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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 (2012)
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Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Batman has not been seen for ten years. A new breed of criminal ravages Gotham City, forcing 55-year-old Bruce Wayne back into the cape and cowl. But, does he still have what it takes to fight crime in a new era?
Style:
bleak, stylized, atmospheric, talky, rough, suspenseful, exciting, adult animation, anime, saga ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, teens, toddlers
Plot:
batman, superhero, vigilantism, comic book, violent, revenge, good versus evil, gang, heroic mission, mortal combat, undercover, rivalry, comeback, middle aged, fighting crime, master villain, superhuman powers, distopia, villain, psychiatrist, fight, violence, murder, brutality, chase ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2012, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Most similar movies to Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out anime, 2d animation, exciting and adult animation films with plots about superhero, villain, good versus evil, violence, gun, martial arts and heroes mostly in Animation, Action and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1: Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010), Batman: The Killing Joke (2016), Injustice (2021), Batman: Year One (2011), Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Batman faces his ultimate challenge as the mysterious Red Hood takes Gotham City by firestorm. One part vigilante, one part criminal kingpin, Red Hood begins cleaning up Gotham with the efficiency of Batman, but without following the same ethical ...
Style:
intense, atmospheric, unusual plot structure, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
superhero, vigilante, mysterious character, double life, batman, justice, vigilantism, organized crime, danger, fighting crime, mind game, uninhibited rivalry ...
Time:
2000s, year 2010
Place:
usa, bosnia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Batman has stopped the reign of terror that The Mutants had cast upon his city. Now an old foe wants a reunion and the government wants The Man of Steel to put a stop to Batman.
Style:
suspense, epic, bleak, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
kids, teens, boys' night
Plot:
batman, superhero, justice, comic book, villain, violent, distopia, fighting crime, heroes, good versus evil, imaginary, threat ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, future, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa, soviet union, washington d.c., ussr
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
As Batman hunts for the escaped Joker, the Clown Prince of Crime attacks the Gordon family to prove a diabolical point mirroring his own fall into madness. Based on the graphic novel by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland.
Style:
anime, adult animation, stylized, harsh, suspense ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
superhero, batman, violent, sex scene, vigilantism, murder, psychopath, justice, cruelty, joker, hitman, computer cracker ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
When Lois Lane is killed, an unhinged Superman decides to take control of the Earth. Determined to stop him, Batman creates a team of freedom-fighting heroes. But when superheroes go to war, can the world survive?
Style:
adult animation, anime, exciting, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
superhero, villain, female warrior, justice, alternate reality, batman, battles, superman, fight, super villain, superpower, supernatural power ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
washington d.c., pentagon
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
The Joker is back with a vengeance, and Gotham's newest Dark Knight needs answers as he stands alone to face Gotham's most infamous Clown Prince of Crime.
Style:
anime, disturbing, suspense, intense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
superhero, insanity, justice, save the day, heroic mission, secret identity, master villain, fighting crime, righting the wronged, aging, danger, imaginary ...
Time:
future, 2040s, 21st century
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 64 min.
Story:
Two men come to Gotham City: Bruce Wayne after years abroad feeding his lifelong obsession for justice and Jim Gordon after being too honest a cop with the wrong people elsewhere. After learning painful lessons about the city's corruption on ...
Style:
atmospheric, tense, light, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
kids, teens, adult
Plot:
batman, superhero, vigilante, vigilantism, corruption, justice, police corruption, comic book, organized crime, fighting crime, good versus evil, gadget ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016, 80s
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
Batman has not been seen for ten years. A new breed of criminal ravages Gotham City, forcing fifty-five-year-old Bruce Wayne back into the cape and cowl, but does he still have what it takes to fight crime in a new era?
Style:
gothic, dark, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic ...
Plot:
batman, dark hero, double life, superpower, gotham city, heroes, vigilante, justice, corruption, millionaire, good versus evil, secret identity ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Tragedy strikes the Batman's life again when Robin Jason Todd tracks down his birth mother only to run afoul of the Joker. An adaptation of the 1988 comic book storyline of the same name.
Style:
gothic, exciting, dark, psychotronic, bleak ...
Plot:
batman, violence, secret identity, death, heroes, good versus evil, double life, true crime, profiler, criminal psychology, serial killer, murder ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Conan Edogawa sets out to apprehend Lupin the Third, the suspect of stealing a jewel called Cherry Sapphire. A sequel to the TV special “Lupin the Third vs. Detective Conan” (2009).
