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10 Best Movies Like Batman: The Dark Knight Returns

If you loved Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1

2012★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Batman: The Dark Knight Returns for fans of Animation & Action & Mystery. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

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 ta...

#2
Injustice

Injustice

2021★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Batman: The Dark Knight Returns for fans of Animation & Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

When Lois Lane is killed, an unhinged Superman decides to take control of the Earth. Determined to stop him, Batman creates a team of freedom-fighting heroes. But when superheroes ...

#3
Superman: Unbound

Superman: Unbound

2013★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Batman: The Dark Knight Returns for fans of Animation & Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Superman and Supergirl take on the cybernetic being known as Brainiac, who boasts that he possesses "the knowledge and strength of 10,000 worlds."...

#4
Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay

Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay

2018★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Batman: The Dark Knight Returns for fans of Animation & Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Amanda Waller's top-secret "Task Force X" — consisting of Deadshot, Bronze Tiger, Killer Frost, Captain Boomerang, Harley Quinn, and Copperhead — is on a mission to retrieve a myst...

#5
Shadow Master

Shadow Master

2022★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Batman: The Dark Knight Returns for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

After being slain by a group of criminals, a man is reborn with animal-like superpowers and makes it his mission to right the wrongs of his city....

#6
Once Upon a Deadpool

Once Upon a Deadpool

2018★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Batman: The Dark Knight Returns for fans of Action. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A kidnapped Fred Savage is forced to endure Deadpool's PG-13 rendition of Deadpool 2, as a Princess Bride-esque story that's full of magic, wonder, and zero Fs....

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