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1. Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths - Part One (2024)

PG-13 | 93 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

The Anti-Monitor, the Monitor's evil counterpart, is released into the DC Multiverse and begins to destroy the different Earths that compose it. The Monitor attempts to recruit heroes from across the Multiverse to fight back.

Director: Jeff Wamester | Stars: Matt Bomer, Jensen Ackles, Darren Criss, Meg Donnelly

Votes: 4,295

2. The Flash (I) (2023)

PG-13 | 144 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Barry Allen uses his super speed to change the past, but his attempt to save his family creates a world without super heroes, forcing him to race for his life in order to save the future.

Director: Andy Muschietti | Stars: Ezra Miller, Michael Keaton, Sasha Calle, Michael Shannon

Votes: 210,680

3. Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League (2024 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Comedy

The most dangerous villains in the DC Universe have been forced to team up and take on a new mission: Kill the Justice League.

Directors: Adam Doherty, Rasmus Højengaard, Axel Rydby | Stars: Tara Strong, Daniel Lapaine, Bumper Robinson, Joe Seanoa

Votes: 1,308

4. Krypton (2018–2019)

TV-14 | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The untold story of Superman's grandfather as he fights for justice on his home planet.

Stars: Cameron Cuffe, Georgina Campbell, Shaun Sipos, Ann Ogbomo

Votes: 17,705

5. Super Friends (1973–1985)

TV-G | 60 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

The greatest of the DC Comics superheroes work together to uphold the good with the help of some young proteges.

Stars: Danny Dark, Casey Kasem, Olan Soule, Shannon Farnon

Votes: 4,576

6. Legion of Super-Heroes (2023)

PG-13 | 83 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi

Kara, devastated by the loss of Krypton, struggles to adjust to her new life on Earth. Superman mentors her. Meanwhile, she must contend with a mysterious group called the Dark Circle who searches for a powerful weapon held in the Academy's vault.

Director: Jeff Wamester | Stars: Meg Donnelly, Harry Shum Jr., Jensen Ackles, Gideon Adlon

Votes: 4,545

7. Superman: Red Son (2020 Video)

PG-13 | 84 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi

What if baby Kal-El's rocket landed not in Kansas, but in the Soviet Union? That is the premise of this Elseworld's tale from DC Comics.

Director: Sam Liu | Stars: Jason Isaacs, Amy Acker, Diedrich Bader, Vanessa Marshall

Votes: 16,886

8. Justice Society: World War II (2021)

PG-13 | 84 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

The Justice Society of America, a group of heroes aiding the allies in World War 2, acquire an ally from the future who sends them on an adventure that changes history.

Director: Jeff Wamester | Stars: Stana Katic, Matt Bomer, Omid Abtahi, Geoffrey Arend

Votes: 9,180

9. Lego Dimensions (2015 Video Game)

E10+ | Action, Adventure, Comedy

When a mysterious and powerful vortex appears in various lego worlds, Batman, Gandalf and Wyldstyle bravely jump into the vortex and travel through space and time to rescue their friends.

Directors: James McLoughlin, Arthur Parsons, Justin Villiers, Jon Burton | Stars: Will Arnett, Sean Astin, Dan Aykroyd, Laura Bailey

Votes: 1,246

10. Injustice 2 (2017 Video Game)

T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Following the end of Superman's totalitarian reign over the Earth, Batman and his allies attempt to piece the world back together only to be faced with a new threat that will cause them to do the unthinkable.

Directors: Ed Boon, Dominic Cianciolo, Martin Stoltz | Stars: Phil LaMarr, Vanessa Marshall, Khary Payton, Taliesin Jaffe

Votes: 4,954

11. Superman: Unbound (2013 Video)

PG-13 | 75 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Superman and Supergirl take on the cybernetic Brainiac, who boasts that he possesses "the knowledge and strength of 10,000 worlds."

Director: James Tucker | Stars: Matt Bomer, Stana Katic, John Noble, Molly C. Quinn

Votes: 13,712

12. Lego DC Super-Villains (2018 Video Game)

E10+ | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Supervillains from the DC Universe start a battle against a group of superheroes from another universe.

Directors: Andrew Holt, Arthur Parsons, Stephen Sharples | Stars: Anthony Ingruber, Armin Shimerman, Brandon Routh, Brian George

Votes: 1,370

13. Lego Batman: The Movie - DC Super Heroes Unite (2013 Video)

Not Rated | 71 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

When the Joker and Lex Luthor form an alliance, Batman must team up with the Justice League in order to stop them.

