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20th Century Boys - Chapter 1: Beginning of the End
Year: 2008
Synopsis: A mysterious cult leader named "Friend" uses a Book of Prophecy to predict the end of the world, a book that looks all-too-familiar to a group of childhood friends.
EMN Notes: 20th Century Boys is my favorite manga of all time. I love everything I've read of Naoki Urasawa's, but the thrill of this twisting, turning narrative seized my heart in ways even Monster or Pluto hadn't. It has one of my favorite heroines of all time, as well as my favorite out-of-context manga panel ever. The movies based on the manga are all pretty good, telling the story as-written, with the major events laid out and fun to revisit in this form. Of course, this does mean some concessions are made, such as this movie immediately spoiling something huge that happens in the manga way down the line, but you take what you can get. These movies are great!
20th Century Boys - Chapter 2: The Last Hope
Year: 2009
Synopsis: Years later, the aforementioned group of childhood friends reunite to continue their attack on the cult that threatens to bring the world to its knees.
20th Century Boys - Chapter 3: Redemption
Year: 2009
Synopsis: Friend's identity comes out in the stunning conclusion to the 20th Century Boys saga.
Alita: Battle Angel
Year: 2019
Synopsis: Based on the manga of the same name. An abandoned robot with amnesia fights to survive in a future dystopia.
All-Star Superman
Year: 2011
Synopsis: Lex Luthor poisons Superman with radiation poisoning, so the Man of Steel must make the most of what little time he has left to live.
Ant-Man
Year: 2015
Synopsis: An ex-thief gets the power to shrink himself and has to pull off one last major heist to save the world.
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Year: 2018
Synopsis: Ant-Man and his new partner, The Wasp, have to dive into a realm of quantum theory to once again help save the world.
Aquaman
Year: 2018
Synopsis: The Prince of Atlantis must stop a pretender to his throne from enacting despotic control of the oceans.
Arcadia Of My Youth
Year: 1982
Synopsis: Space Pirate Captain Harlock sacrifices his ship to prevent it from falling into enemy hands, and with his crew wages one final battle against the alien forces that conquered Earth.
Assassination Classroom
Year: 2015
Synopsis: A mysterious alien gives a high school homeroom one mission: kill him by the end of the school year or the Earth will be destroyed.
Assassination Classroom: Graduation
Year: 2016
Synopsis: The time limit is fast-approaching, and the class has yet to kill Koro-sensei. Who, if anyone, will pull it off?
Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion
Year: 2018
Synopsis: French comic icons Asterix and Obelix are back in an adventure to help their village and find the titular secret of the magic potion.
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Year: 2015
Synopsis: A rogue AI developed by Tony Stark gains sentience and works to kill the Avengers and overtake humanity.
Avengers: Infinity War
Year: 2018
Synopsis: The Avengers work to stop the evil overlord Thanos from gaining mystical items called The Infinity Stones which are said to grant the wearer limitless power over reality itself.
Avengers: Endgame
Year: 2019
Synopsis: Haunted by the mistakes of their pasts, The Avengers go back in time to stop Thanos once-and-for-all.
Batman
Year: 1989
Synopsis: Batman, Gotham's dark knight, is called to stop the machinations of a man who has taken over his city's criminal underworld - the Clown Prince of Crime, The Joker.
Batman: Assault on Arkham
Year: 2014
Synopsis: Batman works desperately to find a bomb planted by the Joker while Amanda Waller sends her newly-formed Suicide Squad to break into Arkham Asylum and recover vital information stolen by the Riddler.
Batman: Gotham By Gaslight
Year: 2018
Synopsis: In an alternative Victorian Age Gotham City, Batman begins his war on crime while he investigates a new series of murders by Jack the Ripper.
Batman: Gotham Knight
Year: 2008
Synopsis: An anthology film showcasing six episodes that turned Batman into Gotham's caped crusader.
Batman: Hush
Year: 2019
Synopsis: A mysterious new villain known only as Hush uses a gallery of villains to destroy Batman’s crime-fighting career as well as Bruce Wayne’s personal life.
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
Year: 1993
Synopsis: After a masked vigilante assassin starts killing criminals, Batman must solve the mystery while on the run from the law.
Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman
Year: 2003
Synopsis: As if the Penguin wasn’t enough to contend with, a new vigilante has surfaced in Gotham City, and her strong-arm tactics give Batman cause for concern.
Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders
Year: 2016
Synopsis: An animated throwback to the 1960s Batman TV show featuring Adam West and Burt Ward reprising their classic roles.
