Superhero Movie Trailers
In the superhero movies exam you must show a detailed and independent knowledge of superhero movies. If you can't watch the whole movies, watch the trailers below to give yourself a more comfortable understanding of the conventions of superhero movies.
Superman (1978)
An alien orphan is sent from his dying planet to Earth, where he grows up to become his adoptive home's first and greatest super-hero.
Director: Richard Donner
Writers: Jerry Siegel and others
Starring: Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Gene Hackman​​
X-Men (2000)
Two mutants come to a private academy for their kind whose resident superhero team must oppose a terrorist organisation with similar powers.
Director: Bryan Singer
Writers: Tom DeSanto and others
Starring: Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen
Elektra (2005)
Elektra the warrior survives a near-death experience, becomes an assassin-for-hire, and tries to protect her two latest targets, a single father and his young daughter, from a group of supernatural assassins.
Director: Rob Bowman
Writers: Mark Steven Johnson and others
Starring: Jennifer Garner, Goran Visnijc, Will Yun Lee​
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Eight years on, a new evil rises from where the Batman and Commissioner Gordon tried to bury it, causing the Batman to resurface and fight to protect Gotham City...the very city which bands him an enemy.
Direction: Christopher Nolan
Writers: Jonathan Nolan and others
Starring: Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway
The Amazing Spider-man (2012)
​Peter Parker finds a clue that might help him understand why his parents disappeared when he was young.
Director: Marc Webb
Writers: James Vanderbilt and others
Starring: Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans
Man Of Steel (2013)
A young journalist is forced to confront his secret extraterrestrial heritage when Earth is invaded by members of his own race.
Director: Zack Snyder
Writers: David S. Goyer and others
Starring: Henry Cavill, Russell Crowe, Amy Adams