so you came back to die with your city
you know him as the Caped Crusader The
Dark Knight or just the bat bet give me
a break will ya welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we're counting down our picks
for the top 10 Batman movies Robin for
this list
quality is the key factor so we're only
looking at the very best of the Caped
Crusader's canon
we're also solely focusing on films that
feature Batman as the main character so
any Justice League or Superman / Batman
movies aren't quite what we're looking
for today
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number 10 Batman Forever
are you yesterday's news crews Joel
Schumacher's debut to the Batman scene
blended a dark atmosphere with a
comic-book flavor of action featuring
Val Kilmer as the fabled vigilante he
does battle with the Troublesome twosome
of Tommy Lee Jones and Jim Carrey
as two-face and the Riddler respectively
they call me the richer recruiting the
help of Robin for the first time in this
mainstream series this film is
remembered as an underrated but fun romp
but fancy as being akin to a kiss from a
rose car chicks love the car number 9
Batman the movie hello Batman speaking
holy show us which Batman holy nightmare
Batman could it be it's been so long
since the famous Dark Knight has looked
like this that some younger fans might
be stunned by this entry some days you
just can't get rid of a bomb based on
the famous Adam West TV series this
feature-length adaptation blams
zapped and biffed its way onto the
silver screen in 1966
I wish it were Robin but it's not it's
five dehydrated pirates rehydrate
alongside his brilliant companion as
played by Burt Ward Batman must do
battle against a mash-up of nefarious
villains including the penguin the
Riddler Catwoman and the Joker as much
as one wouldn't associated as being a
real Batman movie this is certainly one
brilliant comedy that aimed to emulate
the capper and flashy er side of the
comics number eight Batman under the Red
Hood this doesn't change anything it
doesn't change anything at all written
by Judd Winick who also produced the
comic this movie is based on Batman
under the Red Hood serves as the eighth
animated feature in the DC Universe the
Red Hood might be with bruce greenwood
lending his voice to our titular hero
Batman faces his most secret of villains
to date yes he's putting on quite a show
a masked criminal who goes by the name
of Red Hood those are the heads of all
your lieutenants that took me two hours
you want to see what I can get done in a
whole evening we won't spoil who the Red
Hood is but we will list the stellar
cast that accompanies him in this modern
classic high-profile actors such as
Jason Isaacs
Neil Patrick Harris and even John
DiMaggio as the voice of the Joker tell
me
how does that feel you know it only
hurts when I laugh that's amazing can
you really imagine the voice of bender
and Jake the dog as the Joker what's the
plan slumber party charades
a little truth or dare yes I'll start
with dare number seven Batman mask of
the phantasm who are you what do you
want following up on our last entry a
better question might be can you imagine
Luke Skywalker being the voice of the
Joker that's what I want to see a nice
big smile stemming from the animated
Batman series of the 1990s the plot of
this full-length flick sees the Dark
Knight mistaken for a new vigilante
who's been eradicating the various crime
bosses around Gotham it's garbage
mysteries that Batman does not kill
period the mission to clear his name has
been fondly looked upon by fans of the
masked millionaire
despite mask of the phantasm making a
loss upon its release it was even
nominated for an Annie Award for Best
Animated Feature but ultimately lost
against Disney's The Lion King he's gone
nuts
number 6 Batman The Dark Knight Returns
you gettin tired old man shut up the
adaptation of the 1986 comic book of the
same name sees Bruce Wayne in his
middle-aged years as a bitter old man we
don't have to do this
sure we do following the death of his
protege he had hung up the Batman Kate's
supposedly forever but it took about ten
years for the crime of Gotham to boil
over the night you will rely on your
brains and your fists tonight we are the
law tonight I am belong taking the
atmosphere of the Dark Knight to the
limit this two-part film presents a new
twist on the idea of whether or not
Batman can still be a superhero at 55
and more puzzlingly
whether or not it's Batman himself who's
creating his own villain
see you in number five
Batman Returns you're not the mayor
things recognized for being one of Tim
Burton's love letters to the superhero
it's a good thing the director shares
many similarities with the Caped
Crusader
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this crazed in gothic turned for Bruce
Wayne also sees Danny DeVito as the
penguin and Michelle Pfeiffer as
Catwoman
meow striking in visual style with a
beautiful mix of black tones and
creeping imagery Burton's second entry
into the Batman franchise is certainly
one to look out for you don't really
think you'll win do you
things change number four the Dark
Knight Rises
the games reveal the climax of
Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy is
not without its own mayhem with the
Titanic villain of Bane holding the
entirety of Gotham City hostage there's
only one man to save them except he's
kind of broken his back so give him a
while okay released in the wake of the
recession in the US the theme of the
working class taking back the fortunes
of the rich is strongly shown here
alongside fantastic action and
storytelling the ties the final knot in
Nolan's series you've given them
everything everything
not yet number three Batman Begins now
we go from the finale to the beginning
of Christian Bale's reign as the Dark
Knight
he thinks you're dangerous what do you
think I think you're trying to help at a
time when Batman
and superhero movies in general looked
like a joke Christopher Nolan threw his
hat into the ring to direct the Caped
Crusader into the future and it
certainly paid off in Batman Begins
Nolan leaves no stone unturned in Bruce
Wayne's backstory I will go back to
Gotham and I will fight men like this
but I will not become an executioner as
he balances his home life with the
struggles of being a masked vigilante
that helped kick off the resurgence of
superheroes and pop-culture cheers guys
number two Batman are you I'm Batman
much like Batman Begins this particular
film came at a time when the idea of the
Dark Knight was largely looked down on
for being a joke but that's where Tim
Burton comes in
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casting the unlikely choice of Michael
Keaton against the perfect choice in
Jack Nicholson the two squared off in
one of the greatest Batman and Joker
dynamics ever put on film bringing a
dark tone to the Caped Crusader for the
first time in the mainstream Burton
delivers on a delightfully gothic and
atmospheric promise with Batman even
earning an Oscar for best art direction
a lot of people think here's dangerous
as the Joker psychotic some people say
the same thing about you
before we unveil our top pick here are a
few honorable mentions
you know that's we've been doing this to
the run-around of Oz for years it's been
loads of laughs but the sad fact is none
of us are getting any younger I'll drink
to that
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mr. freeze baton he went down that alley
the Scarecrow's here with an army of
escaped Arkham inmates and homeless
they've all been poisoned with toxin
where are you Batman and of course
here's everyone's favorite dishonorable
mention it's your house it's your rules
to me it's your way or the highway it's
Batman and Robin not Robin in Batman and
I'm sick of it
number one the Dark Knight I believe
whatever doesn't kill you simply makes
you really though was there ever any
doubt
hi the follow-up to Nolan's first foray
sees Batman in his most dramatic violent
and horrific presentation he comes at me
with a knife
why so serious
sticks the blade in my mouth
let's put a smile on that face
the way the Dark Knight deals with the
loss of loved ones and the foundations
of good versus evil is great but the
powerful performance by Heath Ledger as
the Joker frankly steals the show on its
own you'll have to choose with so many
fantastic components coming together in
this thrilling opera of crime it's not
hard to see why we are so serious about
the Dark Knight
do you agree with our list if I tell the
truth panic would win - say what's your
favorite Batman movie when you get a guy
with glasses would you
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