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1. Man of Steel (2013)

PG-13 | 143 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

An alien child is evacuated from his dying world and sent to Earth to live among humans. His peace is threatened when other survivors of his home planet invade Earth.

Director: Zack Snyder | Stars: Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Diane Lane

Votes: 813,205 | Gross: $291.05M

2. Superman (1978)

PG | 143 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

An alien orphan is sent from his dying planet to Earth, where he grows up to become his adoptive home's first and greatest superhero.

Director: Richard Donner | Stars: Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Gene Hackman, Marlon Brando

Votes: 187,886 | Gross: $134.22M

3. Superman Returns (2006)

PG-13 | 154 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Superman returns to Earth after spending five years in space examining his homeworld Krypton. But he finds things have changed while he was gone, and he must once again prove himself important to the world.

Director: Bryan Singer | Stars: Brandon Routh, Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, James Marsden

Votes: 291,638 | Gross: $200.08M

4. DC League of Super-Pets (2022)

PG | 105 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Krypto the Super-Dog and Superman are inseparable best friends, sharing the same superpowers and fighting crime side by side in Metropolis. However, Krypto must master his own powers for a rescue mission when Superman is kidnapped.

Directors: Jared Stern, Sam J. Levine | Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Kate McKinnon, John Krasinski

Votes: 75,742 | Gross: $93.66M

5. Teen Titans GO! To the Movies (2018)

PG | 84 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A villain's maniacal plan for world domination sidetracks five teenage superheroes who dream of Hollywood stardom.

Directors: Aaron Horvath, Peter Rida Michail | Stars: Greg Cipes, Scott Menville, Khary Payton, Tara Strong

Votes: 21,779 | Gross: $29.79M

6. Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons (2022 Video)

PG-13 | 79 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi

Jonathan Kent and reluctant young sidekick Damian Wayne are burdened with saving the world from impending doom. The two must join forces to rescue their fathers and save the planet by becoming the super heroes they were intended to be.

Director: Matt Peters | Stars: Jack Dylan Grazer, Jack Griffo, Laura Bailey, Troy Baker

Votes: 5,326

7. Justice League: Gods and Monsters (2015 Video)

PG-13 | 76 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

In an alternate universe, very different versions of DC's Trinity (Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman), who operate outside of the law, are framed for murders of prominent scientist and the government decides to take them out.

Director: Sam Liu | Stars: Benjamin Bratt, Michael C. Hall, Tamara Taylor, Paget Brewster

Votes: 16,909

8. Teen Titans Go! & DC Super Hero Girls: Mayhem in the Multiverse (2022)

TV-PG | 79 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Teen Titans and DC Super Hero Girls will reunite to combat Lex Luthor and his unified gang of DC Super-Villains.

Directors: Matt Peters, Katie Rice | Stars: Kimberly Brooks, Greg Cipes, Keith Ferguson, Will Friedle

Votes: 716

9. Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham (2014 Video Game)

E10+ | Animation, Action, Adventure

Batman joins forces with the super heroes of the DC Comics Universe and travels into space to collect the lantern rings and stop Brainiac from shrinking worlds.

Directors: Jon Burton, Arthur Parsons, JB Blanc | Stars: Conan O'Brien, Clancy Brown, Olivia d'Abo, Stephen Amell

Votes: 2,066

10. DC Universe Online (2011 Video Game)

T | Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Lex Luthor travels back in time from a desolate future where Braniac has killed off all the superheroes and taken over the world, to ally with heroes of present day to form a plan to stop him by using the Exobyte data.

Stars: Gina Torres, Adam Baldwin, Mark Hamill, Michelle Forbes

Votes: 796

11. Supermen Dönüyor (1979)

67 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Born out of a Christmas ornaments-filled heaven, Turkish Superman fights the mob in order to save the day!

Director: Kunt Tulgar | Stars: Tayfun Demir, Güngör Bayrak, Yildirim Gencer, Esref Kolçak

Votes: 688

12. Dark Superman (2016)

44 min | Short, Sci-Fi

A what if story set in the Detective Comics Universe.

Director: Jamal Johns | Stars: Victoria Allen, Ashley Anderson, Luis Arana, Gail Arco

Votes: 36

13. Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure (2013 Video Game)

E10+ | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

Maxwell and his sister somehow end up in the world of superheroes from the DC universe. Now it's their responsibility to help the heroes defeat their villains

Votes: 73

14. Superman: From Krypton to Metropolis (2018 Video)

Short, Family

The origin story of The Man of Steel and his mission to stop Lex Luthor.

Director: Christopher Cerf | Stars: Allen Asherman, Christina Frith, Michael Kingsbury Frith, Andy Helfer

15. Justice League Unlimited (2004–2006)
Episode: For the Man Who Has Everything (2004)

TV-Y7-FV | 21 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Batman and Wonder Woman find Superman immobilized in the Fortress of Solitude by a plant sent by the would-be conqueror Mongul.

