Hulk Vs (2009)
Sep 7, 2017Animation/Marvel Comics Superhero Battles
An animated Marvel Comics adaptation that is actually two separate stories involving The Incredible Hulk, who battles respectively Wolverine and Thor
Sam Liu
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (2009)
Jul 3, 2010Comic-Book Superhero Teamup/Animation
An animated film that seems premised on not much more than bringing various obscure DC Comics characters out of mothballs for one giant-sized punch up
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths (2010)
Feb 3, 2013Animation/Comic-Book Superheroes
Second of the Bruce Timm animated films based on DC's Justice League, this has been construed as a Mirror Universe take that pits the Justice League up against villainous versions of themselves
Planet Hulk (2010)
Oct 19, 2020Animation/Marvel Comics Superhero
Animated adaptation of the one of the biggest Marvel Comics event storylines of the 2000s - the same one also used in Thor Ragnarok. Essentially Spartacus recast with The Incredible Hulk
Batman: Year One (2011)
Jan 20, 2012Comic-Book Superhero/Animation
Animated adaptation of the classic Frank Miller graphic novel, this is dark, psychologically brooding, far more adult than the children's niche it is sold to, and with producer Bruce Timm and his team at the top of their game
All-Star Superman (2011)
Jul 23, 2012Comic-Book Superhero/Animation
Another of the DC animated films, based on a work that reinterpreted Superman. This is somewhat bitsy in condensing a 12-issue series to a 73-minute film but holds some moments of great writing
Thor: Tales of Asgard (2011)
Nov 24, 2012Animation/Marvel Comics Norse God Superhero
Though Marvel Comics have had massive success with their big screen adaptations in the 00s, they have been far less successful with their attempts to spin off animated films. An okay but unexceptional animated prequel released at the same time as the first Thor live-action film
Justice League: Gods and Monsters (2015)
Nov 18, 2016Animation/Alternate World Justice League
This offers an interesting alternate world take on DC Comics characters, not unakin to their line of Elseworlds stories where they are shown as much more morally ambiguous – where Superman is the son of General Zod and Batman's role has been taken by the villain Man-Bat and is an actual vampire
Justice League vs Teen Titans (2016)
Dec 8, 2017Animation/Comic-Book Superheroes
One of the DC Universe Original Animated Movies. Though sold as a Justice League film, this principally serves to introduce the Teen Titans to the animated universe. Despite your expectation of a very crowded film, this works well with its juggle of characters
Batman: The Killing Joke (2016)
Aug 6, 2016Comic-Book Superhero/Animation
Adaptation of the Alan Moore graphic novel, one of the most famous comic-book titles of all time. The notoriously cranky Moore need have no reason to shun this film version, which recreates his work right down to preserving his dialogue and replicating the set-up of individual panels
Teen Titans: The Judas Contract (2017)
Dec 8, 2017Animation/Comic-Book Superheroes
The Teen Titans get their first solo film in the DC Universe Original Animated Movies. A reasonable adventure based on a classic comic title that works with a good story and characterisation, even if some of it has an adult flavour that makes you wonder who the audience is
Batman and Harley Quinn (2017)
Aug 26, 2017Comic-Book Superhero/Animation
Building on the popularity of the character in Suicide Squad, an animated film that gives to Harley Quinn, and lets loose with a sense of humour far more adult than the other animated Batman films
Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay (2018)
Apr 8, 2018Animation/Team-Up of DC Comics Super-Villains
A DC Universe Original Animated Movie given over to Suicide Squad. Clearly inspired by the live-action film, this goes overboard on the super-villains present, having three entire teams running around to general confusion, while striking a very odd tone in its pitch for an R-rating
The Death of Superman (2018)
Dec 2, 2018Comic-Book Superhero/Animation
The Death of Superman is still is the top-selling comic-book title of all-time after 25 years. This was the first half of a two-part animated adaptation of the storyline, which brings it to life with a fair and reasonable telling
Batman: Gotham By Gaslight (2018)
Feb 11, 2018Animation/Victorian Era Batman
Adaptation of a classic graphic novel that imagines Batman back in the late 19th Century as he fights Jack the Ripper. This works rather well – in fact, better than the graphic novel it is based on
Justice League vs the Fatal Five (2019)
Jul 22, 2021Animation/Comic-Book Superheroes
Another of the DC Original Animated Movies that introduces the Legion of Superheroes, their nemeses The Fatal Five and an assortment of new Justice League members to widen diversity
Reign of the Supermen (2019)
Apr 8, 2019Comic-Book Superhero/Animation
Second half of the two-part animated adaptation of The Death of Superman, which depicts the aftermath where Metropolis is puzzled over the appearance of four impostors all claiming to be the real Superman
Wonder Woman: Bloodlines (2019)
Oct 14, 2019Animation/DC Comics Superheroine
The second of the DC Universe Animated Original Movies made as a standalone entry for Wonder Woman, clearly building on the success of the Gal Gadot film
Superman: Red Son (2020)
Mar 6, 2020Comic-Book Superhero/Alternate History/Animation
A very different take on the Superman story that asks What if Superman had grown up in the Soviet Union rather than in the US and become a paragon of Communist virtue
Batman: Soul of the Dragon (2021)
Jan 22, 2021Animation/Comic-Book Superhero
An oddity among the animated Batman films. This seems less another Batman film – Bruce Wayne gets more screen time than Batman, for instance – than it does a homage to the 1970s martial arts film
Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham (2023)
Mar 24, 2023Comic-Book Superhero/Animation
DC Universe Animated film that is adapted from an Elseworlds story that offers up an alternate 1920s version of Batman who is fighting up against H.P. Lovecraft entities