Movie Listing: Batman - All

Batman (1966)

Pow! BLAM! The caped crusaders are out to save the leaders of the free world.

Release Date: Wednesday, July 20, 1966

Rating: Rated PG

The archvillains of The United Underworld - The Catwoman, The Joker, The Riddler and The Penguin - combine forces to dispose of Batman and Robin as they launch their fantastic plot to control the entire world. Armed with a Penguin-personalized pre-atomic submarine, an army of ruthless pirates, exploding sharks and octopi, and an arsenal of polaris missiles, the dastardly villains hijack a yacht containing a superdehydrator, which can extract all moisture from humans and reduce them to particles of dust.

Studio: 20th Century Fox

Batman (1989)

Where does he get all those wonderful toys!

Release Date: Friday, June 23, 1989

Rating: Rated PG-13

Behind the black cowl, Gotham City superhero Batman is really millionaire philanthropist Bruce Wayne (Michael Keaton), who turned to crimefighting after his parents were brutally murdered before his eyes. The only person to share Wayne's secret is faithful butler Alfred (Michael Gough). The principal villain in Batman is The Joker (Jack Nicholson) who'd been mob torpedo Jack Napier before he was horribly disfigured in a vat of acid. The Joker's plan to destroy Batman and gain control of Gotham City is manifold.

Studio: Warner Bros

Batman Begins

Evil fears the Knight

Release Date: Wednesday, June 15, 2005

Rating: Rated PG-13

As a boy a young Bruce Wayne watched in horror as his millionaire parents were slain in front of his eyes, a trauma which led him to become obsessed with revenge but his chance is cruelly taken away from him by fate. After disappearing to the East where he seeks counsel with the dangerous but honorable ninja cult leader known as Ra's Al-Ghul, he returns to his now decaying Gotham City overrun by organized crime and dangerous individuals manipulating the system whilst the company he inherited is slowly being pulled out from under him.

Studio: Warner Bros

Batman Forever

Release Date: Friday, June 16, 1995

Rating: Rated PG-13

The third film of the franchise sees many changes as; Tim Burton moves to Producer and makes way for Joel Schumacher to put his stamp on the highly successful comic adaptation, Michael Keaton is dropped for Val Kilmer in the lead roll and Robin makes his first appearance by way of Chris O'Donnell.

Studio: Warner Bros

Batman Returns

The Bat, The Cat and The Penguin

Release Date: Friday, June 19, 1992

Rating: Rated PG-13

In the first sequel to his 1989 Batman, Tim Burton takes us on a darker ride than before as a deformed baby boy is thrown into Gotham City's river by his horrified parents. Thirty-three years later, the child, resurfaces as the hideous Penguin (Danny DeVito), leader of the Red Triangles. Penguin blackmails Max Shreck (Christopher Walken) into helping him discover the identity of his parents. When Penguin learns his birth name, Oswald Cobblepot, he becomes a sympathetic figure to the city.

Studio: Warner Bros

The Dark Knight

Welcome to a world without rules

Release Date: Friday, July 18, 2008

Rating: Rated PG-13

With just one year having passed after taking out Ra's Al Ghul's plan to have Gotham eliminated and the mysterious disappearance of Dr. Jonathan Crane AKA the Scarecrow, and after the city was nearly plundered with his toxins, Bruce Wayne and his vigilante alter-ego the Batman, continue the seemingly endless effort to bring order to Gotham, with the help of Lt. James Gordon and newly appointed District Attorney Harvey Dent. But a new threat has now emerged into the streets.

Studio: Warner Bros

The Dark Knight Rises

The Legend Ends

Release Date: Friday, July 20, 2012

Rating: Rated PG-13

It has been eight years since Batman vanished into the night, turning, in that instant, from hero to fugitive. Assuming the blame for the death of D.A. Harvey Dent, the Dark Knight sacrificed everything for what he and Commissioner Gordon both hoped was the greater good. For a time the lie worked, as criminal activity in Gotham City was crushed under the weight of the anti-crime Dent Act.

Studio: Warner Bros