Batman: Soul of the Dragon
Year: 2021
Synopsis: Bruce Wayne faces a deadly menace from his past, with the help of three former classmates, all based on famous martial artists.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 1
Year: 2012
Synopsis: Batman has not been seen for ten years. A new breed of criminal ravages Gotham City, forcing 55-year-old Bruce Wayne back into the cape and cowl. Does he still have what it takes to fight crime in a new era?.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 2
Year: 2013
Synopsis: Batman was able to stop the new threat that faced Gotham City, but now has to contend with an old foe resurfacing and with Superman hot on his trail.
Batman: The Long Halloween Part 1
Year: 2021
Synopsis: Following a brutal series of murders taking place on Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas, Batman teams with Jim Gordon and Harvey Dent to uncover the truth.
Batman: The Long Halloween Part 2
Year: 2021
Synopsis: In his pursuit of the aforementioned serial killer, Harvey Dent and Batman get caught in a web of organized crime and intrigue.
Batman: The Movie
Year: 1966
Synopsis: The Dynamic Duo faces four super-villains who plan to hold the world for ransom with the help of a secret invention that instantly dehydrates people.
Batman: Under the Red Hood
Year: 2010
Synopsis: A new vigilante called The Red Hood is stalking the streets of Gotham City, and Batman must find out his true identity - but the answer is much more personal than the Caped Crusader ever could have ever imagined.
Batman: Year One
Year: 2011
Synopsis: A wealthy playboy named Bruce Wayne and a Chicago cop named Jim Gordon both return to Gotham City where their lives unexpectedly intersect.
Batman & Mr. Freeze: Sub-Zero
Year: 1998
Synopsis: When Mr. Freeze kidnaps Barbara Gordon for use as an involuntary organ donor to save his dying wife, Batman and Robin must find her before the operation can begin.
Batman and Robin
Year: 1997
Synopsis: Along with crime-fighting partner Robin and new recruit Batgirl, Batman battles the dual threat of frosty genius Mr. Freeze and homicidal horticulturalist Poison Ivy in this campy entry to the Batman series.
Batman Begins
Year: 2005
Synopsis: Bruce Wayne seeks out the tutelage of Ra's al-Ghul in this story explaining the origin of the Batman.
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
Year: 2000
Synopsis: The Joker is back with a vengeance, and Gotham’s newest Dark Knight, Terry McGinnis, needs answers as he stands alone to face Gotham’s most infamous Clown Prince of Crime.
Batman Forever
Year: 1995
Synopsis: Batman must face off against the jilted and manic computer programmer with a love of riddles, Edward Nygma, who seeks revenge against his alter-ego Bruce Wayne.
Batman Ninja
Year: 2018
Synopsis: Batman, along with many of his allies and adversaries, finds himself transported to feudal Japan by Gorilla Grodd’s time displacement machine.
Batman Returns
Year: 1992
Synopsis: Following the Joker's defeat, new threats emerge in Gotham - the mysterious burglar Catwoman, the corrupt politician Max Schreck, and the deformed lord of the sewers The Penguin.
Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Year: 2019
Synopsis: I don't think I need to explain what happens in this one. The title says it all.
Batman vs. Two Face
Year: 2017
Synopsis: In another adventure based on the classic 60s TV show, The Dynamic Duo are menaced by Two-Face, a half-deformed former defense attorney who makes all his decisions based on the flip of a coin.
Big Hero 6
Year: 2014
Synopsis: Young prodigy Hiro Hamada and his brother's greatest invention, a medical robot named Baymax, form a team of high-tech heroes to protect the city of San Fransokyo.
Birds of Prey
Year: 2020
Synopsis: After splitting from The Joker, Harley Quinn looks to go straight, but finds herself leading a girl gang against the criminal mastermind Black Mask.
Black Panther
Year: 2018
Synopsis: The hidden African nation of Wakanda's peace is threatened when King T'Challa is forced to defend against invaders who wish to usurp the throne.
Black Widow
Year: 2021
Synopsis: Spy and assassin Natasha Romanov must confront her past that haunted her entire time as an Avenger.
Blade
Year: 1998
Synopsis: Blade, a half-human half-vampire, hunts creatures of the night, but there's a larger conspiracy afoot in the underworld.
Blade II
Year: 2002
Synopsis: A rare mutation is turning vampires into Reapers - creatures with insatiable bloodlust. Blade must stop this problem at the source before it's too late.
Blade III: Trinity
Year: 2004
Synopsis: The FBI forces Blade into the light, where he must team with a vampire group called The Nightstalkers to hunt and kill Dracula.
Blade of the Immortal
Year: 2017
Synopsis: Manji, a highly skilled samurai, becomes cursed with immortality after a legendary battle, and sets off on a bloody quest for revenge.
Bleach
Year: 2018
Synopsis: Ichigo Kurosaki becomes a Soul Reaper, a being bound to the world of the dead who must stop monstrous creatures named Hollows from menacing the realm of the living.
