3. Man of Steel (2013)
Man of Steel isn’t perfect by a long shot. It makes mistakes. It’s never quite a grand slam. But that’s largely overshadowed by how epic and sweeping Zack Snyder makes Superman, giving his well-known origin story a new modern take. Henry Cavill is fantastic, Michael Shannon’s Zod is terrifying, and the cast beyond that is just icon after icon after icon. It’s big, bold, and full of potential that sort of got realized, but also didn’t.
