jacob Batalon
Votes: 879,903 | Gross: $804.75M
The consequences of the lies and lives we chose increase exponentially. Sometimes, we must let go of all of it, undo the past for a brighter future
22. X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
PG-13 | 132 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The X-Men send Wolverine to the past in a desperate effort to change history and prevent an event that results in doom for both humans and mutants.
Director: Bryan Singer | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy
Votes: 745,486 | Gross: $233.92M
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