Movies like Batman Begins

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Batman Begins (2005)
 8.2
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Batman Begins (2005)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 140 min.
Story: Driven by tragedy, billionaire Bruce Wayne dedicates his life to uncovering and defeating the corruption that plagues his home, Gotham City. Unable to work within the system, he instead creates a new identity, a symbol of fear for the criminal underworld - The Batman.
Style: suspense, dark, exciting, action packed, harsh, saga, action adventure, suspenseful, neo noir, visually stunning ...
Audience: teens, manly, kids, chick flick, boys' night
Plot: superhero, batman, heroes, secret identity, double life, corruption, disguise, martial arts, good versus evil, social decay, justice, vigilante, crime fighter, fight, organized crime, ninja, gotham city, redemption, superpower, violence, dark hero, chase, billionaire, deception, society ...
Time: 2000s, year 2005, 90s, 80s, 20th century, 21st century, contemporary ...
Place: usa, africa, himalaya, tibet
Keyword: reboot, retrospective, life lessons, gangsters, challenge

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Most similar movies to Batman Begins

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, serious, suspense and cult classic films with plots about revenge, murder, death, violence, showdown, heroes and fight mostly in Action, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Batman Begins: The Dark Knight Rises (2012), The Dark Knight (2008), The Batman (2022), Batman (1989), Léon: The Professional (1994). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 164 min.
Story: Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman ...
Style: exciting, suspense, thrilling, visually stunning, atmospheric ...
Audience: teens, manly, date night, chick flick, boys' night
Plot: superhero, batman, heroes, good versus evil, secret identity, double life, chaos and mayhem, terrorism, villainess, self sacrifice, terrorist plot, revenge ...
Time: year 2012, future, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, pittsburgh, london, italy, pentagon
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
 9.0
 2.8M
The Dark Knight (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 152 min.
Story: Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but ...
Style: suspense, neo noir, exciting, atmospheric, epic ...
Audience: manly, date night, kids, chick flick, boys' night ...
Plot: superhero, batman, heroes, secret identity, tragic hero, psychopath, moral dilemma, corruption, organized crime, joker, double life, villain ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, future, 21st century
Place: usa, london, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
 7.8
 774K
The Batman (2022)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 176 min.
Story: In his second year of fighting crime, Batman uncovers corruption in Gotham City that connects to his own family while facing a serial killer known as the Riddler.
Style: neo noir, detective, tense, gothic, epic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: superhero, corruption, psychopath, vigilante, masked superhero, batman, organized crime, vengeance, gotham city, serial killer, dark hero, villain ...
Time: 2020s
⇓ similarity ⇓
91%
 7.5
 402K
Batman (1989)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 126 min.
Story: The Dark Knight of Gotham City begins his war on crime with his first major enemy being the clownishly homicidal Joker, who has seized control of Gotham's underworld.
Style: atmospheric, bleak, visual, neo noir, saga ...
Audience: kids, teens, boys' night, date night
Plot: superhero, batman, vigilante, psychopath, good versus evil, double life, organized crime, corruption, secret identity, disfigurement, district attorney, crime fighter ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1989, 1920s
Place: usa, north america
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 151 min.
Story: Fearing the actions of a god-like Super Hero left unchecked, Gotham City’s own formidable, forceful vigilante takes on Metropolis’s most revered, modern-day savior, while the world wrestles with what sort of hero it really needs. And with Batman ...
Style: exciting, stylized, epic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, kids, family friendly, chick flick, boys' night ...
Plot: superhero, batman, revenge, superhuman powers, heroes, superman, justice, vigilante, good versus evil, wonder woman, alien, save the world ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s, year 1918, year 1981, 21st century
Place: usa, washington d.c., detroit, kansas, africa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
Léon: The Professional (1994)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Leon, the top hit man in New York, has earned a rep as an effective "cleaner". But when his next-door neighbors are wiped out by a loose-cannon DEA agent, he becomes the unwilling custodian of 12-year-old Mathilda. Before long, ...