Director: Jon Burton | Stars: Clancy Brown, Troy Baker, Christopher Corey Smith, Charlie Schlatter

Votes: 5,685

14. Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham (2014 Video Game)

E10+ | Animation, Action, Adventure

Batman joins forces with the super heroes of the DC Comics Universe and travels into space to collect the lantern rings and stop Brainiac from shrinking worlds.

Directors: Jon Burton, Arthur Parsons, JB Blanc | Stars: Conan O'Brien, Clancy Brown, Olivia d'Abo, Stephen Amell

Votes: 2,056

15. Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes (2012 Video Game)

E10+ | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Batman and Robin join forces with Superman, Wonder Woman and Green Lantern to save Gotham City from Lex Luthor and The Joker.

Director: Jon Burton | Stars: Clancy Brown, Troy Baker, Laura Bailey, Steve Blum

Votes: 2,983

16. Superman: Brainiac Attacks (2006 Video)

Not Rated | 76 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi

Embittered by Superman's heroic successes and soaring popularity, Lex Luthor forms a dangerous alliance with the powerful computer/villain Brainiac. Using advanced weaponry and a special strain of Kryptonite harvested from the far reaches of outer space, Luthor specifically redesigns Brainiac to defeat the Man of Steel.

Director: Curt Geda | Stars: Tim Daly, Powers Boothe, Dana Delany, Lance Henriksen

Votes: 5,014

17. Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League - Cosmic Clash (2016 Video)

Not Rated | 78 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

When Brainiac zaps Superman, Wonder Woman, and Green Lantern, Batman and Flash have to go back in time to save them.

Director: Rick Morales | Stars: Troy Baker, Jessica DiCicco, Grey Griffin, Josh Keaton

Votes: 1,690

18. Superman (1999 Video Game)

E | Action, Adventure, Family

The first 3D Superman game. Your friends Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen and Professor Emil Hamilton are trapped in the virtual reality machine by Lex Luthor. Superman must fly through hoops in the city, solve maze puzzles and fight villains.

Stars: Victor Brandt, Clancy Brown, Corey Burton, Tim Daly

Votes: 742

19. DC Super Hero Girls: Intergalactic Games (2017 Video)

Not Rated | 77 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Facing off against Korguar Academy and the Female Furies, can the Super Hero High team bring home the championship? Let the games and the action begin!

Director: Cecilia Aranovich | Stars: Yvette Nicole Brown, Greg Cipes, Hiromi Dames, Jessica DiCicco

Votes: 533

20. DC Universe Online (2011 Video Game)

T | Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Lex Luthor travels back in time from a desolate future where Braniac has killed off all the superheroes and taken over the world, to ally with heroes of present day to form a plan to stop him by using the Exobyte data.

Stars: Gina Torres, Adam Baldwin, Mark Hamill, Michelle Forbes

Votes: 794

21. Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special (2012 TV Movie)

TV-MA | 22 min | Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi

The Robot Chicken DC Comics Special brings you the awesomeness of the DC Comics universe of characters as only Robot Chicken can, with amazing guest stars and the stop-motion sketch comedy you've come to love.

Director: Seth Green | Stars: Abraham Benrubi, Alex Borstein, Nathan Fillion, Megan Fox

Votes: 1,911

22. Superman: Red Son (2009)

6 min | Animation, Short, Action

In the 1950s, the Soviet Union reveals that its newest asset is Superman. The sudden revelation causes panic in the United States, shifting the focus of the Cold War arms race from nuclear weapons to superhumans.

Stars: Jim Meskimen, David Lodge, Cindy Robinson, Kirk Thornton

Votes: 1,210

23. Robot Chicken DC Comics Special 3: Magical Friendship (2015 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Batman and Superman's bromance turns competitive and the fate of the universe hangs in the balance.

Directors: Tom Sheppard, Zeb Wells | Stars: Seth Green, Jonathan Banks, Dee Bradley Baker, Alex Borstein

Votes: 758

24. Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise (2014 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

When Lex Luthor's daughter runs away with her boyfriend Superboy and the Justice League, the Legion of Doom take a trip to the beach to find the missing teen.

Directors: Seth Green, Zeb Wells | Stars: Seth Green, Alex Borstein, Clancy Brown, Hugh Davidson

Votes: 1,120

25. Superman: The Man of Steel (2002 Video Game)

T | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

The son of Krypton,Kal-el,mostly know as Superman,must save Metropolis from an invasion.

