Movies like Superman 1978
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Superman (1978)
206K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the nefarious Lex Luthor launches a plan to take over the world.
Style:
exciting, epic, sexy, saga, tense, suspenseful, serious, breathtaking, sentimental, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night, family outing
Plot:
superhero, superhuman powers, time travel, megalomaniac, space and aliens, double life, father son relationship, cheerleader, save the world, heroes, alien, planet, invulnerability, airplane accident, christ allegory, avenger, super powers, superman, newspaper, alien invasion, orphan, flying, reporter, high school football, crystal ...
Time:
year 1978, year 1948, 70s, 20th century, 60s, 1940s, year 1966 ...
Place:
new york, california, kansas, san francisco, manhattan new york city, midwest, usa ...
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Most similar movies to Superman
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out epic, psychotronic, exciting and saga films with plots about heroes, superhero, superpower, good versus evil, comic book, villain and comic hero mostly in Action, Sci-Fi and Adventure genres. Some movies like Superman: Smallville (2001), Batman (1989), Generation X (1996), The Avengers (2012), X-Men: The Last Stand (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
Superman returns to discover his 5-year absence has allowed Lex Luthor to walk free, and that those he was closest to felt abandoned and have moved on. Luthor plots his ultimate revenge that could see millions killed and change the face of the ...
Style:
exciting, saga, intense, serious, breathtaking ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, boys' night
Plot:
secret identity, superhuman powers, double life, superhero, vigilante, transformation, save the world, superman, adaptation, superpower, self sacrifice, reporter ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, future, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
150K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Smallville is an American television series developed by writers/producers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar. It is based on the DC Comics character Superman, originally created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. The series follows the adventures of Clark ...
Style:
suspenseful, entertaining, exciting, saga, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama, adult
Plot:
superhero, super powers, superhuman powers, secret identity, double life, good versus evil, friendship, teenager, superman, danger, teenage love, father son relationship ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
kansas, north america
Similarity:
91%
124K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Three escaped criminals from the planet Krypton test the Man of Steel's mettle. Led by Gen. Zod, the Kryptonians take control of the White House and partner with Lex Luthor to destroy Superman and rule the world. But Superman, who attempts to ...
Style:
saga, breathtaking, exciting, epic, cult classic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, boys' night, pre-teens
Plot:
superhero, superhuman powers, alien invasion, revenge, space and aliens, niagara falls, superman, superpower, female alien, prison escape, villain, space ...
Time:
80s, year 1980, year 2016
Place:
washington d.c., new york, usa, idaho, north america ...
Similarity:
100%
429K
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
The Dark Knight of Gotham City begins his war on crime with his first major enemy being the clownishly homicidal Joker, who has seized control of Gotham's underworld.
Style:
atmospheric, bleak, saga, neo noir, visual ...
Audience:
kids, teens, boys' night, date night
Plot:
vigilante, superhero, batman, justice, villain, good versus evil, insanity, corruption, costumed hero, organized crime, criminal, trauma ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1989, 1920s, future
Place:
usa, north america
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Kryptonian villain General Zod (Terence Stamp) and his henchmen are accidentally freed from their outer-space imprisonment and threaten Earth with destruction, just as Superman (Christopher Reeve) decides to renounce his superpowers for his new ...
Style:
saga, epic, anamorphic, suspenseful, feel good ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, family outing
Plot:
superhuman powers, superman, space and aliens, superhero, evil alien, save the world, epic battle, criminal, superpower, comic book, multiverse, comic hero ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa, new york, north america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Germany, USA, Hong Kong, China, Thailand, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The Fantastic Four return to the big screen as a new and all powerful enemy threatens the Earth. The seemingly unstoppable 'Silver Surfer', but all is not what it seems and there are old and new enemies that pose a greater threat than the ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, action packed, saga, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick, girls' night, family outing, boys' night ...
