# The best non-superhero comic book movies

Graphic novels, Franco-Belgian comics and manga turned into great films, without capes or tights. Based on Guillermo del Toro's list (Bubble BD), Topito and Cineverse.

- 8 votes · 13 items
- Apr 15, 2026 · episode94
- https://even.best/en/l/4189/the-best-non-superhero-comic-book-movies

## Top 10

1. **Oldboy (2003)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Fifteen years locked up, from Garon Tsuchiya's manga.
2. **Persepolis (2007)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Marjane Satrapi's childhood in Iran, from her own comic.
3. **A History of Violence (2005)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A diner owner with a violent past, by David Cronenberg.
4. **Ghost World (2001)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Two friends just out of high school, from Daniel Clowes.
5. **Snowpiercer (2013)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A train circling the frozen world endlessly, from Le Transperceneige.
6. **Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Cleopatra's palace according to Alain Chabat.
7. **Akira (1988)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Neo-Tokyo, from Katsuhiro Ōtomo's manga.
8. **Blue Is the Warmest Colour (2013)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — From Julie Maroh's graphic novel; Palme d'Or.
9. **Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Seven evil exes to defeat, from Bryan Lee O'Malley.
10. **Road to Perdition (2002)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A hitman and his son, from Max Allan Collins.
11. **The Rabbi's Cat (2011)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A talking cat in Algiers, by Joann Sfar.
12. **The Adventures of Tintin (2011)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Hergé in motion capture, by Spielberg.
13. **Ghost in the Shell (1995)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Major Kusanagi, from Masamune Shirow.

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