Captain America: The First Avenger
Year: 2011
Synopsis: During World War II, Army recruit Steve Rogers uncovers a sinister Nazi plot involving super soldiers, secret societies, and a man known only as Red Skull.
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Year: 2014
Synopsis: Captain America and Black Widow discover a secret conspiracy that goes deep into once-trusted institutions and go on the run, but they're pursued by a figure from Steve's past.
Captain America: Civil War
Year: 2016
Synopsis: The US government looks to institute a Superhero Protection and Regulation Act, and Iron Man & Captain America find themselves on opposite sides of the issue.
Captain Marvel
Year: 2019
Synopsis: Air Force test pilot Carol Danvers gains superpowers after an accident and finds herself in the middle of a war between two alien races.
Darkman
Year: 1990
Synopsis: A scientist is burned alive by gangsters, and becomes a disfigured vigilante hell-bent on revenge.
Deadpool
Year: 2016
Synopsis: Goofy jokester Wade Wilson is kidnapped and experimented on as part of the Weapon X program, becoming the infamous Merc With The Mouth, Deadpool.
Deadpool 2
Year: 2018
Synopsis: Wade's quiet life is shattered when villains come to ruin it, leading Deadpool into an adventure involving time-hopping, second-tier X-Men, and the creation of his own superhero team.
Devilman
Year: 2004
Synopsis: A scientific exploration in search of a new energy source unleashes a group of powerful demons who begin possessing human bodies and destroying civilization, and it takes a devil to stop a devil.
Dick Tracy
Year: 1990
Synopsis: The comic strip detective finds his life complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while trying to battle Big Boy Caprice’s united mob.
Doctor Strange
Year: 2016
Synopsis: After his career is destroyed, a brilliant but arrogant surgeon names Stephen Strange gets a new lease on life when a sorcerer takes him under her wing and trains him to defend the world against evil.
Dracula: Sovereign of the Damned
Year: 1980
Synopsis: Dracula rescues a woman from being murdered by a Boston cult and together they have a son in this OVA based on Marvel's The Tomb of Dracula series.
Fantastic Four
Year: 2007
Synopsis: A group of four scientists, exposed to radiation from the sun, become a superpowered team that look to protect the Earth from the villainous Victor von Doom.
Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Year: 2007
Synopsis: The Fantastic Four receive a warning from an intergalactic missionary from the stars, the Silver Surfer, who heralds the coming of the intergalactic planet-devouring being, Galactus.
Fist of the North Star
Year: 1986
Synopsis: A lone warrior named Kenshiro wanders the post-apocalyptic wasteland, maintaing order against the gangs and scavengers who look to kill others.
Galaxy Express 999
Year: 1979
Synopsis: A young man undergoes a quest for a robotic body and for revenge, hitching a ride on an intergalactic train along with a mysterious guide named Maetel.
Ghost Rider
Year: 2007
Synopsis: Stuntman Johnny Blaze sells his soul to Mephistopheles to save his dying father, becoming an immortal emissary of Hell in the process.
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
Year: 2011
Synopsis: The devil is back, and the only person that can stop him is Ghost Rider, coming out of hiatus to ride again.
Ghost World
Year: 2001
Synopsis: Two quirky, cynical teenaged girls try to figure out what to do with their lives after high school graduation, opting to play a prank on a middle-aged record collector with unexpected consequences.
Green Lantern
Year: 2011
Synopsis: The aloof and free-wheeling Hal Jordan gets a magical ring and becomes part of an intergalactic group of galaxy-defenders named the Lantern Corps.
Green Lantern: First Flight
Year: 2009
Synopsis: An animated film in which test pilot Hal Jordan finds himself recruited as the newest member of the intergalactic police force, The Green Lantern Corps.
Guardians of the Galaxy
Year: 2014
Synopsis: A group of thieves and braggarts meet up in an intergalactic prison and become an unlikely superhero team lead by the scavenger Peter "Starlord" Quill.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Year: 2017
Synopsis: Starlord and his crew travel to distant planets and raise the ire of various galactic warlords as Quill tries to find out the truth behind his father.
Hellboy
Year: 2004
Synopsis: A demon is summoned from Hell and is raised by Allied forces to become a the cigar-chomping tough guy with a heart of gold.
Hellboy: The Golden Army
Year: 2008
Synopsis: An ancient pact is broken, threatening Earth with the titular "Golden Army", and it's up to everyone's favorite good-guy demon to stop them.
Hellboy: Sword of Storms
Year: 2006
Synopsis: An incident involving a possessed professor and a cursed sword sends Hellboy to a realm of ghosts and monsters, and now he has to find his way back.
Hellboy: Blood and Iron
Year: 2007
Synopsis: A plot to resurrect a monstrous vampire goes awry and Hellboy has to fight harpies, hellhounds, and Hecate to make things right.
