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 they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.
Streaming On: Netflix, HBO Max, HBO Max Amazon Channel, Netflix basic with Ads
Cast: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Morgan Freeman, Nestor Carbonell, Monique Gabriela Curnen, Ron Dean, Chin Han, Eric Roberts, Ritchie Coster, Anthony Michael Hall, Keith Szarabajka, Joshua Harto, Melinda McGraw, Nathan Gamble, Michael Jai White, Colin McFarlane, Nydia Rodriguez Terracina, Tom 'Tiny' Lister Jr., William Fichtner, Cillian Murphy, Patrick Leahy, Matt Skiba, David Dastmalchian, Michael Vieau, Michael Stoyanov, William Smillie, Danny Goldring, Matthew O'Neill, Olumiji Olawumi, Greg Beam, Erik Hellman, Beatrice Rosen, Vincenzo Nicoli, Edison Chen, Andy Luther, James Farruggio, Tom McElroy, Will Zahrn, James Fierro, Sam Derence, Jennifer Knox, Patrick Clear, Sarah Jayne Dunn, Charles Venn, Winston Ellis, Sophia Hinshelwood, Keith Kupferer, Joseph Luis Caballero, Richard Dillane, Daryl Satcher, Chris Petschler, Aidan Feore, Philip Bulcock, Paul Birchard, Walter Lewis, Vincent Riotta, Nancy Crane, K. Todd Freeman, Matt Shallenberger, Michael Andrew Gorman, Lanny Lutz, Peter DeFaria, Matt Rippy, Andrew Bicknell, Ariyon Bakare, Doug Ballard, Helene Maksoud, Tommy Campbell, Craig Heaney, Lorna Gayle, Lisa McAllister, Peter Brooke, Joshua Rollins, Dale Rivera, Matthew Leitch, Thomas Gaitsch, William Armstrong, Adam Kalesperis, Tristan Tait, Bronson Webb, David Ajala, Gertrude Kyles, Jonathan Ryland, James Scales, Nigel Carrington, Ian Pirie, Lateef Lovejoy, Grahame Edwards, Roger Monk, Ronan Summers, Wai Wong, Michael Corey Foster, Hannah Gunn, Jon Lee Brody, Debbi Burns, Maritza Cabrera, Shirin Caiola, Laura Chernicky, Henry Milton Chu, Kelli Clevenger, Richard Divizio, Tony Domino, David Fultz, Natalie Hallam, Jordon Hodges, Erron Jay, Nicky Katt, Thomas Kosik, Don Kress, Tim Krueger, Dan Latham, Tom McComas, James Mellor, Joseph Oliveira, Buster Reeves, Peter Rnic, Amit Shah, Michelle Shields, Sofiya Smirnova, Bruce Spielbauer, Robert Patrick Stern, Robert Stone, Richard Strobel, Tom Townsend, John Turk, John Warman, Chris Wilson, Kevin Zaideman, Rob Clark, Brandon Lambdin
Keywords: crime fighter, secret identity, anti hero, scarecrow, sadism, chaos, vigilante, joker, superhero, based on comic, tragic hero, organized crime, anti villain, criminal mastermind, district attorney, super power, super villain, neo-noir
Triggers
- dogs dying: Specifically, three attacking rottweilers get hit/ thrown off a ledge inside a construction zone in the last act of the movie.
- animal abuse: Attack dogs are used by the Mafia and the Joker. Batman fights these dogs and the dogs are injured/die.
- child abuse: In one of Joker's stories he tells of how his father abused him and his mother in one of his drunken fits
- domestic violence: Graphic descriptions of it, but it's only mentioned, not shown.
- drug use: In the beginning of the movie, a man who bought drugs from the Scarecrow is seen in distress. Don't use the Scarecrow as a dealer, his drugs take you places, but not places you want to go.
- restraints: Harvey and Rachel are tied to chairs.
- bones breaking: A man is dropped from a fire escape while being interrogated and it is implied that he breaks both his legs
- shaving or cutting: The Joker has a smile carved on to his face, although we never see it happen.
- hangings: The body of someone already dead is left hanging by a noose where it can be found by the good guys.
- eye mutilation: Half of Harvey’s face is mutiliated. His right eye is constantly bulging.
- torture: The Joker tortures a man dressed us as Batman. VERY DISTURBING. Although, we don’t see most of it happen.
