Every Batman Movie Ranked Worst To Best
Batman has taken many forms on the silver screen across decades of cinematic history. Here's how each movie stacks up against the others.
Christopher Nolan's take on Batman's origin story sees Christian Bale take up the mantle of the Caped Crusader. Batman Begins follows young Bruce Wayne who, reeling from the murder of his wealthy parents, decides to become a vigilante in order to save Gotham City. This pits him against the mysterious League of Shadows, an organization intent on destroying Gotham with the help of the villainous Scarecrow and his powerful fear toxin.
Batman has taken many forms on the silver screen across decades of cinematic history. Here's how each movie stacks up against the others.
Batman Begins explores the origins of the Batman legend and The Dark Knight's emergence as a force for good in Gotham. In the wake of his parents' murder, disillusioned industrial heir Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) travels the world seeking the means to fight injustice and turn fear against those who prey on the fearful. He returns to Gotham and unveils his alter-ego: Batman, a masked crusader who uses his strength, intellect and an array of high tech deceptions to fight the sinister forces that threaten the city.
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In Batman Begins, Christopher Nolan explained a Gotham City mystery by linking Cillian Murphy's Scarecrow to the Dark Knight's early days.
Cillian Murphy played Scarecrow in Batman Begins, but the actor originally screen tested for Bruce Wayne; however, he is happy he didn't get the part.
The Dark Knight trilogy director Christopher Nolan finally sets the record straight on Josh Hartnett's casting involvement with Batman Begins.
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The best Dark Knight quotes make up some of the most famous movie lines from the past 30 years but the whole trilogy is full of amazing quotes.
The Joker menaced Batman and the rest of Gotham City in The Dark Knight, but how many people did the Clown Prince of Crime personally kill?
Although Scarecrow and Ra's al Ghul's fear toxin would have torn Gotham apart, it did have an unintended benefit in relation to Batman's legend.
Thanks to the presence of Bane, The Dark Knight Rises featured an extremely rare Batman moment that also flipped Batman and Bane's first fight.
The League of Shadows was the biggest villain in the Dark Knight trilogy, and the League was responsible for some tragic historical events.
The Dark Knight Rises' villain Bane had to wear a mask all the time, but why and what did the mask do for him? Let's take a look.
Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy is among the best trilogies and superhero movies ever, but why didn't he make a fourth Batman movie?
Heath Ledger's Joker in The Dark Knight was a psychopath and a criminal mastermind, but a theory suggests he also had a unique superpower.
Each villain in the Dark Knight trilogy repeated the same trick in the first minutes of their movies, even though their plans were very different.