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The Dark Knight is a 2008 superhero film directed, co-produced, and co-written by Christopher Nolan. Based on the DC Comics character Batman, the film is the second installment of Nolan's The Dark Knight Trilogy and a sequel to 2005's Batman Begins, starring Christian Bale and supported by Michael Caine, Heath Ledger, Gary Oldman, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Morgan Freeman. In the film, Bruce Wayne / Batman (Bale), Police Lieutenant James Gordon (Oldman) and District Attorney Harvey Dent (Eckhart) form an alliance to dismantle organized crime in Gotham City, but are menaced by an anarchistic mastermind known as the Joker (Ledger), who seeks to undermine Batman's influence and throw the city into chaos.

Nolan's inspiration for the film was the Joker's comic book debut in 1940, the 1988 graphic novel The Killing Joke, and the 1996 series The Long Halloween, which retold Harvey Dent's origin. The "Dark Knight" nickname was first applied to Batman in Batman #1 (1940), in a story written by Bill Finger. The Dark Knight was filmed primarily in Chicago, as well as in several other locations in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Hong Kong. The film was the first mainstream feature to partially utilize IMAX 70 mm cameras, with Nolan using them for 28 minutes of the film, including the Joker's first appearance. Warner Bros. initially created a viral marketing campaign for The Dark Knight, developing promotional websites and trailers highlighting screenshots of Ledger as the Joker. Ledger died on January 22, 2008, some months after he completed filming and six months before the film's release from a toxic combination of prescription drugs, leading to intense attention from the press and movie-going public.

Considered one of the best films of its decade and one of the greatest and most influential films of all time, the film received critical acclaim for its screenplay, visual style, musical score, stunts, mature themes, performances (particularly Ledger's), cinematography, action sequences and direction. The film also set numerous records during its theatrical run. The Dark Knight appeared on 287 critics' top-ten lists, more than any other film of 2008 with the exception of WALL-E, and more critics (77) named The Dark Knight the best film released that year. With over $1 billion in revenue worldwide, it became the fourth-highest-grossing film at the time, and highest-grossing film of 2008; it also set the record for highest-grossing domestic opening with $158 million, a record it held for three years. At the 81st Academy Awards, the film received eight nominations; it won the award for Best Sound Editing and Ledger was posthumously awarded Best Supporting Actor. In 2020, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant", becoming the second superhero film after Superman (1978) to earn the honor. The Dark Knight Rises, the final film in the trilogy, was released in 2012.

Plot[]

A gang of criminals rob a Gotham City mob bank; the Joker manipulates them into murdering each other for a higher share until only he remains and escapes with the money. Batman, District Attorney Harvey Dent and Lieutenant Jim Gordon form an alliance to rid Gotham of organized crime. Bruce Wayne is impressed with Dent's idealism and offers to support his career; he believes that, with Dent as Gotham's protector, he can give up being Batman and lead a normal life with Rachel Dawes—even though she and Dent are dating.

Mob bosses Sal Maroni, Gambol, and the Chechen hold a videoconference with their corrupt accountant, Lau, who has hidden their funds for safekeeping and fled to Hong Kong. The Joker warns them that Batman is unhindered by the law, and offers to kill him in exchange for half their money. After Joker kills Gambol and takes over his gang, the mob accepts his offer.

Batman finds Lau and brings him back to Gotham to testify, allowing Dent to apprehend the entire mob. The Joker threatens a string of murders unless Batman reveals his identity, and starts by killing Police Commissioner Gillian B. Loeb and Judge Surrillo. He targets the mayor but Gordon sacrifices himself to stop the assassination. Rachel is the next target.

Bruce plans to reveal his identity to stop the murders but Dent, refusing to allow him to do so, announces that he is Batman instead. Dent is taken into custody and the Joker attacks the convoy. Batman and Gordon, who faked his death, rescue Dent and apprehend the Joker. Rachel and Dent are kidnapped and the Joker reveals that they are in separate locations rigged with explosives. Batman races to save Rachel while Gordon attempts to rescue Dent. Batman realizes too late that the Joker sent him to Dent's location instead. Both buildings explode, killing Rachel and disfiguring half of Dent's face. The Joker escapes with Lau, whom he kills along with the Chechen.

Coleman Reese, an accountant at Wayne Enterprises, deduces that Bruce is Batman and tries to go public with the information. Not wanting Reese's revelation to interfere with his plans, the Joker threatens to destroy a hospital unless Reese is killed within the hour. The Joker convinces a disillusioned Dent to seek revenge for Rachel's death, then destroys the hospital. Dent goes on a killing spree as the vigilante Two-Face, targeting those he holds responsible for Rachel's death.

After announcing Gotham will be subject to his rule come nightfall, the Joker rigs two ferries with explosives, one containing civilians and the other prisoners. He threatens to blow them both up but will let one ferry live if its passengers blow up the other. Batman finds the Joker by exploiting the sonar capabilities of all the phones in the city. The civilians and the prisoners refuse to kill each other, proving that Gotham still has hope in good. As SWAT takes the Joker into custody, he gloats that Gotham's citizens will lose hope once the admired Dent's rampage becomes public knowledge.

Gordon and Batman encounter Two-Face, who has held Gordon's family as hostages. Two-Face shoots Batman and threatens to kill Gordon's son, claiming that Gordon's negligence is responsible for Rachel's death. Batman tackles Two-Face off the building to his death. He persuades Gordon to hold him responsible for Dent's killing spree to preserve Dent's heroic image, believing Dent is the hero Gotham needs right now. Dent is hailed as a hero and the police launch a manhunt for Batman, with Gordon unwillingly destroying the Bat-signal.

Cast[]

  • Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne / Batman:
A billionaire socialite who, after witnessing his parents' death in a mugging at age 8, travels the world for seven years before returning home to operate as a bat-masked vigilante hailed as Gotham City's "Dark Knight", using fear against the city's criminal underworld at night. Bale said he was confident in his choice to return in the role because of the positive response to his portrayal in Batman Begins. He continued training in the Keysi Fighting Method and performed many of his own stunts, but did not gain as much muscle as in the previous film because the new Batsuit allowed him to move with greater agility. Bale described Batman's dilemma as whether "[his crusade is] something that has an end. Can he quit and have an ordinary life? The kind of manic intensity someone has to have to maintain the passion and the anger that they felt as a child, takes an effort after a while, to keep doing that. At some point, you have to exorcise your demons." He added, "Now you have not just a young man in pain attempting to find some kind of an answer, you have somebody who actually has power, who is burdened by that power, and is having to recognize the difference between attaining that power and holding on to it." Bale felt Batman's personality had been strongly established in the first film, so it was unlikely his character would be overshadowed by the villains, stating: "I have no problem with competing with someone else. And that's going to make a better movie."
  • Michael Caine as Alfred Pennyworth:
Bruce's trusted butler and confidant, who supplies useful advice to Bruce and likeness as a father figure, leading him to be labeled "Batman's batman".
  • Heath Ledger as the Joker:
A psychopathic illegalist mastermind portraying himself as an "agent of chaos", who rises from the criminal underworld by thrusting Gotham into anarchy and drawing Batman ever closer to crossing the fine line between heroism and vigilantism. Before Ledger was cast in July 2006, Paul Bettany, Lachy Hulme, Adrien Brody, Steve Carell, and Robin Williams publicly expressed interest in it. However, Nolan had wanted to work with Ledger on a number of projects in the past (including unsuccessfully approaching Ledger for the role of Batman in Batman Begins) and was agreeable to Ledger's chaotic interpretation of the character. When Ledger saw Batman Begins, he had realized a way to make the character work that was consistent with the film's tone: he described his Joker as a "psychopathic, mass murdering, schizophrenic clown with zero empathy". In the film, the Joker has a Glasgow smile, and his trademark chalk-white skin and red lips are makeup rather than the result of chemical bleaching, as in the traditional portrayal of the character. Throughout the film, the Joker states his desire to upset social order through crime, and comes to define himself by his conflict with Batman. To prepare for the role, Ledger lived alone in a hotel room for a month, formulating the character's posture, voice, and personality, and kept a diary, in which he recorded the Joker's thoughts and feelings. While he initially found it difficult, Ledger eventually generated a voice unlike Jack Nicholson's character in Tim Burton's 1989 Batman film. He was also given Batman: The Killing Joke and Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth, which he "really tried to read and put it down". Ledger also cited A Clockwork Orange and Sid Vicious as "a very early starting point for Christian [Bale] and I. But we kind of flew far away from that pretty quickly and into another world altogether." "There's a bit of everything in him. There's nothing that consistent", Ledger said, and added, "There are a few more surprises to him." Ledger was allowed to shoot and mostly direct the videos the Joker sends out as warnings. Each take Ledger made was different from the last. Nolan was impressed enough with the first video shoot that he chose to not be present when Ledger shot the video with a kidnapped reporter (Anthony Michael Hall). On January 22, 2008, after he had completed filming The Dark Knight, Ledger died of an accidental prescription drug overdose, leading to intense press attention and memorial tributes. "It was tremendously emotional, right when he passed, having to go back in and look at him every day [during editing]", Nolan recalled. "But the truth is, I feel very lucky to have something productive to do, to have a performance that he was very, very proud of, and that he had entrusted to me to finish." All of Ledger's scenes appear as he completed them in the filming; in editing the film, Nolan added no "digital effects" to alter Ledger's actual performance posthumously. Nolan dedicated the film in part to Ledger's memory.
  • Gary Oldman as James Gordon:
A lieutenant in the Gotham City Police Department and one of the city's few honest police officers, who forms a tenuous, unofficial alliance with Batman and Dent and is given the position of Police Commissioner by the city's mayor following the recent commissioner's assassination. Oldman described his character as "incorruptible, virtuous, strong, heroic, but understated". Nolan explained, "The Long Halloween has a great, triangular relationship between Harvey Dent and Gordon and Batman, and that's something we very much drew from." Oldman added that "Gordon has a great deal of admiration for him at the end, but [Batman] is more than ever now the dark knight, the outsider. I'm intrigued now to see: If there is a third one, what he's going to do?" On the possibility of another sequel, he said that "returning to [the role] is not dependent on whether the role was bigger than the one before".
  • Aaron Eckhart as Harvey Dent / Two-Face:
The district attorney hailed as Gotham's "White Knight", whose campaign against the criminal underworld leaves half of his face disfigured, turning him into a murderer with a split-personality bent on revenge. Nolan and David S. Goyer had originally considered using Dent in Batman Begins, but they replaced him with the new character Rachel Dawes when they realized they "couldn't do him justice". Before Eckhart was cast in February 2007, Liev Schreiber, Josh Lucas, and Ryan Phillippe had expressed interest in the role, while Mark Ruffalo auditioned. Matt Damon stated that he was considered for the role, but could not accept due to scheduling conflicts. Hugh Jackman was also considered for the part. Nolan chose Eckhart, whom he had considered for the lead role in Memento, citing his "extraordinary" ability as an actor, his embodiment of "that kind of chiselled, American hero quality" projected by Robert Redford, and his subtextual "edge". Eckhart was "interested in good guys gone wrong", and had played corrupt men in films such as The Black Dahlia, Thank You for Smoking, and In the Company of Men. Whereas Dent is depicted as a crime boss in most characterizations, Nolan chose to portray him as a twisted vigilante to emphasize his role as Batman's counterpart. Eckhart explained, "[He] is still true to himself. He's a crime fighter, he's not killing good people. He's not a bad guy, not purely." For Dent, Eckhart "kept on thinking about the Kennedys", particularly Robert F. Kennedy, who was "idealistic, held a grudge and took on the Mob". He had his hair lightened and styled to make him appear more dashing. Nolan told Eckhart to not make Dent's criminal persona "jokey with slurping sounds or ticks".
  • Maggie Gyllenhaal as Rachel Dawes:
Gotham City's assistant district attorney and Bruce's childhood friend, who is one of the few people who knows Batman's true identity. Gyllenhaal took over the role from Katie Holmes, who played the part in Batman Begins. In August 2005, Holmes was reportedly planning to reprise the role, but she eventually turned it down to film Mad Money with Diane Keaton and Queen Latifah. By March 2007, Gyllenhaal was in "final talks" for the part. Gyllenhaal has acknowledged her character is a damsel in distress to an extent, but says Nolan sought ways to empower her character, so "Rachel's really clear about what's important to her and unwilling to compromise her morals, which made a nice change" from the many conflicted characters whom she has previously portrayed.
  • Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox:
The recently promoted CEO of Wayne Enterprises who, now fully aware of his employer's double life, serves more directly as Bruce's armorer for the Batsuit in addition to his corporate duties.

Monique Gabriela Curnen and Ron Dean portray Anna Ramirez and Michael Wuertz respectively, corrupt detectives in Gordon's unit. Nestor Carbonell appears as Anthony Garcia, the mayor of Gotham. Chin Han portrays Lau, a corrupt Chinese LSI Holdings accountant Triad boss. Eric Roberts plays Sal Maroni, an Italian mafia boss who takes over Carmine Falcone's mob, and Ritchie Coster portrays the Chechen, a Chechen mafia boss in charge of drug-trafficking for the mob. Anthony Michael Hall appears as Mike Engel, a Gotham Cable News reporter, and Keith Szarabajka portrays Gerard Stephens, a detective in Gordon's unit. Joshua Harto plays Coleman Reese, an M&A law accountant at Wayne Enterprises who deduces Bruce's persona of Batman from Fox and plans to reveal it to Gotham. Melinda McGraw appears as Barbara Gordon, Gordon's wife, while Nathan Gamble appears as James Gordon Jr., Gordon's ten-year-old son. Michael Jai White portrays Gambol, an African American mafia boss in charge of illegal gambling and extortion for the mob. Colin McFarlane reprises his role as Gillian B. Loeb, the Police Commissioner of Gotham.

