Nice selection. Akerman is one of my favourite filmmakers and Jeanne Dielman is masterful cinema.
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Any time. 
Also, I realised I forgot about movies, so…
Superman - Superman (Christopher Reeves)
Batman - Batman 1984 (Michael Keaton) or Batman Begins (Christian Bale)
Wonder Woman - Wonder Woman. I don’t think it’s a perfect introduction to the character, but it’s the best one on film.
Spider-Man - Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2. The first one established the origins, the secondcements the character and introduces his (IMO) best villain.
Iron Man and Captain America - Their first solo MCU films.
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I was gunna say that I am most excited to watch Jeanne Dielman but wondered if that would sound insincere. I am aware what the film is and am hopeful that it is as transcendent as its premise.
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Thank you again very much! I have access to a Disney+ subscription, I think I saw Spiderman on there, that might be something I look into first then. Spiders shudder not the biggest fans of them.
Oh Ironman and Captain America are also available as I just check it. 
I did not know Disney was behind so much super hero stuff.
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It is perhaps worth noting there have been at least three different live-action takes on Spiderman in the past 20ish years. I imagine the two films JoeyPajamas referred to are from the original Sam Raimi-directed trilogy from the early 00s, which I don’t think you’ll find on Disney Plus. (I could be wrong, but my guess is that the only Spiderman films there are going to be from the more recent Marvel series of superhero films.)
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Yes, I did indeed mean the Raimi films. The Disney Spidey films are great, but they skip the origin completely.
Disney bought Marvel a while back, so they kind of acquired the licences. IIRC, Incredible Hulk, Iron Man, Thor and Cap’s first films all came out before the Disney purchase, possibly Iron Man 2 as well. I think Marvel Studios was Disney-owned by the time Avengers hit.
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Thank you for the additional information. The world of super heros and their publishers and reimaginations is complicated. Good to have you guiding me.
On Disney+ there is
Spiderman from 2002 and directed by Sam Raimi
Spiderman 2 from 2004 and directed by Sam Raimi
Spiderman 3 from 2007 and directed by Sam Raimi
Spiderman Homecoming from 2017 and directed by Jon Watts
Spiderman Far From Home from 2019 and directed by Jon Watts
and some animated things
I guess the first two are the ones I am going to watch then.
I guess the first two are the ones I am going to watch then
Yep. 
If you enjoy them check out Homecoming and Far From Home. Those are the first two of the most recent Spider trilogy and are great.
If any of the “animated stuff” are Into the Spider-Verse or Across the Spider-Verse watch those as well. While it does help to have pre-knowledge (which the other films will provide) they are, in my humble opinion, hands down the BEST Spider-Man films.
Personally I wouldn’t bother with Spider-Man 3 by Raimi. The studio ruined it. It’s pretty trash.
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Animated stuff is arguably the best way to experience some superhero stuff. For example, I watched Batman: Mask of the Phantasm earlier this year, and it just might be my favorite Batman film. At the very least, I think it’s the one time I felt just as invested in the Bruce Wayne side of his character as the Batman side.
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My batman is Kevin Conroy!
Also DC Animated > DCEU
Also Batman Ninja is one of the best Batman, and gloriously stupid, movies ever made!
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I really need to watch that film. I feel ashamed I haven’t already.
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Mask of the Phantasm is good, well-worth a watch. I found it a pleasant surprise, particularly in regards to some of its subject matter. (I certainly wouldn’t have guessed “Bruce Wayne’s struggle to have a love life” would be a central part of a cartoon movie.) It’s apparently a tie-in film for “Batman: The Animated Series” but it works just fine on its own.
I watched that one too earlier this year. Basically a movie devoted almost entirely to the most nonsensical of action, but as a “turn your brain off” sort of movie I admit to being entertained. =P And DC movies wish they could be as epic as the climactic samurai Batman vs samurai Joker rooftop duel lol.
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Batman Ninja also has a sequence with textual and stylistic references to Belladonna of Sadness which is one of the heights of subversive Pink Eiga films from the 70s. It’s a bold choice and it somehow works.
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I very frequently smile thinking about Batman asking one of Joker’s henchmen who are dressed in clown attire who they work for. Batman Ninja is great dumb fun.
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Now I feel like rewatching it, lol.
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The whole DCAU is better than it has any right to be. Batman, Superman, Justice League, Unlimited- they’re all great. The spin off shows like Static Shock and Batman Beyond are also pretty fun. I’m waiting for just one kid to develop an interest in super hero stuff to give it a rewatch with them.
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I enjoyed the first episode of season 11 of Futurama. I was very hesitant to try it as those last comedy central seasons of Futurama were the weakest IMO, but the first episode at least is typical Futurama fun.
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DC has some great source material, and I feel like the DCAU carries on that tradition. I just think Hollywood doesn’t know what to do with the film end of it. Frankly, I’m kind of ambivalent about the MCU as well, even if it’s more successful. I like the odd film, and they can all be fun in some way or another, but I don’t love them the way I love some Marvel comics I’ve read. So for me, I still enjoy DC and Marvel comics more than the Hollywood’s output for either.
Except for Legion, I LOVE Legion!
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I have to say that judges failing to lock in choices and bakers painting objects to look less realistic instead of designing cakes that look like real objects make for weak reality TV.
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What show you hating on @BMO
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