- Achilles Tendon injury
- body horror: Harvey Dent's severely burned face is gruesome. There is exposed muscle and his teeth are visible through his damaged cheek. It also looks like his eyelid was burned.
- falling deaths: Two-face/Harvey Dent
- choking
- teeth damage
- people being burned alive: The right side of Harvey Dent’s face is severely burned
- cheating: There is a love triangle between Rachel, Bruce, and Harvey.
- parents dying
- kidnapping: The Joker kidnaps several people. Some of these people are killed or forced to appear in threatening videos with the Joker.
- jumpscares: A jumpscare if a body hung in a batsuit around the middle of the movie
- clowns: Obviously
- audio gore
- copaganda: Commissioner Gordon defends his hiring of criminals as police officers, as far as I could tell he wasn’t portrayed as being in the wrong. A corrupt cop is one of the few people spared by Harvey (although who he kills is decided entirely by a coin flip). If this lessens it for you, it’s worth noting that one of the prisoners takes the detonator from a cop and disposes of it in the “two boats” scene (saving the people on the other one).
- needles or syringes are used: in the beginning bruce/Batman is seen stitching up his cut
- hospital scenes: With Harvey Dent after half his face is disfigured. The hospital is blown up shortly afterwards
- self harming: Joker tells a story about how he got his scars, saying that his wife was carved by a mugger and was heartbroken. To make his wife feel better, he carved a smile onto his face. It’s unclear if this is true or not, but it is disturbing nevertheless.
- violent mentally ill person: The Joker is mentally ill and very very violent
- misophonia
- shaky cam: There is shaky camera movements in the Joker's movies. They are shot basically as if the Joker had a handheld camera so there is A LOT of motion.
- flashing lights or images
- hate speech
- sad endings: The main villain is stopped but at a great cost.
- car crashes: There are several different car crashes. The Joker, driving a truck, causes police cars to crash. Bruce Wayne crashes his car on purpose.
- car honk / tire screech
- people getting hit by cars: Hit by a bus
- gun violence: Joker’s goons, as well as gangs and the police, all use guns. A memorial service scene includes the Joker and his men disguised as soldiers, who shoot into crowds.
- blood or gore: In the beginning of the movie, Batman gets stitches from Alfred, it shows the wound once
The Dark Knight
Welcome to a world without rules.
Average Review: 8.509/10 (29455 votes)
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 they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.
Streaming On: Netflix, HBO Max, HBO Max Amazon Channel, Netflix basic with Ads
Cast: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Morgan Freeman, Nestor Carbonell, Monique Gabriela Curnen, Ron Dean, Chin Han, Eric Roberts, Ritchie Coster, Anthony Michael Hall, Keith Szarabajka, Joshua Harto, Melinda McGraw, Nathan Gamble, Michael Jai White, Colin McFarlane, Nydia Rodriguez Terracina, Tom 'Tiny' Lister Jr., William Fichtner, Cillian Murphy, Patrick Leahy, Matt Skiba, David Dastmalchian, Michael Vieau, Michael Stoyanov, William Smillie, Danny Goldring, Matthew O'Neill, Olumiji Olawumi, Greg Beam, Erik Hellman, Beatrice Rosen, Vincenzo Nicoli, Edison Chen, Andy Luther, James Farruggio, Tom McElroy, Will Zahrn, James Fierro, Sam Derence, Jennifer Knox, Patrick Clear, Sarah Jayne Dunn, Charles Venn, Winston Ellis, Sophia Hinshelwood, Keith Kupferer, Joseph Luis Caballero, Richard Dillane, Daryl Satcher, Chris Petschler, Aidan Feore, Philip Bulcock, Paul Birchard, Walter Lewis, Vincent Riotta, Nancy Crane, K. Todd Freeman, Matt Shallenberger, Michael Andrew Gorman, Lanny Lutz, Peter DeFaria, Matt Rippy, Andrew Bicknell, Ariyon Bakare, Doug Ballard, Helene Maksoud, Tommy Campbell, Craig Heaney, Lorna Gayle, Lisa McAllister, Peter Brooke, Joshua Rollins, Dale Rivera, Matthew Leitch, Thomas Gaitsch, William Armstrong, Adam Kalesperis, Tristan Tait, Bronson Webb, David Ajala, Gertrude Kyles, Jonathan Ryland, James Scales, Nigel Carrington, Ian Pirie, Lateef Lovejoy, Grahame Edwards, Roger Monk, Ronan Summers, Wai Wong, Michael Corey Foster, Hannah Gunn, Jon Lee Brody, Debbi Burns, Maritza Cabrera, Shirin Caiola, Laura Chernicky, Henry Milton Chu, Kelli Clevenger, Richard Divizio, Tony Domino, David Fultz, Natalie Hallam, Jordon Hodges, Erron Jay, Nicky Katt, Thomas Kosik, Don Kress, Tim Krueger, Dan Latham, Tom McComas, James Mellor, Joseph Oliveira, Buster Reeves, Peter Rnic, Amit Shah, Michelle Shields, Sofiya Smirnova, Bruce Spielbauer, Robert Patrick Stern, Robert Stone, Richard Strobel, Tom Townsend, John Turk, John Warman, Chris Wilson, Kevin Zaideman, Rob Clark, Brandon Lambdin