The film's supporting cast includes Nydia Rodriguez Terracina as Judge Janet Surrillo, and Tom "Tiny" Lister Jr. as a prison inmate on one of the bomb-rigged ferries. Vincenzo Nicoli played a crime boss in the meeting that had been held by the Joker and Lau. William Fichtner played the Gotham National Bank manager, and Cillian Murphy returns in a cameo as Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow, who is apprehended early on in the film by Batman.

Musician Dwight Yoakam was approached for the roles of either the manager or a corrupt cop, but he chose instead to focus on his album Dwight Sings Buck. United States Senator Patrick Leahy—a fan of Batman comics who was previously an extra in the 1997 film Batman & Robin and also was a guest voice actor on Batman: The Animated Series—appears as a guest at Bruce Wayne's party. Matt Skiba, co-lead vocalist and guitarist of the bands Alkaline Trio and Blink-182, made a small appearance in the film. David Dastmalchian appears as Thomas Schiff, a paranoid schizophrenic from Arkham Asylum who joins the Joker's gang, but gets captured and held at gunpoint by Dent after posing as an Honor Guard at Loeb's funeral alongside the Joker himself.

Production[]

Development[]

Before the release of Batman Begins, screenwriter David S. Goyer wrote a treatment for two sequels which introduced the Joker and Harvey Dent. His original intent was for the Joker to scar Dent during the Joker's trial in the third film, turning Dent into the supervillain Two-Face. Goyer, who penned the first draft of the film, cited the DC Comics 13-issue comic book limited series Batman: The Long Halloween as the major influence on his storyline. According to veteran Batman artist Neal Adams, he met with David Goyer in Los Angeles, and the story would eventually look to Adams and writer Denny O'Neil's 1971 story "The Joker's Five-Way Revenge" that appeared in Batman #251, in which O'Neil and Adams re-introduced the Joker. While initially uncertain of whether or not he would return to direct the sequel, Nolan did want to reinterpret the Joker on screen. On July 31, 2006, Warner Bros. officially announced initiation of production for the sequel to Batman Begins titled The Dark Knight; it is the first live-action Batman film without the word "Batman" in its title, which Bale noted as signaling that "this take on Batman of mine and Chris' is very different from any of the others".

After much research, Nolan's brother and co-writer, Jonathan Nolan, suggested the Joker's first two appearances, published in the first issue of Batman (1940), as the crucial influences. Christopher had Jonathan watch Fritz Lang's 1933 crime film The Testament of Dr. Mabuse prior to writing the Joker, with the Joker resembling Mabuse's characteristics. Christopher Nolan referred to Lang's film as "essential research for anyone attempting to write a supervillain". Jerry Robinson, one of the Joker's co-creators, was consulted on the character's portrayal. Nolan decided to avoid divulging an in-depth origin story for the Joker, and instead portray his rise to power so as to not diminish the threat he poses, explaining to MTV News, "the Joker we meet in The Dark Knight is fully formed ... To me, the Joker is an absolute. There are no shades of gray to him—maybe shades of purple. He's unbelievably dark. He bursts in just as he did in the comics." Nolan reiterated to IGN, "We never wanted to do an origin story for the Joker in this film", because "the arc of the story is much more Harvey Dent's; the Joker is presented as an absolute. It's a very thrilling element in the film, and a very important element, but we wanted to deal with the rise of the Joker, not the origin of the Joker." Nolan suggested Batman: The Killing Joke influenced a section of the Joker's dialogue in the film, in which he says that anyone can become like him given the right circumstances. Nolan also cited Heat as "sort of an inspiration" for his aim "to tell a very large, city story or the story of a city": "If you want to take on Gotham, you want to give Gotham a kind of weight and breadth and depth in there. So you wind up dealing with the political figures, the media figures. That's part of the whole fabric of how a city is bound together."

According to Nolan, an important theme of the sequel is "escalation", extending the ending of Batman Begins, noting "things having to get worse before they get better". While indicating The Dark Knight would continue the themes of Batman Begins, including justice vs. revenge and Bruce Wayne's issues with his father, Nolan emphasized the sequel would also portray Wayne more as a detective, an aspect of his character not fully developed in Batman Begins. Nolan described the friendly rivalry between Bruce Wayne and Harvey Dent as the "backbone" of the film. He also chose to compress the overall storyline, allowing him to develop Dent into a criminal in The Dark Knight, thus giving the film an emotional arc the unsympathetic Joker could not offer. Nolan acknowledged the title was not only a reference to Batman, but also the fallen "white knight" Harvey Dent.

During rehearsals, Nolan and cast members were mesmerised by Heath Ledger's interpretation of the Joker. Aaron Eckhart recalled, "Chris looked at me and he said, 'Heath is doing something special.' And we all felt that way... When you have Gary Oldman, who's one of our greatest actors, and he's in awe of what Heath was doing, it showed what a performance Heath was giving."

Filming[]

While scouting for shooting locations in October 2006, location manager Robin Higgs visited Liverpool, concentrating mainly along the city's waterfront. Other candidates included Yorkshire, Glasgow, and parts of London. In August 2006, one of the film's producers, Charles Roven, stated that its principal photography would begin in March 2007, but filming was pushed back to April. For its release in IMAX theaters, Nolan shot four major sequences in that format, including the Joker's opening bank robbery and the car chase midway through the film, which marked the first time that a feature film had been even partially shot in the format. Additionally, it was also the first Batman film to use 70 mm film stock. The cameras used for non-IMAX 35 mm scenes were Panavision's Panaflex Millennium XL and Platinum.

For fifteen years Nolan had wanted to shoot in the IMAX format, and he also used it for "quiet scenes which pictorially we thought would be interesting". The use of IMAX cameras provided many new challenges for the filmmakers: the cameras were much larger and heavier than standard cameras, and produced noise which made recording dialogue difficult. In addition, the cameras had short film loads ranging from 30 seconds to two minutes and the cost of the film stock was much greater than standard 35 mm film. Nevertheless, Nolan said that he wished that it were possible to shoot the entire film in IMAX: "if you could take an IMAX camera to Mount Everest or outer space, you could use it in a feature movie." In addition, Nolan chose to edit some of the IMAX sequences using the original camera negative, which by eliminating generation loss, raised the film resolution of those sequences up to 18,000 lines.

