5 Forgotten Superhero Movies From The '70s That Are Worth...

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Okay so Superhero films dropped in the 1970s look nothing like the comic book movies we see today, and here are five our our absolute favorites.

Movies Superhero Movies 5 Forgotten Superhero Movies From The ’70s That Are Worth Watching By Witney Seibold Feb. 8, 2026 8:00 pm EST Toho Remember the 2010s? (let that sink in)

If you liked superheroes, that was a good time to be alive.

The Details

Thanks to the popularity of the films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, superheroes became the center of all cinematic conversations for over a decade. We recall the publicity cycle, don’t we?

Marvel Studios would announce a years-long timeline of upcoming feature films, and then (more or less) stick with that timeline, releasing three films a year for many years. Each release would warrant a media firestorm of speculation.

Why This Matters

Their serialized format allowed the MCU to create a TV-show-like super-narrative to form between their movies, and the fandom lapped it up. The entire media ecosystem changed. An unintended media offshoot of the MCU glut was that news outlets and YouTubers would begin exploring the history of cinematic superheroes, exploring what led us to the MCU.

This is exactly the kind of news that gets fans excited or concerned.

Key Takeaways

• All the genre’s previous failures and obscurities were dug up and shown off in daylight, given new re-litigation.
• After a while, there were no obscurities left.
• But that re-litigation only stretched back so far.

The Bottom Line

The following five movies are some of the weirder and more worthwhile superhero films of the 1970s. If you’re of age, pour yourself a strong drink and settle in with some of these bugnuts kooky movies.

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