Movies like Batman 1989
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Batman (1989)
429K
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, saga, neo noir, visual, gothic, suspenseful, entertaining, action packed, breathtaking ...
Audience:
kids, teens, boys' night, date night
Plot:
vigilante, superhero, batman, justice, villain, good versus evil, insanity, corruption, costumed hero, criminal, organized crime, trauma, crime fighter, double life, psychopath, district attorney, disfigurement, police, obsessive love, city, mass murder, one man army, psychotic, pretty woman, dark hero ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1989, 1920s, future, 20s
Place:
usa, north america, united states of america
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Most similar movies to Batman
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out cult classic, exciting, suspenseful and serious films with plots about villain, heroes, mentor, dialogue, storytelling, good versus evil and superhero mostly in Action, Adventure and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like Batman: The Phantom (1996), The Shadow (1994), Superman (1978), The Amazing Spider-Man (2012), King Kong (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Crime, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Having defeated the Joker, Batman now faces the Penguin - a warped and deformed individual who is intent on being accepted into Gotham society. Crooked businessman Max Schreck is coerced into helping him become Mayor of Gotham and they both attempt ...
Style:
gothic, mysterious, stylized, saga, disturbing ...
Audience:
kids, teens, date night, boys' night, family outing
Plot:
superhero, villain, batman, revenge, christmas, femme fatale, cat, vigilante, corruption, double life, christmas season, circus ...
Time:
year 1992, 20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, north america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The 21st successor to the role of Bengalla's resident superhero must travel to New York to prevent a rich madman from obtaining three magic skulls that would give him the secret to ultimate power.
Style:
light, humorous, exciting, entertaining, saga ...
Audience:
kids, teens, boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, superhero, comic book, alter ego, masked man, good versus evil, escapades, villain, heroes, island, silver, treasure hunt ...
Time:
1930s, year 1996, 20th century, year 1938, year 1939
Place:
fictional island, new york, usa, new york state, southeast asia ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
The Dark Knight of Gotham City confronts a dastardly duo: Two-Face and the Riddler. Formerly District Attorney Harvey Dent, Two-Face believes Batman caused the courtroom accident which left him disfigured on one side. And Edward Nygma, ...
Style:
stylized, saga, entertaining, gothic, action packed ...
Audience:
kids, teens, chick flick, family outing, date night ...
Plot:
superhero, batman, partner, vigilante, halloween, psychologist, disfigurement, millionaire, circus, villain, dark hero, mind control ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place:
usa, north america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Based on the 1930's comic strip, puts the hero up against his arch enemy, Shiwan Khan, who plans to take over the world by holding a city to ransom using an atom bomb. Using his powers of invisibility and "The power to cloud men's ...
Style:
entertaining, visually stunning, suspenseful, dieselpunk, neo noir ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, good versus evil, superhero, immortality, monk, undercover, radio, alter ego, secret identity, dark hero, transformation, mind control ...
Time:
1930s, year 1994, 90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, asia, usa, empire state building manhattan new york city, tibet
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
206K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the nefarious Lex Luthor launches a plan to take over the world.
Style:
exciting, epic, sexy, saga, tense ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night, family outing
Plot:
superhero, superhuman powers, time travel, megalomaniac, double life, space and aliens, father son relationship, cheerleader, save the world, heroes, alien, planet ...
Time:
year 1978, year 1948, 70s, 20th century, 60s ...
Place:
new york, kansas, california, san francisco, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, 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:
exciting, entertaining, teen, saga, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night, boys' night, family outing, teens, family friendly ...
Plot:
superhero, vigilante, revenge, mad scientist, super powers, superhuman powers, teenage girl, teenager, good versus evil, spider, transformation, heroes ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, seattle
Similarity:
100%
1.7M
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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 ...
Style:
dark, exciting, saga, visually stunning, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, manly, chick flick, kids, boys' night
Plot:
superhero, batman, vigilante, secret identity, heroes, double life, disguise, justice, corruption, superpower, good versus evil, martial arts ...
Time:
2000s, year 2005, 20th century, 90s, 80s ...
Place:
usa, himalaya, africa, north america, asia ...
Similarity:
63%
468K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance
Country: USA, New Zealand, Germany
Duration: 187 min.
Story:
In 1933 New York, an overly ambitious movie producer coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to mysterious Skull Island, where they encounter Kong, a giant ape who is immediately smitten with the leading lady.
Style:
sentimental, emotional, scenic, action adventure, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, manly, kids, girls' night, boys' night ...
Plot:
king kong, creature, jungle, dinosaur, giant animal, monster, gorilla, giant ape, beast, rescue, island, dangerous animal ...
Time:
1930s, year 2005, prehistoric times, jurassic, 20th century ...
Place:
new york, empire state building manhattan new york city, fictional island, usa, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
775K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Peter Parker is going through a major identity crisis. Burned out from being Spider-Man, he decides to shelve his superhero alter ego, which leaves the city suffering in the wake of carnage left by the evil Doc Ock. In the meantime, Parker still ...