Warner Bros. chose to film in Chicago for 13 weeks, because Nolan had a "truly remarkable experience" filming part of Batman Begins there. Instead of using the Chicago Board of Trade Building as the location for the headquarters of Wayne Enterprises, as Batman Begins did, The Dark Knight shows Wayne Enterprises as being headquartered in the Richard J. Daley Center. While filming in Chicago, the film was given the false title Rory's First Kiss to lower the visibility of production, but the local media eventually uncovered the ruse. Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times commented on the absurdity of the technique, "Is there a Bat-fan in the world that doesn't know Rory's First Kiss is actually The Dark Knight, which has been filming in Chicago for weeks?" Production of The Dark Knight in Chicago generated $45 million in the city's economy and created thousands of jobs. For the film's prologue involving the Joker, the crew shot in Chicago from April 18, 2007, to April 24, 2007. They returned to shoot from June 9, 2007, to early September. Noticeably, unlike Batman Begins, less CGI was used to disguise Chicago. Many recognizable locations were used in the film, like the Sears Tower, Navy Pier, 330 North Wabash, the James R. Thompson Center, Trump International Hotel and Tower (which was still incomplete at the time of the film's release), LaSalle Street, The Berghoff, Randolph Street Station, and Hotel 71. An old Brach's factory was used as Gotham Hospital. The defunct Van Buren Street post office doubles as Gotham National Bank for the opening bank robbery. Several sequences, including one car chase, were shot on the lower level of Wacker Drive. The Marina City towers also appear in the background throughout the movie.

Pinewood Studios, near London, was the primary studio space used for the production. While planning a stunt with the Batmobile in a special effects facility near Chertsey, England, in September 2007, technician Conway Wickliffe was killed when his car crashed. The film is dedicated to both Ledger and Wickliffe. The restaurant scene was filmed at the Criterion Restaurant in Piccadilly Circus, London.

The following month in London at the defunct Battersea Power Station, a rigged 200-foot fireball was filmed, reportedly for an opening sequence, prompting calls from local residents who feared a terrorist attack on the station. A similar incident occurred during the filming in Chicago, when an abandoned Brach's candy factory (which was Gotham Hospital in the film) was demolished.

Filming took place in Hong Kong from November 6 to 11, 2007, at various locations in Central, including Hong Kong's tallest building at the time, the International Finance Centre, for the scene where Batman captures Lau. Filming also took place on the Central to Mid-Levels covered escalator. The shoot hired helicopters and C-130 aircraft. Officials expressed concern over possible noise pollution and traffic. In response, letters sent to the city's residents promised that the sound level would approximate noise decibels made by buses. Environmentalists also criticized the filmmakers' request to tenants of the waterfront skyscrapers to keep their lights on all night to enhance the cinematography, describing it as a waste of energy. Cinematographer Wally Pfister found the Chinese government officials —who wanted to limit helicopter activity over the city— a "nightmare", and ultimately Nolan had to create Batman's jump from a skyscraper digitally.

Design[]

Effects[]

The film introduces the Batpod, which is a recreation of the Batcycle. Production designer Nathan Crowley, who designed the Tumbler for Batman Begins, designed six models (built by special effects supervisor Chris Corbould) for use in the film's production, because of necessary crash scenes and possible accidents. Crowley built a prototype in Nolan's garage, before six months of safety tests were conducted. The Batpod is steered by shoulder instead of hand, and the rider's arms are protected by sleeve-like shields. The bike has 508-millimeter (20-inch) front and rear tires, and is made to appear as if it is armed with grappling hooks, cannons, and machine guns. The engines are located in the hubs of the wheels, which are set 3½ feet (1,067 mm) apart on either side of the tank. The rider lies belly down on the tank, which can move up and down to dodge any incoming gunfire that Batman may encounter. Stuntman Jean-Pierre Goy doubled for Christian Bale during the riding sequences in The Dark Knight. The Batpod was highly unstable for riding, and Goy was the only stuntman who could manage to balance the bike, even commenting that he had to "nearly un-learn how to ride a motorcycle" to manage riding the Batpod. Bale did insist on doing shots on the Batpod himself, but was prohibited by the team fearing his safety.

Nolan designed Dent's scarred appearance in the film as one of the least disturbing, explaining, "When we looked at less extreme versions of it, they were too real and more horrifying. When you look at a film like Pirates of the Caribbean—something like that, there's something about a very fanciful, very detailed visual effect, that I think is more powerful and less repulsive." Framestore created 120 computer-generated shots of Dent's visage. Nolan felt using make-up would look unrealistic, as it adds to the face, unlike real burn victims. Framestore acknowledged they rearranged the positions of bones, muscles and joints to make the character look more dramatic. For each shot, three 720-pixel HD cameras were set up at different angles on set to fully capture Aaron Eckhart's performance. Eckhart wore markers on his face and a prosthetic skullcap, which acted as a lighting reference. A few shots of the skullcap were kept in the film. Framestore also integrated shots of Bale and Eckhart into that of the exploding building where Dent is burned. It was difficult simulating fire on Eckhart because it is inherently unrealistic for only half of something to burn.

Costumes[]

Costume designer Lindy Hemming described the Joker's look as reflecting his personality, in that "he doesn't care about himself at all"; she avoided designing him as a vagrant, but still made him appear to be "scruffier, grungier", so that "when you see him move, he's slightly twitchier or edgy". Nolan noted, "We gave a Francis Bacon spin to [his face]. This corruption, this decay in the texture of the look itself. It's grubby. You can almost imagine what he smells like." In creating the "anarchical" look of the Joker, Hemming drew inspiration from such countercultural pop culture artists as Pete Doherty, Iggy Pop, and Johnny Rotten. Ledger described his "clown" mask, made up of three pieces of stamped silicone, as a "new technology", taking less than an hour for the make-up artists to apply, much faster than more-conventional prosthetics usually requires. Ledger also said that he felt he was barely wearing any make-up.

Hemming and Ledger's Joker design has had an impact in popular and political culture in the form of the Barack Obama "Joker" poster, and has since become a meme in its own right.

Designers improved on the design of the Batsuit from Batman Begins, adding wide elastic banding to help bind the costume to Bale, and suggest more sophisticated technology. It was constructed from 200 individual pieces of rubber, fiberglass, metallic mesh, and nylon. The new cowl was modeled after a motorcycle helmet and separated from the neck piece, allowing Bale to turn his head left and right and nod up and down. The cowl is equipped to show white lenses over the eyes when the character turns on his sonar detection, which gives Batman the white-eyed look from the comics and animation. The gauntlets have retractable razors which can be fired. Though the new costume is eight pounds heavier, Bale found it more comfortable and not as hot to wear. The depiction of Gotham City is less gritty than in Batman Begins. "I've tried to unclutter the Gotham we created on the last film", said production designer Nathan Crowley. "Gotham is in chaos. We keep blowing up stuff, so we can keep our images clean."