Stars: Jeff Kramer, Billy Brown, Roger Jackson, Monica Murray

Votes: 77

26. Injustice 2 Mobile (2017 Video Game)

T | Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

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Stars: Steve Blum, Kevin Conroy, Taliesin Jaffe, Phil LaMarr

Votes: 15

27. Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure (2013 Video Game)

E10+ | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

Maxwell and his sister somehow end up in the world of superheroes from the DC universe. Now it's their responsibility to help the heroes defeat their villains

Votes: 73

28. Justice League Unlimited (2004–2006)
Episode: Divided We Fall (2005)

TV-Y7-FV | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

The Justice League charter members must battle the combined Lex Luthor/Brainiac menace alone.

Director: Joaquim Dos Santos | Stars: Kevin Conroy, George Newbern, Susan Eisenberg, Michael Rosenbaum

Votes: 963

29. Justice League Unlimited (2004–2006)
Episode: For the Man Who Has Everything (2004)

TV-Y7-FV | 21 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Batman and Wonder Woman find Superman immobilized in the Fortress of Solitude by a plant sent by the would-be conqueror Mongul.

Director: Dan Riba | Stars: George Newbern, Susan Eisenberg, Kevin Conroy, Eric Roberts

Votes: 1,068

30. Justice League Unlimited (2004–2006)
Episode: I Am Legion (2005)

TV-Y7-FV | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

The newly-escaped Lex Luthor is given a membership test for Gorilla Grodd's expanded Secret Society.

Director: Joaquim Dos Santos | Stars: George Newbern, Maria Canals-Barrera, Michael Rosenbaum, Clancy Brown

Votes: 619

31. Justice League Unlimited (2004–2006)
Episode: Panic in the Sky (2005)

TV-Y7-FV | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

While the senior Leaguers struggle to respond to the mysterious main gun firing, Amanda Waller orders Galatea to lead a full attack on the Justice League.

Director: Dan Riba | Stars: Kevin Conroy, Susan Eisenberg, Phil LaMarr, Carl Lumbly

Votes: 755

32. Justice League (2001–2004)
Episode: Twilight (2003)

TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Darkseid convinces the League to help him fight Brainiac from destroying his planet of Apokolips.

Director: Dan Riba | Stars: Kevin Conroy, Maria Canals-Barrera, Susan Eisenberg, Carl Lumbly

Votes: 740

33. Justice League (2001–2004)
Episode: Twilight: Part II (2003)

TV-PG | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Trapped in Brainiac's headquarters, a temperamental Superman discovers that the metal monstrosity has made a deal with Darkseid, whose own son Orion engages him in battle.

Director: Butch Lukic | Stars: Kevin Conroy, Maria Canals-Barrera, Susan Eisenberg, Carl Lumbly

Votes: 723

34. Superman: The Animated Series (1996–2000)
Episode: New Kids in Town (1998)

Unrated | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Three members of the Legion of Super-Heroes from the 30th century travel back in time to stop Brainiac from killing Clark Kent in his youth.

Director: Butch Lukic | Stars: Jason Marsden, Corey Burton, Jason Priestley, Chad Lowe

Votes: 424

35. Static Shock (2000–2004)
Episode: A League of Their Own: Part 1 (2003)

TV-Y7-FV | Animation, Action, Adventure

Called to the Justice League Watchtower to help in a critical power problem, Static and Gear then have to help stop Brainiac's consciousness from seizing control of the station.

Director: Victor Dal Chele | Stars: Phil LaMarr, Jason Marsden, Kevin Conroy, Carl Lumbly

Votes: 145

36. Static Shock (2000–2004)
Episode: A League of Their Own: Part 2 (2003)

TV-Y7-FV | Animation, Action, Adventure

Unknown to everyone, Brainiac's consciousness has taken control of Gear.

Stars: Phil LaMarr, Jason Marsden, Kevin Conroy, Carl Lumbly

Votes: 143

37. Superman: The Animated Series (1996–2000)
Episode: Bizarro's World (1997)

Unrated | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

After inadvertently receiving recorded memories of Krypton, Bizarro attempts to recreate those memories in miniature in his own twisted way, including its end.

Director: Hiroyuki Aoyama | Stars: Tim Daly, Dana Delany, Corey Burton, Lauren Tom

Votes: 413

38. Superman: The Animated Series (1996–2000)
Episode: Blasts from the Past: Part I (1997)

Unrated | 21 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Upon discovery of the Phantom Zone projector in his ship, Superman makes contact with and releases a prisoner whose sentence is completed.

Director: Dan Riba | Stars: Tim Daly, Dana Delany, Leslie Easterbrook, Clancy Brown

Votes: 466

39. Superman: The Animated Series (1996–2000)
Episode: Blasts from the Past: Part II (1997)

Unrated | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

When the Phantom Zone prisoner, Mala, releases Jax-Ur as well to conquer Earth, Superman must defeat them despite that fact that they smashed the projector.