Style:
sincere, exciting, saga, visually stunning, action packed ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, family outing, boys' night, kids ...
Plot:
superhero, mad scientist, superhuman powers, double life, disguise, vigilante, spider man, super villain, good versus evil, friendship, experiment gone awry, fantasy world ...
Time:
2000s, year 2004, y2k, future, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, north america, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Morocco
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:
visually stunning, epic, philosophical, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, chick flick, kids, boys' night ...
Plot:
superhero, batman, superhuman powers, revenge, justice, vigilante, heroes, violence, good versus evil, superman, death, super powers ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, year 2015, year 2014, year 1981 ...
Place:
usa, washington d.c., kansas, africa, tijuana mexico ...
Similarity:
50%
861K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation ...
Style:
satanic, visually stunning, exciting, serious, epic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
superhero, superhuman powers, good versus evil, secret identity, vigilante, alien invasion, alien, superpower, alien superhero, earth, superman, alien civilization ...
Time:
year 2013, year 1988, future, year 1997, year 1980 ...
Place:
usa, kansas, canada, north america
Similarity:
100%
915K
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, gothic, tense, cult classic, action adventure ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
superhero, vigilante, organized crime, corruption, gotham city, dark hero, batman, masked superhero, vengeance, psychopath, killing spree, villain ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In 1997, the island of Manhattan has been walled off and turned into a giant maximum security prison within which the country's worst criminals are left to form their own anarchic society. However, when the President of the United States crash ...
Style:
retro, exciting, tech noir, apocalyptic, perverse ...
Audience:
manly, teens, boys' night
Plot:
prison, cyberpunk, dystopia, escape, post apocalyptic, race against time, rescue, post apocalypse, hostage, lone hero, taxi, dystopian future ...
Time:
future, near future, 80s, year 1997, year 1981 ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, new jersey, usa, brooklyn new york city ...
Similarity:
100%
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, saga, exciting, stylized, serious ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, boys' night, date night ...
Plot:
double life, superhero, vigilante, mad scientist, transformation, justice, superheroine, batman, undercover, alter ego, chase, dark hero ...
Time:
year 1997, 20th century, 90s
Place:
south america, india
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
With global superpowers engaged in an increasingly hostile arms race, Superman leads a crusade to rid the world of nuclear weapons. But Lex Luthor, recently sprung from jail, is declaring war on the Man of Steel and his quest to save the planet. ...
Style:
epic, saga, hilarious, cult classic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
superman, superhero, mountain, comic book, superhuman powers, superpower, super powers, alter ego, multiverse, heroes, astronaut, villain ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, future
Place:
new york, san francisco, north america, italy, russia
Similarity:
100%
957K
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:
exciting, serious, entertaining, saga, intense ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, family outing, teens, chick flick ...
Plot:
superhero, superhuman powers, spider man, secret identity, courage, vigilante, selflessness, super villain, heroes, transformation, fighting crime, good versus evil ...
Time:
2000s, y2k, year 2001, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, manhattan new york city, turkey, north america
Similarity:
50%
692K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
The seemingly invincible Spider-Man goes up against an all-new crop of villains – including the shape-shifting Sandman. While Spider-Man’s superpowers are altered by an alien organism, his alter ego, Peter Parker, deals with nemesis Eddie Brock ...
Style:
exciting, saga, action packed, sentimental, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, boys' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
superhero, spider man, superhuman powers, heroes, double life, villain, vigilante, amnesia, fantasy world, revenge, disguise, multiverse ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, north america, empire state building manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
After the cataclysmic events in New York with The Avengers, Steve Rogers, aka Captain America is living quietly in Washington, D.C. and trying to adjust to the modern world. But when a S.H.I.E.L.D. colleague comes under attack, Steve becomes ...
Style:
exciting, epic, saga, futuristic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, kids, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night ...
Plot:
superhero, superhuman powers, conspiracy, assassin, vigilante, heroism, super soldier, anti heroine, female agent, friendship, mission, chase ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014, future, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., new jersey, usa, north america
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
124K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Three escaped criminals from the planet Krypton test the Man of Steel's mettle. Led by Gen. Zod, the Kryptonians take control of the White House and partner with Lex Luthor to destroy Superman and rule the world. But Superman, who attempts to ...
Style:
saga, breathtaking, exciting, epic, cult classic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, boys' night, pre-teens
Plot:
superhero, superhuman powers, alien invasion, revenge, space and aliens, niagara falls, superman, superpower, female alien, prison escape, villain, space ...
Time:
80s, year 1980, year 2016
Place:
washington d.c., new york, usa, idaho, north america ...
Similarity:
100%
284K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Russia
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
James Bond must unmask the mysterious head of the Janus Syndicate and prevent the leader from utilizing the GoldenEye weapons system to inflict devastating revenge on Britain.
Style:
exciting, cliffhanger, saga, intense, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, manly, kids, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
james bond, espionage, mission, woman with a gun, satellite, intelligence agency, secret agent, bond girl, female killer, agent, undercover, romancing partners ...
