15 Batman cartoons that are worth your attention

The best full-length cartoons about Batman

11. Batman: The Killing Joke

Batman: The Killing Joke

• USA, 2016.
• Fantasy, Action, Drama.
• Duration: 72 minutes.
• IMDb: 6.4.

The Joker escapes Arkham Asylum, seriously injures Barbara Gordon, and kidnaps her father. He tries to prove that anyone can go crazy after one bad day. Batman must stop the villain.

In a strange way, this cartoon is called one of the best stories about the famous superhero, and one of the worst. The Killing Joke is an almost verbatim retelling of the legendary comic. The problem is that the original is too short, so the authors of the film adaptation added unnecessary storylines to the beginning. But if you turn on the cartoon from the 30th minute, you can see a great classic story.

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10. Batman: Gotham by Gaslight

Batman: Gotham by Gaslight

• USA, 2018.
• Fantasy, thriller, detective.
• Duration: 78 minutes.
• IMDb: 6.7.

In 1889, Bruce Wayne returns to his native Gotham from a trip to Europe. The city was overwhelmed by a wave of crime, in particular, someone brutally kills people. Batman realizes that he has encountered Jack the Ripper. The hero has to find out who is hiding behind this pseudonym.

The great advantage of this cartoon is that its action takes place in an alternative universe. This allowed, firstly, to show Batman in the atmosphere of the Victorian era. And secondly, to keep the intrigue: in this story, anyone can be a villain.

9. Batman: Quiet!

Batman: Hush

• USA, 2019.
• Fantasy, thriller, detective.
• Duration: 81 minutes.
• IMDb: 6.9.

The mysterious villain Khash, who hides his face under bandages, is not just another criminal. He hunts Batman himself, and uses both the Dark Knight's old enemies and his friends for his own purposes.

Based on the comic book of the same name, the cartoon can be called a crossover, almost all popular heroes appear here. DC universe. But the focus is still on Batman.

8. Batman vs Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Batman vs Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

• USA, 2019.
• Fantasy, Action, Comedy, Adventure.
• Duration: 87 minutes.
• IMDb: 7.1.

The Leg Clan, led by Shredder, is trying to steal a generator from one of Bruce Wayne's businesses. It turns out that the villains have teamed up with Ra's al Ghul. To defeat them, Batman will have to cooperate with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

It is curious that the characters of this cartoon (and the comic book on which it is based) belong to different publishers. But the companies agreed, and as a result, a funny crossover came out.

7. Batman: The Long Halloween. Part 1

Batman: The Long Halloween Part One

• USA, 2021.
• Fantasy, thriller, detective.
• Duration: 85 minutes.
• IMDb: 7.2.

Batman and his faithful comrades must figure out the criminal nicknamed Holiday. A distinctive feature of the villain is that he kills on holidays. And it looks like Holiday is trying to provoke a war between two crime families with his actions.

Like Quiet, this cartoon is based on a comic book by famous screenwriter Jeph Loeb. And in part, it was this story that formed the basis of the new film "Batmanby Matt Reeves.

6. Batman: Year One

Batman: Year One

• USA, 2011.
• Fantasy, thriller, adventure.
• Duration: 64 minutes.
• IMDb: 7.3.

After the death of his parents, Bruce Wayne leaves his native Gotham for several years. Returning, the hero decides that he must personally fight the criminals. At first he makes many mistakes. Meanwhile, Lieutenant Jim Gordon gets a new position and realizes that the local police mired in corruption.

The cartoon is literally a frame-by-frame adaptation of the comic book of the same name by Frank Miller. It is dedicated to the formation of a famous character. And by the way, Christopher Nolan partly focused on Year One when he filmed Batman Begins.

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5. The Lego Movie: Batman

The Lego Batman Movie

• USA, Denmark, Australia, 2017.
• Fantasy, action, adventure, comedy.
• Duration: 104 minutes.
• IMDb: 7.3.

Batman defeated all the villains in Gotham, and the Joker himself went to prison out of sadness. But it turns out that the villains have conceived the most insidious plan: they want to release all the monsters imprisoned there from the phantom zone.

After the release in 2014 of Lego. Movie "many fell in love with a toy Batman. Then the studio decided to show a spin-off about this character. Moreover, characters not only from the DC universe got into this cartoon: there are agents from "matrices”, Sauron from The Lord of the Rings and even far from Doctor Who.

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4. Batman: Assault on Arkham

Batman: Assault on Arkham

• USA, 2014.
• Fantasy, thriller, adventure.
• Duration: 76 minutes.
• IMDb: 7.4.