Music[]

Batman Begins composers Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard returned to score the sequel. Composition began before shooting, and during filming Nolan received an iPod with ten hours of recordings. Their nine-minute suite for the Joker, "Why So Serious?", is based around two notes. Zimmer compared its style to that of Kraftwerk, a band from his native Germany, as well as bands like the Damned. When Ledger died, Zimmer felt like scrapping and composing a new theme, but decided that he could not be sentimental and compromise the "evil [Ledger's performance] projects". Howard composed Dent's "elegant and beautiful" themes, which are brass-focused.

As Zimmer clarified, the main theme of the film (just like Batman Begins and later The Dark Knight Rises) consists in just two notes repeated, representing Batman's pain and guilt. Many times is also reprised in small parts "Molossus", Batman's main action theme in the trilogy.

Marketing[]

In May 2007, 42 Entertainment began a viral marketing campaign utilizing the film's "Why So Serious?" tagline with the launch of a website featuring the fictional political campaign of Harvey Dent, with the caption, "I Believe in Harvey Dent". The site aimed to interest fans by having them try to earn what they wanted to see and, on behalf of Warner Bros., 42 Entertainment also established a "vandalized" version of I Believe in Harvey Dent, called "I believe in Harvey Dent too", where e-mails sent by fans slowly removed pixels, revealing the first official image of the Joker; it was ultimately replaced with many "Haha"s and a hidden message that said "see you in December".

During the 2007 San Diego Comic-Con International, 42 Entertainment launched WhySoSerious.com, sending fans on a scavenger hunt to unlock a teaser trailer and a new photo of the Joker. On October 31, 2007, the film's website morphed into another scavenger hunt with hidden messages, instructing fans to uncover clues at certain locations in major cities throughout the United States, and to take photographs of their discoveries. The clues combined to reveal a new photograph of the Joker and an audio clip of him from the film saying "And tonight, you're gonna break your one rule." Completing the scavenger hunt also led to another website called Rory's Death Kiss (referencing the false working title of Rory's First Kiss), where fans could submit photographs of themselves costumed as the Joker. Those who sent photos were mailed a copy of a fictional newspaper called The Gotham Times, whose electronic version led to the discovery of numerous other websites.

The Dark Knight's opening sequence (showing a bank raid by the Joker), and closing montage of other scenes from the film, was screened with selected IMAX screenings of I Am Legend, which was released on December 14, 2007. A theatrical teaser was also released with non-IMAX showings of I Am Legend, and also on the official website. The sequence was released on the Blu-ray Disc edition of Batman Begins on July 8, 2008. Also on July 8, 2008, the studio released Batman: Gotham Knight, a direct-to-DVD animated film, set between Batman Begins and The Dark Knight and featuring six original stories, directed by Bruce Timm, co-creator and producer of Batman: The Animated Series, and starring veteran Batman voice actor Kevin Conroy. Each of these segments, written by Josh Olson, David S. Goyer, Brian Azzarello, Greg Rucka, Jordan Goldberg, and Alan Burnett, presents its own distinctive artistic style, paralleling numerous artists collaborating in the same DC Universe.

After the death of Heath Ledger on January 22, 2008, Warner Bros. adjusted its promotional focus on the Joker, revising some of its websites dedicated to promoting the film and posting a memorial tribute to Ledger on the film's official website and overlaying a black memorial ribbon on the photo collage in WhySoSerious.com. On February 29, 2008, I Believe in Harvey Dent was updated to enable fans to send their e-mail addresses and phone numbers. In March 2008, Harvey Dent's fictional campaign informed fans that actual campaign buses nicknamed "Dentmobiles" would tour various cities to promote Dent's candidacy for district attorney.

On May 15, 2008, Six Flags Great America and Six Flags Great Adventure theme parks opened The Dark Knight Coaster roller coaster, which cost US$7.5 million to develop and which simulates being stalked by the Joker. Mattel produced toys and games for The Dark Knight, action figures, role-play costumes, board games, puzzles, and a special-edition UNO card game, which began commercial distribution in June 2008.

Warner Bros. devoted six months to an anti-infringement strategy that involved tracking the people who had a pre-release copy of the film at any one time. Shipping and delivery schedules were also staggered and spot checks were carried out both domestically and overseas to ensure illegal copying of the film was not taking place in cinemas. An unlicensed copy was released on the web about 38 hours after the film's release. BitTorrent search engine The Pirate Bay taunted the movie industry over its ability to provide the movie free, replacing its logo with a taunting message.

Pandemic Studios was developing a tie-in video game adaptation, Batman: The Dark Knight. However, its development faced a series of disruptions and was canceled before completion.

