Well, I add a lot to IMDb, my primary interests being short and feature films made by independent filmmakers all over the world, Ukrainian films, Soviet films, web-series, music videos and a lot, a lot more... 

Also I add what I do myself, but it is somewhat hard, despite I love  the process of adding. My own filmography is moving towards completion very slowly, but is still very much incomplete. 

The order is not chronological nor it is alphabetical, but one in which titles were added to database. It should also be noted that some titles were merge, but since it took effort originally to add them, merged titles will retain several places on the list with special notes.

Among with Indepence Day of Ukraine (https://www.imdb.com/list/ls546635311/) I have a tradition to edit or add Ukrainian movies and cinema on IMDb. 

After watching superhero movies and comic book adaptations I still find some of the concepts fascinating... but at times, especially with big companies, they tend to become repetitive, devoid of unique style, predictable, and highly dependent on same sets of clichés and tropes. Work in progress.  

It should be mentioned that I have quite different standards to what exactly is considered "unconventional" twists on the genre, then many people. For example, a lot of lists like that include movies like Watchmen, Kick-Ass, Hancock, Deadpool or Logan which I personally consider (while being mostly quite good) pretty conventional in their storytelling devices. What I usually find lacking in some of the more conventional movies are subtle tragic overtones and lack of sacrifice which I find a crucial plot element for superhero fiction. TV series will be included at times. Also I must warn you there will be quite a few controversial choices, as I'm also trying to get people view some modern classics as superhero movies of sorts to emphasize genre's influence on narrative fiction. And, of course, not all movies are that good.  

I've organized the list chronologically and will use sub-type classification with some descriptions attached to many entries. Sub-types (which at times can crossover) include the following:  Superhero Movie - still a superhero movie, but using unconventional storytelling or style, deconstructed in some way. In other words different enough in my humble opinion. If it is an adaptation of some kind of common superhero media (novel, pulp, comic book, cartoon, etc.) I will specify that (and publisher) in brackets.  Supervillain Movie - while it sounds pretty straightforward, I think I should specify what I mean by that: not supervillain-centric movies (which still can turn pretty conventional like Megamind or Despicable Me) but movies with a exceptionally talented villain, severely lacking in superhero competition for most of the movie (although there might be some close contenders; I'll specify that from time to time). In fact, a lot of slasher movies (another genre I'm fond of) tend to end up close to this territory (and so do some of wider genre horror movies).  Superpower Movie - movie which uses concepts of superpower similarly to superhero movies, but without emphasizing superhero aspect enough.  Vigilante Movie - a lot of superhero movies actually are vigilante movies, but featured are more grounded and traditional... And yet I often feel that they have some superhero elements in them.  Canon Extension - not really (or barely) featuring superhero elements but are somewhat crucial to other movies on the list, which do. 

Coming at some point: my personal Top 10's for each sub-type. 

If you have time for weird videos (some of which with superhero overtones), here's my YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/PictureProductStudio http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWkcL-G3OwVvVb1B94bH5hQ

Unconventional Superhero Movies Compendium

Fantômas: In the Shadow of the Guillotine (1913)

Psycho-noir is a sub-genre of neo-noir (itself a modern and post-modern continuation of classic film noir tropes) which is much more surreal and twisted then ordinary neo-noir. As I'm a big fan of the genre, which certainly lacks comprehensive list, I've decided to do a list of everything that I feel belongs to psycho-noir (and in case of any noir genre "feels" is a key word). While feature films prevail, short films, TV- and Web-Series (at times certain episodes) are still included. I'll do my best to keep list in chronological order.

There are, of course, certain criteria, which are also genre's tropes they are:  -Usual tropes of film noir and/or neo-noir: unusual angles (Dutch tilts) and photography, use of rain and wet asphalt, shadows, minimal lighting, night-for-night shots, smoke, smoking, femme fatale, antihero/private eye/beat cop protagonist, moral ambiguity etc.  -Use of surrealism, mysticism, symbolism, dream sequences, unreliable narration and flashbacks, unexplained scenes, non-linear narrative and other unconventional methods of story-telling which imply that both protagonist and audience are either deluded or have their perception manipulated;  -Surreal details and/or backgrounds, at times using chess, geometrical patterns, mirrors, tattoos, photographs to great extend;  -Eclectic editing (unusual transitions, single-frame inserts etc.) and/or photography (use of different types of camera and film);  -Eclectic soundtrack, which combines different genres of music and ambient noises (Note: for some reason a lot of psycho-noir movies use song "I Put a Spell on You" by Screamin' Jay Hawkins);  -Shocking, genre- and mind-bending ending and/or climax; -Doppelgangers and/or double identities;  -Shots of driving, highway, road, usually at night;  -Use of "screen within a screen" - television sets, cinemas, displays, etc.; -Interesting, at times unique design of main titles and end credits (Note: a lot of psycho-noir titles use dark shades of blue for color of titles and credits, such as marine blue and navy blue); 

Titles with no IMDb page (work in progress):  2008: "Mad November" (Bezumny noyabr) and "Bezumny noyabr 2"; 

Recommended reading:  http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_film_noir_titles&oldid=454506550#Psycho-noir - a list of psycho-noir titles on Wikipedia, deleted from "List of film noir" but saved in edits history; http://smallcrimes-novel.blogspot.com/2007/08/defining-psycho-noir.html - Defining Psycho-Noir, a great article by Dave Zeltserman on the subject. http://www.imdb.com/list/ls073371107/ - a list by ronbouwheer. 

If you have time for weird videos, here's my YouTube channel:  http://www.youtube.com/user/PictureProductStudio http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWkcL-G3OwVvVb1B94bH5hQ

It could have been named "My Worst Films", but there is also a video game and a music video. So I'm an aspiring filmmaker who had directed more then 100 web episodes, short films, music videos, etc. (and there is also a feature film in production right now). And I must say I've made some crap in my life, but these probably hit the bottom. If you want to see my slightly better works, here's my YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/PictureProductStudio http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWkcL-G3OwVvVb1B94bH5hQ

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