The Dark Knight
“Some men just want to watch the world burn.”
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.
How The Dark Knight compares
Every figure below is calculated across the whole of The Dark Knight, not taken from this film’s own record.
- #1 of 3
- Rank in the series by rating
- 3 years
- Wait since the previous film
- 43%
- Share of the series audience
The Dark Knight (2008) is the highest-rated of the 3 rated films in The Dark Knight series, at 8.5/10 on TMDB against a series average of 8.0/10.
It arrived 3 years after Batman Begins (2005).
Its 36,708 TMDB ratings are 43% of the 84,823 cast across the series, more than any other film in it.
Computed by Movies in Order from The Movie Database (TMDB) collection data for The Dark Knight, comparing all 3 released films in the series. Last recalculated September 2026.
The Dark Knight
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