Superman (1978)

Christopher Reeve's Superman costume, raised on a plinth at the Cinémathèque française in Paris for its Cinémode exhibition. Reeve played Superman in four films, starting with Superman (1978), and this is the version most people still picture: a bright blue body, a red cape cut long enough to billow, and a crest big enough to read in a wide shot. Shot from below, as here, it still does what it was built to do: make a man look like he could lift a building.