From Christopher Reeve's take on the Man of Steel to David Corenswet's portrayal of the iconic character, critics rank all the Superman movies.

When the character of Superman was invented in 1938, it was perhaps easier to see the world in good and bad terms. Fascism was already on the rise in Germany under Adolf Hitler, and the idea of an all-powerful superhero who stood up for people in need was a welcome one.

His Superman would have been, per comments made at the time, his attempt at “meaningfully adding to the legacy of America’s most iconic mythic hero.” Details about the script are hard to come by—the Wall Street Journal piece runs with the idea that it would have been a period piece set during the civil rights movement—but Coates was,

Below, we have our ranking of the nine modern, live-action Superman films, as well as the extended version of one that debuted on streaming. We’re skipping a few of the extended serials from the 1950s because, frankly, we haven’t seen them, but our friends at Screencrush say they’re pretty good. Do you agree with these rankings? Let us know below.

A Pocatello woman is officially the real-life Lois Lane after appearing as a news anchor in the new Superman film. Suzanne Hobbs, a Pocatello native and former news reporter for KPVI Channel 6 and KIDK Channel 3 in eastern Idaho,

Generations of children have loved the Man of Steel. But is James Gunn's new DC superhero movie "Superman" (in theaters July 11) OK for little ones?

The new Superman movie is pointedly not an origin story for the iconic hero. Audiences have already seen the planet Krypton blow up, watched Kryptonian scientist Jor-El and his wife Lara send baby Kal-El in rocket ship to Earth,