The Best CBM Ever: Round 1 - Favourite films go head to head

The Best CBM Ever: Round 1 - Favourite films go head to head

Thanks for everyone for voting for the films in my last article! We now have 64 comic book movies, which will now compete head to head, to determine the best CBM.

Editorial Opinion
By ossie85 - Feb 05, 2017 05:02 PM EST
Filed Under: Marvel Comics


Thanks for voting in my last article! 2017 CBM movies are about to kick off with The Lego Batman Movie and Logan, so lets have some fun and try to pick the best CBM ever.

The Battle

Pick one film from each battle (copy and paste into comments), or leave it blank if you can't choose. You can still vote if you haven't seen a particular film in any particular battle. I'll count the votes, and the winning film goes to the next round, the losing film is eliminated.
 

1 Captain America: The Winter Soldier v Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II
2 Ghost World v Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
3 The Crow v Men In Black
4 Deadpool v Persepolis
 
5 American Splendor v X-Men: The Last Stand
6 Captain America: Civil War v Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
7 Spider-Man v The Mask
8 Batman: Mask of the Phantasm v V for Vendetta
 
9 300 v Suicide Squad
10 Kingsman: The Secret Service v Sin City
11 The Avengers v Ghost in the Shell (1996)
12 Flash Gordon v The Wolverine
 
13 X-Men: Days of Future Past v Batman (1989)
14 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) v Blade II
15 TMNT v Doctor Strange
16 Watchmen v Hellboy
 
17 Spider-Man 2 v Metropolis
18 Superman II v X-Men: Apocalypse
19 Hellboy II: The Golden Army v The Dark Knight Rises
20 Guardians of the Galaxy v The Green Hornet
 
21 Superman v Ant-Man
22 X-Men: First Class v Akira
23 Man of Steel v Oldboy
24 Wanted v The Amazing Spider-Man
 
25 Big Hero 6 v Blade
26 Batman Begins v Barbarella
27 X2 v Oblivion
28 Scott Pilgrim vs. The World v Iron Man
 
29 The Dark Knight v Dredd
30 The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn v Captain America: The First Avenger
31 Cowboys & Aliens v X-Men
32 Kick-Ass v Batman Returns
 





How did I come up with the rankings? This is the boring bit, feel free to TL:DR.

I had 8 groups of films from 8 categories. 4 of which were voted on by users of this site in an earlier article, and another 4 categories created as detailed below. I seeded the films (like a Tennis tournarment), and created the head to head battles.

The Top 8 in each category are:

Fox Marvel
1. X-Men: Days of Future Past
2. X-Men: First Class
3. X2
4. Deadpool
5. The Wolverine
6. X-Men
7. X-Men: Apocalypse
8. X-Men: The Last Stand

Marvel Cinematic Universe
1. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
2. Captain America: Civil War
3. The Avengers
4. Guardians of the Galaxy
5. Iron Man
6. Doctor Strange
7. Captain America: The First Avenger
8. Ant-Man

Marvel Misc (incl. Marvel Imprints)
1. Spider-Man 2
2. Kingsman: The Secret Service
3. Spider-Man
4. Kick-Ass
5. The Amazing Spider-Man
6. Men In Black
7. Blade II
8. Blade

DC Films (incl. DC Imprints)
1. The Dark Knight
2. Batman Begins
3. Man of Steel
4. Watchmen
5. V for Vendetta
6. The Dark Knight Rises
7. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
8. Suicide Squad

AND, because some people suggested I should include the other CBM films (non-Marvel/DC, films prior to 2000, animated films), I've added four more categories and ranked them from a combination of box office/rotten tomatoes scores. Neither of these metrics are perfect, but honestly, if I've missed a film you like, I apologise, but I don't think it was going to win anyway.


