Superhero film

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A Superhero film/movie is a film genre catagorized by the presence of superhero characters, individuals with extraordinary abilities often dedicated to fighting crime, saving the world, or helping the innocent. It is sometimes considered a subgenre of the action film genere and has evolved into one of the most financially successful film genres worldwide. These films have a focus on superhuman abilities, advanced technology, mystical phenomena, or exceptional physical and mental skills that enable these heros to fight for the common good, or defeat a supervillain antagonist.

Superhero films typically include genre elements of romance, comedy, fantasy, and science fiction, with large instances of the superhero genre predominantly occupied and produced by American media franchises DC and Marvel, originally adaptions of their existing works of superhero comic books.^[1][2] Individual superhero films frequently contain a character's origin story.^[3]