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All 7 Superman movies ranked from worst to best

By Bryce Olin

LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 22: Henry Cavill attends the European Premiere of 'Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice' at Odeon Leicester Square on March 22, 2016 in London, England. (Photo by Anthony Harvey/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 22: Henry Cavill attends the European Premiere of 'Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice' at Odeon Leicester Square on March 22, 2016 in London, England. (Photo by Anthony Harvey/Getty Images) /
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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – MAY 23: The Superman costume as worn by Christopher Reeve in Superman III is displayed at the Auction House of Bonhams and Goodman on May 23, 2009 in Melbourne, Australia. The Costume will be auctioned tomorrow and is expected to make between AUD$15,000-20,000. (Photo by Mark Dadswell/Getty Images) /

6. Superman III

  • Release Year:1983
  • Director: Sidney J. Furie
  • Cast: Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor, Jackie Cooper, Marc McClure, Annette O’Toole, Annie Ross, Pamela Stephenson, Robert Vaughn, and Margot Kidder

Superman III is the third Superman movie, and it was released in theaters in 1983. Unfortunately, the third movie is just not that good. In fact, I’d call it bad. Somehow, after the magic achieved in the first two movies, the third Superman goes off the rails and sadly never makes it back on the tracks. It only gets worse in Superman IV, as mentioned.

In Superman III, Clark Kent returns to Smallville for his high school reunion and reunites with his old flame, Lana Lang, played by Annette O’Toole. Meanwhile, billionaire businessman Ross Webster, played by Robert Vaughn, recruits a computer programmer, Gus Gorman, played by Richard Pryor, to create a synthetic Kryptonite that can weaken Superman. As Superman begins to lose his powers, he also begins to exhibit uncharacteristic behavior, leading him to face off against his own alter ego, Clark Kent.

Just a masterpiece in why-are-they-doing-this filmmaking. Superman III is a big swing, but it’s a flop, to me, which is, again, disappointing with the first two Superman movies being so good.

And, now, we’re moving on to the most recent Superman movie, Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice. 

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