The 30 Best Superhero Movies on Netflix (July 2026)

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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

IMDb 8.4 🍅 97% 1h 57m

Directed by Bob Persichetti

✦ MovieMuse AI takeMultiverse scaffolding transforms Miles into Spider-Man through mentorship rather than origin, redefining the hero's journey.

Struggling to find his place in the world while juggling school and family, Brooklyn teenager Miles Morales is unexpectedly bitten by a radioactive spider and develops unfathomable powers just like the one and only Spider-Man. While wrestling with the implications of his new abilities, Miles discovers a super collider created by the madman Wilson "Kingpin" Fisk, causing others from across the Spider-Verse to be inadvertently transported to his dimension.

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Miraculous World: Paris, Tales of Shadybug and Claw Noir (2023)

IMDb 8.4 🍅 54% Letterboxd 3.5 0h 46m

Directed by Thomas Astruc

✦ MovieMuse AI takeParallel universe storytelling transforms genre tropes into fresh narrative possibilities through reversed hero dynamics.

Miraculous holders from another world appear in Paris. They come from a parallel universe where everything is reversed: the holders of Ladybug and Black Cat Miraculouses, Shadybug and Claw Noir, are the bad guys, and the holder of the Butterfly Miraculous, Betterfly, is a superhero. Ladybug and Cat Noir will have to help Betterfly counter the attacks of their evil doubles and prevent them from seizing the Butterfly Miraculous. Can our heroes also help Betterfly make Shadybug and Claw Noir better people?

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My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising (2019)

IMDb 7.8 🍅 92% Letterboxd 3.6 1h 44m

Directed by Kenji Nagasaki

✦ MovieMuse AI takeTransforms coming-of-age training into genuine stakes when student heroes face real combat without safety nets.

Class 1-A visits Nabu Island where they finally get to do some real hero work. The place is so peaceful that it's more like a vacation... until they're attacked by a villain with an unfathomable Quirk! His power is eerily familiar, and it looks like Shigaraki had a hand in the plan. But with All Might retired and citizens' lives on the line, there's no time for questions. Deku and his friends are the next generation of heroes, and they're the island's only hope.

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Minnal Murali (2021)

IMDb 7.8 🍅 75% Letterboxd 3.6 2h 38m

Directed by Basil Joseph

✦ MovieMuse AI takeRegional specificity grounds the origin story authentically, making Kerala's modest tailor a refreshingly grounded superhero.

A tailor gains special powers after being struck by lightning but must take down an unexpected foe if he is to become the superhero his hometown in Kerala needs.

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Spider-Man 2 (2004)

IMDb 7.5 🍅 93% 2h 7m

Directed by Sam Raimi

✦ MovieMuse AI takeTobey Maguire's physical deterioration visualizes the cost of heroism, making power feel genuinely heavy.

Peter Parker is going through a major identity crisis. Burned out from being Spider-Man, he decides to shelve his superhero alter ego, which leaves the city suffering in the wake of carnage left by the evil Doc Ock. In the meantime, Parker still can't act on his feelings for Mary Jane Watson, a girl he's loved since childhood. A certain anger begins to brew in his best friend Harry Osborn as well...

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Spider-Man (2002)

IMDb 7.4 🍅 90% Letterboxd 3.9 2h 1m

Directed by Sam Raimi

✦ MovieMuse AI takeRaimi's web-slinging balletics established the superhero body as expressive performance art, not just special effects.

After being bitten by a genetically altered spider at Oscorp, nerdy but endearing high school student Peter Parker is endowed with amazing powers to become the superhero known as Spider-Man.

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Miraculous World: Shanghai - The Legend of Ladydragon (2021)

IMDb 7.3 Letterboxd 3.3 0h 54m

Directed by Thomas Astruc

✦ MovieMuse AI takeIdentity concealment becomes the film's central tension, weaponizing the secret-keeping trope as genuine emotional conflict.

On school break, Marinette heads to Shanghai to meet Adrien. But after arriving, Marinette loses all her stuff, including the Miraculous that allows her to turn into Ladybug!

