List of films based on comics

This is a list based on comics. It includes films that are adaptations of comics, and those films whose characters originated in those comics.

English, French, Japanese

As some languages and forms have been extensively adapted into films, they have their own entries:

• List of films based on English-language comics
  • List of films based on Dark Horse Comics
  • List of films based on DC Comics
  • List of films based on Marvel Comics
  • List of films based on Image Comics
  • List of films based on Harvey Comics
  • List of films based on Archie Comics
• List of films based on French-language comics
• List of films based on manga

Other languages

Basque

• Black Is Beltza (2018)
• Black Is Beltza II: Ainhoa (2022)
• Gartxot, konkista aitzineko konkista [eu] (2011)
• Irati (2022)

Chinese (Cantonese)

• Black Mask
  • Black Mask (1996)
  • Black Mask 2: City of Masks (2002)
• Dragon Tiger Gate (2006)
• Feel 100% (1996)
• Feel 100%... Once More (1996)
• Feel 100% II (2001)
• Feel 100% 2003 (2003)
• A Man Called Hero (1999)
• Storm Rider Clash of the Evils (2009)
• The Storm Riders (1998)
• The Storm Warriors (2009)
• Young and Dangerous (1996)

Chinese (Mandarin)

• Go Away Mr. Tumor (2015)
• A Jewish Girl in Shanghai (2010)
• Rock Dog (2015)^[1]
• Zombie Brother (TBA)^[2]

Czech

• Alois Nebel (2011), from White Brook, Main Station and Golden Hills
• The Cunning Little Vixen:
  • The Cunning Little Vixen (1995)^{[citation needed]}
  • The Cunning Little Vixen (2003)^{[citation needed]}
• Čtyřlístek ve službách krále [cz] (2013)
• Pepina Rejholcová (1932)
• Záhada hlavolamu [cs] (1993), from Rychlé šípy

Danish

• Far til fire:
  • Father of Four (1953)
  • Father of Four in the Snow (1954)
  • Father of Four in the Country (1955)
  • Father of Four in the City (1956)
  • Father of Four and Uncle Sofus (1957)
  • Father of Four and the Wolf Cubs (1958)
  • Father of Four on Bornholm (1959)
  • Far til fire med fuld musik (1961)
  • Far til fire i højt humør [da] (1971)
  • Far til fire - gi'r aldrig op! [da] (2005)
  • Far til fire - i stor stil [da] (2006)
  • Far til fire - på hjemmebane [da] (2008)
  • Far til fire - på japansk [da] (2010)
  • Far til fire - tilbage til naturen [da] (2011)
  • Far til fire - til søs [da] (2012)
  • Far til fire - Onkel Sofus vender tilbage [da] (2014)
  • Far til fires vilde ferie [da] (2015)
  • Far til fire - på toppen [da] (2017)
  • Far til fire i solen [da] (2018)
  • Far til fire og vikingerne [da] (2020)
• Ivalu (2023, short film)
• Journey to Saturn (2008)
• Poeten og Lillemor:
  • The Poet and the Little Mother (1959)
  • Poeten og Lillemor og Lotte (1960)
  • Poeten og Lillemor i forårshumør (1961)
• Slim Slam Slum [da] (2002)
• Valhalla:
  • Valhalla (1986), based on volumes one, four and five of the comic book series
  • Valhalla (2019)