Director: Dan Riba | Stars: George Newbern, Susan Eisenberg, Kevin Conroy, Eric Roberts

Votes: 1,077

16. Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993–1997)
Episode: Big Girls Don't Fly (1996)

TV-PG | 47 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

After being approved in Zara and Ching's tests, Superman learns that they want him to leave the Earth (and Lois) forever and go back with them to rule New Krypton, or the planet will be ruled by the evil Lord Nor.

Director: Philip Sgriccia | Stars: Dean Cain, Teri Hatcher, Lane Smith, Justin Whalin

Votes: 271

17. Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993–1997)
Episode: Foundling (1994)

TV-PG | 47 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Clark discovers that the Kryptonian orb contains recordings made by his father, Jor-El. But he has barely begun to explore them when a young thief steals the artifact and sells it to the worst possible buyer: Lex Luthor.

Director: Bill D'Elia | Stars: Dean Cain, Teri Hatcher, Lane Smith, Michael Landes

Votes: 338

18. Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993–1997)
Episode: The Rival (1994)

TV-PG | 46 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

The Metropolis Star begins landing stories before the Daily Planet, with Linda King, an old rival of Lois, getting all the scoops, and convincing Lois that she's getting Clark's attentions as well.

Director: Michael W. Watkins | Stars: Dean Cain, Teri Hatcher, Lane Smith, Michael Landes

Votes: 337

19. Smallville (2001–2017)
Episode: Arrival (2005)

TV-PG | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A meteor shower bursts from the heavens, raining destruction on the unsuspecting citizens of Smallville, Kansas.

Director: James Marshall | Stars: Tom Welling, Kristin Kreuk, Michael Rosenbaum, Erica Durance

Votes: 1,426

20. Smallville (2001–2017)
Episode: Calling (2003)

TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

As Clark and Lana get more romantically close to each other, the comatose Dr. Fredrick Walden recovers and repeats the sentence "the day is coming, and he will rule the world" many times. ... See full summary »

Director: Terrence O'Hara | Stars: Tom Welling, Kristin Kreuk, Michael Rosenbaum, Sam Jones III

Votes: 1,293

21. Smallville (2001–2017)
Episode: Commencement (2005)

TV-PG | 53 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

When Lana (possessed by Isobel) kills Genevieve Teague by stabbing her with one of the Kryptonian Knowledge Crystals after she attempts to steal it, it triggers a cosmic event that not only... See full summary »

Director: Greg Beeman | Stars: Tom Welling, Kristin Kreuk, Michael Rosenbaum, Jensen Ackles

Votes: 1,522

22. Smallville (2001–2017)
Episode: Covenant (2004)

TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

At the Kent farm, Clark Kent is surprised in the middle of the night by a naked young woman claiming that she is Kara from Krypton, and asking him to go with her somewhere through the ... See full summary »

Director: Greg Beeman | Stars: Tom Welling, Kristin Kreuk, Michael Rosenbaum, Sam Jones III

Votes: 1,451

23. Smallville (2001–2017)
Episode: Exile (2003)

TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Metropolis, three months later. Clark Kent (under the influence of the red kryptonite ring) has becomes a criminal, heisting banks, going to night-clubs, and living under the alias 'Kal'. ... See full summary »

Director: Greg Beeman | Stars: Tom Welling, Kristin Kreuk, Michael Rosenbaum, Sam Jones III

Votes: 1,524

24. Smallville (2001–2017)
Episode: Exodus (2003)

TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

As Clark has finally begun dating Lana, Helen Bryce cancels her wedding to Lex after being told to by Lionel. But later, Helen realizes that she loves Lex and they finally get married. ... See full summary »

Director: Greg Beeman | Stars: Tom Welling, Kristin Kreuk, Michael Rosenbaum, Sam Jones III

Votes: 1,500

25. Smallville (2001–2017)
Episode: Hidden (2005)

TV-PG | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Gabriel Duncan is a deranged teenager who breaks in the control room of a nuclear silo in Smallville, kills the two security guards, and starts the launch sequence to send one missile to ... See full summary »

Director: Whitney Ransick | Stars: Tom Welling, Kristin Kreuk, Michael Rosenbaum, Erica Durance

Votes: 1,253

26. Smallville (2001–2017)
Episode: Memoria (2004)

TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Lex believes that he needs his memories back,but Clark can't take the risk of his secret being exposed.

Director: Miles Millar | Stars: Tom Welling, Kristin Kreuk, Michael Rosenbaum, Sam Jones III

Votes: 1,451

27. Smallville (2001–2017)
Episode: Reckoning (2006)

TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Clark reveals his secret to Lana, Jonathan and Lex learn the results of the senatorial election, and there is a tragic car accident on the highway that takes the life of someone Clark loves, forcing Clark to appeal to Jor-El for help.

