If you are tired of the stereotypically good heroes in tights or clichéd villains, let's take a look at the cinema world of Good and Evil from a different angle.
We present you the top 10 non-standard series about superheroes and supervillains. All participants in the list are distributed in random order, since each of them is good in its own way.
10. Harley Quinn (2019-present)
Genre: fantasy, detective, action
Movie Search Rating: 7.9
IMDb Rating: 8.4
Country: USA
Producer: Cecilia Aranovich, Juan Jose Mesa Leon, etc.
Music: Jefferson Friedman
Our super-rated animated series opens, which will reveal not only Harley Quinn, but also other Gotham villains from the most unexpected directions. They are friends, arrange holidays for younger relatives, have love interests and try to help their loved ones, even if they are complete scumbags.
But if you thought that there was some kind of sugary series in front of you, trying to “whitewash” the villains, then no, no, and again no. Take the children and impressionable people away from the blue screen and get ready for a bunch of obscene and gloomy jokes, caustic satire, blood flying in all directions from broken heads and severed limbs, as well as large-scale destruction and fan service (where without it).
9. Gotham (2014-2019)
Genre: fiction, action, thriller
Movie Search Rating: 7.7
IMDb Rating: 7.8
Country: USA
Producer: Rob Bailey, Danny Cannon et al
Music: David E. Russo, Graham Revell
What was Gotham before Batman began his superhero career? How did the service of James Gordon, who got the case of the murder of Martha and Thomas Wayne, begin? What was the relationship between young Bruce Wayne and his butler Alfred? The Gotham series will answer these and many other questions.
We recommend that you watch it if you like the story of the Dark Knight, and want to look at the place where his young years passed. There are also famous villains and antiheroes in the series, such as Poison Ivy, Penguin, Riddler and Woman Cat.
8. Umbrella Academy (2019-present)
Genre: fantasy, action, drama
Movie Search Rating: 7.5
IMDb Rating: 8
Country: USA
Producer: Stephen Sergic, Jeremy Webb et al.
Music: Jeff Russo
In the late 80s of the last century, a billionaire eccentric adopted several babies with superpowers. However, his father turned out to be so-so, and he caused many injuries to his adoptive children, which came back to him in adulthood.
But this series is not only about how the "super" coped with emotional upheavals rooted in their grim childhood, but also about how they had to unite to save the world.
7. Tick (2016-2019)
Genre: comedy, action, adventure
Movie Search Rating: 6.5
IMDb Rating: 7.4
Country: USA
Producer: Romeo Tyrone, Kate Dennis et al
Music: Chris P. Bacon
He is an honest and fearless, naive and kind Blue tick. He is a superhero who could become the star of a children's party, but for some reason is fighting crime. However, crime is said loudly, the expression "evil clowns" is more likely to be suitable here.
This series is an irony over the superhero genre, but not evil, but kind, which is reflected in the general feeling of "cartoon" Tika.
If you are tired of the gloomy pathos or cynical swagger of modern TV shows, look at Tika, it is easy to read and funny.
6. Bad, another name - Scum (2009-2013)
Genre: fiction, drama, romance
Movie Search Rating: 8
IMDb Rating: 8.2
Country: Great Britain
Producer: Tom Green, Jonathan van Tulleken, etc.
Music: Vince pope
What will happen if a lot of power comes not to a responsible person who is ready to sacrifice himself for the good of society, but to a group of marginals? Nothing good, which the Dumps will show you.
After a lightning strike, a group of five young people receives various superpowers - from telepathy to time travel and even sexual manipulation. And after that, the streets of the city become even more dangerous, since not a single newly-minted superhero knows what to do with the acquired forces. And they have to fight primarily with evil within themselves.
5. The Fatal Patrol (2019-present)
Genre: fiction, drama, action
Movie Search Rating: 7.2
IMDb Rating: 8
Country: USA
Producer: Dermott Downs, Harry Giergerian et al
Music: Kevin Kainer, Clint Mansell
This is a funny and sometimes touching story of lost people who did not ask for superhero forces, and if they did, they didn’t get what they expected.
