Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths (2010)

Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths (2010)
Rating: ★★★
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

Batman: Year One (2011)

Batman: Year One (2011)
Rating: ★★★½
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

Thor: Tales of Asgard (2011)

Thor: Tales of Asgard (2011)
Rating: ★★
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)

Justice League: Gods and Monsters (2015)
Rating: ★★
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)

Justice League vs Teen Titans (2016)
Rating: ★★½
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)

Batman: The Killing Joke (2016)
Rating: ★★★★
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)

Teen Titans: The Judas Contract (2017)
Rating: ★★½
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

Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay (2018)

Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay (2018)
Rating: ★★
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)

The Death of Superman (2018)
Rating: ★★★
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)

Batman: Gotham By Gaslight (2018)
Rating: ★★★
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)

Justice League vs the Fatal Five (2019)
Rating: ★★
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)

Reign of the Supermen (2019)
Rating: ★★★
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

Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham (2023)

Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham (2023)
Rating: ★★½
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