Batman vs. Superman (2015)

Actors: Michael G. Kehoe (miscellaneous crew), David S. Goyer (writer), James D. Dever (miscellaneous crew), Joe Shuster (writer), Ben Affleck (actor), Jerry Siegel (writer), Bob Kane (writer), Michael E. Uslan (producer), Diane Lane (actress), Laurence Fishburne (actor), Christopher Nolan (producer), Ben Affleck (actor), Amy Adams (actress), Charles Roven (producer), Zack Snyder (director),

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi,

Man of Steel (2013)

Actors: Richard Schiff (actor), Aaron Pearl (actor), Laurence Fishburne (actor), Julian Richings (actor), Christopher Meloni (actor), Johnny Otto (actor), Mike Dopud (actor), Doug Abrahams (actor), Harry Lennix (actor), Mackenzie Gray (actor), David Lewis (actor), Kevin Costner (actor), Russell Crowe (actor), Ian Tracey (actor), Michael Shannon (actor),

Plot: 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 and become the symbol of hope for all mankind.

Keywords: 3-dimensional, action-hero, adopted-son, adoption, adoptive-father, adoptive-mother, air-strike, airplane, alien, alien-abduction
Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi,

Quotes:

Colonel Nathan Hardy: [to Faora-Ul] You're right: a good death is its own reward.

General Zod: If you love these people so much, you can mourn for them!::Clark Kent: Don't do this! Stop! Don't!::General Zod: Never!::Clark Kent: NOOOO!

Clark Kent: I have so many questions. Where do I come from? Why did you send me here?::Jor-El: You came from Krypton, a world with a much harsher environment than Earth's. Long ago, in an era of expansion, our race spread out through the stars, seeking new worlds to settle upon. This scout ship was one of thousands launched into the void. We built outposts on other planets, using great machines to reshape environments to our needs. For 100 thousand years our civilization flourished, accomplishing wonders.::Clark Kent: What happened?::Jor-El: Artificial population control was established. The outposts and space exploration were abandoned. We exhausted our natural resources. As a result, our planet's core became unstable. Eventually, our military leader, General Zod, attempted a coup, but by then it was too late. Your mother and I foresaw the coming calamity and we took certain steps to ensure your survival. This is a genesis chamber. All Kryptonians were conceived in chambers such as this. Every child was designed to perform a predetermined role in our society as a worker, a warrior, a leader, and so on. Your mother and I believed Krypton lost something precious: the element of choice, of chance. What if a child dreamed of becoming something other than what society had intended? What if a child aspired to something greater? You were the embodiment of that belief, Kal. Krypton's first natural birth in centuries. That's why we risked so much to save you.

[from theatrical trailer]::Jonathan Kent: You just have to decide what kind of man you want to grow up to be, Clark. Whoever that man is, he's going to change the world.

[from Comic Con trailer]::Jonathan Kent: People are afraid of what they don't understand.

Helen Ross: My son was in the bus. He saw what Clark did.

[from theatrical trailer]::Clark Kent - age 9: The world's too big, Mom.::Martha Kent: Then make it small. Focus on my voice. Pretend it's an island out in the ocean. Can you see it?::Clark Kent - age 9: I see it...

[from theatrical trailer]::Jor-El: You will give the people an ideal to strive towards. They will race behind you, they will stumble, they will fall. But in time, they will join you in the sun. In time, you will help them accomplish wonders.

[from theatrical trailer]::Jonathan Kent: You're not just anyone. One day, you're going to have to make a choice. You have to decide what kind of man you want to grow up to be. Whoever that man is, good character or bad, it's going to change the world.

[from theatrical trailer]::[Clark sees his ship]::Jonathan Kent: It's not from this world, Clark. And neither are you.

Jungle Drums (1943)

Actors: Dan Gordon (director), Bud Collyer (actor), Bud Collyer (actor), Jack Mercer (actor), Jack Mercer (actor), Joe Shuster (writer), Jerry Siegel (writer), Winston Sharples (composer), Sammy Timberg (composer), Jackson Beck (actor), Sam Buchwald (producer), Dan Gordon (producer), Seymour Kneitel (producer), Izzy Sparber (producer), Julian Noa (actor),

Plot: A jungle temple with hooded priest is really a Nazi military base which downs a plane bearing Lois Lane and some secret plans. Can Superman save her from human sacrifice?