Style:
anime, stylized, exciting, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot:
detective conan, police, lupin iii, inspector, espionage, friendship, friend, heist, partner, fighting crime, rivalry, escapades ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Ten years ago, Slade Wilson-aka the super-assassin called Deathstroke-made a tragic mistake and his wife and son paid a terrible price. Now, a decade later, Wilson's family is threatened once again by the murderous Jackal and the terrorists of ...
Style:
adult animation, exciting, serious, stylized, intense ...
Plot:
batman, villain, masked superhero, violence, hitman, disguise, brutality, secret identity, adaptation, heroes, master villain, superhuman powers ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
north america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Family, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan, South Korea
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
An old flame of Bruce Wayne's strolls into town, re-heating up the romance between the two. At the same time, a mass murderer with an axe for one hand begins systematically eliminating Gotham's crime bosses. Due to the person's dark ...
Style:
neo noir, adult animation, atmospheric, intense, talky ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
superhero, batman, organized crime, vigilantism, murder, vengeance, secret identity, betrayal, joker, justice, fighting crime, old love ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan, South Korea
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Explore Bruce Wayne's transition from his beginning as a tormented vigilantee to The Dark Knight of a crumbling metropolis with six distinct chapters but intended to be viewed as a whole.
Style:
anime, stylized, atmospheric, suspenseful, anthology ...
Audience:
teens, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
superhero, batman, justice, dark hero, comic book, fighting crime, good versus evil, rivalry, danger, lone wolves, vigilante, one against many ...
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 67 min.
Story:
United States President Lex Luthor uses the oncoming trajectory of a Kryptonite meteor to frame Superman and declare a $1 billion bounty on the heads of the Man of Steel and his ‘partner in crime’, Batman. Heroes and villains alike launch a ...
Style:
adult animation, stylized, anime, atmospheric, talky ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
superhero, batman, good versus evil, violence, justice, frame up, false accusation, superman, transformation, supernatural power, heroism, comic book ...
Time:
year 2016
Place:
washington d.c., tokyo, new york, japan
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
When time travel allows a past wrong to be righted for The Flash and his family, the ripples of the event prove disastrous as a fractured, alternate reality now exists where a Justice League never formed, and even Superman is nowhere to be found. ...
Style:
intense, anime, suspenseful, stylized, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night
Plot:
superhero, justice league, batman, alternate timeline, hopes, time travel, superman, alternate reality, death, fight scenes, professor, comic book ...
Time:
2010s, future, 21st century
Place:
usa, big ben london, paris france, washington d.c., london
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Some of Sin City's most hard-boiled citizens cross paths with a few of its more reviled inhabitants.
Style:
neo noir, action thriller, surreal, erotic, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
femme fatale, sex scene, time machine, distopia, kick-butt women, vengeance, heroes, violent, torture, burned alive, female assassin, superhero ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Based on the hit video game series, Batman must find a bomb planted by the Joker while dealing with a mysterious team of villains called, The Suicide Squad.
Style:
entertaining, anime, stylized, witty, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night
Plot:
batman, brutality, superhero, vengeance, murder, dark hero, comic book, justice, transformation, life philosophy, good versus evil, escapades ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
When LexCorps accidentally unleash a murderous creature, Doomsday, Superman meets his greatest challenge as a champion. Based on the "The Death of Superman" storyline that appeared in DC Comics' publications in the 1990s
Style:
adult animation, intense, serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, teens
Plot:
superhero, double life, danger, superman, mad scientist, secret identity, cloning, crime wave, comic book, superpower, heroic mission, undercover ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
The world is under attack by an alien armada led by the powerful Apokoliptian, Darkseid. A group of superheroes consisting of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Green Lantern, Cyborg, and Shazam must set aside their differences and gather ...
Style:
exciting, serious, anime, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
batman, justice league, superhero, superhero team, violence, superman, comic book, betrayal, good versus evil, superhuman speed, vigilantism, space and aliens ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, washington d.c., paris france, new jersey
Similarity:
35%
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Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
When a desperate Mr. Freeze, to save his dying wife, kidnaps Barbara (Batgirl) Gordon as an involuntary organ donor, Batman and Robin must find her before the operation can begin.
Style:
anime, stylized, exciting, epic, serious ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing, teens
Plot:
batman, superhero, chase, kidnapping, multiverse, villain, vigilantism, vigilante, dark hero, justice, violence, desperation ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, South Korea
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A new vigilante, Batwoman, is wreaking havoc in Gotham City. The dynamic duo must discover her true identity.
Style:
stylized, atmospheric, suspenseful, anime, suspense ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens
Plot:
superhero, batman, revenge, justice, masked man, female spy, fighting crime, heroic mission, righting the wronged, supernatural ability, save the world, save the day ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
In the year 2029, Section 9, a group of cybernetically enhanced cops, are called in to investigate and stop a highly-wanted hacker known as 'The Puppetmaster'. Ghost in the Shell 2.0 is a reproduced version of its original 1995 ...
