Superhero Movie Tier List: Marvel vs DC vs the Rest
All 32 films here, ranked by 132 players. The Dark Knight leads: it wins 77.5% of its matchups (n = 377) and was champion in 35 of 132 brackets. Disagree? Your first pick is right here. No sign-up.
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Shazam!2019 - DC
Spider-Man2002 - Sony
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Superhero Movies: the community’s best
Win rate across 3,460 head-to-head picks from 132 finished brackets. n is the number of matchups behind each win rate; only entrants with 30 or more are listed.
| # | Superhero movie | W–L | Win rate | vs .500 | Titles | n |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Dark Knight2008 - DC | 292–85 | 77.5% | 35 | 377 | |
| 2 | Avengers: Infinity War2018 - Marvel | 254–92 | 73.4% | 19 | 346 | |
| 3 | Avengers: Endgame2019 - Marvel | 192–102 | 65.3% | 8 | 294 | |
| 4 | Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse2018 - Sony | 165–98 | 62.7% | 4 | 263 | |
| 5 | Across the Spider-Verse2023 - Sony | 182–110 | 62.3% | 10 | 292 | |
| 6 | Spider-Man 22004 - Sony | 146–101 | 59.1% | 7 | 247 | |
| 7 | The Batman2022 - DC | 141–105 | 57.3% | 9 | 246 | |
| 8 | Captain America: Civil War2016 - Marvel | 125–103 | 54.8% | 4 | 228 |
Superhero Movies: the community tier list
From 3,460 head-to-head picks in 132 finished brackets. Placed by win rate, steadied toward 50% for entrants with few matchups: S is 75% or more, A 60%, B 50%, C 40%, D 25%.
Stier, win rate 75% or more
- The Dark Knight
Atier, win rate 60% or more
- Avengers: Infinity War
- Avengers: Endgame
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
- Across the Spider-Verse
Btier, win rate 50% or more
- Spider-Man 2
- The Batman
- Captain America: Civil War
- Spider-Man
- Spider-Man: No Way Home
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier
- The Avengers
- Deadpool
- + 1 more
Ctier, win rate 40% or more
- The Incredibles
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- Iron Man
- Logan
- Deadpool & Wolverine
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
- Thor: Ragnarok
Dtier, win rate 25% or more
- X-Men: Days of Future Past
- Black Panther
- Joker
- X2: X-Men United
- Spider-Man: Homecoming
- X-Men: First Class
- Superman
- Doctor Strange
Ftier, win rate 0% or more
- Shazam!
- Wonder Woman
- Aquaman
How the Superhero Movies bracket works
This superhero movie tier list is played, not dragged into rows. You get one matchup at a time — The Dark Knight or Spider-Man: No Way Home? Avengers: Endgame or Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse? — and after 15 picks the bracket has a champion, with everything else placed by how far it got. A straight list invites you to hedge. A matchup does not, and that is what makes the final 32-deep order worth screenshotting.
This bracket runs 4 rounds at the default 16-slot size (Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Final), drawn from a pool of 32 films. Entrants are drawn by a seed that changes daily, and New draw picks a fresh one, so an early upset in one run may never happen in the next. You can also play it at 8 or 32 slots for a shorter or longer run.
15 picks, 4 rounds
- Round of 168 matchups
- Quarterfinals4 matchups
- Semifinals2 matchups
- Final1 matchup
Roughly 1-2 minutes start to finish at the default size.
All 32 entrants
All 32 entrants are listed below, including The Dark Knight, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Avengers: Endgame and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Updated
- The Dark Knight2008 - DC
- Spider-Man: No Way Home2021 - Marvel
- Avengers: Endgame2019 - Marvel
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse2018 - Sony
- Black Panther2018 - Marvel
- Avengers: Infinity War2018 - Marvel
- Logan2017 - Fox
- Iron Man2008 - Marvel
- Guardians of the Galaxy2014 - Marvel
- Spider-Man 22004 - Sony
- Batman Begins2005 - DC
- The Batman2022 - DC
- X-Men: Days of Future Past2014 - Fox
- Wonder Woman2017 - DC
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier2014 - Marvel
- Thor: Ragnarok2017 - Marvel
- The Incredibles2004 - Pixar
- Superman1978 - DC
- Deadpool2016 - Fox
- Spider-Man2002 - Sony
- Joker2019 - DC
- X-Men: First Class2011 - Fox
- Shazam!2019 - DC
- Across the Spider-Verse2023 - Sony
- Doctor Strange2016 - Marvel
- Aquaman2018 - DC
- The Avengers2012 - Marvel
- Captain America: Civil War2016 - Marvel
- Deadpool & Wolverine2024 - Marvel
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 32023 - Marvel
- Spider-Man: Homecoming2017 - Marvel
- X2: X-Men United2003 - Fox
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- Pick the film you would actually rewatch tonight, not the one with the better reputation.
- Start at 16 slots. If the result feels too obvious, replay at 32 so more of the 32 films make the field.
- Watch for the film you keep beating reluctantly. That is usually the sign you should undo and reconsider the pick before it.
Questions people ask
What is the best superhero movie?
According to 132 BracketRanker players, The Dark Knight (2008 - DC). It wins 77.5% of its head-to-head matchups (n = 377) and was champion in 35 of 132 brackets (26.5%).
How many films are in the Superhero Movies bracket?
The pool holds 32 films. A default run uses 16 of them and takes 15 picks across 4 rounds: Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Final. Other field sizes are available too — 8, 16, 32 slots.
Which films are included?
The Dark Knight, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Avengers: Endgame, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War, Logan, Iron Man, Guardians of the Galaxy, Spider-Man 2, Batman Begins and The Batman, plus 20 more. Every entrant is listed further down this page with its artwork.
How long does the Superhero Movies bracket take?
About 1-2 minutes — 15 choices at the default size, or 7 if you drop to an 8-slot bracket. It works the same on a phone as on a desktop, no login is involved, and progress saves as you go.
How does this compare to a drag-and-drop tier list maker?
Both are here, and the bracket is closer to a tier list than it looks. It ends with a champion, a runner-up and then every other film grouped by the round it went out in — which is exactly a set of tiers, decided by 15 direct comparisons rather than by your first guess at a layout. What it deliberately does not do is claim a precise gap between two films that never met. If you would rather place the films into S through F rows yourself, the tier list maker loads all 32 of them at bracketranker.com/tier-list-maker.
How did everyone else rank these films?
Every completed bracket feeds the Superhero Movies community results page, which aggregates win rates across all plays and tracks how often each of the 32 entrants takes the title. It updates continuously, so it moves as more people play.
Can I build my own superhero movies bracket?
Use the bracket maker: add your own films, name it, and share the link so other people play the same field. That is the route to take when this pool of 32 is missing something you would have picked, or when you want a version scoped to one era, label or franchise.