Movies based on Comic Books and Where to Watch Them

The threat of World War Three is looming over an alternate version of the world. Groups of costumed superheroes have played many significant roles during many wars and in shaping the world as it is. During the cold war between America and the USSR, there existed a group of superheroes named the Watchmen. The team of Watchmen consists of Dr. Manhattan, Nite Owl-II, Silk Spectre-II, Ozymandias, the Comedian, and Rorschach. After an anti vigilante uproar, the government bans all Vigilante related activities in 1977. While most superheroes retire, Dr. Manhattan and the Comedian start working for the government. Rorschach however, keeps operating as a vigilante. While investigating a murder, Rorschach discovers the victim is the Comedian and realizes someone is hunting down the former superheroes. Rorschach informs his former teammates but no one heeds his warnings.

When the pain in the neck, Joker resurfaces from his mysterious past, he creates havoc and turmoil in the lives of people of Gotham city. With the aid of allies of Lt. Jim Gordon and DA Harvey, Batman has kept this city safe from all the threats out there. When Joker emerges as a menace, the Batman must rescue this city as he has been doing so far.

Black Panther picks the story right after the Avengers: Civil-War where TChallas father was killed. TChalla is going to be the new king of Wakanda. This means that he now has to deal with the problems of a king and The Black Panther as well. Just a few days into the celebration of being a new king, TChalla has to fight again for the throne with Killmonger. Killmonger is an expelled Wankandian who wants to rule the kingdom and avenge his fathers death. Rules for the fight are simple, whoever dies, loses. Black Panther is the story of power, greed, and The Black Panther. Wakanda Forever!!

A teenager named Dave Lizewski living in New York City loves superhero comics. Dave wonders why no one has ever wanted to be a superhero and if having no power means not having any responsibilities to stand against injustice. He decides to become a real-life superhero himself and makes a costume out of a scuba diving suit. Meanwhile, a mafia tells his boss that a man dressed in a batman like costume stole their drugs, which his boss Frank DAmico refuses to believe. Dave gets stabbed and run over during his first outing but survives after his broken bones get replaced with metal. The incident gets Dave the ability to better endure pain and a rumour about him being gay at school. Dave goes out on patrol again and earns huge popularity as Kick-Ass, after fighting some street thugs. As he continues to be a superhero, things soon take an interesting turn when Dave meets others like him.

It is a futuristic world where everyone is born with a unique genetic mutation. This mutation is giving everyone, a special power, unique to each. Simultaneously, Senator Kelly is laying down the foundation for a new Holocaust, to get rid of these mutants. This horrific instance brings about the union of Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr, and though both are highly powerful mutants, a problem arises. While Charles wants to stop Kelly peacefully, Erik wants to make everyone a mutant to make it an even field. To stop him, Xavier creates X-men, a group of mutants to stop Erik, a.k.a., Magneto.

This is the first Spider-Man movie of the Sam Raimi trilogy and still remains one of the best Spider-Man movies until date. Peter Parker gets bitten by a radioactive spider, Uncle Ben dies and Peter chooses to fight evil by donning the Spidey Suit which he creates himself. J. Jonah Jameson, the editor of the Daily Bugle, is set against Spider-Man and a demented enemy, Green Goblin, wants to kill him. It is up to Spider-Man to fight against them all. When hes not Spider-Man, Peter has another mission to woo Mary Jane.

Jor-El discovers that their sun is going to explode which will also destroy their planet Krypton in the process. He tries to warn the others but the other council members do not believe him. With time running out, Jor-El puts his newborn son Kal-El inside a spaceship and sends it to earth. Later, the sun explodes and destroys the planet Krypton. Meanwhile, the spaceship containing Kal-El lands on earth in a place called Smallville, in Kansas, United States. A childless couple named Jonathan and Martha Kent finds a young Kal-El and decides to raise him as their own child. They name him Clark Kent. Years later, Clark finds a message in the remains of the spaceship which leads him to the Fortress of Solitude in the Arctic. Clark learns about his origins and begins to use his superhuman abilities for good as Superman. However, criminal mastermind Lex Luthor sets his evil plans in motion.

