Great Trash Superheroes
by zeleao48 | created - 15 May 2020 | updated - 15 May 2020 | PublicA list of movies starring unforgettable trash super heroes, some of them unknown for the great public and others although very well known that were brought to the screen by ludicrous but anyway cult adaptations. Hope you like and if you remember some other title, please let us know.
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1. Danger: Diabolik (1968)
Not Rated | 105 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A master thief and his sensual lover pull off heist after heist, all while an envious coalition of cops and gangsters is gunning for them.
Director: Mario Bava | Stars: John Phillip Law, Marisa Mell, Michel Piccoli, Adolfo Celi
Votes: 7,197
2. Argoman the Fantastic Superman (1967)
M | 83 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Argoman is practically invincible with powers beyond the scope of mortal man but loses his power once he engages sexual intercourse with a woman. Just when he lost his powers, the amazon queen Jenabell tries to conquer the world.
Director: Sergio Grieco | Stars: Roger Browne, Dominique Boschero, Eduardo Fajardo, Nadia Marlowa
Votes: 539
3. Flashman (1967)
96 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
Superhero Flashman--who is secretly a member of the British royal family--battles a host of villains and gangsters, including Mafia bank robbers and a gang of beautiful female counterfeiters.
Director: Mino Loy | Stars: Paolo Gozlino, Claudie Lange, Ivano Staccioli, Jack Ary
Votes: 176
4. The Three Fantastic Supermen (1967)
PG | 94 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
FBI agent Brad joins Tony and Nick, the self styled Supermen who battle crime wearing bullet-proof super-suits. They are on a case involving radioactive counterfeit money and people who can be broken down into precious jewels.
Director: Gianfranco Parolini | Stars: Tony Kendall, Brad Harris, Aldo Canti, Carlo Tamberlani
Votes: 257
5. Kriminal (1966)
98 min | Adventure, Crime, Thriller
A mastermind thief known as Kriminal narrowly escapes execution. He always manages to stay one step ahead of the law with each new crime he commits. Will Kriminal be able to pull of his ... See full summary »
Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Glenn Saxson, Helga Liné, Andrea Bosic, Ivano Staccioli
Votes: 339
6. Goldface, the Fantastic Superman (1967)
100 min | Adventure
During businessman Matthews's party his industrial property was attacked and destroyed by terrorists of the megalomaniac, The Cobra.
Director: Bitto Albertini | Stars: Espartaco Santoni, Evi Marandi, Attilio Severini, Micaela Pignatelli
Votes: 87
7. National Kid (1960– )
30 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Young scientist Ryusaku Hata saves Earth from various evil forces as the powerful alien superhero known as National Kid.
Stars: Kiwako Taichi, Ichirô Kojima, Tatsume Shiutaro, Midori Okada
Votes: 76
8. Fantabulous Inc. (1968)
95 min | Sci-Fi
A company specializing in international espionage turns a young man into a super hero and offers his services to the United Nations. For a hefty fee, the creation will supposedly become an ... See full summary »
Director: Sergio Spina | Stars: Richard Harrison, Adolfo Celi, Judi West, Gustavo D'Arpe
Votes: 41
9. Adventures of Captain Africa: Mighty Jungle Avenger! (1955)
Approved | 225 min | Action, Adventure, Family
Trapper Nat Coleman and government agent Ted Arnold come upon a plot to take over an African nation. Its leader, Caliph Abdul el Hamid, has been exiled from his country and replaced by a ... See full summary »
Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet | Stars: John Hart, Rick Vallin, Ben Welden, June Howard
Votes: 77
10. Manimal (1983)
TV-PG | 60 min | Adventure, Crime, Fantasy
A suave and elegant university professor, who can shape-shift into any animal, fights crime along with a female New York detective and his right-hand man.
Stars: Simon MacCorkindale, Melody Anderson, Reni Santoni, Michael D. Roberts
Votes: 2,193
11. Automan (1983–1984)
70 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A computer-generated superhero and his human creator fight crime in the city.
Stars: Desi Arnaz Jr., Chuck Wagner, Heather McNair, Gerald S. O'Loughlin
Votes: 2,105
12. Avenger X (1967)
90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A retired ex-criminal, the notorious Mister X, must clear his name when an up-and-comer commits a heinous copycat crime.
Director: Piero Vivarelli | Stars: Pier Paolo Capponi, Gaia Germani, Armando Calvo, Anna Zinnemann
Votes: 108
13. Captain America (1979 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 97 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A recipient of an experimental body enhancement chemical retaliates against his would be killers as a star spangled superhero.
Director: Rod Holcomb | Stars: Reb Brown, Len Birman, Heather Menzies-Urich, Robin Mattson
Votes: 2,414
14. The Amazing Spider-Man (1977–1979)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
With the powers given by the bite of a radioactive spider, a young man fights crime as a wall-crawling superhero.
Stars: Nicholas Hammond, Robert F. Simon, Chip Fields, Ellen Bry
Votes: 2,671
15. Super Fuzz (1980)
PG | 97 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Red powder from a nuclear explosion gives a police officer super powers as long as he doesn't see anything red. He is eventually framed for murder and is unsuccessfully executed by many different methods.
