The Dark Knight Trilogy Ranked Worst To Best

Summary

• The Dark Knight Rises may not live up to its predecessors, but it remains a very good film with a solid cast and compelling story.
• Batman Begins introduced a new, more grounded take on the superhero genre and crafted a definitive origin story for Batman.
• The Dark Knight is widely regarded as the greatest superhero film ever made, with Heath Ledger's iconic performance as the Joker being a standout element.

Director Christopher Nolan crafted one of the best superhero series of all time with The Dark Knight trilogy, and here's how its entries stack up. Considering the diversity of the Marvel and DC fandoms, there will never be a consensus pick for greatest superhero character ever. When that conversation does take place though, there are certain heroes that always place near the top of the list, and there's no doubt that Batman, Gotham City's resident defender, is one of them.
Batman is one of the oldest superheroes to be born in the pages of DC Comics, and was also one of the first superheroes to become widely adapted for the screen. He starred in theatrical serials in the 1940s, a beloved TV show led by Adam West in the 1960s, and a blockbuster hit directed by Tim Burton in 1989 that helped establish superhero movies as a potentially formidable box office force. However, perhaps the most famous iteration out of every live-action Batman to this day remains Nolan's The Dark Knight trilogy, which stands as a huge success story, making the series' internal ranking an even more interesting prospect.