14 Forgotten Superhero Movies That Deserve A Second Look

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14 Forgotten Superhero Movies That Deserve A Second Look

Every day, superhero universes grow in size and complexity, but not every superhero is a part of one or gets the recognition they deserve. Superheroes have been on our screens for more than half a century. There are still plenty of crime fighters flying around who have fallen by the wayside, whether due to a lack of critical acclaim or because their creators moved on to pursue better (or worse) things. However, not every hero picture had the built-in fandom like Batman or even the Incredible Hulk to draw crowds to the theater. Neither has every hero left a lasting impression on viewers for various reasons. This list contains some superhero movies that never took off, either because they were too strange for popular audiences or just flew under the radar. For example, Marvel films are extremely popular at the moment, but some of the genre's titles have faded into obscurity over time.

These 14 superheroes are worth revisiting, though we don't expect to see them in post-credits sequences...

THE ROCKETEER did GRACKED This etpack-wearing superhero suits up to fight in WWII, where he battles both secret Nazis and regular, more public Nazis.

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MYSTERY MEN CRACKED This forgotten comedy about a team of lackluster superheroes already has a lot of cultural value, since it was the first movie to use Smash Mouth's All-Star.

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DARKMAN Nikon CRACKED Liam Neeson is a crime-fighting version of the Phantom of the Opera in Sam Raimi's first cape movie, a decade before he brought us Tobey Maguire.

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CHRONICLE CRACKED This found-footage movie follows Michael B. Jordan and his two friends getting superpowers, but not the power to hold the camera straight for more than a second.

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METEOR MAN CRACKED Decades before Black Panther, pretty much the only black superhero to get his own movie was a teacher cleaning up the streets of the inner city.

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THE RETURN OF CAPTAIN INVINCIBLE CRACKED This is a musical comedy starring Alan Arkin as a washed-up superhero coming out of retirement to fight a racist supervillain- who says all these movies are the same?

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CONSTANTINE CRACKED Before Keanu Reeves was John Wick, he was John Constantine, battling the forces of hell alongside Rachel Weisz and Tilda Swinton as an angel.

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TANK GIRL CRACKED In case you wished Mad Max was more '90s than '80s, Lori Petty is here to blow up the post- apocalypse in her titular vehicle.

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