Best Origin Story Movies & TV Series

Looking for the best origin story movies and TV series? These 28 are the highest-rated on 3eyedraven, weighted by vote count so a handful of glowing reviews never beats a proven favourite.

Klaus 2019 ★ 8.2

Smallville 2001 ★ 8.2

Joker 2019 ★ 8.1

Cruella 2021 ★ 8.0

Transformers One 2024 ★ 8.0

Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler 2019 ★ 7.8

Young Sherlock 2026 ★ 7.9

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man 2025 ★ 7.8

Gotham 2014 ★ 7.6

Doctor Strange 2016 ★ 7.4

Lumière! 2016 ★ 7.9

A Boy Called Christmas 2021 ★ 7.3

Pearl 2022 ★ 7.2

Perry Mason 2020 ★ 7.2

Wick Is Pain 2025 ★ 7.4

Christmas Story 2007 ★ 7.2

Captain America: The First Avenger 2011 ★ 7.0

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes 2023 ★ 7.0

Lightyear 2022 ★ 6.9

The Powerpuff Girls Movie 2002 ★ 6.8

LUPIN ZERO 2022 ★ 7.3

Man of Steel 2013 ★ 6.7

Brown Sugar 2002 ★ 6.6

Wichita 1955 ★ 6.3