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Comic Book adaptations

DC. Marvel. Dark Horse.

Based on DC Comics

The Golden Age

Batman (1943, Lambert Hillyer)
Superman (1948, Spencer Gordon Bennet and Thomas Carr)
Atom Man vs. Superman (1950, Spencer Gordon Bennet)
Batman and Robin (1949, Spencer Gordon Bennet)
Superman and the Mole-Men (1951, Lee Sholem)

The Silver Age

Batman: The Movie (1966, Leslie H. Martinson)

The Bronze Age

Superman (1978, Richard Donner)
Superman (1978, Richard Donner), the director's cut
Superman (1978, Richard Donner), the extended cut
Superman II (1980, Richard Lester)
Superman II (1980, Richard Lester), the restored international cut
Superman II (1980, Richard Donner), the Richard Donner cut
Superman III (1983, Richard Lester)
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987, Sidney J. Furie)
Batman (1989, Tim Burton)
Batman Returns (1992, Tim Burton)
Batman & Robin (1997, Joel Schumacher)
Batman Forever (1995, Joel Schumacher)
Batman Begins (2005, Christopher Nolan)
The Dark Knight (2008, Christopher Nolan)
The Dark Knight Rises (2012, Christopher Nolan)

the modern age

Superman Returns (2006, Bryan Singer)
Man of Steel (2013, Zack Snyder)
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016, Zack Snyder)
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016, Zach Snyder), the ultimate edition
Justice League (2017, Zack Snyder)
Justice League (2017, Zack Snyder), the Snyder cut
The Batman (2022, Matt Reeves)

Based on Marvel Comics

phase one

Iron Man (2008, Jon Favreau)
The Incredible Hulk (2008, Louis Leterrier)
Iron Man 2 (2010, Jon Favreau)
Thor (2011, Kenneth Branagh)
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011, Joe Johnston)
The Avengers (2012, Joss Whedon)

phase Two

Iron Man 3 (2013, Shane Black)
Thor: The Dark World (2013, Alan Taylor)
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014, Anthony Russo and Joe Russo)
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014, James Gunn)
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015, Joss Whedon)
Ant-Man (2015, Peyton Reed)

phase three

Captain America: Civil War (2016, Anthony Russo and Joe Russo)
Doctor Strange (2016, Scott Derrickson)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017, James Gunn)
Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017, Jon Watts)
Thor: Ragnarok (2017, Taika Waititi)
Black Panther (2018, Ryan Coogler)
Avengers: Infinity War (2018, Anthony Russo and Joe Russo)
Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018, Peyton Reed)
Captain Marvel (2019, Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck)
Avengers: Endgame (2019, Anthony Russo and Joe Russo)
Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019, Jon Watts)

phase Four

Black Widow (2021, Cate Shortland)
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021, Destin Daniel Cretton)
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021, Jon Watts)
Eternals (2021, Chloé Zhao)
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022, Sam Raimi)

Marvel One-Shots

The Consultant (2011, Leythum)
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer (2011, Leythum)
Item 47 (2012, Louis D’Esposito)
Agent Carter (2013, Louis D’Esposito)
All Hail the King (2014, Drew Pearce)