Rotten Tomatoes
(Highest rated CBM films NOT Marvel or DC, live action).
1. American Splendor
2. Ghost World
3. Hellboy II: The Golden Army
4. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
5. Hellboy
6. Oldboy
7. Sin City
8. Dredd

Box Office
(Highest box office films, not Marvel/DC/Animated/Rotten Tomatoes)
1. 300
2. Teenange Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
3. Cowboys & Aliens
4. Wanted
5. The Green Horney
6. Oblivion
7. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
8. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II

Best Films from the 20th Century
(Using a combination of box office and rotten tomatoes, the 8 films from the 20th century are)
1. Superman
2. Superman II
3. The Crow
4. Flash Gordon
5. Batman Returns
6. The Mask
7. Barbarella
8. Batman (1989)

Animated Films
(Ok, this might be controversial - These are CINEMATICALLY released animated films, ranked on a combination of rotten tomatoes/box office receipts. The Incredibles is not a CBM film, I know it is a superhero film which has elements of Fantastic Four, but it isn't based on any comic. The Lego Movie is also NOT a CBM film, that movie is centred around non-comic book movie characters. The Lego Batman Movie is a CBM though, just not released yet).

1. Big Hero 6
2. The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
3. TMNT
4. Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
5. Persepolis
6. Ghost in the Shell (1996)
7. Akira
8. Metropolis



 

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ossie85
ossie85 - 2/5/2017, 5:42 PM
My Picks

1 Captain America: The Winter Soldier
2 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
3 Men In Black
4 Deadpool

5 X-Men: The Last Stand
6 Captain America: Civil War
7 Spider-Man
8 V for Vendetta

9 300
10 Kingsman: The Secret Service
11 The Avengers
12 The Wolverine

13 X-Men: Days of Future Past
14 Blade II
15 Doctor Strange
16 Watchmen

17 Spider-Man 2
18 Superman II
19 The Dark Knight Rises
20 Guardians of the Galaxy

21 Ant-Man
22 X-Men: First Class
23 Man of Steel
24 The Amazing Spider-Man

25 Big Hero 6
26 Batman Begins
27 X2
28 Iron Man

29 The Dark Knight
30 Captain America: The First Avenger
31 X-Men
32 Kick-Ass
NoMeaning45
NoMeaning45 - 2/5/2017, 6:05 PM
MOS number three ranked?

[frick] YEAH
NoMeaning45
NoMeaning45 - 2/5/2017, 6:15 PM
1. Captain America: TWS
2. Batman v. Superman: DOJ
3. Men In Black
4. Deadpool
5. X-Men: TLS
6. Captain America: CW
7. Spider-Man
8. V For Vendetta ( I haven't seen Mask Of The Phantasm)
9. Suicide Squad (I don't like it, but I haven't seen 300 yet, even though I'm a Snyder fan)
10. Kingsman: The Secret Service
11. The Avengers
12. The Wolverine
13. Batman
15. Doctor Strange
16. Watchmen
17. Spider-Man 2
18. I haven't seen either...
19. The Dark Knight Rises
20. Guardians Of The Galaxy
21. Ant-Man
22. X-Men: First Class
23. Man Of Steel
24. The Amazing Spider-Man
25. Big Hero 6
26. Batman Begins
27. X2
28. Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World
29. The Dark Knight
30. Captain America: TFA
31. X-Men
32. Kick-Ass
ossie85
ossie85 - 2/5/2017, 6:28 PM
Thanks to these guys for voting last week...