Keywords: 2d-animation, action-hero, airplane-shot-down, behind-enemy-lines, burned-at-the-stake, combat, dc-comics, hero, high-priest, jungle
Genres: Animation, Short, Thriller, War,

Quotes:

[first lines]::Voices: Up in the sky, look! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman!::Narrator: Faster than a streak of lightning! More powerful than the pounding surf! Mightier than a roaring hurricane! This amazing stranger from the planet Krypton, The Man of Steel: Superman! Possessing remarkable physical strength, Superman fights a never-ending battle for truth and justice, disguised as a mild-mannered newspaper reporter, Clark Kent.

[last lines]::Radio Announcer: The war department goes on to say that during this action an entire fleet of Axis submarines was destroyed by American dive bombers, affording the troop ships a safe crossing -::[Hitler switches the radio off]::Singer: For the mighty mission, / Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition, / And we'll all...::[fade out]

Billion Dollar Limited (1942)

Actors: Dave Fleischer (director), Bud Collyer (actor), Bud Collyer (actor), Winston Sharples (composer), Sammy Timberg (composer), Bud Collyer (actor), Max Fleischer (producer), Seymour Kneitel (writer), Joe Shuster (writer), Jerry Siegel (writer), Izzy Sparber (writer), Julian Noa (actor), Julian Noa (actor), Joan Alexander (actress),

Plot: An enormous gold shipment en route to the mint is hijacked by well armed robbers, and Lois Lane is trapped in the runaway locomotive. This looks like a job for Superman...

Keywords: 1940s, 2d-animation, action-revealed-in-shadow, bridge, costume, damsel-in-distress, dc-comics, dynamite, exploding-bridge, explosion
Genres: Adventure, Animation, Crime, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Short,

Quotes:

[first lines]::Voices: Up in the sky, look! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman!::Narrator: Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound, this amazing stranger from the planet Krypton, The Man of Steel: Superman! Possessing remarkable physical strength, Superman fights a never-ending battle for truth and justice, disguised as a mild-mannered newspaper reporter, Clark Kent.

Superman: This looks like a job for Superman!

[last lines]::Superman: Uncanny how Superman turns up just when you need him.::Lois Lane: I didn't even get a chance to thank him.

Destruction Inc. (1942)

Actors: Izzy Sparber (director), Bud Collyer (actor), Bud Collyer (actor), Jack Mercer (actor), Jack Mercer (actor), Winston Sharples (composer), Sammy Timberg (composer), Jackson Beck (actor), Sam Buchwald (producer), Dan Gordon (producer), Seymour Kneitel (producer), Izzy Sparber (producer), Joe Shuster (writer), Jerry Siegel (writer), Julian Noa (actor),

Plot: A murder at the Metropolis Munitions plant draws Lois Lane into the thick of a sabotage plot; she ends up inside a torpedo about to be tested. Meanwhile, where is Superman?

Keywords: 2d-animation, bound-and-gagged, car-bomb, caught-spying, corpse, dc-comics, disguise, exploding-truck, munitions-factory, paperboy
Genres: Action, Animation, Crime, Short,

Quotes:

[last lines]::Lois Lane: Well, Pop, Superman put an end to their little act.::[she removes his disguise]::Lois Lane: And this puts an end to yours, Clark Kent.

[first lines]::Voices: Up in the sky, look! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman!::Narrator: Faster than a streak of lightning! More powerful than the pounding surf! Mightier than a roaring hurricane! This amazing stranger from the planet Krypton, The Man of Steel: Superman! Possessing remarkable physical strength, Superman fights a never-ending battle for truth and justice, disguised as a mild-mannered newspaper reporter, Clark Kent.

