Watchmen: Chapter I

Watchmen: Chapter I (2024) is a DC animated feature you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Brandon Vietti. Voice cast includes Troy Baker, Katee Sackhoff, and Titus Welliver. Runtime: 84 minutes.

America, 1985 — but not the one from the history books. Superheroes existed here, and the government outlawed them. Most have retired or taken federal contracts. When the Comedian, a government-sanctioned operative, turns up dead, the rogue vigilante Rorschach refuses to call it random. His investigation pulls former colleagues — Nite Owl, Silk Spectre, Dr. Manhattan, Ozymandias — back into a conspiracy that touches the Cold War and something far worse.

This is part one of a two-part animated adaptation of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' 1986–87 graphic novel. The split format gives the story space that Zack Snyder's 2009 live-action film couldn't afford — more of the original's paranoid texture, more room for the quieter character beats between the action. For long-time fans of the source material it's the version that finally has the right pace. Stream Watchmen: Chapter I (2024) online on iFILM.