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Superman in film

Superman in film covers the movie history of the DC Comics character, from Kirk Alyn's 1948 serials through the landmark 1978 Christopher Reeve film and James Gunn's 2025 franchise launch.

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.

Superman logo

Superman logo, the S-shield and Superman word emblem from Action Comics #1 (1938), created by Siegel and Shuster; redesigned by Ira Schnapp in 1940 and Marshall Arisman in 1983, trademarked by DC Comics and revised across film and comics.

Superman Returns

Superman Returns is a 2006 American superhero film directed by Bryan Singer, starring Brandon Routh, Kevin Spacey, and Kate Bosworth, and the first Superman theatrical film in 19 years.

Superman vs. The Elite

Superman vs. The Elite is a 2012 direct-to-video DC animated film, the 14th DC Universe Animated Original Movie, adapting Joe Kelly's Action Comics #775 story about Superman opposing the lethal antihero team the Elite led by Manchester Black.

Superman: Doomsday

Superman: Doomsday (2007) is the first DC Universe Animated Original Movie, a PG-13 direct-to-video film adapting The Death and Return of Superman in 75 minutes, directed by Bruce Timm, Lauren Montgomery, and Brandon Vietti, with Adam Baldwin voicing Superman.

Superman: Man of Tomorrow

Superman: Man of Tomorrow is a 2020 DC Universe animated film launching the Tomorrowverse, with Darren Criss as Clark Kent facing Lobo and Parasite; also the informal name for James Gunn's 2027 live-action sequel Man of Tomorrow with Brainiac.

Superman: Red Son (film)

Superman: Red Son (2020) is a Warner Bros. Animation direct-to-video film, also called Superman: Hijo Rojo, adapting Mark Millar's 2003 Elseworlds comic in which Kal-El lands in Stalinist Russia, kills Stalin, and rules the USSR while Lex Luthor leads America.

Superman: The Animated Series

Superman: The Animated Series (1996–2000), also called STAS, is a Warner Bros. Animation Kids' WB series by Bruce Timm and Paul Dini, starring Tim Daly, with 54 episodes, two Emmys, and the World's Finest Batman crossover.

Superman: Unbound

Superman: Unbound (2013) is a stand-alone DC Universe Animated Original Movie, the 17th in the line, directed by James Tucker and adapting Geoff Johns and Gary Frank's Superman: Brainiac, with Matt Bomer, Stana Katic, Molly C. Quinn, and John Noble as Brainiac.

Superman/Batman: Apocalypse

Superman/Batman: Apocalypse is a 2010 direct-to-video DC Universe Animated Original Movie, ninth in the line, directed by Lauren Montgomery, adapting Loeb and Turner's Supergirl from Krypton, sequel to Public Enemies, with Tim Daly, Kevin Conroy, Summer Glau, and Andre Braugher.

Superman/Batman: Public Enemies

Superman/Batman: Public Enemies is a 2009 DC direct-to-video animated film, also known as the 'World's Finest' adaptation, directed by Sam Liu. President Lex Luthor frames Superman, sets a $1 billion bounty, and the duo must stop a Kryptonite asteroid.

SuperMansion

SuperMansion: American stop-motion animated superhero comedy on Crackle (2015), created by Matthew Senreich and Zeb Wells, starring Bryan Cranston as Titanium Rex; three seasons, 46 episodes, TV-MA.

Supermarket Sweep

Supermarket Sweep: Al Howard's game show, first on ABC 1965–1967, revived on Lifetime, PAX, and ABC (Leslie Jones, 2020–2022); teams race through a mock supermarket in a three-minute Big Sweep for cash.

Supermax (film)

Supermax: upcoming Amazon MGM action thriller directed by David Gordon Green, starring Will Smith as FBI agent Rex investigating an impossible prison murder; $70 million Miramax deal, Prime Video streaming, filming in New South Wales from August 2026.

Supermodel Me season 7

SupermodelMe: Make It or Break It is the seventh season of the Singaporean reality modeling competition SupermodelMe, the franchise's first mobile-first season, won by Habie Mondido in 2026.

Supernanny

Supernanny is a reality TV series starring British nanny Jo Frost, first on Channel 4 in July 2004 and ABC from 2005, famous for the naughty step time-out technique, ratings of 6–7 million UK viewers, and a 2020 Lifetime reboot.

Supernatural (American TV series)

Supernatural (2005–2020) is Eric Kripke's American fantasy horror series about Sam and Dean Winchester, monster-hunting brothers in a '67 Chevy Impala; 15 seasons, 327 episodes on The WB and The CW.

Supernatural Academy

Supernatural Academy is a 2022 Peacock animated series based on Jaymin Eve's books, following werewolf twins Jessa and Mischa, Dragon Marked and cursed to serve the evil Dragon King; 16 episodes, one season, two 2026 feature films announced.

Supernatural horror film

Supernatural horror film: a horror subgenre whose threats are ghosts, demons, witches, and curses rather than natural monsters. Dates to Méliès's 1896 The House of the Devil; spans 1930s gothic cycles, The Exorcist, J-horror and K-horror, and current occult- and folklore-driven demand.

Supernatural: Bloodlines

Supernatural: Bloodlines, formerly Supernatural: Tribes, was an unmade 2014 CW spin-off of Supernatural tested via a season 9 backdoor pilot about five monster families ruling Chicago; it was not picked up to series.

Supernoobs

Supernoobs (also Super Noobs) is a Canadian flash-animated series created by Scott Fellows, produced by DHX Media/WildBrain for Teletoon and Cartoon Network, 2015-2019. Four middle schoolers with battle orbs fight a space virus; 52 episodes, TV-Y7-FV.

Supernova (2000 film)

Supernova (2000) is an MGM science fiction horror film credited to Thomas Lee but actually directed by Walter Hill and Jack Sholder with a Francis Ford Coppola re-edit, starring James Spader and Angela Bassett; it grossed $14.8 million on a $90 million budget.

Supernova (2020 film)

Supernova (2020) is Harry Macqueen's British drama starring Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci as a couple facing young-onset dementia on a camper van road trip across England; premiered at the 2020 BFI London Film Festival, 89% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Superpower (ability)

Superpower (ability): the popular-culture term for a superhuman ability in fiction, the defining trait of superheroes and supervillains; common examples are superhuman strength, flight, and telekinesis, usually paired with limitations.

Superprod Group

Superprod Group is an independent European production and distribution company founded in Paris in 2010 by Clément Calvet and Jérémie Fajner, producing animated and live-action films and series.

Supersex

Supersex is a 2024 Italian Netflix limited series, created by Francesca Manieri, loosely inspired by porn star Rocco Siffredi, starring Alessandro Borghi; seven episodes, released 6 March 2024 after a Berlinale premiere.

Superstar (1999 film)

Superstar (1999 film) is an American-Canadian comedy directed by Bruce McCulloch. It stars Molly Shannon as Mary Katherine Gallagher, an SNL character who enters a talent contest.

Superstar Singer (सुपरस्टार सिंगर)

Superstar Singer (सुपरस्टार सिंगर) is a Hindi-language children's singing reality show on Sony Entertainment Television and SonyLIV, premiering 29 June 2019, with three seasons, captain-mentored teams, a super judge, and viewer-vote eliminations.

Superstore (TV series)

Superstore (NBC, 2015–2021) is an American workplace sitcom created by Justin Spitzer, set at Cloud 9, a fictional big-box store in St. Louis, starring America Ferrera and Ben Feldman, notable for its union-organizing storyline.