Electric Earthquake (1942)

Actors: Dave Fleischer (director), Jackson Beck (actor), Bud Collyer (actor), Bud Collyer (actor), Sammy Timberg (composer), Jackson Beck (actor), Max Fleischer (producer), Seymour Kneitel (writer), Joe Shuster (writer), Jerry Siegel (writer), Izzy Sparber (writer), Winston Sharples (composer), Julian Noa (actor), Joan Alexander (actress),

Plot: An American Indian fanatic tries to extort the return of Manhattan to his people with artificially induced earthquakes. Lois Lane, captive in his underwater hideout, seems doomed by Superman's interference...

Keywords: 2d-animation, car-accident, dc-comics, destruction-of-city, dynamite, earthquake, electricity, explosion, falling-from-height, laboratory
Genres: Animation, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Short,

Quotes:

[first lines]::Voices: Up in the sky, look! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman!::Narrator: Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound, this amazing stranger from the planet Krypton, The Man of Steel: Superman! Possessing remarkable physical strength, Superman fights a never-ending battle for truth and justice, disguised as a mild-mannered newspaper reporter, Clark Kent.

Superman: This looks like a job for Superman!

[last lines]::Clark Kent: You know, Lois, the old island looks just as good as ever.::Lois Lane: That's right, Clark, thanks to Superman.

Eleventh Hour (1942)

Actors: Dan Gordon (director), Bud Collyer (actor), Jack Mercer (actor), Jack Mercer (actor), Jack Mercer (actor), Winston Sharples (composer), Sammy Timberg (composer), Bud Collyer (actor), Sam Buchwald (producer), Dan Gordon (producer), Seymour Kneitel (producer), Izzy Sparber (producer), Carl Meyer (writer), Joe Shuster (writer), Jerry Siegel (writer),

Plot: Somehow, reporters Clark and Lois manage to visit wartime Japan. While there, Superman commits a little sabotage...at 11:00 each night. Of course, this endangers Lois...

Keywords: 2d-animation, clock-tower, dc-comics, execution, exploding-airplane, exploding-bridge, exploding-ship, firing-squad, japan, rescue
Genres: Animation, Short,

Quotes:

[first lines]::Voices: Up in the sky, look! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman!::Narrator: Faster than a streak of lightning! More powerful than the pounding surf! Mightier than a roaring hurricane! This amazing stranger from the planet Krypton, The Man of Steel: Superman! Possessing remarkable physical strength, Superman fights a never-ending battle for truth and justice, disguised as a mild-mannered newspaper reporter, Clark Kent.

[last lines]::American Reporter: How about Clark Kent? Did he get away?::Lois Lane: No, no, he's still over there. But don't worry. Superman promised to look after him.

Japoteurs (1942)

Actors: Seymour Kneitel (director), Bud Collyer (actor), Bud Collyer (actor), Jack Mercer (actor), Winston Sharples (composer), Sammy Timberg (composer), Bud Collyer (actor), Sam Buchwald (producer), Dan Gordon (producer), Seymour Kneitel (producer), Izzy Sparber (producer), Carl Meyer (writer), Joe Shuster (writer), Jerry Siegel (writer), Bill Turner (writer),

Plot: American industry builds a gigantic new bomber and Lois Lane stows away on the test flight; little does she suspect, Japanese spies are aboard to hijack the giant. Superman to the rescue?

Keywords: 1940s, 2d-animation, based-on-comic, bomber, caricature, comic, dc-comics, die-hard-scenario, flying, hijack
Genres: Action, Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi, Short, War,

Quotes:

[first lines]::Voices: Up in the sky, look! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman!::Narrator: Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to soar higher than any plane, this amazing stranger from the planet Krypton, The Man of Steel: Superman! Possessing remarkable physical strength, Superman fights a never-ending battle for truth and justice, disguised as a mild-mannered newspaper reporter, Clark Kent.

Superman: This looks like a job for Superman.

[last lines]::Clark Kent: Well, you're safe in this plane, Lois.::Lois Lane: I'd feel much safer if Superman were here.