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Miraculous World: New York, United HeroeZ (2020)

IMDb 7.2 Letterboxd 3.4 1h 1m

Directed by Thomas Astruc

✦ MovieMuse AI takeFish-out-of-water premise explores how teenage heroes navigate a legendary superhero city on their own terms.

Marinette’s class is headed to New York, the city of superheroes, for French-American Friendship Week.

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Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods (2013)

IMDb 7.1 🍅 89% Letterboxd 3.3 1h 25m

Directed by Masahiro Hosoda

✦ MovieMuse AI takeDecentralizes power fantasy through tournament spectacle, establishing anime's kinetic fight choreography as superhero cinema's equal.

After the defeat of Majin Buu, a powerful God of Destruction known as Beerus searches for the Saiyan warrior who defeated Frieza. Realizing the threat Beerus poses to Earth, the Z-fighters must stop him. Only Goku, humanity’s last hope, can ascend to the level of a legendary Super Saiyan God and save the planet, and possibly the entire universe!

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Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical (2022)

IMDb 7.0 🍅 93% Letterboxd 3.4 1h 57m

Directed by Matthew Warchus

✦ MovieMuse AI takeRedefines superpowers as self-actualization rather than combat ability, centering emotional resilience over physical dominance.

An extraordinary young girl discovers her superpower and summons the remarkable courage, against all odds, to help others change their stories, whilst also taking charge of her own destiny. Standing up for what's right, she's met with miraculous results.

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My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission (2021)

IMDb 7.0 🍅 87% Letterboxd 3.4 1h 45m

Directed by Kenji Nagasaki

✦ MovieMuse AI takeGenetic theory doomsday plot transcends action sequences, making superpowers themselves the narrative's philosophical battleground.

A mysterious group called Humarize strongly believes in the Quirk Singularity Doomsday theory which states that when quirks get mixed further in with future generations, that power will bring forth the end of humanity. In order to save everyone, the Pro-Heroes around the world ask UA Academy heroes-in-training to assist them and form a world-class selected hero team. It’s up to the heroes to save the world and the future of heroes in what is the most dangerous crisis to take place yet in My Hero Academia.

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My Hero Academia: You're Next (2024)

IMDb 7.0 🍅 95% Letterboxd 3.4 1h 50m

Directed by Tensai Okamura

✦ MovieMuse AI takeTransforms the superhero origin story into apocalyptic world-building, making hero society's collapse the actual dramatic stakes.

In a society devastated by the effects of an all-out war between heroes and villains, a mysterious giant fortress suddenly appears, engulfing towns and people one after another. Then, a man reminiscent of All Might, the 'symbol of peace', stands in front of Izuku and his friends...

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Hellboy (2004)

IMDb 6.9 🍅 81% 2h 2m

Directed by Guillermo del Toro

✦ MovieMuse AI takeHellboy's wartime origin anchors superheroism in historical consequence rather than comic-book timelessness.

In the final days of World War II, the Nazis attempt to use black magic to aid their dying cause. The Allies raid the camp where the ceremony is taking place, but not before they summon a baby demon who is rescued by Allied forces and dubbed "Hellboy". Sixty years later, Hellboy serves the cause of good rather than evil as an agent in the Bureau of Paranormal Research & Defense, along with Abe Sapien - a merman with psychic powers, and Liz Sherman - a woman with pyrokinesis, protecting America against dark forces.

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Ultraman: Rising (2024)

IMDb 6.9 🍅 86% Letterboxd 3.7 1h 57m

Directed by Shannon Tindle

✦ MovieMuse AI takeReluctant succession narrative reframes superheroism as inherited burden rather than triumphant calling.

A star athlete reluctantly returns home to take over his father's duties as Ultraman, shielding Tokyo from giant monsters as he becomes a legendary hero.

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The Old Guard (2020)

IMDb 6.7 🍅 80% 2h 5m

Directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood

✦ MovieMuse AI takeImmortality deconstruction treats centuries-old warriors as weary rather than invincible, subverting power fantasy tropes.

Four undying warriors who've secretly protected humanity for centuries become targeted for their mysterious powers just as they discover a new immortal.

