Wolverine

Without a doubt, the most well-known anti-hero on our list. So well-known in fact some of you might be thinking, “Wolverine? Really?” The character has evolved over the years to become more of your typical hero, one that we can feel comfortable liking at the end of the day. But at his core Wolverine is an anti-hero just in body count. He’s brutal in combat and his loner attitude makes him simply not as shiny as say, Superman. With his past, Wolverine is at the top of the list for anti-heroes, though the argument is there that he could simply just be flawed. Either way, a list of iconic comic book movie anti-heroes just wouldn’t be complete without him. Though surely his inclusion will rub a few people the wrong way.

Anti-heroes have always been around but with the success of Deadpool their status in comic book movie culture has been reinstated and fans are chomping at the bit for more of favorite bad-good guys get movies dedicated to them or at least new respects paid to them. They may be dark, misunderstood, and horrifically violent but a lot of our favorite anti-heroes are just trying to save the world in the only ways they know how and for that we love them.