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Asterix & Obelix Take On Caesar
Astérix et Obélix contre César (Asterix & Obelix Take On Caesar) is Claude Zidi's 1999 French live-action comedy, the first Asterix film with actors, starring Clavier, Depardieu, and Benigni, drawing about 9 million French admissions.
Asterix and Obelix vs Caesar
Asterix and Obelix vs Caesar (Astérix et Obélix contre César) is Claude Zidi's 1999 live-action comedy, the first live-action Asterix film, starring Clavier, Depardieu, and Benigni, a French-German-Italian co-production that grossed over $100 million.
Batman (1966 film)
Batman (1966 film), also sold as Batman: The Movie, is the first theatrical Batman feature, a camp comedy spin-off of the Adam West ABC series, directed by Leslie H. Martinson, in which Batman and Robin fight the Joker, Penguin, Riddler, and Catwoman.
Batman (1989 film)
Batman, also known as Tim Burton's Batman, is a 1989 American superhero film directed by Tim Burton, starring Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson, and the highest-grossing film of 1989.
Batman (serial)
Batman (1943) is Columbia Pictures' 15-chapter serial, the first screen appearance of Batman, starring Lewis Wilson and Douglas Croft against the wartime villain Dr. Daka; it introduced the Batcave and inspired the 1966 TV series.
Batman & Robin (film)
Batman & Robin (1997), directed by Joel Schumacher, written by Akiva Goldsman, is the fourth Warner Bros. Batman film, starring George Clooney, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Chris O'Donnell, Uma Thurman, and Alicia Silverstone; a campy critical and box-office failure that cancelled Batman Unchained and idled the franchise until 2005.
Batman and Robin (serial)
Batman and Robin (1949), also called The New Adventures of Batman and Robin, the Boy Wonder, is Columbia Pictures' 15-chapter film serial starring Robert Lowery and Johnny Duncan against the Wizard, directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet, produced by Sam Katzman, released May 26 to September 1, 1949.
Batman Forever
Batman Forever (1995) is Joel Schumacher's third Warner Bros. Batman film, starring Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey, Nicole Kidman, and Chris O'Donnell; it earned $336.6M worldwide with mixed reviews (Metascore 54, Tomatometer 41%).
Batman Returns
Batman Returns is a 1992 American superhero film directed by Tim Burton, starring Michael Keaton as Batman, with Danny DeVito as the Penguin and Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman.
Blade (1998 film)
Blade is a 1998 American action-horror film directed by Stephen Norrington, in which Wesley Snipes plays a half-vampire hunter battling a vampire society led by Stephen Dorff.
Blade (franchise)
Blade franchise: three New Line Cinema films (1998-2004) starring Wesley Snipes as Marvel's vampire hunter Eric Brooks, grossing $418 million; also the stalled Mahershala Ali MCU reboot.
Flash Gordon (1936 film)
Flash Gordon (1936), also released as Space Soldiers, is Universal's 13-chapter Buster Crabbe science fiction serial based on Alex Raymond's comic strip, pitting Flash, Dale Arden, and Dr. Zarkov against Ming the Merciless on Mongo; a record-budget serial entered into the National Film Registry in 1996.
Men in Black (1997 film)
Men in Black is a 1997 American science-fiction comedy directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, starring Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith as secret agents policing aliens on Earth.
Spider-Man (1977 film)
Spider-Man (1977) is a CBS made-for-TV movie directed by E.W. Swackhamer, starring Nicholas Hammond as the first live-action film Spider-Man; it piloted The Amazing Spider-Man series and saw overseas theatrical release.
Supergirl (1984 film)
Supergirl (1984 film), directed by Jeannot Szwarc, is the Salkinds' Tri-Star spin-off of the Superman franchise starring Helen Slater as Kara Zor-El recovering the Omegahedron from Faye Dunaway's witch Selena; a critical and box-office failure (19% on Rotten Tomatoes) that became a cult classic.
Superman (1978 film)
Superman, also known as Superman: The Movie, is a 1978 superhero film directed by Richard Donner and starring Christopher Reeve, credited with establishing the superhero film as a mainstream genre.
Superman and the Mole-Men
Superman and the Mole-Men (1951) is the first feature-length Superman film, a 58-minute black-and-white Lippert Productions pilot starring George Reeves and Phyllis Coates, later re-edited into the Adventures of Superman two-parter "The Unknown People".
Superman II
Superman II (1980) is Richard Lester's sequel to Superman: The Movie, with Reeve, Kidder, and Hackman facing General Zod; shot partly by fired director Richard Donner, it set 1981 box-office records and gained a 2006 Donner Cut.
Superman III
Superman III (1983), third Richard Lester-directed Superman film starring Christopher Reeve and Richard Pryor as Gus Gorman; villain Ross Webster's synthetic kryptonite splits Superman into good and evil; grossed about $80 million worldwide.
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace is a 1987 superhero film, the fourth and final entry starring Christopher Reeve, in which Superman vows to rid the world of nuclear weapons.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze is a 1991 live-action superhero comedy. It follows the Turtles as they battle Shredder for the last canister of ooze.
The Crow: City of Angels
The Crow: City of Angels is a 1996 American dark fantasy film directed by Tim Pope, starring Vincent Perez as a resurrected man avenging his son's murder.