Style: neo noir, rough, suspenseful, touching, cult classic ...
Audience: teens, date night, adult
Plot: hitman, mentor, revenge, friendship, loneliness, organized crime, murder, sniper, redemption, loner, life philosophy, killings ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1994
Place: new york, usa, france, paris france, iran ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.5
 445K
Arrow (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
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Story: Spoiled billionaire playboy Oliver Queen is missing and presumed dead when his yacht is lost at sea. He returns five years later a changed man, determined to clean up the city as a hooded vigilante armed with a bow.
Style: exciting, captivating, realistic, stylized, serious ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: superhero, heroes, double life, fighting crime, martial arts, crime fighter, vigilante, archer, rivalry, archery, dual identity, millionaire ...
Time: 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: usa, chicago, fictional island
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
 7.4
 873K
Spider-Man (2002)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: After being bitten by a genetically altered spider, nerdy high school student Peter Parker is endowed with amazing powers.
Style: serious, exciting, entertaining, intense, suspense ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, girls' night, date night ...
Plot: superhero, vigilante, courage, thanksgiving, secret identity, superhuman powers, super villain, selflessness, evil, transformation, teenage boy, good versus evil ...
Time: 2000s, y2k, year 2002, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, north america, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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 579K
Watchmen (2009)
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 162 min.
Story: In a gritty and alternate 1985 the glory days of costumed vigilantes have been brought to a close by a government crackdown, but after one of the masked veterans is brutally murdered, an investigation into the killer is initiated. The reunited ...
Style: neo noir, visually stunning, visually appealing, stylized, intense ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick, manly, teens, adult
Plot: superhero, alternate reality, vigilante, anti hero, distopia, good versus evil, moral dilemma, mars, masked vigilante, cold war, alternate history, conspiracy ...
Time: 20th century, year 2009, 2000s, 1940s, future ...
Place: usa, new york, america, washington d.c., los angeles ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story: Peter Parker is an outcast high schooler abandoned by his parents as a boy, leaving him to be raised by his Uncle Ben and Aunt May. Like most teenagers, Peter is trying to figure out who he is and how he got to be the person he is today. As Peter ...
Style: entertaining, exciting, teen, sentimental, touching ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, family outing, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot: superhero, mad scientist, good versus evil, super powers, revenge, teenage girl, superhuman powers, heroes, teenager, vigilante, spider, transformation ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 7.5
 198K
The Crow (1994)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Exactly one year after young rock guitarist Eric Draven and his fiancée are brutally killed by a ruthless gang of criminals, Draven -- watched over by a hypnotic crow -- returns from the grave to exact revenge.
Style: gothic, suspenseful, dark fantasy, rough, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: supernatural, vengeance, superhero, vigilante, good versus evil, goth, halloween, murder, afterlife, justice, vigilantism, gunfight ...
Time: 90s, year 1994, near future, 20th century
Place: michigan, detroit, seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Major Grom: Plague Doctor (2021)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Russia
Duration: 136 min.
Story: Igor Grom is a skilled policeman from St. Petersburg, known for his daring nature and uncompromising attitude towards the criminals of all kinds. Incredible strength, analytical mind and integrity – these qualities make Major Grom the perfect ...
Style: serious, exciting, captivating, suspenseful, perverse ...
Plot: arsonist, heroes, superhero, revenge, vigilante, partner, serial killer, hunt down, corruption, undercover, fighting crime, female journalist ...
Place: soviet union
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.7
 422K
Black Widow (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Natasha Romanoff, on the run from the government following her disobedience to the Sokovia Accords and for aiding Steve Rogers, finds herself on her own and is forced to deal with some of the red in her ledger.
Style: suspense, anamorphic, epic, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience: kids, chick flick, adult
Plot: heroes, female assassin, female protagonist, female spy, superheroine, superhero, female agent, one woman army, strong female lead, spy, one against many, female killer ...
Time: future, 2010s, year 1995, 90s, year 2016 ...
