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Name: The Dark Knight
Director: Christopher Nolan
Genre: action, crime, thriller
Released: 2008
Duration: 2 h 32 min
Rating: 9.1

The Dark Knight has an iRankMovies score of 89.8/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

The Dark Knight (2008)

Welcome to a world without rules.

Release:2008

Runtime:2h 32m

Country:United Kingdom

Director:Christopher Nolan

Language:English

Genre

ActionCrimeThriller

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Keywords

SadismChaosSecret IdentityCrime Fightersuperhero Anti HeroScarecrowBased On Comic

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The Dark Knight rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb9.1/10· 3.2M votes

Rotten Tomatoes94%

Metacritic85%

TMDb8.534/10· 36K votes

With 94% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 9.1/10 on IMDb and 85/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About 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.

Cast of The Dark Knight

Christian Bale
as Bruce Wayne
Heath Ledger
as Joker
Aaron Eckhart
as Harvey Dent
Michael Caine
as Alfred
Maggie Gyllenhaal
as Rachel
Gary Oldman
as Gordon
Morgan Freeman
as Lucius Fox
Monique Gabriela Curnen
as Ramirez
Ron Dean
as Wuertz
Cillian Murphy
as Scarecrow
Chin Han
as Lau
Nestor Carbonell
as Mayor

The Dark Knight facts

Budget: $185M
Box office: $1B
Collection: The Dark Knight Collection

Our take on The Dark Knight

Nolan's 2008 crime epic in cape and cowl pits Batman against Heath Ledger's anarchic Joker, an agent of pure chaos who turns Gotham — and the hero's morality — inside out. Grand, grim and built like a heist thriller, it elevated the comic-book film into serious drama. If its moral chaos and operatic stakes gripped you, its sequel The Dark Knight Rises continues the saga, and grounded crime thrillers share its appetite for ethical dilemmas under pressure.

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

•Christopher Nolan constructs complex anti-hero dynamics with philosophical depth
•Bold narrative rejects traditional comic book storytelling conventions throughout
•Morally ambiguous protagonist driven by audacious themes challenge genre expectations

What the audience disliked

•Sprawling runtime and multiple plot threads dilute character focus considerably
•Action sequences sometimes overwhelm quieter dramatic moments and character development

Saga: The Dark Knight Collection