Five pathbreaking superhero films, ranked in order

Black Panther did what even Dark Knight couldn't. The film made it to the Oscars, getting nominated in the Best Picture category.

10 years ago, no one would've thought that a character like Black Panther would feature in a solo outing and the film would become this big a phenomenon.

Brilliant performances, a relevant message, and a good story- Black Panther had it all.

This brilliant piece of animation is the best Spider-Man film made to date.

It wasn't a reboot or a sequel but a standalone film that broke conventions and featured a completely different rendition of the hero known as Spider-Man. In fact, it featured multiple versions of the webslinger.

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse was a leap of faith taken in the best possible manner.

Most fans wouldn't believe that The Avengers weren't considered bankable before the MCU films.

The X-Men and Spider-Man were Marvel's hot properties before Kevin Feige entered the scene and gradually created a behemoth we today know as the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

The Avengers was Marvel's experiment with some surprising character choices that went on to become a masterpiece and ended up changing Marvel forever.

Christopher Nolan's second film in the Dark Knight trilogy will feature in every 'Best Film' list for years to come, superhero-based or otherwise.

It is really difficult (near-impossible) to find a fault in it because of its sheer flawlessness!

From Bale's Batman to Ledger's Joker and Nolan's direction, The Dark Knight has every ingredient of a superlative film.

This one really deserved an Oscar.

Alan Moore's Watchmen was long considered to be un-filmable. In 2009, Zack Snyder adapted it to the big screen.

The result was a cult-classic that captured the tone of the comic book perfectly.

Watchmen is like poetry in motion and is one of the hidden, underrated cinematic gems that most people don't get to see.

No superhero film has better casting than this one.