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1925: The Bridge of SighsThe Narrow StreetOn Thin IceA Broadway ButterflyRecompenseMy Wife and IThe Man Without a ConscienceEve's LoverTracked in the Snow CountryHow Baxter Butted InKiss Me AgainThe Woman HaterThe Limited MailThe Wife Who Wasn't WantedHis Majesty, Bunker BeanBelow the LineThe Man on the BoxCompromiseBobbed HairRed Hot TiresSeven SinnersSatan in SablesRose of the WorldThe Clash of the WolvesThree Weeks in ParisHogan's AlleyPleasure BuyersLady Windermere's Fan
1926: The Fighting EdgeHis Jazz BrideThe Sea BeastThe Man UpstairsThe Golden CocoonThe CavemanThe Love ToyBride of the StormThe Night CryWhy Girls Go Back HomeThe Little Irish GirlOh! What a Nurse!The Gilded HighwayOther Women's HusbandsThe SapHell-Bent for HeavenSilken ShacklesThe Social HighwaymanFootloose WidowsThe Passionate QuestA Hero of the Big SnowsSo This Is ParisDon JuanBroken Hearts of HollywoodThe Honeymoon ExpressMillionairesAcross the PacificMy Official WifeThe Better 'OlePrivate Izzy MurphyWhile London SleepsThe Third Degree
1927: Finger PrintsWolf's ClothingThe Fortune HunterDon't Tell the WifeHills of KentuckyThe Gay Old BirdWhite FlannelsWhat Every Girl Should KnowMatinee LadiesBitter ApplesThe BruteTracked by the PoliceThe ClimbersIrish HeartsThe Missing LinkA Million BidSimple SisThe Black Diamond ExpressDearieWhat Happened to Father?The Heart of MarylandThe Bush LeaguerWhen a Man LovesThe Desired WomanSlightly UsedOld San FranciscoJaws of SteelOne-Round HoganThe First AutoA Sailor's SweetheartThe Jazz SingerSailor Izzy MurphyThe College WidowA Reno DivorceA Dog of the RegimentGood Time CharleyThe Silver SlaveThe Girl from ChicagoGinsberg the GreatBrass KnucklesIf I Were SingleHam and Eggs at the FrontHusbands for Rent
1928: Beware of Married MenA Race for LifeThe Little SnobAcross the AtlanticPowder My BackTenderloinDomestic TroublesThe Crimson CityRinty of the DesertGlorious BetsyPay as You EnterThe Lion And The MouseFive and Ten Cent AnnieLights of New YorkWomen They Talk AboutCaught in the FogState Street SadieThe Midnight TaxiThe TerrorNight WatchWaterfrontThe Singing FoolShow GirlDo Your DutyLand of the Silver FoxLilac TimeBeware of BachelorsNoah's ArkThe Home TownersThe Haunted HouseOutcastOn TrialAdorationThe Little WildcatThe BarkerMy ManConquestThe Ware Case
1929: Synthetic SinCheyenneScarlet SeasFancy BaggageSeven Footprints to SatanStark MadHis Captive WomanThe Greyhound LimitedThe Million Dollar CollarWeary RiverThe Redeeming SinThe Lawless LegionThe Royal RiderStolen KissesWhy Be Good?Children of the RitzSaturday's ChildrenOne Stolen NightKid GlovesQueen of the Night ClubsLove and the DevilHardboiled RoseThe Divine LadyNo DefenseThe Desert SongSonny BoyFrozen RiverFrom HeadquartersHouse of HorrorGlad Rag DollHot StuffThe SquallTwo Weeks OffPrisonersThe Flying ScotsmanCareersMadonna of Avenue AThe Girl in the Glass CageThe GamblersBroadway BabiesThe Man and the MomentThe Time, The Place And The GirlOn with the ShowTwin BedsDragSmiling Irish EyesHard to GetThe HottentotDark StreetsThe Argyle CaseSay It with SongsHer Private LifeGold Diggers of BroadwayHonky TonkIn the HeadlinesFast LifeSkin DeepHearts in ExileThe Careless AgeThe Great DivideA Most Immoral LadyThe Isle of Lost ShipsSo Long LettyIs Everybody Happy?Young NowheresThe Girl from Woolworth'sDisraeliParisFootlights and FoolsThe SapThe Forward PassLittle Johnny JonesThe Sacred FlameThe Painted AngelEvidenceThe Love RacketThe AviatorTiger RoseThe Show of ShowsWedding Rings

1930s
1930: Second ChoiceLilies of the FieldSallyPlaying AroundGeneral CrackIn the Next RoomWide OpenLoose AnklesThe Other TomorrowShe Couldn't Say NoNo, No, NanetteIsle of EscapeStrictly ModernThe Green GoddessSon of the GodsSong of the WestOn the BorderThe FuriesUnder a Texas MoonMurder Will OutSpring Is HereThose Who DanceShowgirl in HollywoodThe Second Floor MysteryHold EverythingA Notorious AffairThe Man HunterDumbbells in ErmineThe Flirting WidowThe Man from Blankley'sSong of the FlameMammyBack PayCourageRough WatersGolden DawnSweethearts and WivesBride of the RegimentSweet MamaRecaptured LoveRoad to ParadiseSweet Kitty BellairsDancing SweetiesThree Faces EastThe Matrimonial BedNumbered MenThe Dawn PatrolOh Sailor BehaveThe Office WifeTop SpeedThe Way of All MenBig Boy (film)Moby DickThe Bad ManBright LightsOld EnglishScarlet PagesMaybe It's LoveCollege LoversSinner's HolidayThe Girl of the Golden WestThe Doorway to HellThe Truth About YouthThe Life of the PartyA Soldier's PlaythingRiver's EndThe GorillaSunnyCall of the SeaThe Widow from ChicagoOutward BoundOne Night at Susie'sMan to ManMothers CryDivorce Among FriendsThe LashGoing WildCaptain Thunder