Director: Dan Riba | Stars: Tim Daly, Dana Delany, Ron Perlman, Corey Burton

Votes: 464

40. Superman: The Animated Series (1996–2000)
Episode: Ghost in the Machine (1997)

Unrated | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Brainiac's consciousness, in control of LexCorp's computer systems, forces Luthor to rebuild his primary body in secret.

Director: Hiroyuki Aoyama | Stars: Tim Daly, Dana Delany, Clancy Brown, Corey Burton

Votes: 423

41. Superman: The Animated Series (1996–2000)
Episode: Knight Time (1998)

Unrated | 21 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

When Batman goes missing, Superman takes up the mantle of the Dark Knight to keep Gotham City's supervillains from running amok.

Director: Curt Geda | Stars: Tim Daly, Kevin Conroy, Mathew Valencia, Roddy McDowall

Votes: 638

42. Superman: The Animated Series (1996–2000)
Episode: Stolen Memories (1996)

Unrated | 21 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Brainiac, once Krypton's all-knowing planetary computer, comes to Earth as part of his information-gathering trek across the galaxy. But, as Superman discovers, Brainiac's intent after ... See full summary »

Director: Curt Geda | Stars: Tim Daly, Dana Delany, Clancy Brown, Christopher McDonald

Votes: 541

43. Superman: The Animated Series (1996–2000)
Episode: The Last Son of Krypton: Part I (1996)

Unrated | 21 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Jor-El, unable to convince the Kryptonian government of the pending destruction of the planet, plans to save his son while Brainiac makes him a fugitive.

Director: Dan Riba | Stars: Christopher McDonald, Finola Hughes, Corey Burton, Tony Jay

Votes: 756

44. Superman: The Animated Series (1996–2000)
Episode: The Last Son of Krypton: Part II (1996)

Unrated | 21 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Young Clark Kent learns of his alien past, as well as his full power, and decides to move to Metropolis to be both reporter and superhero.

Directors: Curt Geda, Scott Jeralds | Stars: Tim Daly, Dana Delany, Clancy Brown, Christopher McDonald

Votes: 696

45. Superman: The Animated Series (1996–2000)
Episode: The Last Son of Krypton: Part III (1996)

Unrated | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

After saving Lois, Superman stops Lex Luthor's plans for an illegal arms deal, which is the beginning of their ongoing conflict.

Directors: Dan Riba, Bruce Timm | Stars: Tim Daly, Dana Delany, Clancy Brown, Christopher McDonald

Votes: 675

46. Justice League Unlimited (2004–2006)
Episode: Grudge Match (2006)

TV-Y7-FV | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Roulette enlists the ladies of the JLU in her new & improved all-girl gladiatorial arena.

Director: Joaquim Dos Santos | Stars: Morena Baccarin, Amy Acker, Virginia Madsen, Clancy Brown

Votes: 612

47. Justice League Unlimited (2004–2006)
Episode: Alive! (2006)

TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

When Lex Luthor sends the Secret Society headquarters into outer space to find the remains of Brainiac, Grodd breaks free of his prison to lead a mutiny.

Director: Dan Riba | Stars: Clancy Brown, Powers Boothe, Juliet Landau, Michael Ironside

Votes: 662

48. Smallville (2001–2017)
Episode: Oracle (2006)

TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Jonathan Kent appears to Clark on his birthday and instructs him that he needs to kill Lionel Luthor because Lionel knows his secret. Meanwhile, Lionel comes clean to Martha about his ... See full summary »

Director: Whitney Ransick | Stars: Tom Welling, Kristin Kreuk, Michael Rosenbaum, Erica Durance

Votes: 1,100

49. Super Friends (1973–1985)
Episode: The Brainchild / The Case of the Stolen Powers (1985)

TV-PG | Animation, Action, Adventure

Brainiac schemes to make Cyborg his minion. Felix Faust and Penguin escape from prison, only to have the Penguin steal Superman's powers Faust intended for himself.

Directors: Oscar Dufau, Bill Hutten, Tony Love, Rudy Zamora, Ray Patterson | Stars: Ernie Hudson, Casey Kasem, Peter Cullen, Danny Dark

Votes: 53

50. Legion of Super Heroes (2006–2008)
Episode: Message in a Bottle (2007)

TV-G | 22 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

On a mission to the last surviving outpost of Krypton, Superman learns that Brainiac 5's ancestor was the one who took part in the destruction of his homeworld.

Directors: Scott Jeralds, Brandon Vietti | Stars: Corey Burton, Shawn Harrison, Yuri Lowenthal, Richard McGonagle

Votes: 42