@valdez @sKeemAn @RevanOfKrypton @Philip @MexicanSexyman @tb86 @MrDandy @Mercwitham0uth @BatzFTWfan @IronGenesis @mathias @DanteSparda
JaredRWebb12
JaredRWebb12 - 2/5/2017, 6:46 PM
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
The Crow
Deadpool
The Mask
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
300
Kingsman: The Secret Service
The Avengers
The Wolverine
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Blade II
TMNT
Hellboy
Spider-Man 2
Hellboy 2:The Golden Army
Guardians of the Galaxy
Superman
X-Men: First Class
Oldboy
Wanted
Blade
Batman Begins
X2
Iron Man
The Dark Knight
Captain America: The First Avenger
X-Men
Kick-Ass







TheDayman
TheDayman - 2/5/2017, 7:07 PM

1 Captain America: The Winter Soldier
2 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
3 Men In Black
4

5 X-Men: The Last Stand
6 Captain America: Civil War
7 Spider-Man
8 Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

9 Suicide Squad
10
11 The Avengers
12 The Wolverine

13 X-Men: Days of Future Past
14 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
15 Doctor Strange
16 Hellboy

17 Spider-Man 2
18 Superman II
19 The Dark Knight Rises
20 Guardians of the Galaxy

21 Superman
22 X-Men: First Class
23 Man of Steel
24 The Amazing Spider-Man

25 Big Hero 6
26 Batman Begins
27 X2
28 Iron Man

29 The Dark Knight
30 Captain America: The First Avenger
31 X-Men
32 Batman Returns
Mercwitham0uth
Mercwitham0uth - 2/5/2017, 7:33 PM
1. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
2. -----
3. The Crow
4. Deadpool

5. ----
6. Captain America: Civil War
7. The Mask
8. Batman: Mask of The Phantasm

9. 300
10. Sin City
11. The Avengers
12. -----

13. Batman
14. Blade 2
15. Doctor Strange
16. Hellboy

17. -----
18. -----
19. Hellboy 2: The Golden Army
20. Guardians of The Galaxy

21. Ant-Man
22. Akira
23. Man of Steel
24. Wanted

25. Blade
26. Batman: Begins
27. -----
28. Scott Pilgrim

29. Dredd
30. Captain America: The First Avenger
31. -----
32. Kick-Ass
Kevwebsz
Kevwebsz - 2/5/2017, 8:10 PM
1 Captain America: The Winter Soldier
2 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
3 The Crow
4 Deadpool

5 X-Men: The Last Stand
6 Captain America: Civil War
7 Spider-Man
8 Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

9 300
10 Kingsman: The Secret Service
11 The Avengers
12 Flash Gordon

13 Batman (1989)
14 Blade II
15 Doctor Strange
16 Watchmen

17 Spider-Man 2
18 Superman II
19 Hellboy II: The Golden Army
20 Guardians of the Galaxy

21 Superman
22 X-Men: First Class
23 Man of Steel
24 Wanted

25 Big Hero 6
26 Batman Begins
27 X2
28 Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

29 Dredd
30 Captain America: The First Avenger
31 X-Men
32 Batman Returns
Kyos
Kyos - 2/5/2017, 8:13 PM
1 Captain America: The Winter Soldier
2 Ghost World
3 The Crow
4 Deadpool

5 X-Men: The Last Stand
6 Captain America: Civil War
7 Spider-Man
8 Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

9 300
10 Sin City
11 The Avengers
12 Flash Gordon

13 Batman (1989)
14 Blade II
15 Doctor Strange
16 Watchmen

17 Spider-Man 2
18 Superman II
19 Hellboy II: The Golden Army
20 Guardians of the Galaxy

21 Superman
22 X-Men: First Class v Akira
23 Oldboy
24 The Amazing Spider-Man

25 Blade
26 Batman Begins
27 X2
28 Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

29 The Dark Knight
30 Captain America: The First Avenger
31 X-Men
32 Kick-Ass

Some of those decisions were super hard...
Kyos
Kyos - 2/5/2017, 8:21 PM
Kingsman: The Secret Service v Sin City
X-Men: First Class v Akira
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World v Iron Man

Especially the last one as a Round 1 pairing... painful.
ossie85
ossie85 - 2/5/2017, 8:26 PM
@Kyos - yup. The luck of the draw, even when seeding, is a bitch
GarthRanzz
GarthRanzz - 2/5/2017, 8:45 PM
1 Captain America: The Winter Soldier
2 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
3 The Crow
4 Deadpool

