Christopher Reeve · 1980

2 Christopher Reeve movies from 1980 on 4K Blu-ray, ranked S to D by transfer quality.

Decade

All 8 1970s 1 1980s 4 1990s 2 2000s 1

Year

All 4 1980 2 1981 0 1982 0 1983 1 1984 0 1985 0 1986 0 1987 1 1988 0 1989 0

Superman II(1980)

6.8/10

dir. Richard Lester

A-Tier

The Donner Cut only exists on the 5-Film Collection, no standalone. The 2025 Reissue fixes the Atmos pitch drift on II and the squished geometry on the Donner Cut's final smile shot. Both were why the 2023 pressing was a pass for transfer nitpickers.

Warner Bros. · 4K Box Set

Somewhere in Time(1980)

7.2/10

dir. Jeannot Szwarc

Young writer Richard Collier is met on the opening night of his first play by an old lady who begs him to "Come back to me". Mystified, he tries to find out about her, and learns that she is a famous stage actress from the early twentieth century. Becoming more and more obsessed with her, by self-hypnosis he manages to travel back in time—where he meets her.