Summary
Prime Video’sInvinciblehas been going really strong since its debut back in 2021. It quickly became a hit with fans of all genres, bringing some intense and gory action with nuanced characters and storytelling.
Although fans were a little disappointed by the two-year gap between Season 1 and 2, not to mention another mid-season break during Season 2, the show is now planned to have a consistent release, with a new season dropping every year with no breaks in between. If you’ve been enjoying the show and are looking for some similar recommendations, look no further.
8Gen V (2023)
Rotten Tomatoes: 97%
Gen V is a spin-off show from The Boys, with its first season airing in 2023. It has the same mix of humor and violence as The Boys but focuses on a new cast of college students instead, which makes it a bit more similar to Invincible, specifically the group of younger superheroes named Teen Team in Invincible.
If you enjoyed the character-driven narrative and a world filled with superheroes, then there’s a lot to enjoy with Gen V.
7Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (2022)
Rotten Tomatoes: 100%
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners takes place in the same dystopian world as Cyberpunk 2077 and has a lot ofoverlapping themes and storiesrelated to ambition and betrayal.
Despite this, it really stands on its own merit with heartfelt characters and narrative. It’s a pretty different look at Night City and has a lot of similar notes to Invincible, specifically the consequences of power imbalance in a world with a varied hierarchy.
6Creature Commandos (2024)
Rotten Tomatoes: 95%
Creature Commandos is the first official project as part of the new DCU, and it focuses on a team of super-powered inhumans who are an offshoot of the Suicide Squad.
Created by James Gunn, this show is very character-driven, with each of the seven episodes focusing on a specific member of the team and containing flashbacks that really flesh out and develop these characters. It also contains a lot of bloody violence, much like Invincible, but has its own animation style and overall vibe that sets it apart.
5Justice League: Unlimited (2004)
Justice League: Unlimited is an animated TV show that’s a sequel to 2001’s Justice League, which itself was a continuation of both 1992’s Batman: The Animated Series and 1996’s Superman: The Animated Series.
The show had a huge roster of characters. On top of all the popular ones, there were both lesser-known heroes and villains who don’t get the spotlight as often. Several episodes of the show had these secondary heroes as the protagonists and focused on them instead, while it also had bigger story arcs that spanned several episodes and were often adaptations of specific comic book runs.
4Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse (2018)
Both Spiderman: Into the Spider-Verse and Spiderman: Across the SpiderVerse are obvious choices if you liked Invincible. Beyond the multiversal overlap, both Mark and Miles Morales have to deal with a lot of responsibilities andbalance their superhero liveswith their regular ones.
Both the movies’ animation styles are very unique and groundbreaking in a time where a lot of big-budget animation projects look and feel a lot similar to each other, leaving only the smaller, indie projects to be the ones that are more experimental and unique with their animation styles.
Rotten Tomatoes: 90%
The Suicide Squad is another James Gunn project with a somewhat similar vibe to Invincible. The movie takes place in the old DCEU and has connections to 2016’s Suicide Squad, but certain events of this movie are also canon to the new DCU and the upcoming Peacemaker Season 2.
The movie follows a group of imprisoned supervillains that are sent on a dangerous mission, and it’s got plenty of great action sequences and character moments. The mix of gory action and a few quirky characters gives it a unique style, and the cinematography and color grading give it a nice, saturated look that is also very colorful when it needs to be.
2Watchmen (2019)
Rotten Tomatoes: 96%
HBO’s Watchmen series is a successor to the Watchmen comics, taking place 34 years after the comics and continuing the story of a few major characters from it.
Watchmen was a slightly divisive show, especially for fans of the original graphic novel who didn’t like the direction of this new story. It’s a lot more serious than and not exactly similar to Invincible, but it shares the same themes of deconstructing superhero tropes and dealing with the effects of vigilantism. It’s a very character-driven show with a lot of depth and complexity.
1Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (2012-2013)
The Dark Knight Returns is a two-part animated movie that adapts Frank Miller’s iconic graphic novel. The story follows an older Bruce Wayne whocomes out of retirementto finally deal with The Joker, and also throws down with Superman.
This Batman is a lot more brutal and willing to do things and cross lines that he might not have in his younger years. The movie perfectly captured the dark and gritty vibe of the comic run, with the same level of high-quality storytelling that dealt with a lot of mature topics.
