The Dark Knight {2008}

Directed by Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer) and considered by many to be the best Batman movie ever. The first-rate cast includes Heath Ledger, who gives a chilling Oscar®-winning performance as the Joker. (“Why so serious?”) Christian Bale stars as millionaire Bruce Wayne, who moonlights as “The Batman,” Gotham City’s masked vigilante (“I’ve seen now what I would have to become to stop men like him…”) Rated PG-13