DC Animated Films Shortlist
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1. Superman: Brainiac Attacks (2006 Video)
Not Rated | 76 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Embittered by Superman's heroic successes and soaring popularity, Lex Luthor forms a dangerous alliance with the powerful computer/villain Brainiac. Using advanced weaponry and a special strain of Kryptonite harvested from the far reaches of outer space, Luthor specifically redesigns Brainiac to defeat the Man of Steel.
Director: Curt Geda | Stars: Tim Daly, Powers Boothe, Dana Delany, Lance Henriksen
Votes: 5,011
2. Superman/Doomsday (2007 Video)
Not Rated | 75 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
When LexCorps accidentally unleash a murderous creature, Doomsday, Superman meets his greatest challenge as a champion. Based on the "The Death of Superman" storyline that appeared in DC Comics' publications in the 1990s.
Directors: Lauren Montgomery, Bruce Timm, Brandon Vietti | Stars: Adam Baldwin, Anne Heche, James Marsters, John DiMaggio
Votes: 23,514
3. Justice League: The New Frontier (2008 Video)
PG-13 | 75 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
In the 1950s, a new generation of superheroes must join forces with the community's active veterans and a hostile US government to fight a menace to Earth.
Director: Dave Bullock | Stars: David Boreanaz, Miguel Ferrer, Neil Patrick Harris, John Heard
Votes: 21,385
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4. Batman: Gotham Knight (2008 Video)
PG-13 | 75 min | Animation, Action, Crime
A collection of key events mark Bruce Wayne's life as he journeys from beginner to Dark Knight.
Directors: Yasuhiro Aoki, Futoshi Higashide, Toshiyuki Kubooka, Hiroshi Morioka, Jong-Sik Nam, Shôjirô Nishimi, Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Yûichirô Hayashi | Stars: Kevin Conroy, Jason Marsden, Scott Menville, George Newbern
Votes: 30,221
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5. Wonder Woman (2009 Video)
PG-13 | 74 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A modern man's trespass of the island of the Amazons enables an imprisoned war god to escape and Princess Diana wins the responsibility to recapture him.
Director: Lauren Montgomery | Stars: Keri Russell, Nathan Fillion, Alfred Molina, Rosario Dawson
Votes: 18,783
6. Green Lantern: First Flight (2009 Video)
PG-13 | 77 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Test pilot Hal Jordan finds himself recruited as the newest member of the intergalactic police force, The Green Lantern Corps.
Director: Lauren Montgomery | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Victor Garber, Tricia Helfer, Michael Madsen
Votes: 17,675
7. Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (2009 Video)
PG-13 | 67 min | Animation, Action, Drama
When Lex Luthor gets elected US President, he uses the threat of an oncoming kryptonite meteor striking Earth as a rationale to frame Superman.
Director: Sam Liu | Stars: Clancy Brown, Kevin Conroy, Tim Daly, Xander Berkeley
Votes: 25,492
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8. Superman/Batman: Apocalypse (2010 Video)
PG-13 | 78 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Batman discovers a mysterious teen-aged girl with super-human powers and a connection to Superman. When the girl comes to the attention of Darkseid, the evil overlord of Apokolips, events take a decidedly dangerous turn.
Director: Lauren Montgomery | Stars: Andre Braugher, Kevin Conroy, Tim Daly, Susan Eisenberg
Votes: 28,704
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9. Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths (2010 Video)
PG-13 | 75 min | Animation, Action, Fantasy
A good version of Lex Luthor from a parallel Earth comes to the Justice League's dimension for help to fight their evil counterparts.
Directors: Sam Liu, Lauren Montgomery | Stars: William Baldwin, Mark Harmon, Chris Noth, Gina Torres
Votes: 29,046
10. Justice League: Doom (2012 Video)
PG-13 | 75 min | Animation, Action, Fantasy
Vandal Savage steals confidential files Batman has compiled on the members of the Justice League, and learns all their weaknesses.
Director: Lauren Montgomery | Stars: Kevin Conroy, Tim Daly, Susan Eisenberg, Nathan Fillion
Votes: 36,912
11. Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010 Video)
PG-13 | 75 min | Animation, Action, Crime
There's a mystery afoot in Gotham City, and Batman must go toe-to-toe with a mysterious vigilante, who goes by the name of Red Hood. Subsequently, old wounds reopen and old, once buried memories come into the light.
Director: Brandon Vietti | Stars: Bruce Greenwood, Jensen Ackles, John DiMaggio, Neil Patrick Harris
Votes: 67,802
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12. Batman: Death in the Family (2020 Video)
R | 96 min | Animation, Action, Crime
An anthology series of 5 DC showcase: Death in the Family, Sgt. Rock, Adam Strange, The Phantom Stranger and Death.
Director: Brandon Vietti | Stars: Bruce Greenwood, Vincent Martella, John DiMaggio, Zehra Fazal
Votes: 4,133
13. All-Star Superman (2011 Video)
PG | 76 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
After being poisoned by sun radiation, a dying Superman decides to fulfill his lifelong dreams while Lex Luthor has his own agenda.
