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The Dark Knight

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.

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Movies Like The Dark Knight

Love The Dark Knight? Here are 20 intense superhero and crime thrillers like it. Each similar movie is handpicked for fans who loved the original. Find where to stream them all.

Last Updated: March 2026
1
Kamen Rider Kiva: Final Stage & Series Cast Talk Show poster
2009

Why watch: Similar to The Dark Knight β€” Later released on DVD, Kamen Rider Kiva: Final Stage is the final stage show and cast talk show of Kamen Rider Kiva. Recorded January 31st, 2009 at Nakano Sunplaza Hall.

2
Spider-Man poster
2002β˜… 7.3

Why watch: Similar to The Dark Knight β€” After being bitten by a genetically altered spider at Oscorp, nerdy but endearing high school student Peter Parker is endowed with amazing powers to become the superhero known as Spider-Man.

3
Spider-Man 2 poster
2004β˜… 7.3

Why watch: Similar to The Dark Knight β€” 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 can't act on his feelings for Mary Jane Watson, a girl he's loved since childhood. A certain anger begins to brew in his best friend Harry Osborn as well...

4
Spider-Man 3 poster
2007β˜… 6.5

Why watch: Similar to The Dark Knight β€” The seemingly invincible Spider-Man goes up against an all-new crop of villainsβ€”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 and also gets caught up in a love triangle.

5
Constantine poster
2005β˜… 7.1

Why watch: Similar to The Dark Knight β€” John Constantine has literally been to Hell and back. When he teams up with a policewoman to solve the mysterious suicide of her twin sister, their investigation takes them through the world of demons and angels that exists beneath the landscape of contemporary Los Angeles.

6
GoldenEye poster
1995β˜… 6.9

Why watch: Similar to The Dark Knight β€” When a powerful satellite system falls into the hands of Alec Trevelyan, AKA Agent 006, a former ally-turned-enemy, only James Bond can save the world from a dangerous space weapon that -- in one short pulse -- could destroy the earth! As Bond squares off against his former compatriot, he also battles Xenia Onatopp, an assassin who uses pleasure as her ultimate weapon.

7
You Only Live Twice poster
1967β˜… 6.6

Why watch: Similar to The Dark Knight β€” A mysterious spacecraft captures Russian and American space capsules and brings the two superpowers to the brink of war. James Bond investigates the case in Japan and comes face to face with his archenemy Blofeld.

8
Oldboy poster
2003β˜… 8.2

Why watch: Similar to The Dark Knight β€” With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate man seeks revenge on his captors.

9
From Hell poster
2001β˜… 6.7

Why watch: Similar to The Dark Knight β€” Frederick Abberline is an opium-huffing inspector from Scotland Yard who falls for one of Jack the Ripper's prostitute targets in this Hughes brothers adaption of a graphic novel that posits the Ripper's true identity.

10
Pulp Fiction poster
1994β˜… 8.5

Why watch: Similar to The Dark Knight β€” A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.

11
First Blood poster
1982β˜… 7.5

Why watch: Similar to The Dark Knight β€” When former Green Beret John Rambo is harassed by local law enforcement and arrested for vagrancy, he is forced to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers.

12
The Departed poster
2006β˜… 8.2

Why watch: Similar to The Dark Knight β€” To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.

13
Superman Returns poster
2006β˜… 5.8

Why watch: Similar to The Dark Knight β€” 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 planet forever, as well as ridding himself of the Man of Steel.

14
Get Carter poster
1971β˜… 7.0

Why watch: Similar to The Dark Knight β€” Jack Carter is a small-time hood working in London. When word reaches him of his brother's death, he travels to Newcastle to attend the funeral. Refusing to accept the police report of suicide, Carter seeks out his brother’s friends and acquaintances to learn who murdered his sibling and why.

15
Hellboy poster
2004β˜… 6.7

Why watch: Similar to The Dark Knight β€” In the final days of World War II, the Nazis attempt to use black magic to aid their dying cause. The Allies raid the camp where the ceremony is taking place, but not before they summon a baby demon who is rescued by Allied forces and dubbed "Hellboy". Sixty years later, Hellboy serves the cause of good rather than evil as an agent in the Bureau of Paranormal Research & Defense, along with Abe Sapien - a merman with psychic powers, and Liz Sherman - a woman with pyrokinesis, protecting America against dark forces.

16
The Illusionist poster
2006β˜… 7.3

Why watch: Similar to The Dark Knight β€” With his eye on a lovely aristocrat, a gifted illusionist named Eisenheim uses his powers to win her away from her betrothed, a crown prince. But Eisenheim's scheme creates tumult within the monarchy and ignites the suspicion of a dogged inspector.

17
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze poster
1991β˜… 6.2

Why watch: Similar to The Dark Knight β€” The Turtles and the Shredder battle once again, this time for the last cannister of the ooze that created the Turtles, which Shredder wants to create an army of new mutants.

18
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles poster
1990β˜… 6.7

Why watch: Similar to The Dark Knight β€” A quartet of humanoid turtles, trained by their mentor in ninjitsu, must learn to work together to face the menace of Shredder and the Foot Clan.

19
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III poster
1993β˜… 5.5

Why watch: Similar to The Dark Knight β€” The four turtles travel back in time to the days of the legendary and deadly samurai in ancient Japan, where they train to perfect the art of becoming one. The turtles also assist a small village in an uprising.

20
Collateral poster
2004β˜… 7.2

Why watch: Similar to The Dark Knight β€” Cab driver Max picks up a man who offers him $600 to drive him around. But the promise of easy money sours when Max realizes his fare is an assassin.

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