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TV Shows & Series: Best "superhero" TV Shows/Series

A superhero film is a film that focuses on superheroes and their actions. Superheroes are individuals who usually possess superhuman abilities and are dedicated to protecting the public. These films typically feature action, adventure, fantasy, or science fiction elements. The first film about a particular character often focuses on the hero's origin story. It also frequently introduces the hero's nemesis. (See also: supervillain or archnemesis.) Many superhero films are based on superhero comics. By contrast, films such as the Ultraman, Kamen Rider, and Super Sentai franchises, the RoboCop series, The Meteor Man, the Unbreakable film series, Hancock, Darkman and They Call Me Jeeg, were either based on TV shows or produced as original projects for the screen. While The Green Hornet is based primarily on the original radio series and its 1960s television adaptation, both Underdog and The Powerpuff Girls are based on animated television series. Anime superhero films are based on manga and television shows. The highest-grossing superhero film franchises (according to the box office income) since 1967 are Tsuburaya Productions' Ultra Series, Toei Company's Kamen Rider and Super Sentai, New Line Cinema's Blade, 20th Century Fox's X-Men, Sony Pictures' Spider-Man trilogy directed by... ()

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Harley Quinn(2019-)

FSK: 18+ years
| 23min per episode | Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Animation, Crime, Action & Adventure, Comedy
4.2/5 (with 489 votes)

Harley Quinn has finally broken things off once and for all with the Joker and attempts to make it on her own as the criminal Queenpin of Gotham City.

Directed by Juan Jose Meza-Leon

Blue Code(2017-2020)

3.0/5 (with 2 votes)

A Czech medical television series that focuses on an emergency department. Each episode follows cases inspired by real-life stories and the cases of patients and healthcare professionals.

Directed by Vojtěch Moravec, Jaromír Polišenský - With Sabina Laurinová, Marek Němec, Marika Procházková, Eva Podzimková, Petra Tenorová, Filip Cíl, ...

Titans(2018-2023)

4.0/5 (with 1,274 votes)

A team of young superheroes led by Nightwing (formerly Batman's first Robin) form to combat evil and other perils.

Batman: The Brave and the Bold(2008-2011)

FSK: 6+ years
| 22min per episode | Animation, Action & Adventure
3.8/5 (with 116 votes)

The Caped Crusader is teamed up with Blue Beetle, Green Arrow, Aquaman and countless others in his quest to uphold justice.

Marvel's Avengers(2013-2019)

FSK: 16+ years
| 22min per episode | Action & Adventure, Animation, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
3.8/5 (with 302 votes)

The further adventures of the Marvel Universe's mightiest general membership superhero team. With an all-star roster consisting of Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Hawkeye, Falcon and, occasionally--when she feels like it and only when she feels like it--Black Widow, the Avengers are a team in the truest sense. The Avengers save the world from the biggest threats imaginable--threats no single super hero could withstand.

The Boys(2019-)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h per episode | Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Action & Adventure
4.2/5 (with 4,569 votes)

A group of vigilantes known informally as “The Boys” set out to take down corrupt superheroes with no more than blue-collar grit and a willingness to fight dirty.

Invincible(2021-)

FSK: 18+ years
| 45min per episode | Animation, Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Drama
4.3/5 (with 2,024 votes)

Mark Grayson is a normal teenager except for the fact that his father is the most powerful superhero on the planet. Shortly after his seventeenth birthday, Mark begins to develop powers of his own and enters into his father’s tutelage.

Directed by Robert Valley

Peacemaker(2022-)

4.2/5 (with 1,217 votes)

The continuing story of Peacemaker – a compellingly vainglorious man who believes in peace at any cost, no matter how many people he has to kill to get it – in the aftermath of the events of “The Suicide Squad.”

The Flash(2014-2023)

FSK: 12+ years
| 44min per episode | Drama, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
3.9/5 (with 5,405 votes)

After being struck by lightning, CSI investigator Barry Allen awakens from a nine-month coma to discover he has been granted the gift of super speed. Teaming up with S.T.A.R. Labs, Barry takes on the persona of The Flash, the Fastest Man Alive, to protect his city.

Loki(2021-2023)

FSK: 12+ years
| 52min per episode | Drama, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
4.1/5 (with 5,527 votes)

After stealing the Tesseract during the events of “Avengers: Endgame,” an alternate version of Loki is brought to the mysterious Time Variance Authority, a bureaucratic organization that exists outside of time and space and monitors the timeline. They give Loki a choice: face being erased from existence due to being a “time variant” or help fix the timeline and stop a greater threat.

Marvel's Luke Cage(2016-2018)

FSK: 16+ years
| 46min per episode | Drama, Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Crime
3.5/5 (with 817 votes)

Given superstrength and durability by a sabotaged experiment, a wrongly accused man escapes prison to become a superhero for hire.

Adventures of Superman(1952-1958)

FSK: 12+ years
| 25min per episode | Action & Adventure, Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Drama, Comedy, Kids & Family
3.3/5 (with 26 votes)

Announcer: "The Adventures of Superman. Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings at a single bound!" Voices: "Look up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman!" Announcer: "Yes, it's Superman, strange visitor from another planet who came to Earth with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men. Superman, who can change the course of mighty rivers, bend steel in his bare hands; and who, disguised as Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper, fights a never ending battle for truth, justice, and the American way."

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Smallville(2001-2011)

FSK: 12+ years
| 43min per episode | Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Drama
4.1/5 (with 1,924 votes)

The origins of the world’s greatest hero–from Krypton refugee Kal-el’s arrival on Earth through his tumultuous teen years to Clark Kent’s final steps toward embracing his destiny as the Man of Steel.

