10 great movies based on comics

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

The films from this collection are an excellent confirmation that a good movie based on comics can be shot without any superhero paraphernalia.

Sin City

• Action, thriller, crime.
• USA, 2005.
• Duration: 124 minutes
• IMDb: 8, 1.

A rather dark but very stylish noir thriller based on several novels by the legendary Frank Miller. In Basing City, or Sin City, as it is also called, dark deeds are happening. The film intertwines the stories of three people who somehow broke the law.

Scott Pilgrim vs. All

• Melodrama, comedy, fantasy.
• USA, UK, Canada, 2010.
• Duration: 112 minutes
• IMDb: 7, 5.

If you don't have the strength, time or patience to read the six-volume comic strip by Brian Lee O'Malley about a young man who, for the sake of his beloved, is even ready to fight a whole crowd of her evil exes, then watch the film adaptation. Believe me, she will make you laugh, and even more than once.

Extremely dangerous

• Fantasy, action, thriller.
• USA, Germany, 2008.
• Duration: 110 minutes
• IMDb: 6, 7.

An ordinary office worker suddenly finds out that he is in fact the son of a professional killer and, moreover, inherited quite good superhuman abilities from his father: excellent reaction and space speed.

Kingsman: The Secret Service

• Action, comedy, crime.
• UK, USA, 2015.
• Duration: 130 minutes
• IMDb: 7, 8.

A screen adaptation of a comic book by British author Mark Millar. There is everything here: inimitable English humor, and stunningly stylish characters, and a rather famously twisted plot. Oh yeah, and Colin Firth in the title role, of course.

RED

• Action, thriller, comedy.
• USA, 2010.
• Duration: 111 minutes
• IMDb: 7, 1.

The peaceful life of former CIA agent Frank Moses comes to an end: someone suddenly makes an attempt on his life. Trying to figure out what's the matter and who he didn't please again, Frank gathers his old team to find and neutralize the unknown offender.

Constantine: Lord of Darkness

• Horror, fantasy, drama.
• USA, Germany, 2005.
• Duration: 121 minutes
• IMDb: 6, 9.

Meet John Constantine, a loser, exorcist, medium, and resurrected suicide. He not only visited hell, but also somehow miraculously managed to come back. It seems that now you can expect anything at all from him.

Two guns

• Action, thriller, drama.
• USA, 2013.
• Duration: 109 minutes
• IMDb: 6, 7.

Two robbers, who are actually undercover agents, try to steal money from the CIA, but it turns out to be not as easy as it seemed at first glance.

Phantom World

• Drama, comedy.
• USA, UK, Germany, 2001.
• Duration: 111 minutes
• IMDb: 7, 4.

The film is based on the graphic novel by Daniel Close. This is a story about what happens if you drop out of school, give up on college and start doing what you always wanted to: travel, relax and do crazy things.

Surrogates

• Science fiction, action, thriller.
• USA, 2009.
• Duration: 85 minutes
• IMDb: 6, 3.

A picture of the future opens before us: people live in isolation and interact with each other only through physically perfect surrogate robots. Everything goes well until someone starts to destroy these robots.

Cursed path

• Thriller, drama, crime.
• USA, 2002.
• Duration: 117 minutes
• IMDb: 7, 7.

A harsh gangster noir based on the graphic novel by Max Collins of the same name. The life of a young boy is in jeopardy due to the fact that he accidentally finds out what his father is really doing.