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Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022)

IMDb 6.5 🍅 69% Letterboxd 3.1 1h 27m

Directed by Kyle Balda

✦ MovieMuse AI takeInverts hero mythology by making villainy relatable; Gru's origin-story earnestness accidentally humanizes supervillain ambition.

A fanboy of a supervillain supergroup known as the Vicious 6, Gru hatches a plan to become evil enough to join them, with the backup of his followers, the Minions.

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Spider-Man 3 (2007)

IMDb 6.3 🍅 63% 2h 19m

Directed by Sam Raimi

✦ MovieMuse AI takeSpider-Man 3's Sandman origin-shifting humanizes the villain through necessity, complicating morality.

The seemingly invincible Spider-Man goes up against an all-new crop of villains—including the shape-shifting Sandman. While Spider-Man’s superpowers are altered by an alien organism, his alter ego, Peter Parker, deals with nemesis Eddie Brock and also gets caught up in a love triangle.

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Bleach (2018)

IMDb 6.3 🍅 67% Letterboxd 2.8 1h 48m

Directed by Shinsuke Sato

✦ MovieMuse AI takeGrafts Soul Reaper lore onto high-school melodrama, proving anime adaptation succeeds when honoring source material's visual language.

High school student Ichigo Kurosaki lives an ordinary life, besides being able to see ghosts and the blurry memories of his mother's death under strange circumstances when he was a kid. His peaceful world suddenly breaks as he meets Rukia Kuchiki, a God of Death.

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Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017)

IMDb 6.2 🍅 87% Letterboxd 3.0 1h 29m

Directed by David Soren

✦ MovieMuse AI takeCaptain Underpants proves superhero comedy works when absurdity embraces its own logic completely.

Based on the bestselling book series, this outrageous comedy tells the story of George and Harold, two overly imaginative pranksters who hypnotize their principal into thinking he’s an enthusiastic, yet dimwitted, superhero named Captain Underpants.

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Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie (2022)

IMDb 6.2 🍅 79% Letterboxd 3.6 1h 26m

Directed by Andy Suriano

✦ MovieMuse AI takeLeadership origin redefines the reluctant hero through sibling dynamics and inter-team power struggles.

When a mysterious stranger arrives from the future with a dire warning, Leo is forced to rise and lead his brothers, Raph, Donnie, and Mikey in a fight to save the world from a terrifying alien species.

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Code 8 (2019)

IMDb 6.1 🍅 85% Letterboxd 2.7 1h 39m

Directed by Jeff Chan

✦ MovieMuse AI takeClass commentary weaponizes superpowers as surveillance mechanism, making abilities symbols of systemic oppression.

In Lincoln City, some inhabitants have extraordinary abilities. Most live below the poverty line, under the close surveillance of a heavily militarized police force. Connor, a construction worker with powers, involves with a criminal gang to help his ailing mother. (Based on the short film “Code 8,” 2016.)

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Miraculous: Ladybug & Cat Noir, The Movie (2023)

IMDb 6.1 🍅 54% Letterboxd 2.7 1h 40m

Directed by Jeremy Zag

✦ MovieMuse AI takeDual-identity secrecy becomes romantic obstacle course, weaponizing the genre's most fundamental concealment device.

After a guardian of magical jewels turns an awkward girl and a popular boy into superheroes, they can never reveal their identities — even to each other.

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Venom: The Last Dance (2024)

IMDb 6.0 🍅 40% Letterboxd 2.5 1h 49m

Directed by Kelly Marcel

✦ MovieMuse AI takeSymbiotic alien partnership explores body autonomy and consent through superhero action, philosophically grounding the spectacle.

Eddie and Venom are on the run. Hunted by both of their worlds and with the net closing in, the duo are forced into a devastating decision that will bring the curtains down on Venom and Eddie's last dance.

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Project Power (2020)

IMDb 6.0 🍅 61% Letterboxd 2.5 1h 53m

Directed by Ariel Schulman

✦ MovieMuse AI takeDemocratizes superpowers through street-level MacGuffin hunt, grounding superhero stakes in systemic corruption rather than cosmic destiny.

An ex-soldier, a teen and a cop collide in New Orleans as they hunt for the source behind a dangerous new pill that grants users temporary superpowers.