Dutch

• Dick Bos (Netherlands):
  • Inbraak (1942)
  • Valsch geld [nl] (1943)
  • Moord in het Modehuis (1946)
• The Dragon That Wasn't (Or Was He?) (Netherlands, 1983), based on Tom Puss and Oliver B. Bumble
• Kapitein Rob en het Geheim van Professor Lupardi (Netherlands, 2007), based on Kapitein Rob
• De Kiekeboes (Belgium):
  • Het witte bloed [nl] (1992)
  • Misstoestanden [nl] (2000)
• De schat van de zeerover [nl] (Belgium, 1968), based on Jommeke
• Sjors & Sjimmie (Netherlands):
  • Sjors van de Rebellenclub met vacantie (1940)
  • Sjors van de Rebellenclub (1955)
  • Sjors en Sjimmie op het Pirateneiland (1962)
  • Sjors en Sjimmie en de Gorilla [nl] (1966)
  • Sjors en Sjimmie in het Land der Reuzen (1968)
  • Sjors en Sjimmie en de Toverring (1971)
  • Sjors en Sjimmie en de Rebellen (1972)
  • Sjors en Sjimmie en het Zwaard van Krijn (1977)
• Spike and Suzy (Belgium):
  • De duistere diamant [nl] (2004)
  • Luke and Lucy: The Texas Rangers (2009)
• De Terugkeer van de Wespendief (Netherlands, 2017)
• De wederopstanding van een klootzak (Netherlands, 2013)

Filipino

Finnish

• Fingerpori [fi] (2019), based on Fingerpori
• Pekka and Pätkä:
  • Pekka Puupää (1953)
  • Pekka Puupää kesälaitumilla [fi] (1953)
  • Pekka ja Pätkä lumimiehen jäljillä [fi] (1954)
  • Pekka ja Pätkä puistotäteinä [fi] (1955)
  • Kiinni on ja pysyy [fi] (1955)
  • Pekka ja Pätkä pahassa pulassa [fi] (1955)
  • Pekka ja Pätkä ketjukolarissa [fi] (1957)
  • Pekka ja Pätkä salapoliiseina [fi] (1957)
  • Pekka ja Pätkä sammakkomiehinä [fi] (1957)
  • Pekka ja Pätkä Suezilla (1958)
  • Pekka ja Pätkä miljonääreinä [fi] (1958)
  • Pekka ja Pätkä mestarimaalareina [fi] (1959)
  • Pekka ja Pätkä neekereinä [fi] (1960)
  • Pekka & Pätkä ja tuplajättipotti [fi] (1985)
  • Pekka Puupää poliisina [fi] (1986)

German

• The Abrafaxe – Under The Black Flag (2001)
• Der bewegte Mann (1994)
• Ever After [de] (2018), from Endzeit
• Globi and the Stolen Shadows (2003), from Globi (Switzerland)
• Killer Condom (1996)
• Das Kleine Arschloch [de]:
  • Kleines Arschloch [de] (1997)^{[citation needed]}
  • Das kleine Arschloch und der alte Sack – Sterben ist Scheiße [de] (2006)^{[citation needed]}
• Kommando Störtebeker [de] (2001), from Ottifanten [de]
• Lisístrata (2002)
• Lilli – ein Mädchen aus der Großstadt [de] (1958), from Lilli
• Max and Moritz:
  • Spuk mit Max und Moritz (1951)
  • Max and Moritz (1956)
  • Die fromme Helene [de] (1965)
  • Wilhelm Busch – Die Trickfilm-Parade: Max und Moritz und andere Streiche [de] (1978)
• Nick Knatterton:
  • Nick Knatterton’s Adventure (1959)
  • Nick Knatterton – Der Film [de] (2002)^{[citation needed]}
• Papa Moll [fr] (Switzerland, 2017)
• Tobias Knopp – Abenteuer eines Junggesellen [de] (1950)
• Wendy [de]
  • Wendy – Der Film [de] (2017)
  • Wendy 2 – Freundschaft für immer [de] (2018)
• Werner:
  • Werner – Beinhart! (1990)
  • Werner: Eat My Dust!!! [de] (1996)
  • Werner – Volles Rooäää!!! [de] (1999)
  • Werner – Gekotzt wird später! [de] (2003)
  • Werner – Eiskalt! [de] (2011)

Hindi

• Sons of Ram (2012)
• Motu Patlu in Wonderland! (2012, TV film)
• Savita Bhabhi (2013, Web film)
• Motu Patlu: In Alien World! (2016, TV film)
• Motu Patlu: King of Kings (2016)
• Motu Patlu in the City of Gold (2018)

