"You don't fear death...you welcome it. Your punishment must be more severe." - Bane

THE DARK KNIGHT RISES

2012 - imdb (link) 

Eight years after the Joker's reign of anarchy, the Dark Knight must return to defend Gotham City against the enigmatic jewel thief Catwoman and the ruthless mercenary Bane as the city teeters on the brink of complete annihilation.

Cast

Batman/Bruce Wayne - Christian Bale
Alfred Pennyworth - Michael Caine
Lucius Fox - Morgan Freeman
Bane - Tom Hardy
Catwoman/Selina Kyle - Anne Hathaway
Miranda Tate - Marion Cotillard
The Scarecrow/Dr Jonathan Crane - Cillian Murphey
James Gordon - Gary Oldman
John Blake - Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Director - Christopher Nolan

Writers - David S. Goyer (story), Christopher Nolan (story & screenplay) & Jonathon Nolan (screenplay)

"I think you and I are destined to do this forever." - The Joker

THE DARK KNIGHT

2008 - imdb (link) 

When Batman, Gordon and Harvey Dent launch an assault on the mob, they let the clown out of the box, the Joker, bent on turning Gotham on itself and bringing any heroes down to his level.

Cast

Batman/Bruce Wayne - Christian Bale
Alfred Pennyworth - Michael Caine
Lucius Fox - Morgan Freeman
The Joker - Heath Ledger
Two Face/Harvey Dent - Aaron Eckhart
The Scarecrow/Dr Jonathan Crane - Cillian Murphey
James Gordon - Gary Oldman
Rachel Dawes - Maggie Gyllenhaal

Director - Christopher Nolan

Writers - David S. Goyer (story & screenplay), Christopher Nolan (story & screenplay)

"He's either the bravest man I've ever faced, or a complete fool." - Deadshot

BATMAN: GOTHAM KNIGHT

2008 - imdb (link) 

A collection of key events mark Bruce Wayne's life, as he journeys from beginner to Dark Knight.

Cast

Batman/Bruce Wayne - Kevin Conroy
Alfred Pennyworth - David McCallum
Lucius Fox - Kevin Michael Richardson
The Scarecrow/Dr Jonathan Crane - Corey Burton
James Gordon - Jim Meskimen

Directors - 

Yasuhiro Aoki & Yuichiro Hayashi – "In Darkness Dwells"

Futoshi Higashide – “Crossfire”

Toshiyuki Kubooka – “Working Through Pain”

Hiroshi Morioka – “Field Test”

Jong-Sik Nam – “Deadshot”

Shoujirou Nishimi – “Have I Got a Story for You”

Writers - Jordan Goldberg, Josh Olson, Greg Rucka, David S. Goyer, Brian Azzarello & Alan Burnett

"You look like a man who takes himself too seriously." - The Scarecrow

BATMAN BEGINS

2005 - imdb (link) 

After training with his mentor, Batman begins his war on crime to free the crime-ridden Gotham City from corruption that the Scarecrow and the League of Shadows have cast upon it.

Cast

Batman/Bruce Wayne - Christian Bale
Alfred Pennyworth - Michael Caine
Lucius Fox - Morgan Freeman
Henri Ducard/Ra's al Ghul - Liam Neeson
The Scarecrow/Dr Jonathan Crane - Cillian Murphey
James Gordon - Gary Oldman
Rachel Dawes - Katie Holmes

Director - Christopher Nolan

Writers - David S. Goyer (story & screenplay), Christopher Nolan (screenplay)

"Tonight's forecast...a freeze is coming!" - Mr Freeze

BATMAN & ROBIN

1997 - imdb (link) 

Batman & Robin try to keep their relationship together even as they must stop Mr. Freeze and Poison Ivy from freezing Gotham City.

Cast

Batman/Bruce Wayne - George Clooney
Robin/Dick Grayson - Chris O'Donnell
Batgril/Barbara Wilson - Alicia Silverstone
Alfred Pennyworth - Michael Gough
Mr Freeze/Dr Victor Fries - Arnold Schwarzenegger
Poison Ivy/Dr Pamela Isley - Uma Thurman
Bane - Jeep Swenson
Commissioner James Gordon - Pat Hingle

Director - Joel Schumacher

Writers - Akiva Goldsman




...and just for giggles...

"Riddle me this, riddle me that, who's afraid of the big, black bat?" - The Riddler

BATMAN FOREVER

1995 - imdb (link) 

Batman must battle Two-Face and The Riddler with help of an amourous psychologist and a young circus acrobat who becomes his sidekick, Robin.