A team of almost morally or physically mutilated people who set off in search of their abducted “father” - the scientist Niels Calder - that’s what the “Fatal Patrol” is. And if you decide to watch it, then be prepared for a calm pace of narration, non-standard plot twists and strange, very strange superpowers of the main and secondary characters.
4. Legion (2017-2019)
Genre: fiction, thriller, action
Movie Search Rating: 7.4
IMDb Rating: 8.3
Country: USA
Producer: John Cameron, Noah Hawley et al
Music: Jeff Russo
There once was a schizophrenic named David Heller. He was treated for obsessive voices and paintings arising in his imagination. And then it turned out that everything that he sees and hears "inside himself" is quite real.
This is the beginning of the series Legion, which is a spin-off of X-Men, and Dan Stevens played the main role in it. Fight for a paranoid-suspicious super prize nicknamed Legion, in whose body several personalities coexist (and all with superpowers) there will be a variety of forces. All this is brightly furnished, even a little surreal, with good special effects, so it won’t be boring.
3. Lucky (2016)
Genre: fiction, thriller, drama
Movie Search Rating: 6.5
IMDb Rating: 7.2
Country: Great Britain
Producer: Andy Haye, David Caffrey et al.
Music: Ben Bartlett, Nick Green, Corinne Bailey Ray
Police officer Harry Clayton was not lucky either in his personal life, or in work, or even in gambling. And he would remain a miserable loser until the end of his days, if not for the mysterious stranger. She gave Harry a bracelet that lets you control luck.
That's just for everything in this world you have to pay. And for the “+100” bonus to luck, Clayton will have to say goodbye to something very expensive for him.
2. Doctor Horrible Music Blog (2008)
Genre: musical, science fiction, comedy
Movie Search Rating: 8.3
IMDb Rating: 8.5
Country: USA
Producer: Joss Whedon
Music: Jed Whedon
Perhaps this is the most unusual series about supervillains and superheroes from our selection. And there are several reasons.
- It is shot in the musical genre and includes 13 songs.
- It fits all in just 45 minutes. Moreover, the character of all the characters is fully disclosed.
- Neil Patrick Harris, who played the main character, performed all the stunts on the set himself.
- Despite such a brief format, “Doctor Terrible” is a strong, vibrant, and more importantly, a completed project. After the final song, there is nothing left to say, everything has already been said in a concise and accessible language.
The Doctor Horrible Music Blog is a story about a cliched crazy professor who is trying to take over the world. Moreover, he secretly in love with an ordinary girl. And he is constantly defeated by the superhero Captain Hammer, whose body is much stronger than the brain.
In the series, all the cliches from the comics are perfectly beaten, a lot of witty remarks, and everyone who watched this movie masterpiece notes the excellent musical accompaniment.
1. Boys (2019-present)
Genre: musical, science fiction, comedy
Movie Search Rating: 8.1
IMDb Rating: 8.7
Country: USA
Producer: Philip Sgrikkia, Eric Kripke et al.
Music: Christopher Lennerz
You didn’t think that the selection of the most non-standard serial films about superheroes would do without the most sensational project of last year?
It has everything that helps turn the genre of superheroes upside down:
- Superhumans, arrogant from permissiveness, to whom the beauty of a costume and the whiteness of a smile are often much more important than the lives of ordinary people.
- A special detachment of "Boys", which preys on superheroes as rabid animals, responding with cruelty to cruelty.
- Rivers of blood, mate, sex and dismemberment.
- A mega-corporation that controls superheroes as a valuable media product.
So, if for some reason you haven’t watched the brutal, cruel and yet humorous “Boys”, be sure to do it. If you already watched, nothing prevents you from reviewing, you may find earlier missing, interesting details.