Keywords: crime fighter, secret identity, anti hero, scarecrow, sadism, chaos, vigilante, joker, superhero, based on comic, tragic hero, organized crime, anti villain, criminal mastermind, district attorney, super power, super villain, neo-noir
Triggers
- dogs dying: Specifically, three attacking rottweilers get hit/ thrown off a ledge inside a construction zone in the last act of the movie. - animal abuse: Attack dogs are used by the Mafia and the Joker. Batman fights these dogs and the dogs are injured/die. - child abuse: In one of Joker's stories he tells of how his father abused him and his mother in one of his drunken fits - domestic violence: Graphic descriptions of it, but it's only mentioned, not shown. - drug use: In the beginning of the movie, a man who bought drugs from the Scarecrow is seen in distress. Don't use the Scarecrow as a dealer, his drugs take you places, but not places you want to go. - restraints: Harvey and Rachel are tied to chairs. - bones breaking: A man is dropped from a fire escape while being interrogated and it is implied that he breaks both his legs - shaving or cutting: The Joker has a smile carved on to his face, although we never see it happen. - hangings: The body of someone already dead is left hanging by a noose where it can be found by the good guys. - eye mutilation: Half of Harvey’s face is mutiliated. His right eye is constantly bulging. - torture: The Joker tortures a man dressed us as Batman. VERY DISTURBING. Although, we don’t see most of it happen. - Achilles Tendon injury - body horror: Harvey Dent's severely burned face is gruesome. There is exposed muscle and his teeth are visible through his damaged cheek. It also looks like his eyelid was burned. - falling deaths: Two-face/Harvey Dent - choking - teeth damage - people being burned alive: The right side of Harvey Dent’s face is severely burned - cheating: There is a love triangle between Rachel, Bruce, and Harvey. - parents dying - kidnapping: The Joker kidnaps several people. Some of these people are killed or forced to appear in threatening videos with the Joker. - jumpscares: A jumpscare if a body hung in a batsuit around the middle of the movie - clowns: Obviously - audio gore - copaganda: Commissioner Gordon defends his hiring of criminals as police officers, as far as I could tell he wasn’t portrayed as being in the wrong. A corrupt cop is one of the few people spared by Harvey (although who he kills is decided entirely by a coin flip). If this lessens it for you, it’s worth noting that one of the prisoners takes the detonator from a cop and disposes of it in the “two boats” scene (saving the people on the other one). - needles or syringes are used: in the beginning bruce/Batman is seen stitching up his cut - hospital scenes: With Harvey Dent after half his face is disfigured. The hospital is blown up shortly afterwards - self harming: Joker tells a story about how he got his scars, saying that his wife was carved by a mugger and was heartbroken. To make his wife feel better, he carved a smile onto his face. It’s unclear if this is true or not, but it is disturbing nevertheless. - violent mentally ill person: The Joker is mentally ill and very very violent - misophonia - shaky cam: There is shaky camera movements in the Joker's movies. They are shot basically as if the Joker had a handheld camera so there is A LOT of motion. - flashing lights or images - hate speech - sad endings: The main villain is stopped but at a great cost. - car crashes: There are several different car crashes. The Joker, driving a truck, causes police cars to crash. Bruce Wayne crashes his car on purpose. - car honk / tire screech - people getting hit by cars: Hit by a bus - gun violence: Joker’s goons, as well as gangs and the police, all use guns. A memorial service scene includes the Joker and his men disguised as soldiers, who shoot into crowds. - blood or gore: In the beginning of the movie, Batman gets stitches from Alfred, it shows the wound once