Plot:
superhuman powers, superhero, heroic mission, save the world, transformation, superheroine, heroes, vigilante, wedding, apocalypse, humanity in peril, supernatural ability ...
Time:
future, 20th century, 2000s, year 2007, 21st century
Place:
usa, shanghai, greenland, los angeles, london ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story:
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman is a live-action American television series based on the characters in Superman and Action. Lois & Clark starred Dean Cain as Superman/Clark Kent and Teri Hatcher as Lois Lane, and aired on ABC ...
Style:
exciting, humorous, saga, entertaining, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens
Plot:
superhero, superman, superhuman powers, good versus evil, flying man, save the world, fall in love, danger, rivalry, imaginary, superpower, heroes ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A group of young mutants--humans with a genetic variation that gives them superpowers and makes them feared by the population at large--begin training at a school for heroes. Their studies are interrupted when they must rescue one of their number ...
Style:
exciting, semi serious, suspenseful, dutch angle
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
mutant, x men, mind control, superheroine, american football, telepathy, superhero, superhuman powers, comic book, supernatural power, computer cracker, mind reading ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
388K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
The next installment in the Superman series. This will be WB's ninth live-action Superman film. The plot is unknown at this time.
Style:
surprise ending, inspirational, emotional, epic, psychotronic ...
Plot:
superhero, urban setting, heroism, villain, alien, superhero team, dog, clone, lex luthor character, superheroine, robot, showdown ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
kansas, north america, antarctica, pentagon
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
With global superpowers engaged in an increasingly hostile arms race, Superman leads a crusade to rid the world of nuclear weapons. But Lex Luthor, recently sprung from jail, is declaring war on the Man of Steel and his quest to save the planet. ...
Style:
epic, saga, hilarious, cult classic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
superman, superhero, mountain, comic book, superhuman powers, superpower, super powers, alter ego, multiverse, heroes, astronaut, villain ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, future
Place:
new york, san francisco, north america, italy, russia
Similarity:
100%
1.5M
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
When an unexpected enemy emerges and threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. ...
Style:
exciting, entertaining, heroic, epic, visually stunning ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids, chick flick, family outing ...
Plot:
superhero, heroes, alien invasion, superhuman powers, good versus evil, costumed hero, female assassin, monster, teamwork, super villain, imaginary, tony stark character ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
manhattan new york city, madagascar, pittsburgh, grand central station manhattan new york city, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Netherlands, UK, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Aiming to defeat the Man of Steel, wealthy executive Ross Webster hires bumbling but brilliant Gus Gorman to develop synthetic kryptonite, which yields some unexpected psychological effects in the third installment of the 1980s Superman franchise. ...
Style:
saga, breathtaking, cult classic, psychotronic, epic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens
Plot:
superman, superhero, superhuman powers, superpower, internet, bowling, multiverse, alien, mountain, artificial intelligence, villain, secret identity ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1983
Place:
kansas, arizona, new york, north america, colombia ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
When a cure is found to treat mutations, lines are drawn amongst the X-Men and The Brotherhood, a band of powerful mutants organized under Xavier's former ally, Magneto.
Style:
exciting, sexy, action adventure, saga, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, chick flick, kids, adult
Plot:
mutant, superhero, supernatural ability, avenger, superhuman powers, supernatural power, x men, final battle, comic book, fantasy world, mentor, superhero team ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, future, 20th century, year 1986 ...
Place:
san francisco, usa, bay area, california, washington d.c. ...
Similarity:
100%
26K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Netherlands, UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
After losing a powerful orb, Kara, Superman's cousin, comes to Earth to retrieve it and instead finds herself up against a wicked witch
Style:
serious, stylized, suspenseful, tense, saga ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, teens, pre-teens, boys' night ...