1931: Viennese NightsLittle CaesarThe Naughty FlirtOther Men's WomenKismetCaptain ApplejackGoing WildThe Right of WayIllicitKiss Me AgainSit TightFather's SonFifty Million FrenchmenThe Hot HeiressThe Silent PartnerWoman HungryThe Finger PointsMisbehaving LadiesGod's Gift to WomenSvengaliToo Young to MarryMy PastThe MillionaireThe Public EnemyThe Lady Who DaredParty HusbandThe Maltese FalconMen of the SkyGold Dust GertieBig Business GirlSmart MoneyChancesChildren of DreamsBroadmindedStranger in TownNight NurseBought!The Reckless HourThe Star WitnessThe Last FlightThe BargainAlexander HamiltonI Like Your NerveSide ShowFive Star FinalPenrod and SamThe Road to SingaporeHonor of the FamilyExpensive WomenThe Ruling VoiceThe Mad GeniusBlonde CrazyLocal Boy Makes GoodCompromisedSafe in HellManhattan ParadeUnder EighteenHer Majesty, Love
1932: The Woman from Monte CarloUnion DepotTaxi!High PressureThe Hatchet ManThe Man Who Played GodFireman, Save My ChildA Fool's AdviceThe ExpertPlay GirlAlias the DoctorThe Heart of New YorkIt's Tough to Be FamousBeauty and the BossThe Crowd RoarsMan WantedSo BigThe MouthpieceThe Famous Ferguson CaseThe Rich Are Always with UsThe TenderfootThe Strange Love of Molly LouvainTwo SecondsStreet of WomenThe Dark HorseLove Is a RacketWeek-End MarriageWinner Take AllThe Purchase PriceMiss PinkertonJewel RobberyCroonerDoctor XTwo Against the WorldBig City BluesBlessed EventLife BeginsA Successful CalamityTiger SharkIllegalThe Big StampedeThe CrashThe Cabin in the CottonOne Way PassageThree on a MatchThey Call It SinScarlet DawnI Am a Fugitive from a Chain GangYou Said a MouthfulCentral ParkHaunted Gold20,000 Years in Sing SingSilver DollarThe Match King
1933: Lawyer ManFrisco JennyHard to HandleParachute JumperLadies They Talk AboutEmployees' EntranceMystery of the Wax MuseumThe King's VacationBlondie JohnsonGirl Missing42nd StreetGrand SlamThe Telegraph TrailThe KeyholeThe Mind ReaderUntamed AfricaCentral AirportThe Working ManElmer, the GreatPicture SnatcherLilly TurnerEx-LadyThe Little GiantGold Diggers of 1933The Life of Jimmy DolanPrivate Detective 62The Silk ExpressHeroes for SaleThe Mayor of HellBaby FaceThe Narrow CornerShe Had to Say YesMary Stevens, M.D.VoltaireCaptured!Goodbye AgainBureau of Missing PersonsI Loved a WomanWild Boys of the RoadFootlight ParadeThe Kennel Murder CaseEver in My HeartCollege CoachFemaleFrom HeadquartersHavana WidowsThe World ChangesLady KillerConvention CityThe House on 56th StreetSon of a Sailor
1934: The Big ShakedownEasy to LoveHi, Nellie!MassacreBedsideDark HazardMandalayAs the Earth TurnsFashions of 1934I've Got Your NumberHeat LightningJimmy the GentJournal of a CrimeWonder BarRegistered NurseHarold TeenA Modern HeroUpperworldA Very Honorable GuyMerry Wives of RenoSmartyTwenty Million SweetheartsThe Merry FrinksFog Over FriscoThe KeyHe Was Her ManDr. MonicaThe Circus ClownReturn of the TerrorThe Personality KidMidnight AlibiSide StreetsHere Comes the NavyFriends of Mr. SweeneyThe Man with Two FacesHousewifeThe Dragon Murder CaseDamesDesirableBritish AgentA Lost LadyThe Case of the Howling DogBig Hearted HerbertKansas City PrincessMadame Du Barry6 Day Bike RiderI Sell AnythingHappiness AheadThe FirebirdThe St. Louis KidGentlemen Are BornI Am a ThiefFlirtation WalkBabbittThe Church MouseMurder in the CloudsThe Secret BrideSweet Adeline
1935: Maybe It's LoveBordertownThe Right to LiveThe White CockatooRed Hot TiresDevil Dogs of the AirThe Woman in RedThe Singer of NaplesSweet MusicLiving on VelvetWhile the Patient SleptGold Diggers of 1935A Night at the RitzTraveling SalesladyThe Florentine DaggerThe Case of the Curious BrideGo into Your DanceMary Jane's PaG MenDinkyBlack FuryIn CalienteThe Girl from 10th AvenueOil for the Lamps of ChinaAlibi IkeStrandedDon't Bet on BlondesFront Page WomanBright LightsBroadway GondolierThe Irish in UsWe're in the MoneyGoing HighbrowLittle Big ShotPage Miss GlorySpecial AgentThe Goose and the GanderI Live for LoveA Midsummer Night's DreamThe Case of the Lucky LegsShipmates ForeverDr. SocratesPersonal Maid's SecretMoonlight on the PrairieThe PayoffI Found Stella ParishStars Over BroadwayFrisco KidBroadway HostessMiss Pacific FleetMan of IronDangerousCaptain Blood
1936: The Murder of Dr. HarriganCeiling ZeroFreshman LoveThe Widow from Monte CarloThe Petrified ForestMr. Cohen Takes a WalkMan HuntThe Story of Louis PasteurSong of the SaddleBoulder DamThe Walking DeadColleenRoad GangSnowed UnderThe Singing KidBrides Are Like ThatI Married a DoctorTreachery Rides the RangeTimes Square PlayboyThe Law in Her HandsThe Golden ArrowSons o' GunsBullets or BallotsMurder by an AristocratHearts DividedThe Big NoiseThe White AngelTwo Against the WorldHot MoneySatan Met a LadyEarthworm TractorsPublic Enemy's WifeBengal TigerThe Green PasturesJailbreakThe Case of the Velvet ClawsChina ClipperLove Begins at 20Anthony AdverseTrailin' WestStage StruckGive Me Your HeartDown the StretchCain and MabelIsle of FuryThe Charge of the Light BrigadeHere Comes CarterThe Case of the Black CatCalifornia MailThe Captain's KidThree Men on a HorseFugitive in the SkyPolo JoeKing of HockeyGold Diggers of 1937Great Guy
1937: Guns of the PecosSmart BlondeSing Me a Love SongGod's Country and the WomanOnce a DoctorBlack LegionStolen HolidayThe Great O'MalleyGreen LightHer Husband's SecretaryPenrod and SamMidnight CourtReady, Willing and AbleLand Beyond the LawThe King and the Chorus GirlMen in ExileMarked WomanCall It a DayThat Man's Here AgainMountain JusticeMelody for TwoThe Prince and the PauperThe Cherokee StripDraegerman CourageThe Go GetterKid GalahadThe Case of the Stuttering BishopBlazing SixesFly-Away BabySlimAnother DawnThe Singing MarineEmpty HolstersPublic WeddingMarry the GirlEver Since EveTalent ScoutWhite BondageSan QuentinDance Charlie DanceThe Devil's Saddle LegionThe Footloose HeiressMr. Dodd Takes the AirConfessionVarsity ShowPrairie ThunderWine, Women and HorsesThat Certain WomanBack in CirculationThe Life of Emile ZolaLove Is on the AirThey Won't ForgetOver the GoalThe Perfect SpecimenThe Great GarrickWest of ShanghaiAlcatraz IslandThe Adventurous BlondeIt's Love I'm AfterExpensive HusbandsSubmarine D-1First LadyMissing WitnessesSh! The OctopusShe Loved a FiremanTovarich
1938: Sergeant MurphyThe Patient in Room 18Swing Your LadyHollywood HotelThe Invisible MenaceBlondes at WorkDaredevil DriversGold Is Where You Find ItPenrod and His Twin BrotherA Slight Case of MurderLove, Honor and BehaveHe Couldn't Say NoJezebelOver the WallAccidents Will HappenFools for ScandalWomen Are Like ThatThe Beloved BratTorchy Blane in PanamaThe Adventures of Robin HoodMystery HouseCrime SchoolLittle Miss ThoroughbredGold Diggers in ParisWhen Were You BornWhite BannersCowboy from BrooklynMy BillMen Are Such FoolsRacket BustersPenrod's Double TroubleThe Amazing Dr. ClitterhouseMr. ChumpFour DaughtersBoy Meets GirlFour's a CrowdSecrets of an ActressValley of the GiantsGarden of the MoonBroadway MusketeersThe SistersGirls on ProbationBrother RatHard to GetTorchy Gets Her ManNancy Drew... DetectiveAngels with Dirty FacesComet Over BroadwayHeart of the NorthThe Dawn PatrolGoing Places
1939: Devil's IslandKing of the UnderworldOff the RecordThey Made Me a CriminalTorchy Blane in ChinatownWings of the NavyNancy Drew... ReporterYes, My Darling DaughterSecret Service of the AirThe Oklahoma KidThe Adventures of Jane ArdenBlackwell's IslandOn TrialDodge CityWomen in the WindDark VictoryJuarezConfessions of a Nazi SpyTorchy Runs for MayorSweepstakes WinnerYou Can't Get Away with MurderThe Kid from KokomoCode of the Secret ServiceThe Man Who DaredNancy Drew... Trouble ShooterNaughty but NiceHell's KitchenWaterfrontDaughters CourageousEach Dawn I DieThe Cowboy QuarterbackIndianapolis SpeedwayTorchy Blane... Playing with DynamiteThe Angels Wash Their FacesEverybody's HobbyThe Old MaidNancy Drew and the Hidden StaircaseDust Be My DestinyNo Place to GoEspionage AgentPride of the Blue GrassOn Your ToesSmashing the Money RingThe Roaring TwentiesKid NightingaleThe Private Lives of Elizabeth and EssexOn Dress ParadeWe Are Not AloneThe Return of Doctor XPrivate DetectiveThe Mad EmpressSons of the SeaFour WivesInvisible Stripes

