10 Most Stunning Comic Book Movies Ever Made

3. Logan

Sin City
Fox

More elegiac western than it is superhero smackdown, this unexpectedly poignant farewell to Hugh Jackman's tenure as Wolverine is a genre-bending masterclass that more than deserved the plaudits it received - and finally gave Fox's X-Men stable a bonafide all-time classic to match the finest efforts of their peers.

Much of what helped it stand out from the crowd though was its palate; a dustbowl, sun-parched worldview that, in its most illuminating shots, straddled the line between the billowing skies of John Ford and the scorched violence of Mad Max. Lensed by John Mathieson, it's a beautifully raw effort, soaked in the colours and shadings of its appropriated trappings - and never once feeling like its vision is just for show.

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