Director: Sergio Corbucci | Stars: Terence Hill, Ernest Borgnine, Joanne Dru, Marc Lawrence
Votes: 8,197
16. Satanik (1968)
Not Rated | 86 min | Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A withered old hag turns into a beautiful young woman after drinking a youth formula.
Director: Piero Vivarelli | Stars: Magda Konopka, Julio Peña, Umberto Raho, Luigi Montini
Votes: 427
17. Superargo vs. Diabolicus (1966)
G | 88 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
A superhero battles a madman who is plotting to steal uranium in order to take over the world.
Director: Nick Nostro | Stars: Giovanni Cianfriglia, Gérard Tichy, Loredana Nusciak, Mónica Randall
Votes: 395
18. Fenomenal and the Treasure of Tutankamen (1968)
95 min | Sci-Fi
A masked superhero searches for a magical golden relic while trying to prevent the plundering of an Egyptian tomb.
Director: Ruggero Deodato | Stars: Mauro Parenti, Lucretia Love, Gordon Mitchell, John Karlsen
Votes: 150
19. Dollman (1991 Video)
R | 82 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
A hard-boiled intergalactic policeman lands on Earth, where he is thirteen inches tall.
Director: Albert Pyun | Stars: Tim Thomerson, Jackie Earle Haley, Kamala Lopez, Humberto Ortiz
Votes: 3,713
20. The Pumaman (1980)
90 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Thousands of years ago, aliens visited Earth and fathered the Pumaman, a man-god with supernatural powers entrusted by a gold mask with the ability to control people's minds, which in present-day London, falls upon the wrong hands.
Director: Alberto De Martino | Stars: Walter George Alton, Donald Pleasence, Miguel Ángel Fuentes, Sydne Rome
Votes: 4,692
21. Swamp Thing (1982)
PG | 91 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
After a violent incident with a special chemical, a research scientist is turned into a swamp plant monster.
Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Louis Jourdan, Adrienne Barbeau, Ray Wise, David Hess
Votes: 16,365
22. Tank Girl (1995)
R | 104 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
A girl is among the few survivors of a dystopian Earth. Riding a war tank, she fights against the tyranny of a mega-corporation that dominates the remaining potable water supply of the planet.
Director: Rachel Talalay | Stars: Lori Petty, Ice-T, Naomi Watts, Don Harvey
Votes: 34,788 | Gross: $4.06M
23. Masters of the Universe (1987)
PG | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
The heroic warrior He-Man battles against the evil lord Skeletor and his armies of darkness for control of Castle Grayskull.
Director: Gary Goddard | Stars: Dolph Lundgren, Frank Langella, Meg Foster, Billy Barty
Votes: 44,331 | Gross: $17.34M
24. Catwoman (2004)
PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Crime, Fantasy
A shy woman, endowed with the speed, reflexes, and senses of a cat, walks a thin line between criminal and hero, even as a detective doggedly pursues her, fascinated by both of her personas.
Director: Pitof | Stars: Halle Berry, Sharon Stone, Benjamin Bratt, Lambert Wilson
Votes: 125,831 | Gross: $40.20M
25. They Call Me Jeeg Robot (2015)
112 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Lonely, misanthropic small-time crook Enzo uses the superpowers he gained after falling into the Tiber River to chase down a crazy gangster called "The Gypsy."
Director: Gabriele Mainetti | Stars: Claudio Santamaria, Luca Marinelli, Ilenia Pastorelli, Stefano Ambrogi
Votes: 16,302
26. The Owl (1991 TV Movie)
84 min | Action
After the violent murder of his family, a man becomes a vigilante dispensing his own kind of justice to people in need.
Director: Tom Holland | Stars: Adrian Paul, Patricia Charbonneau, Brian Thompson, Erika Flores
Votes: 269
27. Green Lantern (2011)
PG-13 | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Reckless test pilot Hal Jordan is granted an alien ring that bestows him with otherworldly powers that inducts him into an intergalactic police force, the Green Lantern Corps.
Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard, Mark Strong
Votes: 296,197 | Gross: $116.60M
28. Nick Fury: Agent of Shield (1998 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 120 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Agent Nick Fury is asked to fight the menace of Hydra after exiling himself in the Yukon since the end of the Cold War.
Director: Rod Hardy | Stars: David Hasselhoff, Lisa Rinna, Sandra Hess, Neil Roberts
Votes: 3,186
29. Cyborg (1989)
R | 86 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A martial artist hunts a killer in a plague-infested urban dump of the future.
Director: Albert Pyun | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Deborah Richter, Vincent Klyn, Alex Daniels
Votes: 34,244 | Gross: $10.17M
30. Kick-Ass (2010)
R | 117 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Dave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan who one day decides to become a superhero, even though he has no powers, training or meaningful reason to do so.
Director: Matthew Vaughn | Stars: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Nicolas Cage, Chloë Grace Moretz, Garrett M. Brown
Votes: 593,622 | Gross: $48.07M
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