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Superman (1978): Scores Across IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB

7.4IMDb
87%Tomatometer
82Metacritic
7.2TMDB

Superman is a 1978 sci-fi, action film directed by Richard Donner. It scores 7.4 on IMDb, 87% on Rotten Tomatoes, 82 on Metacritic, 7.2 on TMDB. Audiences and critics largely agree: IMDb users and Metacritic critics are within 8 points of each other once scaled to 100. Ranked by confidence-weighted IMDb score, it is number 8 of 76 films from 1978 in our catalog and number 168 of 1,542 action films.

Billed cast: Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Gene Hackman, Marlon Brando, Ned Beatty, Jackie Cooper.

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