With the release of Deadpool and its unexpected success, it is now time to rank the film among the greatest comic book films of all-time.
Box Office Mojo has a list of 136 films they consider were adapted from comic books. From the 1978 Superman to The Peanuts film of 2015, and everything in between. Animated films will not be considered as we are looking for the best live-action version of the source material. I do apologize to Batman: Mask of the Phantasm as it is a great film I fondly remember viewing in the theater. This list will cover the past 38 years of filmmaking.
Deadpool is definitely in the Top 15 Comic Book Films Of All-Time, but it gets really hard to find room for the film in the Top 10. Currently, on my list, I have Sin City at ten. Is Deadpool better than Sin City? That’s a tough call. Deadpool is funnier than Sin City; Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick push the script further than Frank Miller did with his books. Visually, Miller and Robert Rodriguez create a masterpiece. Ryan Reynolds gives the comic book world something new, and he and his crew deserve tons of credit for their hard work, but film-wise it’s Lethal Weapon.
Sin City is a work of art and that is why it remains in the Top 10.