Director: Greg Beeman | Stars: Tom Welling, Kristin Kreuk, Michael Rosenbaum, Erica Durance

Votes: 2,201

28. Smallville (2001–2017)
Episode: Relic (2003)

TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Clark has downloaded the memories of Jor-El to solve a case that is related to Lana Lang's relative.

Director: Marita Grabiak | Stars: Tom Welling, Kristin Kreuk, Michael Rosenbaum, Sam Jones III

Votes: 1,293

29. Smallville (2001–2017)
Episode: Sacred (2005)

TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The Kryoptonian metallic disc is returned to Clark following the death of Virgil Swann. Placing the disc in the cave reveals a message from the spirit of Jor-El instructing Clark to find ... See full summary »

Director: Brad Turner | Stars: Tom Welling, Kristin Kreuk, Michael Rosenbaum, Jensen Ackles

Votes: 1,217

30. Smallville (2001–2017)
Episode: Solitude (2005)

TV-PG | 41 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

While returning home with Lois, Martha is hit by a flash of light followed by a thunder and contracts a lethal Kryptonian disease. Clark fears that Jor-El thus makes him pay for his ... See full summary »

Director: Paul Shapiro | Stars: Tom Welling, Kristin Kreuk, Michael Rosenbaum, Erica Durance

Votes: 1,131

31. Superboy (1988–1992)
Episode: Abandon Earth (1990)

TV-PG | 22 min | Action, Adventure, Family

Two aliens, claiming to be Superboy's birth parents, Jor-El and Lana, come to Earth looking for their son.

Director: Richard J. Lewis | Stars: Gerard Christopher, Stacy Haiduk, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Stuart Whitman

Votes: 37

32. Superboy (1988–1992)
Episode: Escape to Earth (1990)

TV-PG | 22 min | Action, Adventure, Family

Superboy finds things get complicated when Lana finds out about his secret identity while on the aliens' ship.

Director: Andre R. Guttfreund | Stars: Gerard Christopher, Stacy Haiduk, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, George Lazenby

Votes: 39

33. Superboy (1988–1992)
Episode: Mindscape (1990)

TV-PG | 22 min | Action, Adventure, Family

Superboy's life is in peril when an alien creature attaches itself to his body, causing him horrific nightmares in which he battles his alter ego of Clark Kent.

Director: David Nutter | Stars: Gerard Christopher, Stacy Haiduk, Peter Jay Fernandez, Robert Levine

Votes: 34

34. Superman: The Animated Series (1996–2000)
Episode: Stolen Memories (1996)

Unrated | 21 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Brainiac, once Krypton's all-knowing planetary computer, comes to Earth as part of his information-gathering trek across the galaxy. But, as Superman discovers, Brainiac's intent after ... See full summary »

Director: Curt Geda | Stars: Tim Daly, Dana Delany, Clancy Brown, Christopher McDonald

Votes: 547

35. Superman: The Animated Series (1996–2000)
Episode: The Last Son of Krypton: Part I (1996)

Unrated | 21 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Jor-El, unable to convince the Kryptonian government of the pending destruction of the planet, plans to save his son while Brainiac makes him a fugitive.

Director: Dan Riba | Stars: Christopher McDonald, Finola Hughes, Corey Burton, Tony Jay

Votes: 764

36. Superman: The Animated Series (1996–2000)
Episode: The Last Son of Krypton: Part II (1996)

Unrated | 21 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Young Clark Kent learns of his alien past, as well as his full power, and decides to move to Metropolis to be both reporter and superhero.

Directors: Curt Geda, Scott Jeralds | Stars: Tim Daly, Dana Delany, Clancy Brown, Christopher McDonald

Votes: 702

37. Smallville (2001–2017)
Episode: Vessel (2006)

TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

After "being prepared" by Fine, Lex is abducted in a field by a strange light. Meanwhile, Clark goes to the Fortress of Solidude where the spirit of Jor-el gives a dagger to Clark and ... See full summary »

Director: James Marshall | Stars: Tom Welling, Kristin Kreuk, Michael Rosenbaum, Erica Durance

Votes: 1,314

38. Smallville (2001–2017)
Episode: Zod (2006)

TV-PG | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

With Clark banished to the Phantom Zone, Metropolis is in shambles as the city riots, and Chloe & Lionel plot to rid Lex of General Zod...one way or another.