A blood-thirsty Vampire attacks a pregnant woman. The doctors can save the child but the woman dies during the process. Thirty years later, the child becomes a Vampire Hunter, who is part Vampire and part-human and goes by the name of Blade. Blade, along with his friend Abraham Whistler, is waging a secret war against Vampires who are planning to overtake the human species and rule the planet. One night, Blade raids a nightclub that a Vampire owns. During the fight between vampires and Blade, the police arrive and capture one of the vampires. When they are taking him to a hospital, the vampire attacks everyone and bites a hematologist, Karen Jensen. Blade arrives on time and takes Karen to a safe house where his friend Abraham treats her. Meanwhile,another vampire,Frost goes rogue and kills one of the elders and decides to kill humans. Now the fate of humanity lies in the hands of Blade.

In 1944, a scientist named Dr. Trevor Bruttenholm with an allied force team encounters a Nazi operation in Scotland. They see a man named Gregori Rasputin open a portal to another world to release a demon named the Ogdru Jahad so that Germany could win the war. The allied force successfully destroys the portal but few of the Nazi associates manage to escape while Rasputin gets sucked into the portal and dies. The allied team later finds a demon child and Dr. Trevor adopts him, naming him Hellboy. Six decades later, Rasputins disciples Houpstein and Kroenen resurrect him through a sacrificial ritual. Meanwhile, an FBI agent named John Myers gets transferred to a secret department that deals with all things paranormal where he meets Dr. Trevor and an adult Hellboy. Hellboy and the team go out on a mission where they face a demonic creature named Samael.

Logan and Victor are two brothers who had a rough childhood and ultimately had to fend for themselves. Fighting wars together throughout the U.S., the duo was unstoppable. But, when Stryker recruits them along with other mutants, Logan quits, seeking a normal life and he falls in love with Kayla. Chaos ensues when Victor comes searching for Logan and murders Kayla in the process. This turns Logan into a revenge-seeking assassin, as he enrols himself in the Weapon X program and acquires Adamantium inside his bones. Now, hes more than just a match for Victor, but is that all that awaits him?

In 1942, a Nazi lieutenant named Johann Schmidt steals an ancient relic called the Tesseract from a small town in Norway. In 1942 New York City, Steve Rogers tries to enlist in the military but gets rejected due to multiple health issues. Later, he meets his friend Sergeant Bucky Barnes and they go to an exposition of new technologies where they see Howard Stark showcasing possible future technologies. A scientist named Dr. Abraham Erskine overhears Steve and Buckys conversation and enlists Steve for a scientific experiment of creating super soldiers. Meanwhile, Schmidt and Dr. Zola conduct experiments with the Tesseract. Steve learns from Erskine that Schmidt had gone under an imperfect version of the experiment and suffered serious side effects. Steve becomes a super soldier but a spy kills Erskine after the procedure. While promoting war propaganda, Steve learns Buckys unit has gone missing and sets out for a rescue mission.

In order to save his dying father, young stunt cyclist Johnny Blaze sells his soul to Mephistopheles and sadly parts from the pure-hearted Roxanne Simpson, the love of his life. Years later, Johnny's path crosses again with Roxanne, now a go-getting reporter, and also with Mephistopheles, who offers to release Johnny's soul if Johnny becomes the fabled, fiery 'Ghost Rider'.

After a gap of several years, Batman Begins, which came out in 2005, successfully restored the interest in the Batman series among the audiences. This movie intends to tell Batman's story from the very beginning. Bruce Wayne, an eight-year-old kid, is scared of bats after being badly caught by a swarm of bats. His life takes a U-turn as he witnesses his parents being murdered. His mother and father are brutally killed by Joe Chill. Bruce, then, is bought up by Alfred Pennyworth, his family butler. The story proceeds and we see a young Bruce Wayne coming back to the Gotham city to seek vengeance for the murder of his parents. What follows is a breath-taking transformation of Bruce Wayne into Batman.

