The best order to watch all the Batman movies in
Over the last 60 years there have been a total of 12 theatrically released movies starring Batman. Of course, with the newest movie in the series just released, it’s important to catch up with the character’s cinematic history and refresh yourself on the Caped Crusader’s adventures. But with so many Batmans, Robins, and villains, it can be dizzying trying to figure out out what order to watch all these movies in. To help you out, we’ve put together a few different watch orders for you to consider.
For our purposes, Justice League (2016) will be replaced by Zack Snyder’s Justice League(because it is significantly better and more interesting)and Batman: Mask of the Phantasm and The Lego Batman Movie will also be included, along with all the Batman live-action films, as they had wide theatrical releases.
All of the most recent movies, starting with Batman Begins, can be streamed on HBO Max, along with the animated titles (for fans of animated Batman movies, check out this list of our favorites). However, for anything older you’ll have to head to Hulu to stream them, and Batman (1966) can be rented, but not streamed with any subscriptions.
This is pretty straight forward. It’s the literal order these movies were released in.
Batman movies have always had a habit of telling very similar stories with the same cast of characters. That’s the purpose of this watch order. It lets you experience all of the different villains and storylines of the last 60 years of Batman movies to see how characters like the Joker, Catwoman, and Penguin have evolved, as well as the different versions of the Caped Crusader. Weirdly enough, the most compelling through line in this watch order might actually be the Robin storyline in the back half of
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