Director: James Marshall | Stars: Tom Welling, Kristin Kreuk, Michael Rosenbaum, Erica Durance

Votes: 1,321

39. Smallville (2001–2017)
Episode: Persona (2008)

TV-PG | 41 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

While Clark is still frozen in the fortress, Bizarro grows closer to Lana, who returns the feelings on just as deep a level, even sharing some badly-needed information with him while he ... See full summary »

Director: Todd Slavkin | Stars: Tom Welling, Michael Rosenbaum, Kristin Kreuk, Allison Mack

Votes: 1,100

40. Smallville (2001–2017)
Episode: Kara (2007)

TV-PG | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Clark and Lois discover Kara's spaceship but before they can open it, Kara appears and knocks Lois out. Clark is shocked after Kara tells him she is there to protect baby Kal-El. Despite ... See full summary »

Director: James L. Conway | Stars: Tom Welling, Michael Rosenbaum, Kristin Kreuk, Allison Mack

Votes: 1,170

41. Smallville (2001–2017)
Episode: Blue (2007)

TV-PG | 40 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Clark hears the voice of his biological mother, Lara, calling for help from Kara's crystal and decides to release her, despite Jor-El's warnings. Lara and Clark reunite and she gives him ... See full summary »

Director: Glen Winter | Stars: Tom Welling, Michael Rosenbaum, Kristin Kreuk, Allison Mack

Votes: 1,046

42. Smallville (2001–2017)
Episode: Apocalypse (2008)

TV-PG | 41 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Clark is shown by Jor-El what life on Earth would have been like, had he not sent him there instead of facing the doom of his fellow Kryptonians.

Director: Tom Welling | Stars: Tom Welling, Michael Rosenbaum, Kristin Kreuk, Allison Mack

Votes: 1,149

43. Smallville (2001–2017)
Episode: Abyss (2008)

TV-PG | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

When Chloe begins having memory loss when the essence of Brainiac begins replacing her memories with Kryptonian codes, Clark decides to use the Crystal of Knowledge to reconstruct the ... See full summary »

Director: Kevin Fair | Stars: Tom Welling, Allison Mack, Erica Durance, Aaron Ashmore

Votes: 1,015

44. Harley Quinn (2019– )
Episode: Harlivy (2022)

TV-MA | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

After fleeing the wedding, Harley and Ivy go on an "Eat Bang Kill" tour that leads them to a secret project Ivy abandoned years ago.

Director: Juan Jose Meza-Leon | Stars: Kaley Cuoco, Lake Bell, Ron Funches, Christopher Meloni

Votes: 1,119

45. Smallville (2001–2017)
Episode: Savior (2009)

TV-PG | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Clark decides that he is ready to start his training at the Fortress of Solitude to become 'Superman'. However, the spirit of Jor-El insists that he return to Metropolis to cut his ties ... See full summary »

Director: Kevin Fair | Stars: Tom Welling, Allison Mack, Erica Durance, Cassidy Freeman

Votes: 1,082

46. Smallville (2001–2017)
Episode: Echo (2009)

TV-PG | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

After an accident, Clark (Tom Welling) is able to read Lois' mind, then he asks her out. Meanwhile, a washed up Oliver finds himself in danger.

Director: Wayne Rose | Stars: Tom Welling, Allison Mack, Erica Durance, Cassidy Freeman

Votes: 997

47. Smallville (2001–2017)
Episode: Kandor (2009)

TV-PG | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Jor-El mysteriously arrives at the Kent farm to hide the Book of Rao, but meets Chloe instead. She tells him that his son, Kal-El is on Earth and lives at the farm. Convinced the Blur is ... See full summary »

Director: Jeannot Szwarc | Stars: Tom Welling, Allison Mack, Erica Durance, Cassidy Freeman

Votes: 978

48. Smallville (2001–2017)
Episode: Lazarus (2010)

TV-PG | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Oliver is tortured incessantly by Rick Flag until Chloe, who used the Dr. Fate's helmet to find him, exchanges herself for him. Awakening in a secret LuthorCorp lab among partial Lex clones... See full summary »

Director: Kevin Fair | Stars: Tom Welling, Erica Durance, Cassidy Freeman, Justin Hartley

Votes: 1,182

49. Smallville (2001–2017)
Episode: Kent (2011)

TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Clark Kent is in nostalgic mood after Martha signs over the deed to the farm as a wedding present, wondering whether it suggests he and Lois should sell and move. Clark Luthor surprises him... See full summary »

Director: Jeannot Szwarc | Stars: Tom Welling, Erica Durance, Cassidy Freeman, Justin Hartley

Votes: 950

50. Smallville (2001–2017)
Episode: Prophecy (2011)

TV-PG | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Searching for the Bow of Orion, the only known means to stop the Darkness, Oliver and Kara independently reached the same booby-trapped underground sanctuary. Kara got herself trapped, but ... See full summary »

Director: Mike Rohl | Stars: Tom Welling, Erica Durance, Cassidy Freeman, Justin Hartley

Votes: 943