John Constantine is an occult investigator and exorcises demons for selfish reasons. He lives in Las Angeles with his apprentice and driver Chas Kramer. Kramer always goes along with Constantine but has to wait in the car since Constantine believes that Kramer isnt ready to exorcise demons. Constantine also has lung cancer due to his habit of smoking cigarettes. Constantine feels that this is happening because of his profession. He meets with an androgynous half-angel called Gabriel and asks to postpone his impending death as he doesnt want to die a horrible death. Gabriel refuses his request and says that because he exorcises demons, he has no place in heaven. One night a demon attacks Constantine but he somehow manages to overpower him and goes to meet a witch doctor to explain that demons are crossing over but he doesnt listen. Elsewhere, detective Angelas twin sister, Isabel, a devout catholic, dies by suicide. Angela thus seeks Constantines help in solving her sisters suicide. As they both go deeper into Isabels death, things become murky and they discover a larger conspiracy involving demons and gods.

Bruce Banner, with his condition of transforming into a huge green beast, is desperate to find a solution and cure himself. With that, he also wants to protect himself from the search of General Ross, who wishes to capture him to use his condition and form weapons for war. Banner is in contact with an anonymous person over the dark web, who claims to have some cure. However, as he is running out of time, he turns to his old flame Betty, General's daughter, for help. Another problem awaits Banner as a soldier has turned into a similar powerful beast and is lurking around him as a threat.

Tony Stark is the defence contractor of Stark Industries which manufactures weapons. While he is demonstrating a new missile in the war-torn region of Afghanistan, a group called Ten Rings captures him through a missile attack and keeps him captive in a cave. Tonys smart mind works up an escape by building an electric generator powered suit of armour which gets him out of danger but is damaged on the way. Once he is back on home ground, he decides to recreate a much more refined and powerful armoured suit that can protect the country from any incoming danger. The wonders that await will be wonderful to watch.

Wade Wilson, who once used to be a Special Forces operative, is now a small-time mercenary. One day, during his regular bar schedule, Wade meets Vanessa. While both fall in love, distraught knocks at the door when the couple learns that Wade has terminal cancer. When a man proposes Wade to cure his disease, he accepts the offer, not wanting to be a burden to Vanessa. When his treatment starts, Wade goes through hell and gets his face disfigured, gaining tremendous healing powers in the process. Thus begins a long chase as Wade goes after Francis, the one who promised to make him look normal again but didnt.

Guardians of the Galaxy is the first part of the series. This movie expands the realm of Marvel Cinematic of Universe larger than Earth and Asgard(Thor's World). It is a gripping tale of quirky intergalactic super-heroes with unique abilities. Star-Lord a.k.a Peter Quill is an intergalactic Policeman. By accident, Peter Quill finds a mysterious Orb which is also hunted by Ronan, who wants to acquire the entire Universe. Surprisingly, Quill has to team up with a bunch of inter-galactic criminals to beat Ronan and save the Universe. The criminals include - Gamora - healer with insane strength & agility, Groot - fire-resistant, has the ability to regenerate and control plants and trees, Rocket Raccoon - heightened sense of smell, sight, hearing & touch, use claws to climb against gravity, starship pilot, engineer, sharp in military strategy and an excellent marksman and Drax - a madman with superhuman strength & stamina, immunity to injury and ability to blast packets of cosmic energy and ability to sense Thanos & someone who has been in contact with Thanos in past or future.

The Rocket Raccoon steals some batteries guarded by the Sovereign Race. The Sovereign race, in revenge, attacks the Ship of the Guardians. The Guardians must fight to keep this new family alive. After a surge of drones attacks the ship, they are saved by Ego, claiming to be the father of Peter Quill. The team of Rocket, Baby Groot, Peter Quill, Gamora & Drax stay together and find the roots of their Star-Lord, Peter Quill.

Hiro Hamada, a 14-year-old child prodigy, goes into depression after his brother’s death. However, after a few days, he inadvertently activates his brother’s invention, BayMax, an inflatable healthcare robot. The two find Hiro’s invention, Microbots, in an abandoned warehouse, where a strange man wearing a Kabuki mask attacks them. Hiro and BayMax, along with his friends, prepare to combat this evil man whom they misunderstand to be Krie (an old acquaintance). Later, they find out that it’s not Krie, but Callaghan, the reason behind Hiro’s brother’s death. Fuelled with vengeance, Hiro, along with his friends and Baymax, vow to end this evil man.

