A radioactive super-spider must have bitten pop culture, because we’re stuck on superhero media like Spider-Man to a wall. The 21st century is the age of the supe: never have caped crusaders been more relevant, more topical, more inescapable than they are right now. While the modern era may be the heyday of heroes, decades of crimefighting cinema paved the way here. Caped crusaders of the past walked so modern ones could—quite literally—fly.
These are the ten greatest superhero movies of all time.
