10 Best Superhero Films Of The 2010s

10. Black Panther (2018)

Black Panther has come under some criticism since it's release, and it's rightly deserved in some cases. Chief among them is that the CGI isn't convincing at times. But discounting that, there's no understating just how important this film was.

Never before has a superhero film on this scale featured a cast of entirely black actors (with Martin Freeman and Andy Serkis being the "Tolkien White Guys"). The African community hadn't had a superhero that they could look up to, and King T'Challa became that hero. Honourable and strong in his convictions of doing the right thing for his people, he is the role model that not only young black people, but all young people can aspire to.

The world created for the movie is stunning. Wakanda is presented as a technical utopia while still in keeping with it's heritage, and the film is choc-full of it with culture oozing out of every frame from the old to the new.

The best thing about the film though was the main antagonist, Killmonger, played masterfully by Michael B. Jordan. His goal throughout the film is revenge for the murder of his father by the former Black Panther and taking over the throne of Wakanda in hopes of liberating the world's black community by having them rise up against their oppressors. As strong in his convictions as T'Challa, it creates an interesting parallel between two people whose ideogies clash but in the end, want the best for their people.