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Explore superheroes, extraordinary abilities and heroic conflicts.

Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 566 films · Page 21.

Griff the Invisible (2010)

Romantic Comedy, comedy drama, romantic comedy film

Griff (Ryan Kwanten) is a socially awkward person who gets bullied by co-worker Tony by day. At night he dons the costume of a superhero and fights criminals. At times his brother Tim visits him.

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Dick Tracy's Dilemma (1947)

Action, film noir

Ruthless killer Steve Michel is known to the public as "the Claw" for his way of killing his victims with his prosthetic hook. After his accomplices Ryan and Taylor have broken in and stolen furs from the Flawless Furs warehouse, Steve kil…

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Lightspeed (2006)

Sci-Fi, Super Hero, science fiction film, superhero film

The covert world of government Ghost Squad agent Daniel Leight (Jason Connery) comes crashing down when he gets critically injured in a building collapse triggered by the genetically mutated terrorist called Python (Daniel Goddard). When L…

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The Shadow Strikes (1937)

mystery film

Lamont Granston assumes his secret identity as "The Shadow", to break up an attempted robbery at an attorney's office. When the police search the scene, Granston must assume the identity of the attorney, Chester Randall. Before he can leav…

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The Masked Marvel (1943)

spy film, superhero film

In The Masked Marvel, a hero dressed in a business suit and a face mask fights the Japanese saboteur Sakima and his espionage organization. The hook of the story is that, in a reversal of the common serial "Masked Mystery Villain" stock ch…

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SuperKlaus (2024)

comedy film, family film, fantasy film, superhero film

Longing for wilder adventures, Santa Claus's wish comes true when he accidentally bumps his head and starts believing he is/has SuperKlaus, the famous super-heroic Christmas Crusader. With the help of Billie a tech-savvy 11-year-old girl, …

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The Golden Blaze (2005)

superhero film

This feature-length animated movie follows the troubles of two school kids. Fierce rivals, the two regularly butt heads over all manner of issues, ranging from the trivial to the important. The film enters the fantasy realm as an accident …

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Alter Egos (2012)

Super Hero, superhero film

The plot follows the misadventures of the Fridge, an under-appreciated superhero, at a time when superheroes have lost government funding and all public support. In a synopsis by Interview Magazine: "Alter Egos inhabits a fantasy world whe…

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Palooka (1934)

boxing film

Joe Palooka is a naive young man whose father Pete was a champion boxer, but his lifestyle caused Joe's mother Mayme to leave him and to take young Joe to the country to raise him. When a shady boxing manager discovers Joe's natural boxing…

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Dick Tracy's G-Men (1939)

Mysterie, crime film

Zarnoff, an international spy in the employ of "The Three Powers" (presumably a fictionalized reference to the Axis) is captured by Dick Tracy at the start of the serial, tried and sentenced to death. However, through the use of a rare dru…

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The Spider Returns (1941)

crime film, superhero film

Amateur criminologist Richard Wentworth, once the notorious masked vigilante The Spider, brings his former alter ego out of retirement to help his old friend, police commissioner Kirk, battle a dangerous, power-hungry maniac called the Gar…

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Son of Zorro (1947)

Western film

A man returning home after having fought in the American Civil War discovers that corrupt politicians have taken over the county and are terrorizing and shaking down the citizens. He dons the costume of his ancestor, the famous Zorro, and …

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Confessions of a Superhero (2007)

Documentation, documentary film, superhero film

The film follows the lives of four main subjects through interviews with themselves, their friends, and their family members: Christopher Dennis, Jennifer Wenger, Joseph McQueen and Maxwell Allen, who portray Superman, Wonder Woman, the Hu…

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Sidekick (2005)

fantasy film

Norman Neale and his best friend Chuck have an ongoing debate on the subject of "what single superpower would you choose?" Then, one day, Norman notices Victor Ventura, a successful trader at Richmond financial, the company he works for. W…

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King of the Congo (1952)

fantasy film

Captain Roger Drum (Buster Crabbe) shoots down an enemy plane carrying microfilm while on its way to Africa to deliver it to an enemy of America. Intent on revealing this subversive group for whom the microfilm's message is intended, Drum …

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Extranghero (1997)

superhero film

Botong and his father leave their province to find a decent livelihood in Manila. Botong unknowingly tags along with a group of robbers who offer him a "job". The group breaks into a house and attempts to molest a sleeping woman.

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