Time:
year 1995, 90s, 20th century, year 1986, 80s
Place:
london, cuba, europe, paris france, britain ...
Similarity:
100%
307K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
For centuries, a small but powerful force of warriors called the Green Lantern Corps has sworn to keep intergalactic order. Each Green Lantern wears a ring that grants him superpowers. But when a new enemy called Parallax threatens to destroy the ...
Style:
entertaining, stylized, suspenseful, exciting, saga ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
superhero, superhuman powers, alien, super powers, alien invasion, superpower, fantasy world, good versus evil, transformation, humanoid, alien planet, vigilante ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, year 1993, year 1991, 90s ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Mexico
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
James Bond and his American colleague Felix Leiter arrest the drug lord Sanchez who succeeds in escaping and takes revenge on Felix and his wife. Bond knows but just one thing: revenge.
Style:
saga, exciting, controversial, cult classic, surprise ending ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
james bond, 007, vengeance, woman with a gun, spy, drug lord, secret agent, shark, secret service, revenge, rape and revenge, secret service agent ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
colombia, latin america, south america, florida, mexico ...
Similarity:
100%
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:
tense, epic, action packed, neo noir, atmospheric ...
Audience:
date night, kids, chick flick, boys' night, manly ...
Plot:
superhero, batman, heroes, vigilante, secret identity, tragic hero, organized crime, moral dilemma, psychopath, master criminal, revenge, corruption ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, future, 21st century
Place:
london, north america, usa, hong kong
Similarity:
31%
Movie in collections
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, West Germany, France, Bahamas
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
James Bond returns as the secret agent 007 one more time to battle the evil organization SPECTRE. Bond must defeat Largo, who has stolen two atomic warheads for nuclear blackmail. But Bond has an ally in Largo's girlfriend, the willowy Domino, ...
Style:
saga, entertaining, exciting, cult classic, slasher ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
james bond, spy, 007, assassin, female killer, espionage, car chase, terrorism, tough girl, female assassin, secret agent, agent ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
south of france, monte carlo, caribbean, bahamas, french riviera ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Spain
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Greed, revenge, world dominance and high-tech terrorism – it's all in a day's work for Bond, who's on a mission to a protect beautiful oil heiress from a notorious terrorist. In a race against time that culminates in a dramatic ...
Style:
saga, suspense, entertaining, action packed, sexual ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, adult
Plot:
james bond, 007, terrorism, femme fatale, secret service, agent, oil, secret agent, espionage, chase, spy, sex ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s, 20th century
Place:
london, turkey, istanbul turkey, basque country, england ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Iceland, France
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
A newly developed microchip designed by Zorin Industries for the British Government that can survive the electromagnetic radiation caused by a nuclear explosion has landed in the hands of the KGB. James Bond must find out how and why. His suspicions ...
Style:
sexy, exciting, saga, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
007, james bond, espionage, secret agent, british secret service, terrorist, cold war, chase, malice, secret service, female assassin, villain ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1985
Place:
san francisco, paris france, california, france, bay area ...
Similarity:
100%
1.2M
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
After being held captive in an Afghan cave, billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil.
Style:
exciting, witty, saga, clever, action packed ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, manly, kids, chick flick ...
Plot:
superhero, heroes, technology, prodigy, weapon system, billionaire, tony stark character, self sacrifice, inventor, flying, terrorism, treason ...
Time:
year 2008, future, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
afghanistan, usa, america, iraq, los angeles ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
When Dr. Indiana Jones – the tweed-suited professor who just happens to be a celebrated archaeologist – is hired by the government to locate the legendary Ark of the Covenant, he finds himself up against the entire Nazi regime.
Style:
exciting, breathtaking, perverse, epic, saga ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, date night, family friendly, manly ...
Plot:
treasure hunt, indiana jones, archaeologist, treasure, adventurer, archaeology, artifact, nazi, desert, chase, escapades, jungle ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1936, 90s, year 1981
Place:
egypt, africa, nepal, south america, himalaya ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, China, UK, Austria, Morocco, Hong Kong
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Ethan and team take on their most impossible mission yet, eradicating the Syndicate - an International rogue organization as highly skilled as they are, committed to destroying the IMF.
Style:
sexy, breathtaking, entertaining, suspenseful, action adventure ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, chick flick, boys' night, girls' night ...
Plot:
conspiracy, spy, cia agent, female agent, rogue agent, espionage, tough guy, female spy, secret service, tough girl, undercover, secret agent ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
london, austria, vienna, morocco, europe ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
Superman returns to discover his 5-year absence has allowed Lex Luthor to walk free, and that those he was closest to felt abandoned and have moved on. Luthor plots his ultimate revenge that could see millions killed and change the face of the ...
Style:
exciting, saga, intense, serious, breathtaking ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, boys' night
Plot:
secret identity, superhuman powers, double life, superhero, vigilante, transformation, save the world, superman, adaptation, superpower, self sacrifice, reporter ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, future, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
15%
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