Showdown (1942)

Actors: Izzy Sparber (director), Bud Collyer (actor), Bud Collyer (actor), Jack Mercer (actor), Jack Mercer (actor), Winston Sharples (composer), Sammy Timberg (composer), Jackson Beck (actor), Sam Buchwald (producer), Dan Gordon (producer), Seymour Kneitel (producer), Izzy Sparber (producer), Joe Shuster (writer), Jerry Siegel (writer), Julian Noa (actor),

Plot: "Friend turned foe" reads the newspaper headline. But Lois Lane suspects there's more to the story of Superman turning into a jewel thief and bank robber. And, of course, Clark Kent, knows it can't be true. But someone is out there committing crimes--and he's doing it dressed like Superman. Clark Kent finally meets the impostor at the opera. And that's where the impostor meets the real Superman. Catching the low-class crook is easy. But behind the cheap gangster is a powerful crime boss. And he proves more resourceful than his stooge.

Keywords: 2d-animation, bank-robbery, breaking-window, bronx-accent, car-chase, catching-someone-who-falls, cigarette-smoking, crime-boss, dc-comics, disguise
Genres: Animation, Crime, Short,

Quotes:

[first lines]::Voices: Up in the sky, look! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman!::Narrator: Faster than a streak of lightning! More powerful than the pounding surf! Mightier than a roaring hurricane! This amazing stranger from the planet Krypton, The Man of Steel: Superman! Possessing remarkable physical strength, Superman fights a never-ending battle for truth and justice, disguised as a mild-mannered newspaper reporter, Clark Kent.

Clark Kent: [changing into Superman] Well, my double's in for some trouble.

[last lines]::Lois Lane: Hm, fine Superman you'd make.::Clark Kent: Well, I can dream, can't I?

Superman (1941)

Actors: Dave Fleischer (director), Bud Collyer (actor), Bud Collyer (actor), Jack Mercer (actor), Winston Sharples (composer), Sammy Timberg (composer), Jackson Beck (actor), Max Fleischer (producer), Seymour Kneitel (writer), Joe Shuster (writer), Jerry Siegel (writer), Izzy Sparber (writer), Julian Noa (actor), Joan Alexander (actress), Jay Morton (writer),

Plot: When Lois is kidnapped by a mad scientist, she is given a demonstration of his energy cannon as he attacks Metropolis. Only Superman can stop it in his first cinematic adventure

Keywords: 1940s, 2d-animation, airplane, based-on-comic, bird, bound-and-gagged, breaking-the-fourth-wall-by-winking, bridge, character-name-in-title, dc-comics
Genres: Action, Adventure, Animation, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Short,

Quotes:

[first lines]::Voices: Up in the sky, look: It's a bird. It's a plane. It's Superman!::Narrator: [opening narration] In the endless reaches of the universe, there once existed a planet known as Krypton, a planet that burned like a green star in the distant heavens. There, civilization was far advanced and it brought forth a race of "supermen," whose mental and physical powers were developed to the absolute peak of human perfection. But there came a day when giant quakes threatened to destroy Krypton forever. One of the planet's leading scientists, sensing the approach of doom, placed his infant son in a small rocket ship and sent it hurtling in the direction of the Earth just as Krypton exploded. The rocket ship sped through star-studded space, landing safely on Earth with its precious burden: Krypton's sole survivor. A passing motorist found the uninjured child and took it to an orphanage. As the years went by and the child grew to maturity, he found himself possessed of amazing physical powers. Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. The infant of Krypton is now the Man of Steel: Superman! To best be in a position to use his amazing powers in a never-ending battle for truth and justice, Superman has assumed the disguise of Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper.

[Clark Kent listens in to a news broadcast about the Mad Scientist's reign of terror]::Clark Kent: This looks like a job for Superman.

[Lois Lane is captured by the Mad Scientist]::The Mad Scientist: So, you want a story? I'll give you the greatest story of destruction the world has ever known.

[the Mad Scientist uses the Electrothanasia-Ray to destroy a suspension bridge]::The Mad Scientist: How's that for a story, Miss Lane?

[referring to Superman and his amazing powers]::The Mad Scientist: I don't believe it! He's not human!