5 American Splendor
6 Captain America: Civil War
7 Spider-Man
8 V for Vendetta

9 Suicide Squad
10 Sin City
11 The Avengers
12 The Wolverine

13 Batman (1989) That was tough
14 Blade II
15 TMNT
16 Watchmen

17 Spider-Man 2
18 Superman II
19 The Dark Knight Rises
20 Guardians of the Galaxy This is the toughest bracket.

21 Superman
22 X-Men: First Class
23 Man of Steel
24 The Amazing Spider-Man Great bracket here

25 Blade
26 Batman Begins
27 X2
28 Iron Man

29 The Dark Knight
Captain America: The First Avenger
31 X-Men
32 Batman Returns
TheRose
TheRose - 2/5/2017, 8:52 PM
1 Captain America: The Winter Soldier
2 -----------------------------
3 ---------------------------------
4 Persepolis

5 American Splendor
6 Captain America: Civil War
7 Spider-Man
8 Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

9 300
10 Kingsman: The Secret Service
11 The Avengers
12 The Wolverine

13 X-Men: Days of Future Past
14 Blade II
15 Doctor Strange
16 Watchmen

17 Spider-Man 2
18 Superman II
19 Hellboy II: The Golden Army
20 Guardians of the Galaxy

21 Superman
22 Akira
23 Man of Steel
24 The Amazing Spider-Man

25 Big Hero 6
26 Batman Begins
27 X2
28 Iron Man

29 The Dark Knight
30 Captain America: The First Avenger
31 X-Men
32 Kick-Ass
TheRose
TheRose - 2/5/2017, 8:53 PM
@TheRose - I didn't want to vote if I hadn't seen a movie in the pairing. Glad to say I've seen most of these!
Ragnarocknroll
Ragnarocknroll - 2/5/2017, 10:36 PM
1. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
2. Ghost World
3. Men in Black
4. Deadpool

5. ----
6. Captain America: Civil War
7. Spider-Man
8. V for Vendetta

9. 300
10. Kingsman: The Secret Service
11. The Avengers
12. The Wolverine

13 X-Men: Days of Future Past
14 Blade II
15 Doctor Strange
16 Hellboy

17 Spider-Man 2
18 Superman II
19 Hellboy II: The Golden Army
20 Guardians of the Galaxy

21 Superman
22 X-Men: First Class
23 Oldboy
24 The Amazing Spider-Man

25 Big Hero 6
26 Batman Begins
27 X2
28 Iron Man

29 Dredd
30 The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
31 X-Men
32 Kick-Ass
airrun2000
airrun2000 - 2/6/2017, 6:00 AM
How is the "The Incredibles" not on this list?!!!! (for best animated)
ossie85
ossie85 - 2/6/2017, 10:34 AM
@airrun2000 - it isn't based on a comic book. It is a superhero film, but not a comic book film. It may have elements of fantastic four, but it isn't fantastic four.
ICStoopedPeople
ICStoopedPeople - 2/6/2017, 9:06 AM
1 Captain America: The Winter Soldier
2 Never seen Ghost World, but didn't care for BvS so I refuse to vote
3 Men In Black
4 Deadpool (Never seen Persepolis but I'm just going to assume I'd have liked Deadpool more anyways)

5 Never seen American Splendor. Didn't care for XM:tLS
6 Captain America: Civil War
7 Spider-Man
8 Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (First difficult choice. You suck).

