List of films based on DC Comics

Below is a list of feature films based on DC Comics characters and properties including its various imprints. It includes serials, live action and animated films, direct-to-video releases, television movies, fan-made films, and documentary films.

List of DC Comics live action films

Year	Title	Production studio	Notes
1951	Superman and the Mole Men	Lippert Pictures Inc.	This movie was the pilot for the 1950s Adventures of Superman TV series.
1954	Stamp Day for Superman	U.S. Department of the Treasury	Short film. *** film in the public domain.
1966	Batman	20th Century Fox	Related to the 1960s Batman TV series.
1978	Superman	Warner Bros.	Won 1 Special Oscar, Nominated for other 3 Oscars
1980	Superman II
1982	Swamp Thing	Embassy Pictures
1983	Superman III	Warner Bros.
1984	Supergirl
1987	Superman IV: The Quest for Peace	Golan-Globus/Cannon Films/Warner Bros.
1989	The Return of Swamp Thing	Millimiter Films
	Batman	Warner Bros.	Won 1 Oscar
1992	Batman Returns		Nominated for 2 Oscars
1995	Batman Forever		Nominated for 3 Oscars
1997	Steel
	Batman & Robin
2004	Catwoman
2005	Batman Begins	Warner Bros./Legendary Pictures	Reboot; first movie with the new DC Comics logo, nominated for an Oscar
2006	Superman Returns		Related to Superman & Superman II movies, nominated for an Oscar
	Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut	Warner Bros.	Re-edit film; direct-to-video.
2008	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros./Legendary Pictures	Won 2 Oscars
2009	Watchmen	Warner Bros./Paramount Pictures/Legendary Pictures
2010	Jonah Hex	Warner Bros./Legendary Pictures
Forthcoming
2011	Green Lantern	Warner Bros.	In post-production.
Announced
2012	Untitled Batman Sequel	Warner Bros./Legendary Pictures	In pre-production.

DC Comics animated films
All the feature films actually produced by Warner Bros. Animation and are released direct-to-video, except the first as indicated.

Year	Title	Notes
1993	Batman: Mask of the Phantasm	Theatrical release. Related to Batman: The Animated Series.
1998	Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero	Related to Batman: The Animated Series.
2000	Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker	Related to the Batman Beyond TV series.
2003	Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman	Related to The New Batman Adventures TV series.
2005	The Batman vs. Dracula	Related to The Batman TV series.
2006	Superman: Brainiac Attacks	Somewhat related to Superman: The Animated Series.
2007	Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo	Related to Teen Titans TV series.
	Superman: Doomsday	NOT related to Superman: The Animated Series. Loosely based on The Death of Superman storyline.
2008	Justice League: The New Frontier	NOT related to Justice League TV series. Based on DC: The New Frontier by Darwyn Cooke.
	Batman: Gotham Knight	Collection of six shorts. Related to Batman Begins and The Dark Knight films.
2009	Wonder Woman	NOT related to the character as portrayed on Justice League TV series.
	Tales of the Black Freighter	Related to Watchmen film, an animated adaptation of the comic Tales of the Black Freighter within the story.
	Green Lantern: First Flight	NOT related to the character featured on the Justice League TV series.
	Superman/Batman: Public Enemies	NOT related to the characters as portrayed in the DC animated universe. Based on Superman/Batman: Public Enemies storyline by Jeph Loeb.
2010	Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths	NOT set in the DC animated universe. Adapted from an unused movie plot meant to bridge Justice League and Justice League Unlimited. Loosely based on JLA: Earth 2 series by Grant Morrison.
	Batman: Under the Red Hood	NOT related to Batman: The Animated Series. Loosely based on the Batman: Under the Hood storyline by Judd Winick.
Forthcoming
2010	Superman/Batman: Apocalypse	NOT related to the characters as portrayed in the DC animated universe. Direct sequel of Superman/Batman: Public Enemies release. Based on Superman/Batman: The Supergirl from Krypton storyline by Jeph Loeb.
2011	All Star Superman	NOT related to Superman: The Animated Series. Based on All Star Superman series by Grant Morrison.
	Green Lantern: Emerald Knights	NOT related to the character featured on the Justice League TV series. Will coincide with the release of the Green Lantern film.
	Batman: Year One	NOT related to Batman: The Animated Series. Based on the Batman: Year One storyline by Frank Miller.

