01 A team of imprisoned villains sent on a black-ops mission nobody expects to survive.
10 Best DC Movies to Watch
By Vlad Zakh · December 1, 2025
United States Superhero intense
DC’s film output has always been less consistent than Marvel’s, but its high points, a gothic Batman, a genuinely bleak Man of Steel, a four-hour director’s cut nobody expected to actually happen, hit differently than anything in the MCU.
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02 Two of DC's biggest icons fight it out before eventually teaming up.
03 The theatrical cut, shorter and messier than the version Snyder later released.
04 Harley Quinn, freshly single, teams up with a scrappy crew of Gotham outcasts.
05 An underwater kingdom rendered in full CGI excess, gleefully over the top.
06 A foster kid turns into an adult superhero and treats the whole thing like a kid would.
07 A more somber, godlike take on Superman's origin than any version before it.
08 A four-hour director's cut that finally delivered the version fans had been asking for.
09 Tim Burton's gothic take on Gotham, still the template for the character's darker tone.
10 A grim, detective-driven Batman story that treats Gotham like an actual crime scene.
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