The Fantastic 4: First Steps

Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Johnny Storm and Ben Grimm defend their world against Galactus and his herald, the Silver Surfer. The setting imagines a future through a 1960s-inspired visual language, with the family’s bonds at the center of the adventure.

The distinct setting makes familiar powers feel at home in a different kind of world. Watch the family’s everyday interactions as closely as its public heroics: the difference between solving a technical problem and protecting someone you love gives the premise its tension.

You can start with this film. Earlier Fantastic Four adaptations are optional comparisons, and the links below keep those editions clearly identified.

First Steps introduces this screen version of the Fantastic Four. The earlier 2005 and 2015 films are separate adaptations, not prerequisites or missing installments of the same family story.

The catalog lists 115 minutes. The release date above is the catalog’s date for this title; dates and runtimes may differ by territory or edition. Follow the linked film source for its own listing.

Essential before Doomsday. Introduces the Fantastic Four who join Doomsday, plus the first hint of Doctor Doom.