Director: Sam Liu | Stars: James Denton, Christina Hendricks, Anthony LaPaglia, Edward Asner
Votes: 16,794
14. Green Lantern: Emerald Knights (2011 Video)
PG | 84 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
As the home planet of the Green Lantern Corps faces a battle with an ancient enemy, Hal Jordan prepares new recruit Arisia for the coming conflict by relating stories of the first Green Lantern and several of Hal's comrades.
Directors: Christopher Berkeley, Lauren Montgomery, Jay Oliva | Stars: Nathan Fillion, Jason Isaacs, Elisabeth Moss, Henry Rollins
Votes: 14,864
15. Batman: Year One (2011 Video)
PG-13 | 64 min | Animation, Action, Crime
A wealthy playboy and a Chicago cop both return to Gotham City where their lives will intersect in unexpected ways.
Directors: Sam Liu, Lauren Montgomery | Stars: Bryan Cranston, Ben McKenzie, Eliza Dushku, Jon Polito
Votes: 38,098
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16. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 (2013 Video)
PG-13 | 76 min | Animation, Action, Crime
The Batman has returned after a 10-year absence. The Gotham authorities want to arrest him. An old foe wants a reunion. The Feds want the Man of Tomorrow to put a stop to him.
Director: Jay Oliva | Stars: Peter Weller, Ariel Winter, Michael Emerson, David Selby
Votes: 56,983
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17. Superman vs. The Elite (2012 Video)
PG-13 | 76 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
The Man of Steel finds himself outshone by a new team of ruthless superheroes who hold his idealism in contempt.
Director: Michael Chang | Stars: George Newbern, Pauley Perrette, Robin Atkin Downes, Dee Bradley Baker
Votes: 15,006
18. Superman: Unbound (2013 Video)
PG-13 | 75 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Superman and Supergirl take on the cybernetic Brainiac, who boasts that he possesses "the knowledge and strength of 10,000 worlds."
Director: James Tucker | Stars: Matt Bomer, Stana Katic, John Noble, Molly C. Quinn
Votes: 13,707
19. Batman: Assault on Arkham (2014 Video)
PG-13 | 76 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Batman works desperately to find a bomb planted by the Joker while Amanda Waller hires her newly formed Suicide Squad to break into Arkham Asylum to recover vital information stolen by the Riddler.
Directors: Jay Oliva, Ethan Spaulding | Stars: Kevin Conroy, Neal McDonough, Hynden Walch, Matthew Gray Gubler
Votes: 37,754
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20. Justice League: Gods and Monsters (2015 Video)
PG-13 | 76 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
In an alternate universe, very different versions of DC's Trinity (Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman), who operate outside of the law, are framed for murders of prominent scientist and the government decides to take them out.
Director: Sam Liu | Stars: Benjamin Bratt, Michael C. Hall, Tamara Taylor, Paget Brewster
Votes: 16,867
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21. Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts (2015 Video)
Not Rated | 78 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Batman, with the help of the Flash, Green Arrow, Nightwing, and Red Robin, has to try and get to the bottom of the mysterious robotic animals attacking Gotham.
Director: Butch Lukic | Stars: Roger Craig Smith, Chris Diamantopoulos, Will Friedle, Charlie Schlatter
Votes: 3,452
22. Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem (2015 Video)
PG | 81 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The Joker is aided in his Halloween quest to render modern technology useless and take over Gotham City by Solomon Grundy, Silver Banshee, Clayface and Scarecrow.
Director: Butch Lukic | Stars: Troy Baker, Eric Bauza, Steve Blum, Janell Cox
Votes: 3,141
23. Batman Unlimited: Mechs vs. Mutants (2016 Video)
Not Rated | 72 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
After freeing helpers in Arkham, Freeze and Penguin freeze down Gotham City and attack with huge monsters. Batman responds, helped by other heroes.
Director: Curt Geda | Stars: Roger Craig Smith, Oded Fehr, Lucien Dodge, Dana Snyder
Votes: 1,931
24. Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders (2016)
PG | 78 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Batman and Robin of the 1960s live action series are back in action to take down their fiendish foes united once more against them.
Director: Rick Morales | Stars: Adam West, Burt Ward, Julie Newmar, Jeff Bergman
Votes: 6,392
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25. Batman vs. Two-Face (2017 Video)
PG | 72 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
Gotham City District Attorney Harvey Dent is mutilated in a laboratory accident. When the duplicitous Two-Face embarks on a crime spree, Batman and Robin must solve the mystery of his identity while facing off against several other foes.
Director: Rick Morales | Stars: Adam West, Burt Ward, William Shatner, Julie Newmar
Votes: 4,555
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26. Batman: The Killing Joke (2016)
R | 76 min | Animation, Action, Crime
As Batman hunts for the escaped Joker, the Clown Prince of Crime attacks the Gordon family to prove a diabolical point mirroring his own fall into madness.
Director: Sam Liu | Stars: Kevin Conroy, Mark Hamill, Tara Strong, Ray Wise
Votes: 61,540 | Gross: $3.78M
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27. Batman and Harley Quinn (2017)
PG-13 | 74 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Batman and Nightwing are forced to team with the Joker's sometimes-girlfriend Harley Quinn to stop a global threat brought about by Poison Ivy and Jason Woodrue, the Floronic Man.
