Timeline : DC | Live Action Movies & TV Shows

Complete timeline of officially released live action DC Movies and TV shows. Listed are the release dates of movies and initial air dates for tv shows.

1940s

• Adventures of Captain Marvel movie serial, March 28, 1941.
• Spy Smasher movie serial, April 4, 1942.
• The Batman movie serial, July 16, 1943.
• Hop Harrigan movie serial, March 28, 1946.
• The Vigilante movie serial, May 22, 1947.
• Superman movie serial, January 5, 1948.
• Congo Bill movie serial, October 28, 1948.
• Batman and Robin movie serial, May 26, 1949.

• Atom Man vs. Superman movie serial, July 20, 1950.
• Superman and the Mole Men movie, November 23, 1951.
• The Miraculous Blackhawk: Freedom's Champion movie serial, July 1, 1952.
• Adventures of Superman TV series, September 19, 1952 to April 28, 1958.
• Stamp Day for Superman short film January 1, 1954.

• Batman TV series, January 12, 1966 to March 14, 1968.
• Batman movie, July 30, 1966.

• Wonder Woman TV pilot, March 12, 1974.
• Shazam! TV series, September 7, 1974 to October 16, 1976.
• The Secrets of Isis TV series, September 6, 1975 to October 23, 1976.
• Wonder Woman TV series, November 7, 1975 to September 11, 1979.
• Superman: the Movie, December 10, 1978.

• Superman II movie, December 4, 1980.
• Swamp Thing movie, February 19, 1982.
• Superman III movie, June 12, 1983.
• Supergirl movie, July 19,1984.
• Superman IV: The Quest for Peace movie, July 24, 1987.
• Superboy TV series, October 8, 1988 to May 17, 1992.
• The Return of Swamp Thing movie, May 12, 1989.
• Batman movie, June 19, 1989.

• The Flash TV series, September 20, 1990 to May 18, 1991.
• Swamp Thing TV series, October 31, 1990 to May 11, 1991.
• Batman Returns movie, June 16, 1992.
• Human Target TV series, July 20 to August 29, 1992.
• Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman TV series, September 12, 1993 to
June 14, 1997.
• Batman Forever movie, June 9, 1995.
• Batman & Robin movie, June 12, 1997.
• Steel movie, August 15, 1997.
• Justice League of America TV pilot, December 28, 1997.

• Smallville TV series, October 16, 2001 to May 13, 2011.
• Birds of Prey TV series, October 9, 2002 to February 19, 2003.
• Catwoman movie, July 19, 2004.
• Constantine movie, February 7, 2005.
• Batman Begins movie, June 15, 2005.
• Superman Returns movie, June 21, 2006.
• The Dark Knight movie, July 14, 2008.
• Watchmen movie, February 23, 2009.

• Human Target TV series, January 15, 2010 to February 9, 2011.
• Jonah Hex movie, June 18, 2010.
• Green Lantern movie, June 15, 2011.
• The Dark Knight Rises movie, July 16, 2012.
• Arrow TV series, October 10, 2012 to January 28, 2020.
• Man of Steel movie, June 10, 2013.
• Gotham TV series, September 22, 2014 to April 25, 2019.
• The Flash TV series, October 7, 2014, ongoing.
• Constantine TV series, October 24, 2014 to February 13, 2015.
• Supergirl TV series, October 26, 2015 to November 9, 2021.

• Legends of Tomorrow TV series, January 21, 2016, ongoing.
• Lucifer TV series, January 25, 2016 to September 10, 2021.
• Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice movie, March 19, 2016.
• Suicide Squad movie, August 1, 2016.
• Powerless TV series, February 2 to April 20, 2017.
• Wonder Woman movie, May 15, 2017.
• Justice League movie, November 13, 2017.

• Black Lightning TV series, January 16, 2018 to May 24, 2021.
• Krypton TV series, March 21, 2018 to August 14, 2019.
• Titans TV series, October 12, 2018, ongoing.
• Aquaman movie, November 26, 2018.
• Doom Patrol TV series, February 15, 2019, ongoing.
• Shazam! movie, March 15, 2019.
• Swamp Thing TV series, May 31 to August 2, 2019.
• Pennyworth TV series, July 28, 2019, ongoing.
• Joker movie, August 31, 2019.
• Batwoman TV series, October 6, 2019, ongoing.
• Watchmen TV series, October 20 to December 15, 2019.

• Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) movie, January 25, 2020.
• Stargirl TV series, May 18, 2020, ongoing.
• Wonder Woman 1984 movie, December 15, 2020.
• Superman & Lois TV series, February 23, 2021 , ongoing.
• Zack Snyder's Justice League movie, March 18, 2021.
• The Suicide Squad movie, July 30, 2021.
• Naomi TV series, January 11, 2022, ongoing.
• Peacemaker series, January 13, 2022, ongoing.

As of the making of this video there are 81 officially released DC films and tv shows. How many have you watched? Write in the comment section below your favorites.

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