10 Non-Marvel and DC Superhero Movies You Should Not Miss
Sep. 4, 2024When it comes to superhero movies, big players like Marvel and DC get the most attention. However, superhero movies are not just limited to Marvel and DC. Some superhero movies out there are not from Marvel and DC and they deserve your attention. So, here, find out about the 10 non-Marvel and DC superhero movies that you should not miss out on.
1. Major Grom: Plague Doctor
In this story, a new villain emerges in St.Petersburg who wears a super-suit inspired by the Plague Doctors and is going around brutally murdering Billionaires and their families using hand-mounted flamethrowers in the name of “Cleansing the city with his fire”. Now it all falls in the hands of Major Grom and his uneasy alliance with a rookie cop and a journalist to save the fall of his city and bring the Plague Doctor to justice.
This movie revolves around a man named John Hancock who is an invisible superhuman with next-level Superhuman strength and the ability to fly. Even though he has saved countless lives in Los Angeles, his carelessness caused millions worth of collateral damage and his erratic behavior has made him the most hated man in LA. However, when he saves the life of a PR expert, he makes it his mission to restore Hancock’s image to that of a true hero. This movie is one of the best non-Marvel and DC superhero movies out there, in my opinion, so, I’d insist that you not miss out on it.
Chronicle revolves around a group of teenagers, while the plot majorly centers around Andrew, a teenager who lives with his abusive and alcoholic father and his chronically ill mother. He is bullied in school and is constantly feeling helpless. However, one day Andrew, his cousin Matt Garetty, and their friend Steve Montgomery stumble upon a tunnel that leads them to a mysterious alien element that grants them telekinetic powers, Andrew being the most powerful among them initially uses his powers just for fun but eventually, the darkness in him takes over and turns him into a threat to the world. Now his cousin and his friend are left to stop him.
Later on, the professor became the head of a secret organization called the Bureau of Paranormal Research. Along with other such occultic beings, Hellboy forms a team and fights against the once again risen Raputin to protect the world from being destroyed. This movie is truly a unique take on the superhero genre that you should give a shot.
For the longest time, crows have been considered to be the only link between the land of the living and the land of the dead. They are said to be the ones who carry the souls of people who have died to the afterlife. However, one night, an upcoming rockstar named Eric Draven and his fiance are murdered by a gang but the criminals go unpunished.
A year after this, a merciful crow returns Eric’s soul to his body granting him supernatural powers to ensure justice is delivered to all the people responsible for the death of his fiancee. The Crow turns Eric into an Anti-hero vigilante who is an embodiment of vengeance and guides him in the land of living to find and kill everyone responsible for the death of the love of his life. This movie is a love story and tragedy at the same time and is to date considered one of the best superhero movies ever made.
Sky High is more like a coming-of-age movie but mind you, do not mistake it for just another High School drama since it is way more than that. This movie revolves around a young man named William Stronghold, the son of the world’s most powerful superhero, The Commander and Jetstream. However, it seems as if he does not have any superpowers.
He is then admitted into Sky High, a high school for the children of superheroes who will grow into being superheroes. Now since William does not have any real superpowers as such, it seems as if he is destined to be just a sidekick but fate has other plans for him that are unraveled as the plot of Sky High progresses. This movie is more on the side of an action comedy movie and is probably one of the best I have seen in the superhero genre.
You might have heard the phrase that says “You Don’t Need a Cape To Be a Hero”. Well, in the case of Kick-Ass, they might have capes, but not powers, and are yet heroes. This movie revolves around a young man named Dave Lizewski who is an absolute nobody in his high school and a superhero geek.
However, everything changes for him when he puts on a suit and decides to be a vigilante named Kick-Ass. Not after one of his videos goes viral, he finds out that there are others like him and soon, what he started just for fun, becomes an undeniable part of his life leading him into a world of crime and those who stand against it.
This movie is set in a dystopian future where Detroit city is overrun with crime and the police department of Detroit is outgunned and outnumbered in the face of the growing mob. Alex Murphy, a newly transferred and ambitious cop makes it his mission to bring down crime in Detroit but is brutally killed by a vicious gang. However, Detriot PD in collaboration with the OCP mega-corporation brings back Murphy as a cyborg named Robocop to fight crime but as it turns out, there is a deeper and much more sinister plan going on within OCP and now Robocop is the last line of defense for the people of Detroit.
After learning everything he can, he starts training the turtles and turns them into ninjas. However, one day an enemy emerges and abducts the rat and now, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have to ally with a human reporter to find their lost master and defeat this enemy. A lot of adaptations of TMNT have surfaced after this movie but for fans, this movie is still the pinnacle of the TMNT franchise.
Shashank Shakya is an Entertainment Writer and has completed his Bachelors(Honours) with English Literature. He is a published writer. He boasts incomparable knowledge about the Marvel and DC universes along with other branches of entertainment with substantial experience in the field of writing.
