Best movies like Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
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Plot Summary:
The Joker is back with a vengeance, and Gotham's newest Dark Knight needs answers as he stands alone to face Gotham's most infamous Clown Prince of Crime.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Animation, Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: anime, stylized, suspense, disturbing, intense, serious, suspenseful, exciting, adult animation, epic
Best tv shows and movies like Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (2000):
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Batman Beyond: The Movie (1999)
Plot Summary:
Fueled by remorse and vengeance, a high schooler named Terry McGinnis revives the role of Batman. Under supervision of an elderly Bruce Wayne, he fights crime in a harsh futuristic Gotham.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Animation, Sci-Fi, Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 41 min
Plot tags: exciting, futuristic, stylized, light, sincere, psychotronic, independent film
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Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts (2015)
Plot Summary:
Gotham City is under siege by a series of bizarre crimes and only the world's greatest detective, Batman, can unravel the mystery! The trail leads to none other than the Penguin and his Animilitia, an animal-inspired squad of villains including Silverback, Cheetah, Killer Croc and the monstrous Man-Bat.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, anime, psychotronic, 2d animation, comic
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Batman: Year One (2011)
Plot Summary:
Two men come to Gotham City: Bruce Wayne after years abroad feeding his lifelong obsession for justice and Jim Gordon after being too honest a cop with the wrong people elsewhere. After learning painful lessons about the city's corruption on its streets and police department respectively, this pair learn how to fight back their own way. With that, Gotham's evildoers from top to bottom are terrorized by the mysterious Batman and the equally heroic Gordon is assigned to catch him by comrades who both hate and fear him themselves. In the ensuing manhunt, both find much in common as the seeds of an unexpected friendship are laid with additional friends and rivals helping to start the legend.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 38000
Genere: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 64 min
Plot tags: stylized, atmospheric, tense, light, exciting, suspenseful, serious, anime, suspense, psychotronic
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Green Lantern: First Flight (2009)
Plot Summary:
Test pilot Hal Jordan finds himself recruited as the newest member of the intergalactic police force, The Green Lantern Corps.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: anime, intense, exciting, suspenseful, stylized, epic, serious, computer animated, light, brutal
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Superman: Brainiac Attacks (2006)
Plot Summary:
Embittered by Superman's heroic successes and soaring popularity, Lex Luthor forms a dangerous alliance with the powerful computer/villain Brainiac. Using advanced weaponry and a special strain of Kryptonite harvested from the far reaches of outer space, Luthor specifically redesigns Brainiac to defeat the Man of Steel.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: exciting, semi serious, captivating, epic, fast, psychotronic, 2d animation
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The Batman Superman Movie: World's Finest (1997)
Plot Summary:
Joker goes to Metropolis with an offer and plan to kill Superman for Lex Luthor while Batman pursues the clown to Superman's turf.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 64 min
Plot tags: stylized, entertaining, witty, suspenseful, exciting, intense, suspense, serious, fast, psychotronic
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Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie (2013)
Plot Summary:
Conan Edogawa sets out to apprehend Lupin the Third, the suspect of stealing a jewel called Cherry Sapphire. A sequel to the TV special “Lupin the Third vs. Detective Conan” (2009).
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, humorous, realistic, stylized, semi serious, hilarious, detective, manga, 2d animation
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Batman: Death in the Family (2020)
Plot Summary:
Tragedy strikes the Batman's life again when Robin Jason Todd tracks down his birth mother only to run afoul of the Joker. An adaptation of the 1988 comic book storyline of the same name.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: exciting, gothic, bleak, suspense, dark, psychotronic, interactive
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Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman (2003)
Plot Summary:
A new vigilante, Batwoman, is wreaking havoc in Gotham City. The dynamic duo must discover her true identity.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: stylized, atmospheric, suspenseful, anime, suspense, detective, epic, serious, fast, surprise ending
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Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
Plot Summary:
An old flame of Bruce Wayne's strolls into town, re-heating up the romance between the two. At the same time, a mass murderer with an axe for one hand begins systematically eliminating Gotham's crime bosses. Due to the person's dark appearance, he is mistaken for Batman. Now on the run, Batman must solve the mystery and deal with the romance between him and Andrea Beaumont.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 55000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Family, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: neo noir, atmospheric, talky, intense, exciting, suspenseful, anime, stylized, suspense, epic
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Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero (1997)
Plot Summary:
When a desperate Mr. Freeze, to save his dying wife, kidnaps Barbara (Batgirl) Gordon as an involuntary organ donor, Batman and Robin must find her before the operation can begin.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, stylized, epic, serious, suspenseful, fast, psychotronic, black comedy, dark comedy
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Batman: Gotham Knight (2008)
Plot Summary:
Explore Bruce Wayne's transition from his beginning as a tormented vigilantee to The Dark Knight of a crumbling metropolis with six distinct chapters but intended to be viewed as a whole.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan, South Korea
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: anthology, anime, stylized, atmospheric, suspenseful, intense, epic, exciting, serious, psychotronic
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Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010)
Plot Summary:
Batman faces his ultimate challenge as the mysterious Red Hood takes Gotham City by firestorm. One part vigilante, one part criminal kingpin, Red Hood begins cleaning up Gotham with the efficiency of Batman, but without following the same ethical code.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 67000
Genere: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, unusual plot structure, intense, serious, exciting, anime, stylized, manga, light, sentimental
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Batman Beyond (1999)
Plot Summary:
20 years after Bruce Wayne hung up his cowl, his secret is discovered by troubled teen Terry McGinnis. After McGinnis' father is murdered by the man who now controls Wayne Enterprises, McGinnis is fitted into a high-tech Bat suit by Bruce Wayne, creating a new hero for a future Gotham.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, adult animation, epic, cyber, exciting, serious, stylized, fast, black comedy, dark comedy