Style:
anime, philosophical, exciting, rough, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
cyberpunk, androids and robots, anti heroine, female spy, hacker, artificial intelligence, female warrior, cyberspace, ghost in the shell, policewoman, female police officer, science runs amok ...
Time:
future, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
japan, east asia, tokyo, asia
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
When a hulking monster emerges from an underground resting place and begins a mindless rampage, the Justice League is quickly called in to stop the colossal force of nature. But it soon becomes apparent that only Superman can stand against the ...
Style:
anime, psychotronic, intense, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
superman, heroes, batman, flying superhero, monster, giant, secret identity, superpower, danger, creature, extraterrestrial, chaos ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
paris france, india
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
20 years after Bruce Wayne hung up his cowl, his secret is discovered by troubled teen Terry McGinnis. After McGinnis' father is murdered by the man who now controls Wayne Enterprises, McGinnis is fitted into a high-tech Bat suit by Bruce ...
Style:
adult animation, anime, cyber, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
batman, cyberpunk, teenage superhero, villain, multiverse, high school, teenager, moving, interracial love relationship, dark humor, interracial romance, flying car ...
Time:
future, 2030s, 90s, 2010s, year 2019 ...
Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
32%
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Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Mars. Days before Halloween 2071. Villains blow up a tanker truck on Highway One, releasing a deadly virus that kills hundreds. Fearing a bigger, even more devastating biochemical attack, an astronomical reward is offered for the arrest and capture ...
Style:
anime, adult anime, adult animation, witty, surreal ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, mars, bounty hunter, space opera, chase, terrorist, danger, revenge, vengeance, outer space, martial arts, gunfight ...
Time:
future, year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
japan, space western, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Damian Wayne is having a hard time coping with his father's "no killing" rule. Meanwhile, Gotham is going through hell with threats such as the insane Dollmaker, and the secretive Court of Owls.
Style:
exciting, anime, suspense, harsh, suspenseful ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
superhero, father son relationship, comic book, vigilantism, assassin, good versus evil, dark hero, revenge, betrayal, batman, multiverse, secret society ...
Time:
2010s, future
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Family, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
Batman: The Animated Series is an American animated television series based on the DC Comics superhero Batman. The series was widely praised for its thematic complexity, dark tone, artistic quality, and faithfulness to its title character's ...
Style:
neo noir, adult animation, anime, stylized, saga ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing, teens
Plot:
superhero, double life, vigilantism, batman, femme fatale, guilt, gadget, good versus evil, disguise, superpower, evil, heroic mission ...
Time:
90s, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
new jersey, japan
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
An adaptation of Mark Waid's "Tower of Babel" story from the JLA comic. Vandal Savage steals confidential files Batman has compiled on the members of the Justice League, and learns all their weaknesses.
Style:
witty, exciting, serious, suspenseful, adult animation ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
batman, justice league, superman, heroes, green lantern, superhero, transformation, good versus evil, superpower, save the world, alien superhero, comic book ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new jersey
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Bruce Wayne is missing. Alfred covers for him while Nightwing and Robin patrol Gotham City in his stead. And a new player, Batwoman, investigates Batman's disappearance.
Style:
anime, stylized, adult animation, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, teens, adult
Plot:
batman, superhero, gunfight, masked man, justice, adaptation, fantasy world, superpower, comic book, chase, murder, transformation ...
Time:
year 2016
Place:
himalaya
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Set in the thick of the Cold War, Red Son introduces us to a Superman who landed in the USSR during the 1950s and grows up to become a Soviet symbol that fights for the preservation of Stalin’s brand of communism.
Style:
adult animation, anime, suspense, heroic, psychotronic ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
superhero, monster, villain, violence, revenge, superman, symbolism, fictional city, artificial intelligence, reporter, journalist, human alien ...
Time:
2020s, year 1961, year 1967, year 1983, 1940s ...
Place:
russia, south korea, nevada, ussr, washington d.c. ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
After the events of Justice League: War, Ocean Master and Black Manta have declared a war against the surface in retaliation of the aftermath of Apokoliptian-tyrant Darkseid's planetary invasion. Queen Atlanna seeks out her other son, Ocean ...
Style:
anime, exciting, captivating, entertaining, disturbing ...
Audience:
kids, teens, girls' night
Plot:
justice league, superhero, batman, atlantis, superman, good versus evil, superhero team, destiny, comic book, revenge, green lantern, aquaman ...
Place:
athens greece, atlantic ocean, maine
Similarity:
30%
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