Indonesian

• Eggnoid: Cinta & Portal Waktu [id] (2019), from Eggnoid (comics)^{[citation needed]}
• Gundala Putra Petir:
  • Gundala (2019)^{[citation needed]}
  • Gundala Putra Petir [id] (1981)^{[citation needed]}
• Terlalu Tampan [id] (2019)^{[citation needed]}

Italian

Korean

• 26 Years (2012)
• APT (2006)
• BA:BO (2008), from BA:BO
• Beat (1997)
• Blade of the Phantom Master (2004)
• Blades of Blood (2010)
• The Cat Funeral (2015)
• Dasepo Naughty Girls (2006)
• Fashion King (2014)
• Fists of Legend (2013)
• The Five (2013)
• Le Grand Chef (2007)
• Le Grand Chef 2: Kimchi Battle (2010)
• Hello, Schoolgirl (2008)
• Inside Men (2015)
• Late Blossom (2011)
• Moss (2010)
• Mr. Go (2013)
• The Neighbor (2012)
• Pained (2011)
• Secretly, Greatly (2013)
• So I Married An Anti-fan (2016)
• Tazza: The Hidden Card (2014)
• Tazza: The High Rollers (2006)
• Timing (2014)

Luxembourgish

• De Superjhemp retörns [nl] (2018)

Malayalam

• Bobanum Moliyum (1971)

Norwegian

• Bustenskjold (1958)
• Free Jimmy (2006)
• Ninjababy (2021)

Polish

• George the Hedgehog (2011), from Jeż Jerzy
• Tytus, Romek i A’Tomek wśród złodziei marzeń [pl] (2002)

Portuguese

• O Doutrinador (Brazil, 2018)
• O Judoka [pt] (Brazil, 1973)
• O Menino Maluquinho (Brazil):
  • Menino Maluquinho - O Filme [pt] (1995)
  • Menino Maluquinho 2 - A Aventura [pt] (1997)
• Monica's Gang (Brazil):
  • As Aventuras da Turma da Mônica (1982)
  • A Princesa e o Robô (1983)
  • Cine Gibi: O Filme (2004)
  • Monica's Gang in an Adventure in Time (2007)
  • Turma da Mônica: Laços (2019)
  • Turma da Mônica: Lições [pt] (2021)
• O Quim e o Manecas (Portugal, 1916), from O Quim e o Manecas^[5]
• Rocky & Hudson (Brazil, 1994)
• Tungstênio [pt] (Brazil, 2018)
• Wood & Stock: Sexo, Orégano e Rock'n'Roll (Brazil, 2006)
• Yakuza Princess (2021), from Samurai Shirô (Brazil)

Russian

• Major Grom (2017, short film)
• Major Grom: Plague Doctor (2021)
• Grom: Boyhood (2023)

Serbian

• Billy the Spit (1986)
• City Cat (1991), TV short from Cat Claw
• Mirko i Slavko (1973)
• Technotise: Edit & I (2009), from Technotise

Spanish

Swedish

• 47:an Löken [sv]:
  • 47:an Löken [sv] (1971)
  • 47:an Löken blåser på [sv] (1972)
• Alena (2015)
• Bamse:
  • Bamse and the Thief City (2014)
  • Bamse and the Witch's Daughter (2016)
  • Bamse och dunderklockan [sv] (2018)
  • Bamse och vulkanön [sv] (2021)
• Biffen och Bananen:
  • Biffen och Bananen (1951)
  • Blondie, Beef and the Banana (1952)
  • Klarar Bananen Biffen? [sv] (1957)
• Eva & Adam:
  • Eva & Adam – fyra födelsedagar och ett fiasko [sv] (2001)
  • Eva & Adam [sv] (2021)
• Harald Handfaste (1946)
• Kronblom:
  • Kronblom [sv] (1947)
  • Kronblom kommer till stan [sv] (1949)
• Mandel Karlsson:
  • 91:an Karlsson. "Hela Sveriges lilla beväringsman" [sv] (1946)
  • 91:an Karlssons permis (1947)
  • 91 Karlssons bravader [sv] (1951)
  • Alla tiders 91 Karlsson [sv] (1953)
  • 91 Karlsson rycker in [sv] (1955)
  • 91:an Karlsson slår knock out [sv] (1957)
  • 91:an Karlsson muckar (tror han) [sv] (1959)
  • 91:an och generalernas fnatt [sv] (1977)
• Moomins on the Riviera (Finland, 2014), based on the Moomin comic strips
• Påhittiga Johansson [sv] (1950)
• Rosa: The Movie [sv] (2007)
• We Are the Best! (2013)