Plot:
teenage girl, superheroine, superhero, female protagonist, female superhero, tough girl, villainess, teenage superheroine, girl heroine, female warrior, blonde girl, blonde ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
illinois, new york, chicago
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Following the events of Captain America: Civil War, Peter Parker, with the help of his mentor Tony Stark, tries to balance his life as an ordinary high school student in Queens, New York City, with fighting crime as his superhero alter ego ...
Style:
entertaining, saga, suspense, funny, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night, chick flick, family friendly ...
Plot:
superhero, technology, teenager, teenage life, costumed hero, violence, high school, supernatural power, mentor, tony stark character, school, vigilante ...
Time:
year 2017, year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, america, washington d.c., north america, maryland ...
Similarity:
100%
861K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation ...
Style:
satanic, visually stunning, exciting, serious, epic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
superhero, superhuman powers, good versus evil, secret identity, vigilante, alien invasion, alien, superpower, alien superhero, earth, superman, alien civilization ...
Time:
year 2013, year 1988, future, year 1997, year 1980 ...
Place:
usa, kansas, canada, north america
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany, USA, Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
During a space voyage, four scientists are altered by cosmic rays: Reed Richards gains the ability to stretch his body; Sue Storm can become invisible; Johnny Storm controls fire; and Ben Grimm is turned into a super-strong … thing. Together, ...
Style:
exciting, action packed, action adventure, saga, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, kids, family outing ...
Plot:
superhero, supernatural ability, superhuman powers, imaginary, interracial romance, vigilante, transformation, flying, dna, masked man, marriage proposal, good versus evil ...
Time:
year 2005, 20th century, future, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, north america, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Agents J (Will Smith) and K (Tommy Lee Jones) are back...in time. J has seen some inexplicable things in his 15 years with the Men in Black, but nothing, not even aliens, perplexes him as much as his wry, reticent partner. But when K's life and ...
Style:
futuristic, entertaining, exciting, saga, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night
Plot:
time travel, alien, alien invasion, ufo, hi-tech, time machine, changing the past or future, benign alien, alternate timeline, mind control, space travel, extraterrestrial ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, future, jurassic, 20th century ...
Place:
bronx new york city, new york, usa, florida, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
291K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Bruce Banner, a genetics researcher with a tragic past, suffers massive radiation exposure in his laboratory that causes him to transform into a raging green monster when he gets angry.
Style:
serious, exciting, action packed, intense, saga ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
superhero, superhuman powers, chase, genetics, experiment gone awry, transformation, monster, scientist, repressed memory, technology, mutant, mad scientist ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 60s, 70s, 80s ...
Place:
san francisco, california, bay area, central america, south america ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Kay and Jay reunite to provide our best, last and only line of defense against a sinister seductress who levels the toughest challenge yet to the MIB's untarnished mission statement – protecting Earth from the scum of the universe. It's ...
Style:
funny, light, entertaining, humorous, saga ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family friendly, boys' night
Plot:
alien invasion, ufo, alien, fantasy world, alien contact, woman with a gun, secret identity, space and aliens, intergalactic, flying saucer, evil alien, extraterrestrial ...
Time:
2000s, year 2002, year 1978, 20th century, 70s ...
Place:
new york, usa, north america, grand central station manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
100%
692K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
The seemingly invincible Spider-Man goes up against an all-new crop of villains – including the shape-shifting Sandman. While Spider-Man’s superpowers are altered by an alien organism, his alter ego, Peter Parker, deals with nemesis Eddie Brock ...
Style:
exciting, saga, action packed, sentimental, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, boys' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
superhero, spider man, superhuman powers, heroes, double life, villain, vigilante, amnesia, fantasy world, revenge, disguise, multiverse ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, north america, empire state building manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
50%
688K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Two mutants, Rogue and Wolverine, come to a private academy for their kind whose resident superhero team, the X-Men, must oppose a terrorist organization with similar powers.
Style:
serious, sexy, saga, action packed, action adventure ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, manly, kids, boys' night ...