Cast

Batman/Bruce Wayne - Val Kilmer
Robin/Dick Grayson - Chris O'Donnell
Alfred Pennyworth - Michael Gough
Two Face/Harvey Dent - Tommy Lee Jones
The Riddler/Dr Edward Nygma - Jim Carrey
Dr Chase Meridian - Nichole Kidman
Commissioner James Gordon - Pat Hingle
       and Drew Barrymore as 'Sugar'

Director - Joel Schumacher

Writers - Lee Batchler (story & screenplay), Janet Scott Batchler (story & screenplay) & Akiva Goldsman (screenplay)

"You're just jealous, because I'm a genuine freak and you have to wear a mask!" - The Penguin

BATMAN RETURNS

1992 - imdb (link) 

When a corrupt businessman and the grotesque Penguin plot to take control of Gotham City, only Batman can stop them, while the Catwoman has her own agenda.


Cast

Batman/Bruce Wayne - Michael Keaton
Alfred Pennyworth - Michael Gough
The Penguin/Oswald Cobblepot - Danny DeVito
Catwoman/Selina Kyle - Michelle Pfeiffer
Max Shreck - Christopher Walken
Commissioner James Gordon - Pat Hingle

Director - Tim Burton

Writers - Sam Hamm (story) & Daniel Waters (story & screenplay)

"Tell me something, my friend. You ever dance with the devil in the pale moonlight?" - The Joker

BATMAN

1989 - imdb (link) 

The Dark Knight of Gotham City begins his war on crime with his first major enemy being the clownishly homicidal Joker.


Cast

Batman/Bruce Wayne - Michael Keaton
Alfred Pennyworth - Michael Gough
The Joker/Jack Napier - Jack Nicholson
Vicki Vale - Kim Basinger
Commissioner James Gordon - Pat Hingle
Harvey Dent - Billy Dee Williams
Bob the Goon - Tracey Walter

Director - Tim Burton

Writers - Sam Hamm (story & screenplay) & Warren Skaaren (screenplay)

"Some days you just can't get rid of a bomb!" - Batman

BATMAN: The Movie

1966 - imdb (link) 

The Dynamic Duo faces four super-villains who plan to hold the world for ransom with the help of a secret invention that instantly dehydrates people.

Cast

Batman/Bruce Wayne - Adam West
Robin/Dick Grayson - Burt Ward
Alfred Pennyworth - Alan Napier
The Joker - Cesar Romero
The Riddler - Frank Gorshin
The Catwoman - Lee Meriwether
The Penguin - Burgess Meredith
Commissioner Gordon - Neil Hammilton
Chief O'Hara - Stafford Repp

Director - Lessie H. Martinson

Writer - Lorenzo Semple Jnr.

"With these bells we better get out of here. We don't want the police to catch us in these outfits." - Robin

BATMAN - The 1943 Serial

1943 - imdb (link) 

In his first screen appearance, the Caped Crusader of Gotham City (belying the lethargic facade of his alter ego Bruce Wayne) battles Dr. Daka, Japanese mastermind of a wartime espionage-sabotage group.


Cast

Batman/Bruce Wayne - Lewis Wilson
Robin/Dick Grayson - Douglas Croft
Alfred Pennyworth - William Austin
Dr Tito Daka - J. Carrol Nash
Linda Page - Shirley Patterson

Director - Lambert Hillyer

Writers - Victor McCloed, Leslie Swabacker & Harry L. Fraser



"High atop one of the hills which ring the teaming metropolis of Gotham City, a large house rears its bulk against the dark sky. Outwardly there's nothing to distinguish this house from many others, but deep in the cavernous basements of this house is a chamber hewn from the living rock of the mountainside, strange, dimly lighted, mysteriously secret bat cave headquarters of America's #1 crimefighter, Batman! Yes, Batman, clad in the somber costume which has struck terror to the heart of many swaggering denizens of the Underworld. Batman, who is even now pondering a plan of a new assault against the forces of crime, a crushing blow against evil, in which he will have the valuable aid of his young, two-fisted assistant, Robin, the Boy Wonder. They represent American youth who love their country and are glad to fight for it, whereever crime raises its ugly head to strike with the venom of a maddened rattlesnake. Batman and Robin strike also, and in this very hour when the Axis criminals are spreading their evil over the world, even in our own land, Batman and Robin stand ready to fight them to the death" - The Narrator