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Ali Plumb’s ‘Superhero Films’ ABC Movie Marathon List

So we’ve tackled family-friendly favourites and even survived a shoot-out with action-thrillers, but now it’s time for the most powerful film genre of them all: the superhero movie.

Sad to say I’ve not been able to find suggestions for every single letter in the alphabet, but with so many in certain letters - I’m looking at you, ‘S’ - there should be plenty to fill in the gaps.

Also, as always, I’ve been a bit fast and loose with what is defined as a “superhero movie” - basically, if characters have superpowers of some kind and/or appeared in a comic-book first, then it’s on the list - so please be gentle with me, I’m only little.

So without any further ado, here are the hero-filled favourites to help plan out your next day-by-day, week-by-week or what-have-you movie marathon...

A

Avengers: Endgame - Disney+

Ant-Man - Disney+

Ant-Man And The Wasp - Disney+

The Avengers - Disney+

Avengers: Age Of Ultron - Disney+

Avengers: Infinity War - Disney+

B

Batman Begins - NowTV / Sky Cinema

Batman (1966) - Have to buy

Batman (1989) - NowTV / Sky Cinema

Batman Returns - NowTV / Sky Cinema

Batman: The Mask Of The Phantasm - Have to buy

Batman Forever - NowTV / Sky Cinema

Batman & Robin - NowTV / Sky Cinema

Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice - NowTV / Sky Cinema

Big Hero Six - Disney+

Birds Of Prey - NowTV / Sky Cinema

Blade - Amazon Prime Video

Blade II - Amazon Prime Video

Blade: Trinity - Amazon Prime Video / Netflix

C

Captain Marvel - Disney+

Captain America: The First Avenger - Disney+

Captain America: The Winter Soldier - Disney+

Captain America: Civil War - Disney+

Condorman - Have to buy

Catwoman - Have to buy

Constantine - Amazon Prime Video

D

The Dark Knight - NowTV / Sky Cinema

The Dark Knight Rises - NowTV / Sky Cinema

Darkman - Netflix, Now TV

Dredd - Netflix

Daredevil - Amazon Prime Video

Deadpool - Netflix

Deadpool 2 - All4

Doctor Strange - Disney+

Dark Phoenix - Disney+

E

Elektra - Have to buy

F

Fantastic Four (2005) - NowTV / Sky Cinema

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer - Disney+

Fantastic Four (2015) - Netflix

G

Guardians of the Galaxy - Disney+

Ghost Rider - Have to buy

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance - Amazon Prime Video

Green Lantern - NowTV / Sky Cinema

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) - Disney+

Glass - Have to buy

H

Hellboy (2004) - Have to buy

Hellboy II: The Golden Army - Netflix

Hellboy (2019) - Netflix

Hancock - NowTV / Sky Cinema

Hulk - NowTV / Sky Cinema, Netflix

The Incredible Hulk - Netflix

I

Iron Man - Disney+

Iron Man 2 - Disney+

Iron Man 3 - Disney+

J

Joker - NowTV / Sky Cinema

Jonah Hex - Amazon Prime Video

Judge Dredd - Have to buy

Justice League - Have to buy

K

Kick-Ass - Netflix, NowTV / Sky Cinema

Kick-Ass 2 - Netflix, NowTV / Sky Cinema

L

Logan - Have to buy

The Lego Batman Movie - Amazon Prime Video

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - Have to buy

Looper - NowTV / Sky Cinema

The Losers - BFIplayer, Amazon Prime Video

M

Mystery Men - Have to buy

The Mask - Netflix

Man Of Steel - NowTV / Sky Cinema

N

The New Mutants - Have to buy

O

The Old Guard - Netflix

P

The Punisher (1989) - Amazon Prime Video

The Punisher (2004) - NowTV / Sky Cinema

R

The Rocketeer - Disney+

S

Spider-Man - NowTV / Sky Cinema

Spider-Man 2 - NowTV / Sky Cinema

Spider-Man 3 - NowTV / Sky Cinema

The Amazing Spider-Man - NowTV / Sky Cinema

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - NowTV / Sky Cinema

Spider-Man: Homecoming - Have to buy

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse - Netflix

Spider-Man: Far From Home - NowTV / Sky Cinema

Sin City - Have to buy

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For - Have to buy

Spawn - Have to buy

Suicide Squad - Amazon Prime Video

Superman - NowTV / Sky Cinema

Superman II - NowTV / Sky Cinema

Superman III - NowTV / Sky Cinema

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace - NowTV / Sky Cinema

Superman Returns - NowTV / Sky Cinema

Swamp Thing - Have to buy

T

Thor: Ragnarok - Disney+

Teen Titans Go! To the Movies - Amazon Prime Video

Thor - Disney+

Thor: The Dark World - Disney+

U

Unbreakable - Have to buy

Upgrade - Netflix

V


Venom - Netflix

V for Vendetta - NowTV / Sky Cinema

W

Wonder Woman - Amazon Prime Video

Wonder Woman 1984 - Have to buy

The Wolverine - Disney+

X

X-Men - Disney+

X-Men Origins: Wolverine - Disney+

X2 - Disney+

X-Men: The Last Stand - Disney+

X-Men: First Class - NowTV / Sky Cinema

X-Men: Days of Future Past - Disney+

X-Men: Apocalypse - Disney+

Z

Zoom - Have to buy

Still wondering what else to watch?

Radio 1's film critic Ali Plumb has put together his top 21st century films and there is something for everyone's mood.