9 300
10 Kingsman: The Secret Service
11 The Avengers
12 The Wolverine

13 Batman (1989)
14 Blade II
15 Doctor Strange
16 Hellboy

17 Spider-Man 2
18 Superman II
19 Hellboy II: The Golden Army
20 Guardians of the Galaxy

21 Superman
22 X-Men: First Class
23 Man of Steel
24 Wanted

25 Blade
26 Batman Begins
27 X2
28 Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

29 The Dark Knight (Another difficult choice for me)
30 Captain America: The First Avenger
31 X-Men
32 Batman Returns
mathias
mathias - 2/6/2017, 9:46 AM
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Captain America: Civil War
Spider-Man
V for Vendetta
300
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Superman II
Guardians of the Galaxy
Superman
Oldboy
Iron Man
The Dark Knight
Kick-Ass
ArmFallOffBoy
ArmFallOffBoy - 2/6/2017, 10:14 AM
1 Captain America: The Winter Soldier
2 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
3 The Crow
4 Deadpool

5 American Splendor
6 Captain America: Civil War
7 Spider-Man
8 V for Vendetta

9 300
10 Kingsman: The Secret Service
11 The Avengers
12 The Wolverine

13 X-Men: Days of Future Past
14 Blade II
15 Doctor Strange
16 Watchmen

17 Spider-Man 2
18 Superman II
19 The Dark Knight Rises
20 Guardians of the Galaxy

21 Ant-Man
22 X-Men: First Class
23 Man of Steel
24 Wanted

25 Blade
26 Batman Begins
27 X2
28 Scott Pilgrim

29 The Dark Knight
30 Captain America: The First Avenger
31 X-Men
32 Kick-Ass
Lurchadamo
Lurchadamo - 2/6/2017, 1:13 PM
1 Captain America: The Winter Soldier

2 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

3 Men In Black

4 Deadpool


5 American Splendor

6 Captain America: Civil War

7 Spider-Man

8 V for Vendetta



9 300

10 Sin City

11 The Avengers
12 The Wolverine



13 Batman (1989)

14 Blade II

15 Doctor Strange

16 Watchmen


17 Spider-Man 2

18 Superman II
19 The Dark Knight Rises

20 Guardians of the Galaxy



21 Superman

22 X-Men: First Class
23 Man of Steel
24 Wanted

25 Blade

26 Batman Begins

27 X2

28 Iron Man



29 The Dark Knight
30 Captain America: The First Avenger

31 X-Men

32 Kick-Ass
PsychoticSpaceRaccoon
PsychoticSpaceRaccoon - 2/6/2017, 1:40 PM
Here we go:

1 Captain America: The Winter Soldier
2 Ghost World
3 The Crow
4 Deadpool

5 American Splendor
6 Captain America: Civil War
7 Spider-Man
8 Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

9 300
10 Kingsman: The Secret Service
11 The Avengers
12 The Wolverine

13 X-Men: Days of Future Past
14 Blade II
15 Doctor Strange
16 Hellboy

17 Spider-Man 2
18 Superman II
19 Hellboy II: The Golden Army
20 Guardians of the Galaxy

21 Ant-Man
22 Akira
23 Oldboy
24 The Amazing Spider-Man

25 Blade
26 Batman Begins
27 X2
28 Iron Man

29 The Dark Knight
30 Captain America: The First Avenger
31 X-Men
32 Kick-Ass
StarlordsDad
StarlordsDad - 2/6/2017, 3:54 PM
1 Captain America: The Winter Soldier
2 Ghost World
3 Men In Black
4 Deadpool

5 American Splendor
6 Captain America: Civil War
7 Spider-Man
8 Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

9 300
10 Kingsman: The Secret Service
11 The Avengers
12 The Wolverine

13 X-Men: Days of Future Past
14 Blade II
15 Doctor Strange
16 Watchmen

17 Spider-Man 2
18 Superman II
19 Hellboy II: The Golden Army
20 Guardians of the Galaxy

21 Ant-Man
22 X-Men: First Class
23 Man of Steel
24 The Amazing Spider-Man

25 Big Hero 6
26 Batman Begins
27 X2
28 Iron Man

29 The Dark Knight
30 Captain America: The First Avenger
31 X-Men
32 Kick-Ass
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