20 Greatest Movie Blockbusters Of The 21st Century (So Far)

This one had to make the list, since creating an R-rated blockbuster was already a staggering achievement, but managing to make one out of the usually anodyne subject of superhero origin stories in nothing short of incredible.

Of course it didn’t hurt that this one was a passion project for star Ryan Reynolds who destroyed any lingering memories of his lame early outings as Wade Wilson and the Green Lantern with this kinetic, hysterically funny, bloody and bloody brilliant deconstruction of the genre.

Fuelled by both its eponymous self-aware star’s firecracker wit and the irresistible allure of gory, crunchy R-rated action set pieces punctuated by meta asides, this flick set the bar for future comic adaptations sky high at a time when competition was intense in that packed field.