Dark Knight, The

Dark Knight, The

2008

Batman (Christian Bale) teams with Lt. James Gordon (Gary Oldman) and District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) to continue dismantling Gotham City's criminal organizations in this sequel to Batman Begins. But a psychotic new villain known as the Joker (Heath Ledger, in an Oscar winning role) threatens to undo all their good work. The star-studded cast includes Maggie Gyllenhaal, Morgan Freeman, Anthony Michael Hall, Michael Caine and Eric Roberts.

Why So Serious?

JBscale
91
Superior

Film Detail

Genre
Comics - Crime
Length
2 hrs. 33 mins.
US Theatrical Release
July 18, 2008
US Box Office
$534,987,076 (#19 of 7372)
Global Office
$1,004,558,444 (#56 of 4299)
Rating
PG-13
Parents Strongly Cautioned
Intense Sequences of Violence, Some Menace

Collection Detail

Edition
5-Disc UHD & Digital
Resolution | Digital Platform
Fandango at Home Fandango at Home
Aspect Ratio
WS 2.40:1
Audio
English: Dolby TrueHD 5.1
English: DD 5.1
French (Dubbed): DD 5.1
Spanish (Dubbed): DD 5.1
Studio
Warner Brothers
Released
December 9, 2008
Acquired Date
December 21, 2009
Times Seen
5 Times
Last Watched
December 13, 2025

Actors

Christian Bale
Christian Bale
Michael Caine
Michael Caine
Heath Ledger
Heath Ledger
Gary Oldman
Gary Oldman
Aaron Eckhart
Aaron Eckhart
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Morgan Freeman
Morgan Freeman
Eric Roberts
Eric Roberts
Nestor Carbonell
Nestor Carbonell
Chin Han
Chin Han
Ron Dean
Ron Dean
Monique Gabriela Curnen
Monique Gabriela Curnen
Cillian Murphy
Cillian Murphy
Ritchie Coster
Ritchie Coster
Anthony Michael Hall
Anthony Michael Hall
Keith Szarabajka
Keith Szarabajka
Colin McFarlane
Colin McFarlane
Joshua Harto
Joshua Harto
Melinda McGraw
Melinda McGraw
Nathan Gamble
Nathan Gamble
Michael Vieau
Michael Vieau
Michael Stoyanov
Michael Stoyanov
William Smillie
William Smillie
Danny Goldring
Danny Goldring
Michael Jai White
Michael Jai White
Matthew O'Neill
Matthew O'Neill
William Fichtner
William Fichtner
Beatrice Rosen
Beatrice Rosen

Directors

Christopher Nolan
Christopher Nolan

Producers

Christopher Nolan
Christopher Nolan
Charles Roven
Charles Roven
Emma Thomas
Emma Thomas

Writers

Christopher Nolan
Christopher Nolan
Jonathan Nolan
Jonathan Nolan

Awards & Accolades

  • 2008 Oscar : Best Supporting Actor - Heath Ledger
  • 2008 Oscar : Sound Editing
  • 2009 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #7
  • 2010 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #10
  • 2011 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #9
  • 2012 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #9
  • 2013 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #6
  • 2018 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #4
  • 2019 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #4
  • 2022 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #3

Special Features

Documentaries
  • Gotham Uncovered: Creation of a Scene - How Christopher Nolan and his team developed the new Bat-suit and Bat-pod and composer Hans Zimmer musically characterized The Joker’s reign of chaos
Featurettes
  • Batman Tech - The Incredible Gadgets and Tools
  • Batman Unmasked: The Psychology of the Dark Knight - Delve into the psyche of Bruce Wayne and the world of "Batman" through real-world psychotherapy.
Other
  • BD-Live
  • Digital Copy
  • Gotham Tonight - 6 episodes of Gotham Cable’s premier news program
  • IMAX sequences in 1.78:1
  • The Dark Knight IMAX Scenes - View these 6 action-packed sequences - shot on the largest format possible - in their original IMAX framing, just as they were intended
  • Featurettes

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User Reviews

  • The Dark Knight is one of the best superhero/comic films ever made. It was full of excellent performances, a great script and directed by a great filmmaker still at the beginning of his career (this is, after all, only Christopher Nolan's 6th movie). Heath Ledger's performance as the Joker definitely stole the show. One of the few sequels to surpass in first film in greatness, a feat even more exceptional considering the quality of the first. I can't wait for the next installment, I pray all players remain involved.

    1.30.2009 by biglummox (10/10)

Ratings

JB Users
100
Flawless
RT Fresh Certified
94%
Tomatometer
343 votes
RT Fresh Certified
94%
Popcornmeter
173,380 votes
METASCORE
84
39 votes
IMDb RATING
9.0/10
2,970,548 votes

Tags

  1. Batman
  2. Batman The Motion Picture Anthology

Additional Info

  1. IMDb
  2. Official Website
  3. Kids-in-Mind
  4. Common Sense Media