Amanda Waller sends the Suicide Squad on a mission impossible. They must infiltrate Arkham Asylum and take some secret information from the Riddler that he threatens to release. But Batman is also looking for this criminal in parallel.

At first, the Dark Knight is just one of the characters. But gradually the plot focuses more and more on him. Moreover, fans of games in the DC universe will be pleased that the atmosphere of the cartoon is somewhat reminiscent of Batman: Arkham Knight.

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3. Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

• USA, 1993.
• Fantasy, thriller, adventure.
• Duration: 76 minutes.
• IMDb: 7.8.

Gotham has a new defender of order named Phantasm. Unlike Batman, he just kills criminals, bosses in particular. mafia. The Dark Knight is trying to track down a cruel avenger.

The Mask of the Phantasm is a spin-off of the Batman animated series that aired at the same time. Moreover, the studio believed so much in the success of the full-length version that they even released it in cinemas. Alas, box office fees were not very high, only the release on videocassettes saved it.

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2. The Dark Knight: The Rebirth of a Legend. Part 1

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1

• USA, 2012.
• Fantasy, thriller, adventure.
• Duration: 73 minutes.
• IMDb: 7.9.

The aged Batman has long since retired from hunting down criminals, and the government has banned the activities of all heroes except Superman. But after a gang is on the loose in Gotham and Harvey Dent threatens to blow up two buildings, the Dark Knight puts on his suit again.

Frank Miller has created one of the darkest and most compelling tales of an aged Batman. And the authors of the adaptation simply frame-by-frame transferred the plot to the screen, dividing the original into two parts. The audience especially remembered the scene of the fight between Batman in an iron suit and Superman.

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1. Batman: Under the Hood

Batman: Under the Red Hood

• USA, 2010
• Fantasy, thriller, detective.
• Duration: 75 minutes.
• IMDb: 8.0.

A new criminal appears in Gotham, who is called the Red Hood. He promises mafia clans protection from Batman, but pit the bandits against each other. The Dark Knight soon realizes that the avenger is connected to a tragic event in his past.

The plot of this cartoon directly continues another story about Batman, which is called "Death in the Family". This comic was also filmed, but the animated version was not very successful.

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The best animated series about Batman

4. Batman

The Batman

• United States, 2004–2008.
• Fantasy, thriller, adventure.
• Duration: 5 seasons.
• IMDb: 7.3.

25-year-old Bruce Wayne decides to personally restore order in Gotham. But the police do not approve of his methods of work. As a result, detective Ethan Bennett, a close friend of Bruce, is sent to catch the Bat Man.

This animated series about Batman is developing slowly, here even familiar superheroes and villains are introduced gradually. The Riddler appears only in the second season, Barbara Gordon in the third, and the first Robin even later.

3. Batman: Courage and Boldness

Batman: The Brave and the Bold

• United States, 2008–2011.
• Fantasy, thriller, adventure.
• Duration: 3 seasons.
• IMDb: 7.3.

Batman teams up with various superheroes to finally bring order to everything. A significant part of the action takes place in Gotham, but sometimes the characters get into space and even other worlds.

This animated series is lighter and funnier than other Batman stories. Here, the villains are trying to turn people into monkeys or set toy Santa Clauses on them. And the characters themselves regularly make mistakes and behave funny.

2. Batman of the future

Batman Beyond

• United States, 1998–2000.
• Fantasy, thriller, detective.
• Duration: 3 seasons.
• IMDb: 8.1.

Aged Bruce Wayne decides to retire. But his place is taken by the young man Terry McGinnis. He dons a Batman suit and fights crime in the year 2039, when Gotham has become a futuristic metropolis with flying cars and incredible technology.

The only version of the Batman adventure in this compilation that isn't Bruce Wayne behind the bat mask. The creators of the animated series were afraid that this would scare off fans. But the excellent script and dynamic plot quickly fell in love with the audience.

1. Batman

Batman: The Animated Series

• United States, 1992-1994.
• Fantasy, action.
• Duration: 4 seasons.
• IMDb: 9.0.

Orphan Bruce Wayne, whose parents were killed by a criminal, decides that he will protect his native Gotham from villains. In a bat costume and under the name Batman, the hero helps the police to restore order.

"Batman" in 1992 is one of the most famous and generally recognized successful film adaptations of comics about this superhero. And if the four original seasons are not enough for you, you can watch The New Batman Adventures, which inherits the style of this animated series.

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