Movies To Watch Like The Avengers and Where to Stream Them
Ever since The Avengers debuted back in 2012, there’s been an appetite to see superheroes assemble on-screen. With major action sequences against an intergalactic threat, this film kick-started the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) into the billion dollar empire it is today. Read on to discover more films that are like The Avengers and where to stream them!
This is not the only time that superheroes have worked together to defeat a power-hungry villain. Before the Avengers, Marvel had a host of team-ups that saw comic book characters come to life in live-action franchises such as Fantastic Four and X-Men. Bryan Singer was at the helm of initiating the X-Men franchise with the 2000 film of the same name, starring Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry and James Marsden. The film explores this world of conflict where super-powered mutants are shunned and hunted by humans for their unique abilities. Magneto is trying to convince two isolated mutants of a different path to survive with humankind, as Professor Xavier tries to bridge the gap between the two species to live in harmony.
Similar to The Avengers, it brings together a group of skilled mutants to use their powers to defeat the evil in their world. X-Men remains one of the highest grossing films of that year, and garnered over $293 million at the worldwide box office, before it became an entire franchise of films and TV shows.
In 2005, Tim Story’s Fantastic Four burst onto the scene fronted by Jessica Alba, Iona Gruffudd, Michael Chiklis and Chris Evans (yes, prior to Captain America he went by another superhero alter ego). The film follows the origin story of these four titular leads, who are exposed to cosmic rays on a space station and find themselves with distinctive abilities. The film grossed over $333 million at the box office and even spawned a sequel, Fantastic Four Rise of the Silver Surfer in 2007. As there’s a reboot scheduled to be released in 2025, it’s the perfect time to revisit this super-science team.
DC have also released a host of gripping live-action superhero movies such as Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight trilogy as well as the Justice League. After a strong start with Batman Begins, Christopher Nolan crafted one of the greatest superhero movies of all time in 2008’s The Dark Knight. Fronted by Christian Bale as the caped crusader himself, Batman is faced with his ultimate nemesis, The Joker (Heath Ledger) who is tormenting Gotham with his wicked criminal schemes. It opened to wide-spread critical and commercial success and became the highest-grossing superhero film and the fourth-highest grossing film at that time. It led to the 2012 sequel, The Dark Knight Rises, which is another excellent choice for fans of The Avengers. Batman teams up with Catwoman (Anne Hathaway) to attempt to defeat another supervillain, Bane (Tom Hardy). The sequel went onto gross over $1 billion at the box office and became one of the highest grossing films of that time. Outside of this, there are super films such as The Incredibles, Despicable Me 2, Spider-Man 2 and Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves that offer an alternative spin on the hero versus villain saga for you to enjoy.