Sergeant Albrecht is at the crime scene where a couple named Shelly Webster and Eric Draven was brutally attacked. Shelly is still alive after being raped and brutally beaten, however, Eric died. The couple was set to marry the next day. While taking Shelly to the hospital, Albrecht meets a young girl named Sarah who claims to be the couples friend. Shelly later succumbs to death. A year later, Sarah brings flowers to Eric and Shellys grave. A crow taps on Erics gravestone and soon Eric crawls out of his grave. Meanwhile, some goons wreak havoc in the city, destroying and looting everything. Eric goes to his old house and relives his past memories with Shelly and the night of the gruesome incident. Overcome with grief, Eric soon discovers his wounds heal quickly right after he sustains them, and sets out to avenge his and Shellys death.

This is the story of an isolated Alaskan town that is plunged into darkness for a month each year when the sun sinks below the horizon. As the last rays of light fade, the town is attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of vampires bent on an uninterrupted orgy of destruction. Only the small town's husband-and-wife Sheriff team stand between the survivors and certain destruction.

Scientist Hank Pym works for S.H.I.E.L.D and is working on an armor suit that will shrink the human body. But before the launch, he finds out that it can be dangerous and thus he quits. After a decade, Scott Lang, a well-meaning thief, escapes from the prison and is appalled upon finding out that his ex-wife has refused to give him the custody of his only child. Disappointed and hurt, he decides to join his friend in a burglary to get some money but he only finds what he believes to be an old motorcycle suit. He takes it home and while trying it on, he suddenly shrinks himself to the size of an ant. Terrified from this, he returns the suit but is captured by the police on his way back. But a scientist smuggles in the suit in his cell, using which he escapes from the cell. The scientist is no-one but Pym who wants Lang to become the new ant-man and steal the yellowjacket from an evil corporation.

A lighthouse keeper Thomas Curry saves the queen of Atlantis, Atlanna. They eventually fall in love and have a son named Arthur. To ensure her familys safety, Atlanna leaves them and goes back to Atlantis. There shes executed and her son Orm blames Arthur The half-bred and other surface dwellers. Meanwhile, on the surface, Mera comes to ask Arthur for help to stop Orm from destroying the world. They are on a quest to retrieve Atlans trident, the magical artefact which gives the bearer control over the seas. Orm does everything in his power to stop but they are aided by Vulko, Atlannas most trusted advisor.

Stanley is a decent but insecure guy who works in a bank and is always ridiculed by his co-workers and his landlord. The only two living beings who care for him are his pet dog and a nice friend and co-worker, Charlie. One day, Stanley finds a mask but as soon as he wears the mask, he transforms into a supernatural guy who can alter himself and the surroundings around him according to his will. Blustering with powers, he decides to avenge his co-workers by planning to rob the bank.

Functioning under the radar, Agents K and J work for a highly-funded secret government agency. The agency takes care of immigration and regulation services for alien creatures on Earth, and helps to maintain intergalactic peace. Known as the Men in Black, the two highly-skilled MIB agents are enlisted when a number of suspicious close encounters occur all across New York. During their investigation, the duo discovers an intergalactic terrorists dangerous plot to assassinate the ambassadors of two rival galaxies, who are currently in the city, together at the same time.

Mike Sullivan works as a hit man for crime boss John Rooney. Sullivan views Rooney as a father figure, however after his son is witness to a killing, Mike Sullivan finds himself on the run in attempt to save the life of his son and at the same time looking for revenge on those who wronged him.

The whole world has frozen to death except the passengers of the worlds most advanced and fastest train run by the industrialist Willford. Over the years, the passengers of the train have segregated themselves into elite class and working class. The elite class resides in the luxurious front carriages of the train while the working class resides in the tail on the train, living in the harshest condition possible. Curtis is a young leader of sorts, who, inspired by his father-figure Gilliam, wants to overtake the front of the train and remove all the social barriers that exist on the train. For this he is preparing his people for a movement that he ensures will take place one day. That day comes and all hell breaks loose. What comes next is an epic class clash between the oppressed and the oppressors.