Place: morocco, budapest, ohio, russia, cuba
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Last Samurai (2003)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA, New Zealand, Japan
Duration: 154 min.
Story: Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the samurai's way of life in the ...
Style: epic, breathtaking, serious, exciting, captivating ...
Audience: girls' night, manly, adult
Plot: samurai, sword fight, military, battles, war, japanese history, courage, warrior, katana, self discovery, pride and honor, human spirit ...
Time: 19th century, year 2003, victorian era, 1800s, middle ages ...
Place: japan, asia, africa, san francisco, tokyo ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.8
 32K
Hard to Kill (1990)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Mason Storm, a 'go it alone' cop, is gunned down at home. The intruders kill his wife, and think they've killed both Mason and his son too. Mason is secretly taken to a hospital where he spends several years in a coma. His son ...
Style: suspense, serious, exciting, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hospital, martial arts, revenge, vigilante, one man army, coma, murder, violence, hitman, conspiracy, mixed martial arts, police corruption ...
Time: 80s, year 1983, year 1990, 90s
Place: los angeles, chicago, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 7.2
 91K
Harry Brown (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story: An elderly ex-serviceman and widower looks to avenge his best friend's murder by doling out his own form of justice.
Style: tense, suspense, realistic, bleak, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: vigilantism, vengeance, vigilante, murder, revenge, violence, brutality, investigation, gangster, vigilante justice, widower, urban ...
Time: year 2009, y2k, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: england, london, britain, persia, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 8.0
 1.5M
The Avengers (2012)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story: When an unexpected enemy emerges and threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. ...
Style: exciting, epic, entertaining, heroic, humorous ...
Audience: teens, kids, girls' night, chick flick, family outing ...
Plot: superhero, heroes, alien invasion, good versus evil, monster, superhuman powers, teamwork, imaginary, tony stark character, female assassin, super villain, heroic mission ...
Time: year 2012, future, 2010s, 21st century
Place: pittsburgh, madagascar, manhattan new york city, usa, grand central station manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: China, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Jack Reacher must uncover the truth behind a major government conspiracy in order to clear his name. On the run as a fugitive from the law, Reacher uncovers a potential secret from his past that could change his life forever.
Style: intense, exciting, action adventure, action packed, saga ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: vigilante, chase, assassination, fight, hitman, military, tough girl, tough guy, corruption, lone hero, military police, female soldier ...
Time: 2010s, year 2016
Place: new orleans, alabama, afghanistan, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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 6.0
 16K
6 Bullets (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: An ex-mercenary known for finding missing children is hired by a mixed martial arts fighter whose daughter has been kidnapped.
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kidnapping, martial arts, danger, child in peril, daring rescue, missing child, father son relationship, organized crime, police detective, government agent, murder, tough guy ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: usa, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 4.4
 396
Maximum Force (1992)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Three renegade cops team up to take on the corrupt chief of police and a crime lords hatchet-man.
Style: suspense, independent film, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: monster, renegade, gangster, police detective, prostitute, chase, undercover, computer cracker, cop, partner, against the odds, working undercover ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 8.0
 1.1M
Deadpool (2016)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Deadpool tells the origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopts the alter ego Deadpool. Armed with his new ...
Style: exciting, stylized, absurd, entertaining, humorous ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, chick flick, girls' night, manly ...
Plot: superhero, revenge, fight scenes, immortality, escapades, anti hero, mutant, comic book, dark hero, weapons, violence, dark humor ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place: america, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
 3.8
 267K
Batman & Robin (1997)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Along with crime-fighting partner Robin and new recruit Batgirl, Batman battles the dual threat of frosty genius Mr. Freeze and homicidal horticulturalist Poison Ivy. Freeze plans to put Gotham City on ice, while Ivy tries to drive a wedge between ...
Style: sexy, exciting, stylized, serious, saga ...
Audience: teens, kids, chick flick, boys' night, date night ...
Plot: superhero, double life, mad scientist, transformation, good versus evil, justice, vigilante, batman, chase, secret identity, superhuman powers, fighting crime ...
