Batman Movies, Ranked

Won two Oscars, including a posthumous Best Supporting Actor for Heath Ledger's Joker; routinely ranked among the greatest films ever made.

Christopher Nolan's 2005 reboot grounded the character in realism and is widely credited with rescuing the franchise from camp.

Matt Reeves's 2022 film earned strong reviews and three Oscar nominations, praised for its rain-soaked, detective-story take on Gotham.

Spun off from the acclaimed Animated Series, it's frequently named the best Batman film by fans and critics despite a small 1993 box office.

Tim Burton's 1989 hit won the Oscar for Best Art Direction and redefined the character as dark and gothic, launching the modern superhero blockbuster.

Burton's stranger 1992 sequel is critically well-regarded for Michelle Pfeiffer's Catwoman and Danny DeVito's Penguin.

A 2017 critical hit that lovingly parodies eight decades of Batman lore; one of the best-reviewed films the character has ever headlined.

A well-reviewed $1 billion conclusion to Nolan's trilogy, though considered the weakest of the three for plot contrivances.

The 1966 Adam West feature is deliberately campy and, taken on its own terms, a beloved and influential piece of Bat-history.

A polarizing $873 million hit; praised for Ben Affleck's Batman but widely criticized for its grim tone and muddled plot.

Joel Schumacher's 1995 entry ditched Burton's gloom for garish spectacle, earning mixed reviews and starting the series' campy decline.

Notorious as one of the worst comic-book films ever, with roughly an 11% Rotten Tomatoes score and the punchline bat-nipple suits that halted the franchise.