Director Richard Donner’s Superman: The Movie, which premiered in 1978, is a classic piece of cinema that continues to shape the superhero genre today. Most recently, it led the way for writer-director James Gunn to release Superman, a more modern imagining of the Man of Steel’s adventures, with David Corenswet portraying the titular hero.

Superman: The Movie made us believe a man can fly. Nearly half a century later, James Gunn’s Superman movie wants us to believe we can soar. The 1978 film directed by Richard Donner and starring Christopher Reeve as the Man of Steel released at a time when the American Way was in turmoil

The Movie, the tagline was – "You'll believe a man can fly." By all accounts, that film lived up to its tagline. Richard Donner's iconic film was not just a slice of Americana at the time, it brought gravitas and a grounded sense of believability to the comic book superhero.