The Bat is finally back: Rank the Batman Franchise!

[imsounoriginal]

Live-action movies featuring Batman or Bat-related characters:

1. The Dark Knight
2. Batman Begins
3. Joker
4. Batman '89
5. Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice (extended)

6. Batman Forever
7. Batman Returns
8. Justice League
9. The Dark Knight Rises (admittedly "better" than JL, but JL is more fun/watchable)

10. Batman & Robin
11. Suicide Squad (either cut)

Haven't seen Batman '66.

[R3P0]

Originally Posted by UniSol GR77

"Suicide Squad" features a full blown Batman sequence.
Bruce Wayne is on "Joker" as well.

"Catwoman" features a small cameo of Michelle's Catwoman (on a photograph), so it belongs to the Burtonverse.

A Child version of Bruce Pre Parents death is not Batman

[R3P0]

Originally Posted by UniSol GR77

I would love that the Snyder's Cut of "Justice League" is renamed:

"Batman and the Justice League".

That is truly a Batman movie in disguise.

Snyders rumored cut is more a Superman movie then Batman its the Genesis of Superman becoming the golden era Superman we know making his choice.

[Himmel]

The best, and unique storylines,top notch fx, and superb acting.
Batman'89
Joker
The Dark Knight
Batman Returns
Batman '66 (TV Series)
Batman: The Movie

Uninspiring, boring, lacks everything and just a stain on this great franchise.
Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice
Batman Forever
Justice League
The Dark Knight Rises
Batman & Robin
Suicide Squad

[Matt Murdock]

1. The Dark Knight
2. Joker
3. Batman Begins
4. The Dark Knight Rises
5. Batman 89
6. Batman Returns
7. The Lego Batman Movie
8. Batman v Superman
9. Batman Forever
10. Batman & Robin
11. Suicide Squad
12. Justice League

[drush9999]

1. Joker
2. Batman Returns
3. Batman (1989)
4. Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
5. Batman Begins
6. The Dark Knight
7. Batman (1966)
8. The Dark Knight Rises
9. Batman Forever
10. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
11. Suicide Squad
12. Batman & Robin
13. Justice League
14. Catwoman

I like 'em all to some degree except Catwoman which should be burned and never spoken about again

[Elgie]

1. The Dark Knight
2. Batman Begins
3. Batman Returns
4. The Dark Knight Rises
5. Batman
6. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
7. Batman Forever
8. Batman: The Movie
9. Justice League
10. Batman & Robin

I’ll probably get a chance to watch Joker this weekend. No-go yesterday

[UniSol GR77]

Originally Posted by R3P0

A Child version of Bruce Pre Parents death is not Batman

But he's still Bruce Wayne, and the movie originates from the Batman universe and features his popular and universal archenemy, so it's still the Batman franchise.

[CyberpunkCentral]

Originally Posted by R3P0

A Child version of Bruce Pre Parents death is not Batman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfmt...ature=youtu.be

[joshsquash729]

Ooooh baby. My kinda list. My take, from best to worst:

1. The Dark Knight
2. Batman Returns
3. Joker
4. Batman Begins
5. Dark Knight Rises
6. LEGO Batman
7. Batman 89
8. Mask of the Phantasm
9. Batman v Superman
10. Justice League
11. Batman 66
12. Batman Forever
13. Batman & Robin
14. Suicide Squad

Haven't seen Catwoman, nor do I ever intend to. Surprised there's not more love for LEGO Batman. Say what you will about it being for kids, etc. etc., but I think it's one of the best takes/spoofs of Batman around!

[UniSol GR77]

Originally Posted by joshsquash729

Haven't seen Catwoman, nor do I ever intend to.

"Catwoman" is not nearly as bad as everyone in the world say. It's a funny and entertaining superhero movie. Not a masterpiece, not a turd. It's a competent movie, actually... and vastly better than "Batman & Robin".
I liked it.

[Levon]

Originally Posted by imsounoriginal

Haven't seen Batman '66.

So you have never had the pleasure of seeing the scene with the Shark repellent Bat-spray?

I used to love the '60s Batman series and movie when I was wee.

[UniSol GR77]

Originally Posted by Levon

So you have never had the pleasure of seeing the scene with the Shark repellent Bat-spray?

I used to love the '60s Batman series and movie when I was wee.

It was pure genius for the sixties.

[R3P0]

Originally Posted by UniSol GR77

It was pure genius for the sixties.

Somedays you just cant get rid of a bomb!

[wallendo]

Batman is a character that has been reinvented multiple times over many decades. I don't really think of it as a "franchise". James Bond, by example, has evolved over many years. Batman just reboots every decade or two.

My listing:
1) Batman (1989)
2) Batman Returns
3) Batman Begins
4) Batman : The Movie (1966)
5) The Dark Knight Returns
6) Batman & Robin
7) Batman Forever
8) The Dark Knight - I found this bloated and overly long.
9) Batman v Superman : The Dawn of Boredom

I haven't seen the 1940's serials.
And I don't count the movies where Batman has a brief cameo. I also consider Justice League an ensemble, not Batman movie, although he plays a prominent role (If I did count it, it would be #10)

[UniSol GR77]

Originally Posted by R3P0

Somedays you just cant get rid of a bomb!

Hi. Bale's Batman agrees.

[Deezer1986]

Cool! I’m going with live action where he’s a main character or the main character. No offense to Mask of the Phantasm, Subzero, Under The Red Hood, or LEGO Batman (4 essential Batman films) but I’m limiting it or else I’ll get lost in the weeds.
These you really can’t go wrong with:
1) The Dark Knight
2) Batman 1989
3) Batman Begins
4) The Dark Knight Rises

These I still enjoy but are flawed:
5) Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice
6) Batman Returns
7) Justice League
8) Batman Forever

These I would not recommend, but I’m a huge Batman fan and love watching anyway:
9) Batman & Robin
10) Batman 1966

[craigbarr2003]

Originally Posted by UniSol GR77

"Suicide Squad" features a full blown Batman sequence.
Bruce Wayne is on "Joker" as well.

"Catwoman" features a small cameo of Michelle's Catwoman (on a photograph), so it belongs to the Burtonverse.

No. One of the main problems with the CATWOMAN film was a mandate that WB gave to all of the writers hired to work on the film (of which there were 17 different writers and/or pairs). They were not allowed in any way to mention Batman, or anything connected to the Batman universe. It's also why her origin was changed to the stupid thing it became. WB was in development at the same time with what became Christopher Nolan's BATMAN BEGINS and they (and he) wanted zero overlap. It created a mess of a film.

[UniSol GR77]

Originally Posted by craigbarr2003

It's also why her origin was changed to the stupid thing it became.

Her origins were 100% supernatural, exactly like Pfeiffer's Catwoman in 1992.
Actually, Michelle's photograph made sense on there.

[LegacyCosts]

BVS
Batman Returns
Bat Nipples
Forever

The rest I can take or leave. Too many cartoons to rank.