This film depicts the neo-noir tales of four different individuals across one city. Sin City, as it is, is full of people in sorrow and despair. A salesman of mysterious belongings and an unknown past narrates a tale. He tells the tragic story of co-dependency. An extremely strong vigilante moves across the underworld. He tries to tear through the criminal bounds in search of his lost love. In a different part of the city, an old cop runs into a psychopath. Unknowingly, he thwarts the latter’s plans. An ex-prostitute tries to evade capture from her ex-pimp, with her new boyfriend’s help. The turbulent lives of these four individuals come together unexpectedly.

The avenging angel of Marvel Comics fame comes brilliantly to life in this searing action-adventure thriller! Dolph Lundgren stars as Frank Castle, a veteran cop who loses his entire family to a mafia car bomb. His ex-partner believes Castle survived the blast and became the Punisher, living in the sewers and exacting vigilante violence against mob bosses throughout the city. When the populace is caught in the midst of a gang war that he caused, Castle must again emerge from the shadows and save the innocent.

Time travel, love and a corrupt bureaucracy come together in this science fiction classic. When mankind perfects the art of time travel, a government agency, the Time Enforcement Commission, is set up. Supervising and protecting the time laws, the Commission also busts criminals that attempt to alter the time continuum. The Commission task Walker, their new cop, with the investigation of Senator Aaron McComb, an important political figure. He’s stuck when he realises that corruption within the government hinders his investigation. However, when Walker’s wife is murdered, he must jump through time to alter the continuum. With the burden of exposing a corrupt regime and saving his wife, Walker undertakes a dangerous mission.

The only U.S. Marshal assigned to Antarctica, Carrie Stetko will soon leave the harsh environment behind for good – in three days, the sun will set and the Amundsen-Scott Research Station will shut down for the long winter. When a body is discovered out on the open ice, Carrie's investigation into the continent's first homicide plunges her deep into a mystery that may cost her her own life.

Reed Richards, a phenomenal scientist, along with his two friends and girlfriend, is planning for a space mission to study cosmic radiation. For this, he visits a businessman, Victor Doom, to get funding. Victor sets up a space station in the orbit for the experimentation. All the four, along with Victor, go to the station and start the experimentation which unfortunately goes wrong. The exposed cosmic radiation modifies their DNA and they get superhuman powers. While Victor uses his powers for destruction and world domination, the others, dubbed as the Fantastic 4 do all in their power to fight him and protect the world.

After his father, an assassin, is brutally murdered, Nick Gant vows revenge on Division, the covert government agency that dabbles in psychic warfare and experimental drugs. Hiding in Hong Kong's underworld, Nick assembles a band of rogue psychics dedicated to destroying Division. Together with Cassie, a teenage clairvoyant, Nick goes in search of a missing girl and a stolen suitcase that could be the key to accomplishing their mutual goal.

In 1938, two gang members attempt to steal a jet pack from Howard Hughes, leading to a brutal clash with the authorities. During the mayhem, a young stunt pilot named Cliff crashes his aircraft which lands a serious blow to his career. Later, Cliff and his friend discover the stolen Jet pack hidden inside a planes cockpit. Meanwhile, the person behind the theft is the popular movie star Neville Sinclair who had hired the gang to do the job. Sinclairs men try to find the hidden jetpack only to discover that it is missing. Cliffs girlfriend Jenny Blake is an aspiring new actress who has recently worked with Sinclair in a movie. Sinclair tries to befriend Jenny after eavesdropping on her and Cliffs conversation about the jet pack. Meanwhile, a masked Cliff becomes popular as the Rocketeer after saving an old friend during an air show.

A sexy nightclub owner, Barb Wire moonlights as a mercenary in Steel Harbor, one of the last free zones in the now fascist United States. When scientist Cora Devonshire wanders into Barb's establishment, she gets roped into a top-secret government plot involving biological weapons. Soon Barb is reunited with her old flame Axel Hood, who is now Cora's husband and a guerrilla fighter, resulting in plenty of tense action.