Howard the Duck
Year: 1986
Synopsis: A scientific experiment unknowingly brings extraterrestrial lifeforms to the Earth via laser beam, and one of those life-forms is the cigar-smoking duck creature, Howard.
Hulk vs. Thor
Year: 2009
Synopsis: Loki kidnaps Dr. Bruce Banner and, thanks to mind control and magic, forces The Hulk and Thor to throw down.
Hulk vs. Wolverine
Year: 2009
Synopsis: The Hulk is rampaging across Canada, and Wolverine doesn't like that. Deadpool is there.
I Kill Giants
Year: 2017
Synopsis: A new high school student befriends an eccentric in her class that claims she protects her small town by hunting and killing giants.
Iron Man
Year: 2008
Synopsis: Billionaire Tony Stark is kidnapped by terrorists and must find a way out by constructing a suit of armor in a cave with a box of scraps.
Iron Man 2
Year: 2010
Synopsis: With the world now aware of his dual life as the armored superhero Iron Man, billionaire inventor Tony Stark faces pressure from the government, the press and the public to share his technology with the military.
Iron Man 3
Year: 2013
Synopsis: Tony Stark's world is rocked when he has to struggle with alcoholism, PTSD, and messages from a villain called The Mandarin.
Joker
Year: 2019
Synopsis: A failed stand-up comedian in the 1980s is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City, becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure along the way.
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
Year: 2010
Synopsis: A heroic version of Lex Luthor from an alternate universe appears to recruit the Justice League to help save his Earth from the Crime Syndicate, an evil version of the League.
Justice League: Doom
Year: 2012
Synopsis: Vandal Savage steals confidential files Batman has compiled on the members of the Justice League, and learns all their weaknesses.
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox
Year: 2013
Synopsis: The Flash finds himself in a war-torn alternate timeline and teams up with alternate versions of his fellow heroes to restore the timeline, but a mysterious Machiavellian villain has other plans.
Justice League: The New Frontier
Year: 2008
Synopsis: The human race is threatened by a powerful creature, and only the combined power of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter and The Flash can stop it.
Justice League Dark
Year: 2017
Synopsis: With crime in Gotham on the rise, Batman turns to a group of dark arts and magic wielders to help stop whatever is causing it.
Justice League Dark: Apokalips War
Year: 2020
Synopsis: Earth is decimated after intergalactic tyrant Darkseid has devastated the Justice League in a poorly executed war by the DC Super Heroes. Now the remaining bastions of good – the Justice League, Teen Titans, Suicide Squad and assorted others – must regroup, strategize and take the war to Darkseid in order to save the planet and its surviving inhabitants.
Justice Society: World War II
Year: 2021
Synopsis: When the Flash finds himself dropped into the middle of World War II, he joins forces with Wonder Woman and her top-secret team known as the Justice Society of America.
Kick-Ass
Year: 2010
Synopsis: An untrained high schooler and comic book fan decides to become a superhero despite having no powers.
Kick-Ass 2
Year: 2013
Synopsis: The unlikely success of self-made superhero Kick-Ass has inspired a new league of people to follow in his footsteps.
Kingsmen: The Secret Service
Year: 2014
Synopsis: An unrefined street kid gets recruited into England's top spy program in order to stop an evil plot by a powerful tech mogul. Manners maketh man.
Kingsmen: The Golden Circle
Year: 2017
Synopsis: Now an expert Kingsman, Eggsy is thrust into a whole new mess that takes him to America.
Lady Death
Year: 2004
Synopsis: When accused by the townspeople of being in league with the Devil, Hope finds herself in a satanic deal for her life. After refusing the terms of the deal, she transforms into the powerful Lady Death and vows to wrest control of hell from her father.
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
Year: 1989
Synopsis: A little boy whose dreams transcend reality is sucked into his own fantasy, which is everything he has dreamed of, until he unleashes an old secret that may not only destroy this perfect dream world but reality itself.
Logan
Year: 2017
Synopsis: In the near future, a weary Wolverine near the end of his life cares for an ailing Professor X in a hideout on the Mexican border.
Monster of Frankenstein
Year: 1981
Synopsis: Based on the Frankenstein Marvel comics, this OVA follows the creation of Frankenstein's Monster and the investigation of Dr. Frankenstein at the hands of a police inspector named Bellbeau.
My Neighbors The Yamadas
Year: 1999
Synopsis: A simple slice-of-life comedy following a typical Japanese family, based on a long-running manga.
Mystery Men
Year: 1999
Synopsis: When Champion City’s hero Captain Amazing is kidnapped by the recently paroled supervillain Casanova Frankenstein, a trio of average, everyday superheroes – Mr. Furious, the Shoveler, and the Blue Raja – assemble a new super team to save him.