• Superman vs General Zod

(Man of Steel, 2013)

This fight scene was big.  It marked a turning point.  It was the end of the Superman that adorned the comic books and lunch boxes, and the beginning of the compromised soul that would someday help found the Justice league.  This fight ends with one of the most dramatic superhero scenes in movie history.

Faced with allowing the deaths of an innocent family or killing his adversary with his bare hands, Superman comes to a moral crossroad that impacts his life forever.  Amid all of the crashing buildings, heroic posturing and morality lessons, there is a serious moment of soul-searching that takes place within our hero.  He realizes that you cannot always protect the innocent without spilling the blood of the guilty.  Bravo Superman.  This amazing scene lands at number 3 on our list.