In fact, the real challenge was choosing amongst the dreck (some of it beloved dreck!) that would fill out the bottom half. When we first compiled this list a few years ago, the pickings got slim after 40. As a result, while curating a 100 Best Westerns of All Time or 100 Best Documentaries of All Time list requires the exclusion of arguably good films to select the best 100. Though superhero comic books may have started to make a dint in popular culture 75 years ago (give or take), technology only crossed over from hindrance to enabling force in the last 20 years or so.

The niche just lacks the pedigree of its fellow movie genres. There’s no real contradiction at play here. Second, it’s still fair to say there are plenty of superhero films are not that good. First, this is the Golden Age for such films, a decade where technology, long-unrequited fandom and surging popular awareness have all combined to thrill moviegoers and make Hollywood billions of dollars.

Two things quickly become evident when putting together a list of the 100 Best Superhero Movies of All Time.

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