Thai

• 13 Beloved (2006)
• 13 Sins (2014)
• Noo Hin: The Movie (2006)

Turkish

• Bad Cat (2016)
• Kara Murat Şeyh Gaffar'a Karşı (1976)
• Karaoğlan:
  • Karaoğlan – Altay'dan Gelen Yiğit (1965)
  • Karaoğlan – Baybora'nın Oğlu (1966)
  • Karaoğlan – Camoka'nın İntikamı (1966)
  • Karaoğlan – Bizanslı Zorba (1967)
  • Karaoğlan – Yeşil Ejder (1967)
  • Karaoğlan – Samara Şeyhin Kızı (1969)
  • Karaoğlan Geliyor (1972)
  • Karaoğlan (2013)^[6]
• The Last Ottoman (2007)
• Malkoçoğlu [tr]
  • Malkoçoğlu (1966)
  • Malkoçoğlu: Krallara Karşı (1967)
  • Malkoçoğlu: Kara Korsan (1968)
  • Malkoçoğlu: Akıncılar Geliyor (1969)
  • Malkoçoğlu Cem Sultan (1969)
  • Malkoçoğlu: Ölüm Fedaileri (1971)
  • Malkoçoğlu: Kurt Bey (1973)
• Tarkan:
  • Tarkan [tr] (1969)
  • Tarkan: Gümüş Eyer [tr] (1970)
  • Tarkan Versus the Vikings (1971)
  • Tarkan: Altın Madalyon [tr] (1972)
  • Tarkan: Güçlü Kahraman [tr] (1973)

Highest Grossing comic book and comic strip films

The following is a list of comic book films and comic strip films that has surpassed $1 million. Superhero films are not included as they have their own list. See List of highest grossing superhero films

Rank	Film	Worldwide gross	Year	Comic book/strip	Source	Ref
1	Kingsman: The Secret Service	$414,351,546	2014	Kingsman	Image Comics	[7]
2	Kingsman: The Golden Circle	$410,902,662	2017	Kingsman	image comics	[8]
3	The Mask	$351,583,407	1994	The Mask	Dark Horse Comics	[9]
4	Over the Hedge	$339,795,890	2006	Over the Hedge		[10]
5	Casper	$287,928,194	1995	Casper the Friendly Ghost	Harvey Comics	[11]
6	Snoopy and Charlie Brown: A Peanuts Movie	$246,233,113	2015	syndication	Peanuts	[12][circular reference]
7	Garfield: The Movie	$203,172,417	2004	Garfield	syndication	[13]
8	Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties	$143,325,970	2006	Garfield	syndication	[14]
9	Annie	$136,853,506	2014	Annie	syndication	[15]
10	2 Guns	$131,940,411	2013	2 Gun	Boom! Studios	[16]
11	The King's Man	$125,897,478	2021	kingsman	image comics	[17]
12	30 Days of Night	$75,513,170	2007	30 Days of Night	IDW Publishing	[18]

See also

• Superhero film
• List of American superhero films
• List of films based on comic strips
• List of comic-based films directed by women

Also related:

• Lists of film source material
• List of comics based on films
• List of films based on radio series
• List of films based on fiction works
• List of films based on television programs
• List of television programs based on comics

References

Bibliography

External links

• Comics2Film
• Superheroes Lives
• Comic Years: Films Based on Comics
• Comic Screen: Les super héros crèvent l'écran
• From Page to Screen: Captain Zorikh's list of comic book movies