Movies To Watch Like The Avengers and Where to Stream Them

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Jess Bacon

Jess Bacon

JustWatch Editor

Ever since Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) into the billion dollar empire it is today. Read on to discover more films that are like The Avengers and where to stream them!

This is not the only time that superheroes have worked together to defeat a power-hungry villain. Before the Avengers, Marvel had a host of team-ups that saw comic book characters come to life in live-action franchises such as X-Men.

Bryan Singer was at the helm of initiating the X-Men franchise with the 2000 film of the same name, starring Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry and James Marsden. The film explores this world of conflict where super-powered mutants are shunned and hunted by humans for their unique abilities. Magneto is trying to convince two isolated mutants of a different path to survive with humankind, as Professor Xavier tries to bridge the gap between the two species to live in harmony.

Similar to The Avengers, it brings together a group of skilled mutants to use their powers to defeat the evil in their world. X-Men remains one of the highest grossing films of that year, and garnered over $293 million at the worldwide box office, before it became an entire franchise of films and TV shows.

In 2005, Tim Story’s Fantastic Four burst onto the scene fronted by Jessica Alba, Iona Gruffudd, Michael Chiklis and Chris Evans (yes, prior to Captain America he went by another superhero alter ego). The film follows the origin story of these four titular leads, who are exposed to cosmic rays on a space station and find themselves with distinctive abilities.

The film grossed over $333 million at the box office and even spawned a sequel, Fantastic Four Rise of the Silver Surfer in 2007. As there’s a reboot scheduled to be released in 2025, it’s the perfect time to revisit this super-science team.

DC have also released a host of gripping live-action superhero movies such as Christopher Nolan’s Justice League. After a strong start with Batman Begins, Christopher Nolan crafted one of the greatest superhero movies of all time in 2008’s The Dark Knight.

Fronted by Christian Bale as the caped crusader himself, Batman is faced with his ultimate nemesis, The Joker (Heath Ledger) who is tormenting Gotham with his wicked criminal schemes. It opened to wide-spread critical and commercial success and became the highest-grossing superhero film and the fourth-highest grossing film at that time. It led to the 2012 sequel, The Dark Knight Rises, which is another excellent choice for fans of The Avengers.

Batman teams up with Catwoman (Anne Hathaway) to attempt to defeat another supervillain, Bane (Tom Hardy). The sequel went onto gross over $1 billion at the box office and became one of the highest grossing films of that time.

Outside of this, there are super films such as Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves that offer an alternative spin on the hero versus villain saga for you to enjoy.

Where to watch movies like Avengers online

With so many choices, here’s our definitive list of movies like The Avengers to watch and where to stream them now!

  1. Fantastic Four

    Fantastic Four

    2005

    # 1

    During a space voyage, four scientists are altered by cosmic rays: Reed Richards gains the ability to stretch his body; Sue Storm can become invisible; Johnny Storm controls fire; and Ben Grimm is turned into a super-strong … thing. Together, these "Fantastic Four" must now thwart the evil plans of Dr. Doom and save the world from certain destruction.

  2. Spider-Man 2

    Spider-Man 2

    2004

    # 2

    Peter Parker is going through a major identity crisis. Burned out from being Spider-Man, he decides to shelve his superhero alter ego, which leaves the city suffering in the wake of carnage left by the evil Doc Ock. In the meantime, Parker still can't act on his feelings for Mary Jane Watson, a girl he's loved since childhood. A certain anger begins to brew in his best friend Harry Osborn as well...

  3. Spider-Man 3

    Spider-Man 3

    2007

    # 3

    The seemingly invincible Spider-Man goes up against an all-new crop of villains—including the shape-shifting Sandman. While Spider-Man’s superpowers are altered by an alien organism, his alter ego, Peter Parker, deals with nemesis Eddie Brock and also gets caught up in a love triangle.

  4. The Dark Knight

    The Dark Knight

    2008

    # 4

    Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.

  5. The Dark Knight Rises

    # 5

    Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman encounters the mysterious Selina Kyle and the villainous Bane, a new terrorist leader who overwhelms Gotham's finest. The Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy.

  6. Justice League

    Justice League

    2017

    # 6

    Fuelled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman's selfless act, Bruce Wayne and Diana Prince assemble a team of metahumans consisting of Barry Allen, Arthur Curry and Victor Stone to face the catastrophic threat of Steppenwolf and the Parademons who are on the hunt for three Mother Boxes on Earth.

  7. The Incredibles

    The Incredibles

    2004

    # 7

    Bob Parr has given up his superhero days to time as an insurance adjuster and raise his three children with his formerly heroic wife in suburbia. But when he receives a mysterious assignment, it's time to get back into costume.

  8. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

    # 8

    A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people.

  9. Despicable Me 2

    Despicable Me 2

    2013

    # 9

    Gru is recruited by the Anti-Villain League to help deal with a powerful new super criminal.

  10. Deadpool 2

    Deadpool 2

    2018

    # 10

    Wisecracking mercenary Deadpool battles the evil and powerful Cable and other bad guys to save a boy's life.

  11. X-Men

    X-Men

    2000

    # 11

    Two mutants, Rogue and Wolverine, come to a private academy for their kind whose resident superhero team, the X-Men, must oppose a terrorist organization with similar powers.

  12. X2

    X2

    2003

    # 12

    Professor Charles Xavier and his team of genetically gifted superheroes face a rising tide of anti-mutant sentiment led by Col. William Stryker. Storm, Wolverine and Jean Grey must their usual nemeses—Magneto and Mystique—to unhinge Stryker's scheme to exterminate all mutants.

  13. X-Men: Days of Future Past

    # 13

    The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods as they forces with their younger selves in an epic battle that must change the past – to save our future.

  14. Guardians of the Galaxy

    # 14

    Light years from Earth, 26 years after being abducted, Peter Quill finds himself the prime target of a manhunt after discovering an orb wanted by Ronan the Acc.

  15. Kick-Ass

    Kick-Ass

    2010

    # 15

    Dave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan who one day decides to become a super-hero, even though he has no powers, training or meaningful reason to do so.

  16. Wonder Woman

    Wonder Woman

    2017

    # 16

    An Amazon princess comes to the world of Man in the grips of the First World War to confront the forces of evil and bring an end to human conflict.

  17. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

    # 17

    Fearing the actions of a god-like Super Hero left unchecked, Gotham City’s own formidable, forceful vigilante takes on Metropolis’s most revered, modern-day savior, while the world wrestles with what sort of hero it really needs. And with Batman and Superman at war with one another, a new threat quickly arises, putting mankind in greater danger than it’s ever known before.

  18. Man of Steel

    Man of Steel

    2013

    # 18

    A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation and become the symbol of hope for all mankind.

  19. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

    # 19

    After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters the Spider Society, a team of Spider-People charged with protecting the Multiverse’s very existence. But when the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles finds himself pitted against the other Spiders and must set out on his own to save those he loves most.