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Psychokinesis (2018)

IMDb 6.0 🍅 80% Letterboxd 2.9 1h 41m

Directed by Yeon Sang-ho

✦ MovieMuse AI takePaternal responsibility grounds superpowers in domestic stakes rather than cosmic threats.

An ordinary guy suddenly finds he has superpowers he can use to help his spirited daughter and the people around them, but he also runs into trouble in the process.

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Clifford the Big Red Dog (2021)

IMDb 5.9 🍅 58% Letterboxd 2.4 1h 36m

Directed by Walt Becker

✦ MovieMuse AI takeTransforms pet companionship into literal superpower, collapsing the gap between mundane childhood and extraordinary responsibility.

As Emily struggles to fit in at home and at school, she discovers a small red puppy who is destined to become her best friend. When Clifford magically undergoes one heck of a growth spurt, becomes a gigantic dog and attracts the attention of a genetics company, Emily and her Uncle Casey have to fight the forces of greed as they go on the run across New York City. Along the way, Clifford affects the lives of everyone around him and teaches Emily and her uncle the true meaning of acceptance and unconditional love.

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iBoy (2017)

IMDb 5.9 🍅 69% Letterboxd 2.3 1h 30m

Directed by Adam Randall

✦ MovieMuse AI takeWeaponizes smartphone integration as body-horror origin story, making tech dependency a genuine superheroic curse, not fantasy.

After an accident, Tom wakes from a coma to discover that fragments of his smart phone have been embedded in his head, and worse, that returning to normal teenage life is impossible because he has developed a strange set of super powers.

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How I Became a Superhero (2020)

IMDb 5.8 🍅 83% Letterboxd 2.7 1h 41m

Directed by Douglas Attal

✦ MovieMuse AI takeDemocratized superpowers via drug narrative flips power fantasy, creating genuine societal transformation commentary.

Paris 2020. While superheroes have assimilated into the Parisian society, they discover a new drug that gives themselves personal superpowers to mere mortals. Lieutenants Moreau and Schaltzmann are investigating the case with the support of two ex-superheroes, Monte Carlo and Callista. They'll do whatever it takes to dismantle the traffic. But Moreau's past resurfaces, and the investigation becomes more complicated.

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Mantra Warrior: The Legend of The Eight Moons (2023)

IMDb 5.8 Letterboxd 2.9 1h 30m

Directed by Jinanavin Veerapatra

✦ MovieMuse AI takeAncient mythology adapted into sci-fi superhero framework bridges cultural storytelling traditions with futuristic spectacle.

A story inspired by the original RAMAYANA, retold in a futuristic universe, involving brave warriors who possess ancient powers from another dimension.

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Code 8 Part II (2024)

IMDb 5.7 🍅 73% Letterboxd 2.6 1h 41m

Directed by Jeff Chan

✦ MovieMuse AI takeSystemic oppression through robotic policing transforms superpowers into symbols of resistance against authoritarian control.

In a world where superpowered people are heavily policed by robots, an ex-con teams up with a drug lord he despises to protect a teen from a corrupt cop.

Best Superhero Movies on Netflix

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

Miraculous World: Paris, Tales of Shadybug and Claw Noir (2023)

My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising (2019)

Minnal Murali (2021)

Spider-Man 2 (2004)

Spider-Man (2002)

Miraculous World: Shanghai - The Legend of Ladydragon (2021)

Miraculous World: New York, United HeroeZ (2020)

Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods (2013)

Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical (2022)

My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission (2021)

My Hero Academia: You're Next (2024)

Hellboy (2004)

Ultraman: Rising (2024)

The Old Guard (2020)

Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022)

Spider-Man 3 (2007)

Bleach (2018)

Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017)

Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie (2022)

Code 8 (2019)

Miraculous: Ladybug & Cat Noir, The Movie (2023)

Venom: The Last Dance (2024)

Project Power (2020)

Psychokinesis (2018)

Clifford the Big Red Dog (2021)

iBoy (2017)

How I Became a Superhero (2020)

Mantra Warrior: The Legend of The Eight Moons (2023)

Code 8 Part II (2024)

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