Justice League Action(2016-2018)

3.5/5 (with 38 votes)

Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman lead the DC Super Heroes against their most infamous foes.

Freakazoid!(1995-1997)

FSK: 6+ years
| 22min per episode | Animation, Comedy
3.9/5 (with 78 votes)

The adventures of Freakazoid, a manic, insane superhero who battles with an array of super villains.

Superman & Lois(2021-)

FSK: 12+ years
| 44min per episode | Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Drama, Kids & Family
4.0/5 (with 1,111 votes)

After years of facing megalomaniacal supervillains, monsters wreaking havoc on Metropolis, and alien invaders intent on wiping out the human race, The Man of Steel aka Clark Kent and Lois Lane come face to face with one of their greatest challenges ever: dealing with all the stress, pressures and complexities that come with being working parents in today's society.

Black Lightning(2018-2021)

FSK: 12+ years
| 45min per episode | Action & Adventure, Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Drama
3.5/5 (with 412 votes)

Jefferson Pierce is a man wrestling with a secret. As the father of two daughters and principal of a charter high school that also serves as a safe haven for young people in a New Orleans neighborhood overrun by gang violence, he is a hero to his community.

Moon Knight(2022)

FSK: 12+ years
| 47min per episode | Action & Adventure, Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Mystery
3.9/5 (with 1,293 votes)

When Steven Grant, a mild-mannered gift-shop employee, becomes plagued with blackouts and memories of another life, he discovers he has dissociative identity disorder and shares a body with mercenary Marc Spector. As Steven/Marc’s enemies converge upon them, they must navigate their complex identities while thrust into a deadly mystery among the powerful gods of Egypt.

Dragon Ball Z(1989-1996)

FSK: 16+ years
| 26min per episode | Animation, Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Action & Adventure
4.2/5 (with 2,100 votes)

The adventures of Earth's martial arts defender, Son Goku, continue with a new family and the revelation of his alien origins. Now Goku and his allies must defend the planet from an onslaught of new extraterrestrial enemies.

Young Justice(2010-2022)

FSK: 12+ years
| 22min per episode | Animation, Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Action & Adventure
4.2/5 (with 507 votes)

Teenage superheroes strive to prove themselves as members of the Justice League.

The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes(2010-2012)

4.1/5 (with 322 votes)

When the powers of a single hero are not enough to save the world, the world’s greatest heroes—Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, The Hulk, Ant-Man/Giant Man and Wasp—assemble to form the Avengers.

Doom Patrol(2019-2023)

FSK: 16+ years
| 49min per episode | Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Drama
3.8/5 (with 635 votes)

The Doom Patrol’s members each suffered horrible accidents that gave them superhuman abilities — but also left them scarred and disfigured. Traumatized and downtrodden, the team found purpose through The Chief, who brought them together to investigate the weirdest phenomena in existence — and to protect Earth from what they find.

Marvel's Jessica Jones(2015-2019)

FSK: 18+ years
| 52min per episode | Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Drama
3.8/5 (with 1,067 votes)

After a tragic ending to her short-lived super hero stint, Jessica Jones is rebuilding her personal life and career as a detective who gets pulled into cases involving people with extraordinary abilities in New York City.

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier(2021)

FSK: 12+ years
| 50min per episode | Action & Adventure, Drama
3.9/5 (with 4,079 votes)

Following the events of “Avengers: Endgame”, the Falcon, Sam Wilson and the Winter Soldier, Bucky Barnes team up in a global adventure that tests their abilities, and their patience.

Batman: The Animated Series(1992-1995)

FSK: 6+ years
| 22min per episode | Action & Adventure, Animation, Drama, Mystery
4.3/5 (with 741 votes)

Vowing to avenge the murder of his parents, Bruce Wayne devotes his life to wiping out crime in Gotham City as the masked vigilante "Batman".

Marvel's Spider-Man(2017-2020)

FSK: 6+ years
| 21min per episode | Animation, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
3.8/5 (with 172 votes)

An insecure but courageous and intelligent teen named Peter Parker, a new student of Midtown High, is bitten by a radioactive spider and given powers. He becomes a hero named Spider-Man after the death of his uncle and he must adapt to this new way of life.

Marvel's Runaways(2017-2019)

FSK: 12+ years
| 50min per episode | Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
3.7/5 (with 419 votes)

Every teenager thinks their parents are evil. What if you found out they actually were? Six diverse teenagers who can barely stand each other must unite against a common foe – their parents.

Watchmen(2019)

3.9/5 (with 628 votes)

Set in an alternate history where “superheroes” are treated as outlaws, “Watchmen” embraces the nostalgia of the original groundbreaking graphic novel while attempting to break new ground of its own.

Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger(2018-2019)

25min per episode | Comedy, Crime, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
4.4/5 (with 5 votes)

The Ganglar have stolen the Lupin Collection, treasures left behind by the famous phantom thief, Arsène Lupin. Phantom thieves are fighting to take back what was lost. Police are fighting to protect the peace.

One-Punch Man(2015-)

FSK: 16+ years
| 24min per episode | Action & Adventure, Animation, Comedy
4.2/5 (with 1,662 votes)

Saitama is a hero who only became a hero for fun. After three years of “special” training, though, he’s become so strong that he’s practically invincible. In fact, he’s too strong — even his mightiest opponents are taken out with a single punch, and it turns out that being devastatingly powerful is actually kind of a bore. With his passion for being a hero lost along with his hair, yet still faced with new enemies every day, how much longer can he keep it going?

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