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Best Live Action Movies Based on Comics

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  • Tomisaburô Wakayama and Akihiro Tomikawa in Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972)

    1. Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance

    19721h 24mNot Rated
    7.7 (9.4K)
    The story of a Ronin (i.e. a masterless samurai) who wanders the countryside of Japan with his small child, having various adventures.
    DirectorKenji MisumiStarsTomisaburô WakayamaFumio WatanabeGô Katô
  • Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (1972)

    2. Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx

    19721h 21mNot Rated
    7.9 (7.2K)
    Trailed by a clan of female ninja, Ogami is paid to assassinate a clan traitor accompanied by three killers known as the Gods of Death.
    DirectorKenji MisumiStarsTomisaburô WakayamaKayo MatsuoMinoru Ôki
  • Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon (1977)

    3. Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon

    19771h 33mR
    6.3 (667)
    A HK cop investigates several similar murders done by Chow's men. Golgo 13, top sniper, is the 4th assassin hired to kill HK drug lord Chow for Americans wanting the HK drug market.
    DirectorYukio NodaStarsShin'ichi ChibaChia LunEtsuko Shihomi
  • Danger: Diabolik (1968)

    4. Danger: Diabolik

    19681h 45mPG-13
    6.5 (7.7K)
    A master thief and his sensual lover pull off heist after heist, all while an envious coalition of cops and gangsters is gunning for them.
    DirectorMario BavaStarsJohn Phillip LawMarisa MellMichel Piccoli
  • Brian Blessed, Max von Sydow, and Sam J. Jones in Flash Gordon (1980)

    5. Flash Gordon

    19801h 51mPG58Metascore
    6.5 (64K)
    A football player and his friends travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth.
    DirectorMike HodgesStarsSam J. JonesMelody AndersonMax von Sydow
  • Joan Collins, Peter Cushing, and Ralph Richardson in Tales from the Crypt (1972)

    6. Tales from the Crypt

    19721h 32mPG
    6.8 (14K)
    Five strangers get lost in a crypt and, after meeting the mysterious Crypt Keeper, receive visions of how they will die.
    DirectorFreddie FrancisStarsJoan CollinsPeter CushingRalph Richardson
  • The Vault of Horror (1973)

    7. The Vault of Horror

    19731h 27mPG
    6.5 (6.7K)
    An anthology of five horror stories shared by five men trapped in the basement of an office building.
    DirectorRoy Ward BakerStarsCurd JürgensTerry-ThomasTom Baker
  • Meiko Kaji in Lady Snowblood (1973)

    8. Lady Snowblood

    19731h 37mNot Rated80Metascore
    7.6 (18K)
    A young woman is trained from birth to be a deadly instrument of revenge against the swindlers who destroyed her family.
    DirectorToshiya FujitaStarsMeiko KajiToshio KurosawaMasaaki Daimon
  • Viggo Mortensen and Maria Bello in A History of Violence (2005)

    9. A History of Violence

    20051h 36mR82Metascore
    7.4 (266K)
    A mild-mannered man becomes a local hero through an act of violence, which sets off repercussions that will shake his family to its very core.
    DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsViggo MortensenMaria BelloEd Harris
  • Meiko Kaji in Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (1972)

    10. Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion

    19721h 27mNot Rated
    7.2 (5.3K)
    After being used and betrayed by the detective she had fallen in love with, young Matsu is sent to a female prison full of sadistic guards and disobedient prisoners.
    DirectorShun'ya ItôStarsMeiko KajiRie YokoyamaYayoi Watanabe
  • Sylvester Stallone, Sung Kang, Jason Momoa, and Sarah Shahi in Bullet to the Head (2012)

    11. Bullet to the Head

    20121h 32mR48Metascore
    5.7 (54K)
    After watching their respective partners die, a New Orleans hitman and a Washington, D.C. detective form an alliance in order to bring down their common enemy.
    DirectorWalter HillStarsSylvester StalloneJason MomoaChristian Slater
  • Dolph Lundgren in The Punisher (1989)

    12. The Punisher

    19891h 29mR63Metascore
    5.6 (27K)
    When Frank Castle's family is murdered by criminals, he wages war on crime as a vigilante assassin known only as The Punisher.
    DirectorMark GoldblattStarsDolph LundgrenLouis Gossett Jr.Jeroen Krabbé
  • Pouri Baneai and Ken Takakura in Golgo 13 (1973)

    13. Golgo 13

    19731h 44m
    6.1 (438)
    Golgo 13 is assigned to murder a man named Boss Goa.
    DirectorJun'ya SatôStarsKen TakakuraMohsen SohrabiJaleh Sam
  • Ray Stevenson in Punisher: War Zone (2008)

    14. Punisher: War Zone

    20081h 43mR30Metascore
    5.9 (70K)
    Frank Castle, known as the Punisher, ruthlessly demolishes organized crime, but it starts an even bigger war.
    DirectorLexi AlexanderStarsRay StevensonDominic WestJulie Benz
  • Karl Urban in Dredd (2012)

    15. Dredd

    20121h 35mR60Metascore
    7.1 (307K)
    In a violent, futuristic city where the police have the authority to act as judge, jury and executioner, a cop teams with a trainee to take down a gang that deals the reality-altering drug, SLO-MO.
    DirectorPete TravisStarsKarl UrbanOlivia ThirlbyLena Headey
  • Brandon Lee in The Crow (1994)

    16. The Crow

    19941h 42mR72Metascore
    7.5 (224K)
    The night before his wedding, musician Eric Draven and his fiancée are brutally murdered by members of a violent gang. On the anniversary of their death, Eric rises from the grave and assumes the mantle of the Crow, a supernatural avenger.
    DirectorAlex ProyasStarsBrandon LeeMichael WincottRochelle Davis

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