3. Shazam!

Following the disappointment that was 2017’s Justice League movie, the DCEU began its resurgence in 2018 with the brilliant Aquaman.

In 2019, that resurgence continued with the wonderful Shazam!

The movie depicted the origins of the titular superhero – who fans of classic DC comic books will actually remember being called Captain Marvel – as 14-year-old foster child Billy Batson was chosen by a powerful wizard to become his champion.

Batson gained the ability to turn into an adult superhero simply by saying “Shazam!” – and the movie saw him attempting to master his powers and defeat evil forces controlled by Dr. Thaddeus Sivana.

It had bags of heart (courtesy mainly of Asher Angel’s Billy Batson) and tonnes of humour (courtesy mainly of Zachary Levi’s Shazam).

The visuals were fantastic, the action was fun and the characters were mostly likeable – and while some might have criticised it for being overburdened with backstories and, at times, dragging a little, it undoubtedly had far more positives than negatives.

It also felt more like a Marvel movie than any other DCEU offering but, at the same time, it also had the essential dark aspects that tend to differentiate DC movies from their more popcorny Marvel counterparts.