Short films

Year	Title	Production studio	Collection	Notes
1941	Superman	Fleischer Studios	Superman	Theatrical release In public domain
	The Mechanical Monsters
1942	Billion Dollar Limited
	The Arctic Giant
	The Bulleteers
	The Magnetic Telescope
	Electric Earthquake
	Volcano
	Terror on the Midway	Famous Studios
	Japoteurs
	Showdown
	Eleventh Hour
	Destruction, Inc.
1943	The Mummy Strikes
	Jungle Drums
	The Underground World
	Secret Agent
2003	Chase Me	Warner Bros. Animation	None	Silent film
2008	Have I Got a Story for You	Studio 4°C	Batman: Gotham Knight
	Crossfire	Production I.G
	Field Test	Bee Train
	In Darkness Dwells	Madhouse
	Working Through Pain	Studio 4°C
	Deadshot	Madhouse
2010	The Spectre	Warner Bros. Animation	DC Showcase
	Jonah Hex
	Green Arrow			Forthcoming
	Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam			Forthcoming

Serials (1941–1952)

Year	Title	Production studio	Notes
1941	Adventures of Captain Marvel	Republic Pictures	Published at that time by Fawcett Comics.
1942	Spy Smasher		Published at that time by Fawcett Comics.
1943	Batman	Columbia Pictures
1946	Hop Harrigan
1947	The Vigilante
1948	Superman
	Congo Bill
1949	Batman and Robin
1950	Atom Man vs. Superman
1952	Blackhawk		Published at that time by Quality Comics.

Television films

Year	Title	Production studio	Notes
1958	The Adventures of Superpup	ABC	Unaired.
1961	The Adventures of Superboy		Unaired.
1967	Batgirl		A promotional short to introduce the Batgirl character into the Batman TV series.
	Who's Afraid of Diana Prince?		Unaired short.
1974	Wonder Woman
1975	It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman		TV adaptation of the 1960s Broadway musical.
1997	Justice League of America	CBS
2005	Global Frequency	The WB Television Network	Unaired.
2006	Aquaman		Unaired.

From other DC imprints

Year	Title	Production studio	Notes
From Vertigo
2005	Constantine	Warner Bros.	Based on the Hellblazer character.
	V for Vendetta		Without credit of its creator, Alan Moore.
2007	Stardust	Paramount Pictures	Storybook by Neil Gaiman & Charles Vess
2010	The Losers	Warner Bros.	Based on the Vertigo reimagining by Andy Diggle and Jock.
From Paradox Press
2002	Road to Perdition	DreamWorks
2005	A History of Violence	New Line Cinema	The original graphic novel was re-published in Vertigo.
From Wildstorm
1998	Gen13		Animated film. Never released in the United States.
2003	The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen	20th Century Fox	Based on the graphic novel by Alan Moore.
2010	Red	Summit Entertainment	Filming. Miniseries by Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner.
From the Will Eisner Library
2008	The Spirit	Lions Gate Entertainment	Distributed by Sony Pictures outside the US.

Miscellaneous films

Year	Title	Production studio	Notes
2006	Look, Up in the Sky: The Amazing Story of Superman	Warner Home Video	Features interviews with many of the actors, directors, and producers involved with the Superman media.
2009	Under the Hood		Detailing the back stories of the characters in the 2009 Watchmen film.

Fan films

Year	Title	Notes
1964	Batman Dracula	By Andy Warhol. It was screened only at his art exhibits.
1965	Alyas Batman at Robin
1966	James Batman
	The Wild World of Batwoman	Jerry Warren re-released the film under the title She Was a Hippy Vampire.
1967	Batman Fights Dracula
1973	Fight Batman Fight!
1993	Alyas Batman en Robin	Spoofs the 1960s Batman TV series.
2002	Lobo Paramilitary Christmas Special	Made with a budget of $2,400.
2003	Batman: Dead End	Made with a budget of $30,000.
	Batman: Revenge	Premiered in 2003, nearly three years before Lego officially announced their Batman product line.
2004	Grayson	Original screenplay for a full-length picture is available for download at the Untamed Cinema official website.
	World's Finest
2005	Batman: New Times	Intended to help sales of the Minimates toy line.
	Robin's Big Date
2009	Saturday Morning Watchmen	An animated parody of Watchmen.
2010	Batman XXX	A *** parody of the 1960s Batman TV series.
	City of Scars	Made with a budget of $27,000.

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