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Superman: The Last Son of Krypton (1996)
Plot Summary:
The last survivor of the dead planet Krypton uses his amazing powers to defend people of his adopted world Earth.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 64 min
Plot tags: epic, anime, exciting, serious, stylized, 2d animation
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Ultimate Avengers: The Movie (2006)
Plot Summary:
When a nuclear missile was fired at Washington in 1945, Captain America managed to detonate it in the upper atmosphere. But then he fell miles into the icy depths of the North Atlantic, where he remained lost for over sixty years. But now, with the world facing the very same evil, Captain America must rise again as our last hope for survival.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: stylized, entertaining, intense, epic, anime, computer animated, exciting, serious, fast, light
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 (2012)
Plot Summary:
Batman has not been seen for ten years. A new breed of criminal ravages Gotham City, forcing 55-year-old Bruce Wayne back into the cape and cowl. But, does he still have what it takes to fight crime in a new era?.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 62000
Genere: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: bleak, stylized, atmospheric, talky, rough, suspenseful, exciting, anime, realistic, epic
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 (2013)
Plot Summary:
Batman has stopped the reign of terror that The Mutants had cast upon his city. Now an old foe wants a reunion and the government wants The Man of Steel to put a stop to Batman.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 56000
Genere: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: suspense, epic, bleak, suspenseful, rough, anime, stylized, adult animation, emotional, saga
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Superman/Batman: Apocalypse (2010)
Plot Summary:
Batman discovers a mysterious teen-aged girl with superhuman powers and a connection to Superman. When the girl comes to the attention of Darkseid, the evil overlord of Apokolips, events take a decidedly dangerous turn.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: entertaining, intense, visually appealing, exciting, serious, suspenseful, anime, tense, melancholic, realistic
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Batman: Assault on Arkham (2014)
Plot Summary:
Based on the hit video game series, Batman must find a bomb planted by the Joker while dealing with a mysterious team of villains called, The Suicide Squad.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: anime, stylized, entertaining, melancholic, witty, intense, exciting, serious, adult animation, perverse
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Superman vs. The Elite (2012)
Plot Summary:
The Man of Steel finds himself outshone by a new team of ruthless superheroes who hold his idealism in contempt.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: light, entertaining, exciting, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, tense, suspense, epic, anime
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Batman: Bad Blood (2016)
Plot Summary:
Bruce Wayne is missing. Alfred covers for him while Nightwing and Robin patrol Gotham City in his stead. And a new player, Batwoman, investigates Batman's disappearance.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: anime, stylized, tense, sincere, captivating, suspense, disturbing, adult animation, neo noir, psychotronic
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Batman and Harley Quinn (2017)
Plot Summary:
Batman and Nightwing are forced to team with the Joker's sometimes-girlfriend Harley Quinn to stop a global threat brought about by Poison Ivy and Jason Woodrue, the Floronic Man.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, gothic, dark, disturbing, stylized, exciting, captivating, suspense, entertaining, anime
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Justice League: Doom (2012)
Plot Summary:
An adaptation of Mark Waid's "Tower of Babel" story from the JLA comic. Vandal Savage steals confidential files Batman has compiled on the members of the Justice League, and learns all their weaknesses.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: light, witty, exciting, serious, suspenseful, anime, epic, adult animation, colorful, sexy
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Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths (2010)
Plot Summary:
A heroic version of Lex Luthor from an alternate universe appears to recruit the Justice League to help save his Earth from the Crime Syndicate, an evil version of the League. What ensues is the ultimate battle of good versus evil in a war that threatens both planets and, through a devious plan launched by Batman's counterpart Owlman, puts the balance of all existence in peril.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: suspense, entertaining, witty, exciting, serious, suspenseful, stylized, epic, anime, computer animated
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Justice League: The New Frontier (2008)
Plot Summary:
The human race is threatened by a powerful creature, and only the combined power of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter and The Flash can stop it. But can they overcome their differences to thwart this enemy using the combined strength of their newly formed Justice League?.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: stylized, light, exciting, serious, anime, intense, epic, computer animated, surprise ending, clever
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Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (2009)
Plot Summary:
United States President Lex Luthor uses the oncoming trajectory of a Kryptonite meteor to frame Superman and declare a $1 billion bounty on the heads of the Man of Steel and his ‘partner in crime’, Batman. Heroes and villains alike launch a relentless pursuit of Superman and Batman, who must unite—and recruit help—to try and stave off the action-packed onslaught, stop the meteor Luthors plot.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 67 min
Plot tags: stylized, anime, atmospheric, talky, exciting, epic, computer animated, adult animation, serious, fast
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Superman: Doomsday (2007)
Plot Summary:
When LexCorps accidentally unleash a murderous creature, Doomsday, Superman meets his greatest challenge as a champion. Based on the "The Death of Superman" storyline that appeared in DC Comics' publications in the 1990s.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: intense, exciting, serious, suspenseful, anime, epic, computer animated, adult animation, surprise ending, psychotronic
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Batman vs. Robin (2015)
Plot Summary:
Damian Wayne is having a hard time coping with his father's "no killing" rule. Meanwhile, Gotham is going through hell with threats such as the insane Dollmaker, and the secretive Court of Owls.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: exciting, anime, suspense, harsh, tense, futuristic, suspenseful, psychotronic, parody, light
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Batman: The Animated Series (1992)
Plot Summary:
Batman: The Animated Series is an American animated television series based on the DC Comics superhero Batman. The series was widely praised for its thematic complexity, dark tone, artistic quality, and faithfulness to its title character's crime-fighting origins.
IMDB Rating: 9.0
IMDB Votes: 114000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Family, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: neo noir, anime, stylized, adult animation, epic, retro, saga, manga, christmas special, action adventure