Christopher Reeve

Never-before-seen home movies and extraordinary personal archives reveal how Christopher Reeve went from unknown actor to iconic movie star as the ultimate screen superhero. 

From Merchant Ivory comes a tale of a bored lawyer and a suffragette who vie for the attention of a faith healer's charismatic daughter.

The original Superman movie, an origin story, directed by Richard Donner and starring Christopher Reeve as the Man of Steel. Traces the world’s most famous superhero from Krypton infancy and Smallville boyhood, to his career as Daily Planet reporter Clark Kent (Chrisopher Reeve) and incarnation as Superman. Margot Kidder is Lois Lane, Gene Hackman is nemesis Lex Luthor and Marlon Brando is Jor-El.

Hired to helm an Americanized take on a British play, director Lloyd Fellowes does his best to control an eccentric group of stage actors. With a star actress quickly passing her prime, a male lead with no confidence, and a bit actor that's rarely sober, chaos ensues in the lead up to a Broadway premiere.

The last Superman movie to star Christopher Reeve as the Man of Steel, Gene Hackman as Lex Luthor and Margot Kidder as Lois Lane. The big blue boy scout crusades for nuclear disarmament...

The third Christopher Reeve-starring Superman movie sees the Man of Steel battle elements of himself as well as a computer genius (Richard Pryor).

Sequel to 1978’s Superman with Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman and Margot Kidder returning...

An American village is visited by some unknown force which leaves the women of the village pregnant.

Crime comedy from Sidney Lumet (Dog Day Afternoon), based on the Ira Levin stageplay. In desperate need of a hit, a struggling Broadway playwright (Michael Caine) puts murder in his plan to take credit for a gifted student's (Christopher Reeve) flawless script.

A Chicago playwright uses self-hypnosis to find the actress whose vintage portrait hangs in a grand hotel.

Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson star in this romantic drama about a butler who sacrificed body and soul to service in the years post WWII, and realises too late how misguided his loyalty has been.