Director: Sam Liu | Stars: Kevin Conroy, Melissa Rauch, Paget Brewster, Loren Lester
Votes: 15,174
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28. Batman: Gotham by Gaslight (2018)
R | 78 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
In an alternative Victorian Age Gotham City, Batman begins his war on crime while he investigates a new series of murders by Jack the Ripper.
Director: Sam Liu | Stars: Bruce Greenwood, Jennifer Carpenter, Chris Cox, John DiMaggio
Votes: 18,982
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29. Batman Ninja (2018)
PG-13 | 85 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Batman, along with a number of his allies and adversaries, finds himself transplanted from modern Gotham City to feudal Japan.
Director: Junpei Mizusaki | Stars: Kôichi Yamadera, Wataru Takagi, Ai Kakuma, Rie Kugimiya
Votes: 21,938
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30. Justice League vs the Fatal Five (2019)
PG-13 | 77 min | Animation, Action, Fantasy
The Justice League battles the Fatal Five, (Tharok, Emerald Empress, Validus, Mano and the Persuader). Based on the characters created by Jim Shooter.
Director: Sam Liu | Stars: Elyes Gabel, Diane Guerrero, Kevin Conroy, Susan Eisenberg
Votes: 10,548
31. Batman vs Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2019 Video)
PG-13 | 87 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Batman, Batgirl and Robin forge an alliance with The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to fight against the Turtles' sworn enemy, The Shredder, who has teamed up with Ra's Al Ghul and The League Of Assassins.
Director: Jake Castorena | Stars: Troy Baker, Eric Bauza, Darren Criss, Kyle Mooney
Votes: 12,520
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32. Superman: Red Son (2020 Video)
PG-13 | 84 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
What if baby Kal-El's rocket landed not in Kansas, but in the Soviet Union? That is the premise of this Elseworld's tale from DC Comics.
Director: Sam Liu | Stars: Jason Isaacs, Amy Acker, Diedrich Bader, Vanessa Marshall
Votes: 16,866
33. Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons - The Movie (2020)
R | 87 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Assassin Slade Wilson leads two lives: a relentless killer known as Deathstroke and a family man. Can he atone for the sins of the past-or will his family pay the ultimate price?
Director: Sung Jin Ahn | Stars: Chris Jai Alex, Sasha Alexander, Michael Chiklis, Noshir Dalal
Votes: 4,199
34. Batman: Soul of the Dragon (2021)
R | 83 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
In the 1970s, a missing teacher of martial arts is the subject of a quest by his devoted and brilliant but distant students, who include Batman.
Director: Sam Liu | Stars: David Giuntoli, Mark Dacascos, Kelly Hu, Michael Jai White
Votes: 7,359
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35. Injustice (2021)
R | 78 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
On an alternate Earth, the Joker tricks Superman into killing Lois Lane, which causes a rampage in the hero. Superman decides to take control of Earth; Batman and his allies will have to attempt to stop him.
Director: Matt Peters | Stars: Justin Hartley, Anson Mount, Laura Bailey, Zach Callison
Votes: 16,064
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36. Catwoman: Hunted (2022)
PG-13 | 78 min | Animation, Action, Crime
Follows Catwoman in an attempt to steal a priceless jewel. This puts her squarely in the crosshairs of both a powerful consortium of villains, Interpol and Batwoman.
Director: Shinsuke Terasawa | Stars: Elizabeth Gillies, Stephanie Beatriz, Jonathan Banks, Steve Blum
Votes: 3,522
37. DC League of Super-Pets (2022)
PG | 105 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Krypto the Super-Dog and Superman are inseparable best friends, sharing the same superpowers and fighting crime side by side in Metropolis. However, Krypto must master his own powers for a rescue mission when Superman is kidnapped.
Directors: Jared Stern, Sam J. Levine | Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Kate McKinnon, John Krasinski
Votes: 75,503 | Gross: $93.66M
38. Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons (2022 Video)
PG-13 | 79 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Jonathan Kent and reluctant young sidekick Damian Wayne are burdened with saving the world from impending doom. The two must join forces to rescue their fathers and save the planet by becoming the super heroes they were intended to be.
Director: Matt Peters | Stars: Jack Dylan Grazer, Jack Griffo, Laura Bailey, Troy Baker
Votes: 5,273
39. Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham (2023 Video)
PG-13 | 86 min | Animation, Fantasy, Horror
An ancient evil awakens and only Bruce Wayne can save 1920s Gotham City.
Directors: Christopher Berkeley, Sam Liu | Stars: David Giuntoli, Tati Gabrielle, Gideon Adlon, Karan Brar
Votes: 5,898
40. Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes and Huntsmen Part One (2023 Video)
PG | 80 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The DC universe's premier superhero team are transported to the world of Remnant where they are transformed into teenagers and must join forces with Team RWBY to fight against superpowered Grimm.
Director: Kerry Shawcross | Stars: Ozioma Akagha, Jen Brown, Tiana Camacho, Aaron Dismuke
Votes: 1,856
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