Time: year 1997, 20th century, 90s
Place: india, south america
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Out of the Furnace (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Two brothers live in the economically-depressed Rust Belt, when a cruel twist of fate lands one in prison. His brother is then lured into one of the most violent crime rings in the Northeast.
Style: suspenseful, bleak, realistic, neo noir, harsh ...
Audience: boys' night, girls' night, family friendly
Plot: revenge, drug dealer, small town, vigilante, brothers, disappearance, character study, ex convict, vigilantism, going straight, mysterious character, loss of sibling ...
Time: year 2013, 80s, 20th century, 2010s, 2000s ...
Place: usa, new jersey, pittsburgh, pennsylvania, indiana ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Marked for Death (1990)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Just retired from the Drug Enforcement Agency, John Hatcher returns to his hometown and quickly discovers that drugs have infiltrated his old neighborhood. Determined to drive the dealers out, Hatcher crosses paths with a ferocious Jamaican drug ...
Style: suspense, exciting, serious, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: martial arts, vigilante, gangster, murder, violence, good versus evil, revenge, voodoo, jamaican, drug lord, car chase, sword fight ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 90s
Place: jamaica, usa, chicago, colombia, caribbean ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 7.4
 320K
Nobody (2021)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan, China
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Hutch Mansell, a suburban dad, overlooked husband, nothing neighbor — a "nobody." When two thieves break into his home one night, Hutch's unknown long-simmering rage is ignited and propels him on a brutal path that will uncover dark ...
Style: brutal, suspense, action thriller, entertaining, funny ...
Audience: adult
Plot: one man army, tough guy, martial arts, retribution, secret identity, home invasion, revenge, one against many, twists and turns, secret organization, vigilante, vengeance ...
Time: 2020s
Place: america, usa, pentagon
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 6.0
 34K
Above the Law (1988)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Seagal is Nico Toscani, an Italian immigrant, American patriot, ex-CIA agent, aikido specialist, and unorthodox Chicago policeman. He is as committed to his job as he is to his personalized brand of justice: expert and thorough bone-crushing.
Style: suspense, exciting, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, conspiracy, aikido, corruption, brutality, vengeance, drug dealing, cia, police, kung fu, police officer, vietnam war ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 70s
Place: chicago, vietnam, usa, las vegas, illinois ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 4.4
 6K
Dragon Eyes (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: In St. Jude, drug dealers and corrupt cops have destroyed an urban neighborhood. But newcomer, Hong, has the fighting skills and moral vision to save this town from itself.
Style: serious, tense, realistic, rough, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: fight, martial arts, rivalry, vigilantism, small town, police corruption, master warrior, gang, righting the wronged, tough heroes, good versus evil, attempted murder ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: louisiana, new orleans, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 8.3
 714K
Heat (1995)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 170 min.
Story: Obsessive master thief, Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective, Vincent Hanna pursues him without rest. Each man recognizes and respects the ability and the dedication of the ...
Style: neo noir, tense, detective, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: robbery, heist, gunfight, bank robbery, chase, cop, master criminal, police detective, gangster, police, obsession, bank ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 5.2
 6K
Recoil (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A cop turns vigilante after his family is murdered, exacting vengeance on the killers - and then on all criminals who have slipped through the system.
Style: exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vigilante, gang, death of wife, rivalry, vigilantism, murder, gangster, organized crime, violence, anger, good versus evil, revenge ...
Time: 2000s, year 2011, 2010s, year 2009, 21st century
Place: british columbia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 5.3
 130K
Max Payne (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Coming together to solve a series of murders in New York City are a DEA agent whose family was slain as part of a conspiracy and an assassin out to avenge her sister's death. The duo will be hunted by the police, the mob, and a ruthless ...
Style: stylized, neo noir, noir, suspense, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: tough heroes, tough law enforcer, dark hero, thigh high boots, assassin, gunfight, life is a bitch, murder, winter, violence spree, righting the wronged, supernatural ...
Time: year 2008, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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