Supergirl

Her first great adventure.

RELEASED 1 Jul 19842h 4m★ 5.4 TMDB

After losing a powerful orb, Kara, Superman's cousin, comes to Earth to retrieve it and instead finds herself up against a wicked witch.

WATCH NOTE

Covers Jeannot Szwarc's 1984 live-action feature. The saved 124-minute runtime represents the international presentation; the US theatrical cut runs 105 minutes. US theatrical release was November 21, 1984; earliest worldwide release and the saved July 1 date remain unverified. Helen Slater plays Kara Zor-El/Supergirl/Linda Lee and Marc McClure plays Jimmy Olsen; both official DC identities are independently verified. All ten existing pending roles have explicit performer-role corroboration, but individual official DC profile matches remain unresolved. Myra and Muffy also have credited appearances with unresolved profile matches. Complete on-screen credits and photographic, incidental and silent/background coverage remain under review. Smallville season 10 episode 3, Supergirl (2010), is a separate television story. Exact story chronology remains unconfirmed.

Why it matters in DC

Kara's journey brings Superman's extended family into a separate leading role within the classic film collection. Her mission involves a lost source of power and a magical opponent, giving this adventure a different emphasis from Clark's battles with technology and Kryptonian rivals.

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3 titles to watch before Supergirl — 6h 35m in total.

SupermanRecommended2h 23m★ 7.2
Features Jimmy Olsen earlier in Classic Superman, providing character context before Supergirl.
Superman IIRecommended2h 7m★ 6.7+1 before this
Features Jimmy Olsen earlier in Classic Superman, providing character context before Supergirl.
Superman IIIRecommended2h 5m★ 5.5+2 before this
Features Jimmy Olsen earlier in Classic Superman, providing character context before Supergirl.

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Where it fits in the DC universe

Supergirl is title 4 of 6 in our Classic Superman viewing sequence. A spinoff of the classic Superman films, this adventure follows Helen Slater's Kara on her own quest to recover Argo City's power source. Start with this film for her story; Marc McClure returns as Jimmy Olsen from the Superman films.

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