Cross-media recommendations across film, TV, games, books & music — picked by taste.
The Flash (2014) centres on Barry Allen, a crime scene investigator struck by lightning who wakes from a coma with superhuman speed. Working alongside the scientists at S.T.A.R. Labs, he takes on the identity of the fastest man alive to defend his city. Fans of this show tend to gravitate toward origin stories shaped by freak scientific accidents, lone heroes backed by dedicated support teams, and the push-pull between an ordinary life and extraordinary abilities.
The Flash is an American superhero television series developed by Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg, and Geoff Johns, airing on The CW. It is based on the Barry Allen incarnation of DC Comics character the Flash, a costumed superhero crime-fighter with the power to move at superhuman speeds. It is a spin-off of Arrow, existing in the same fictional universe known as the Arrowverse. The series premiered in the United States on The CW on October 7, 2014, and ran for nine seasons until May 24, 2023. The series follows Barry Allen, portrayed by Grant Gustin, a crime scene investigator who gains super-human speed, which he uses to fight criminals, along with others who have also gained superhuman abilities.
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Film
The Flash
A police scientist gains super-speed through a lab accident and battles a menacing gang as a superhero.
Film
The Flash
Barry Allen alters the future and ends up trapped in a reality where General Zod has returned and no heroes remain.
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LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: The Flash
Reverse-Flash traps Flash in a time loop, stripping him of his powers and getting him fired by the Justice League.
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Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox
Flash wakes in a war-torn alternate timeline and teams up with alternate heroes to restore it.
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The Flash: Saga of the Scarlet Speedster
Short documentary tracing The Flash from comic-book origins through film and television.
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Justice Society: World War II
Flash is dropped into World War II and joins Wonder Woman and the Justice Society of America to survive.
Book
Race around the world!
Superman and Flash can't agree who's faster, so they race around the world — until super-villains intervene.
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Batman Detective Comics
Batman investigates a deadly new narcotic in a story written by The Flash's own creative team.
Book
Superman
Still frames from a Justice League Unlimited episode, spotlighting favourite superheroes and villains.
Book
The Supergirl storybook
Kara travels from Argo City to Earth on a desperate search for the Omegahedron, the power source her city needs to survive.
Series
The Flash
A bolt of lightning turns chemist Barry Allen into the fastest man alive — the 1990 series that started it on TV.
Series
FlashForward
A global blackout leaves everyone with a vision of their own future six months away — hopeful for some, alarming for others.
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Choushinsei Flashman
Five children kidnapped by alien experimenters are rescued by their captors' enemies — a Super Sentai sci-fi adventure.
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Flash Gordon
A 2007 Sci Fi Channel series revisiting Flash Gordon in a contemporary science-fiction adventure format.
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Flash Gordon
An animated series following Flash Gordon's continued adventures in serialised science-fiction action.
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Spider-Man
The web-slinging Spider-Man battles crime across New York City in this 1981 animated series.
The 1990 TV series The Flash is a fun predecessor featuring the same Barry Allen origin — and FlashForward offers another high-concept sci-fi series where ordinary people are suddenly changed by a mysterious event.
Justice League Heroes: The Flash lets you play directly as the Scarlet Speedster, while Super Time Force captures the time-manipulation thrills with its battlefield rewind mechanic.
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox is the animated film most directly connected, following Barry as he fights to restore an alternate timeline — and the live-action The Flash (2023) explores the same multiverse-altering premise.