Plot:
superhero, mutant, heroes, supernatural, psychic power, good versus evil, avenger, superhuman powers, supernatural ability, x men, mission, heroic mission ...
Time:
year 2000, 2000s, 20th century, y2k, near future ...
Place:
usa, poland, mississippi, manhattan new york city, north america ...
Similarity:
50%
28K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: India
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
In Singapore, Krishna is forced by circumstances to use his superpowers and become a masked superhero named Krrish, before getting drawn towards his lost legacy.
Style:
serious, atmospheric, exciting, stylized, entertaining ...
Plot:
secret identity, save the world, good versus evil, megalomaniac, self discovery, undercover, fall in love, supernatural ability, danger, inheritance, master villain, rivalry ...
Time:
year 2006
Place:
india, asia, singapore
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
107K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of Stargate SG-1 begins about a year after the events of the feature film, when the United States government learns that an ancient alien device called the Stargate can access a network of such devices on a multitude of planets. SG-1 is an ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, atmospheric, retro, saga ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
space travel, time travel, space and aliens, parallel universe, parallel world, alien planet, alien race, save the world, ancient mystery, space opera, stargate, escapades ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 2000s, near future, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
957K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
After being bitten by a genetically altered spider, nerdy high school student Peter Parker is endowed with amazing powers.
Style:
exciting, serious, entertaining, saga, intense ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, family outing, teens, chick flick ...
Plot:
superhero, superhuman powers, spider man, secret identity, courage, vigilante, selflessness, super villain, heroes, transformation, fighting crime, good versus evil ...
Time:
2000s, y2k, year 2001, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, manhattan new york city, turkey, north america
Similarity:
15%
775K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Peter Parker is going through a major identity crisis. Burned out from being Spider-Man, he decides to shelve his superhero alter ego, which leaves the city suffering in the wake of carnage left by the evil Doc Ock. In the meantime, Parker still ...
Style:
sincere, exciting, saga, visually stunning, action packed ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, family outing, boys' night, kids ...
Plot:
superhero, mad scientist, superhuman powers, double life, disguise, vigilante, spider man, super villain, good versus evil, friendship, experiment gone awry, fantasy world ...
Time:
2000s, year 2004, y2k, future, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, north america, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada, UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Fuelled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman's selfless act, Bruce Wayne and Diana Prince assemble a team of metahumans consisting of Barry Allen, Arthur Curry and Victor Stone to face the catastrophic threat of ...
Style:
exciting, entertaining, saga, psychotronic, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids, family friendly
Plot:
superhero, superhuman powers, justice league, batman, superhuman, warrior, superhero team, super powers, superman, costumed hero, super speed, superheroine ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, future
Place:
fictional island, russia, kansas, london, tower bridge london
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 181 min.
Story:
After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War (2018), the universe is in ruins due to the efforts of the Mad Titan, Thanos. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers must assemble once more in order to undo Thanos' actions and ...
Style:
epic, saga, exciting, sad, action adventure ...
Audience:
teens, kids, adult
Plot:
superhero, time travel, heroes, alternate timeline, invasion, superhuman powers, alien, superhero team, tony stark character, alien superhero, final battle, humanity in peril ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, year 1970, year 2012, year 2014 ...
Place:
new york, new jersey, japan, missouri, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
When the Man of Steel is rendered almost powerless by an evil mastermind, he must find a way to prove to the world that he is still a super man.
Style:
psychotronic
Plot:
superhero, superman, superpower, reporter, lex luthor character, love, heroes, invulnerability, alien, female reporter, secret identity, galaxy ...
Place:
midwest
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 242 min.
Story:
Zack Snyder's definitive director's cut of Justice League (2017).
Style:
saga, exciting, tense, cult classic, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
batman, superhero, superheroine, heroes, immortal, justice league, surrealism, superhero team, superman, female warrior, superhuman, villain ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s
Place:
usa, iceland, london, paris france, tower bridge london ...
Similarity:
27%
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