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Granny Get Your GunCastle on the HudsonDr. Ehrlich's Magic BulletThree Cheers for the IrishVirginia CityIt All Came TrueKing of the Lumberjacks'Til We Meet AgainAn Angel from TexasTear Gas SquadSaturday's ChildrenFlight AngelsTorrid ZoneMurder in the AirBrother OrchidA Fugitive from JusticeGambling on the High SeasThe Sea HawkAll This, and Heaven TooMy Love Came BackThe Man Who Talked Too MuchLadies Must LiveThey Drive by NightRiver's EndMoney and the WomanFlowing GoldCalling All HusbandsNo Time for ComedyCity for ConquestKnute Rockne, All AmericanA Dispatch from Reuter'sTugboat Annie Sails AgainAlways a BrideEast of the RiverSouth of SuezFather Is a PrinceThe LetterLady with Red HairShe Couldn't Say NoSanta Fe Trail
1941: Four MothersThe Case of the Black ParrotHoneymoon for ThreeHigh SierraFlight from DestinyFather's SonThe Great Mr. NobodyThe Strawberry BlondeShadows on the StairsFootsteps in the DarkHere Comes HappinessThe Sea WolfKnockoutA Shot in the DarkThe Great LieStrange AlibiThe Wagons Roll at NightThieves Fall OutMeet John DoeAffectionately YoursSingapore WomanThe Nurse's SecretMillion Dollar BabyShining VictoryOut of the FogUndergroundKisses for BreakfastThe Bride Came C.O.D.Bullets for O'HaraBad Men of MissouriThree Sons o' GunsHighway WestManpowerInternational SquadronDive BomberThe Smiling GhostNavy BluesNine Lives Are Not EnoughSergeant YorkPassage from Hong KongLaw of the TropicsTarget for TonightThe Maltese FalconOne Foot in HeavenBlues in the NightThey Died with Their Boots OnAll Through the NightThe Body DisappearsSteel Against the SkyDangerously They LiveYou're in the Army Now
1942: The Man Who Came to DinnerWild Bill Hickok RidesThe Prime MinisterAtlantic FerryCaptains of the CloudsBullet ScarsAlways in My HeartThis Was ParisLady GangsterI Was FramedThe Male AnimalMurder in the Big HouseKings RowLarceny, Inc.In This Our LifeJuke GirlSpy ShipYankee Doodle DandyThe Big ShotWings for the EagleEscape from CrimeThe Gay SistersAcross the PacificSecret EnemiesBusses RoarDesperate JourneyYou Can't Escape ForeverNow, VoyagerThe Hidden HandGentleman JimCasablancaGeorge Washington Slept HereFlying Fortress
1943: The Gorilla ManTruck BustersThe Hard WayThe Mysterious DoctorAir ForceEdge of DarknessMission to MoscowAction in the North AtlanticThe Constant NymphPledge to BataanBackground to DangerThis Is the ArmyWatch on the RhineMurder on the WaterfrontThank Your Lucky StarsAdventure in IraqPrincess O'RourkeFind the BlackmailerNorthern PursuitOld AcquaintanceThe Desert SongDestination Tokyo
1944: In Our TimePassage to MarseilleShine On, Harvest MoonUncertain GloryBetween Two WorldsMr. SkeffingtonMake Your Own BedThe Mask of DimitriosThe Adventures of Mark TwainJanieCrime by NightArsenic and Old LaceThe Last RideTo Have and Have NotThe Very Thought of YouThe ConspiratorsThe DoughgirlsHollywood Canteen
1945: Roughly SpeakingObjective, Burma!Hotel BerlinGod Is My Co-PilotThe Horn Blows at MidnightEscape in the DesertPillow to PostConflictThe Corn Is GreenChristmas in ConnecticutPride of the MarinesRhapsody in BlueMildred PierceConfidential AgentDanger SignalToo Young to KnowAppointment in TokyoSan Antonio
1946: My ReputationThree StrangersCinderella JonesSaratoga TrunkDevotionHer Kind of ManOne More TomorrowJanie Gets MarriedA Stolen LifeOf Human BondageTwo Guys from MilwaukeeNight and DayThe Big SleepShadow of a WomanCloak and DaggerDeceptionNobody Lives ForeverNever Say GoodbyeThe VerdictThe Beast with Five FingersHumoresqueThe Time, the Place and the Girl
1947: The Man I LoveNora PrentissThe Two Mrs. CarrollsPursuedThat Way with WomenStallion RoadLove and LearnThe UnfaithfulCheyennePossessedDeep ValleyLife with FatherCry WolfDark PassageThe UnsuspectedThat Hagen GirlEscape Me NeverAlways TogetherThe Voice of the TurtleMy Wild Irish Rose
1948: The Treasure of the Sierra MadreMy Girl TisaThey Made Me a FugitiveApril ShowersWinter MeetingTo the VictorThe Woman in WhiteSilver RiverWallflowerThe Big PunchRomance on the High SeasKey LargoEmbraceable YouRopeTwo Guys from TexasJohnny BelindaSmart Girls Don't TalkJune BrideFighter SquadronAdventures of Don JuanThe Decision of Christopher BlakeWhiplash
1949: One Sunday AfternoonJohn Loves MaryFlaxy MartinSouth of St. LouisA Kiss in the DarkBurma VictoryHomicideMy Dream Is YoursThe Younger BrothersFlamingo RoadNight Unto NightColorado TerritoryOne Last FlingThe FountainheadThe Girl from Jones BeachLook for the Silver LiningIt's a Great FeelingWhite HeatThe House Across the StreetGolden MadonnaTask ForceUnder CapricornBeyond the ForestThe Story of SeabiscuitAlways Leave Them LaughingThe Hasty HeartThe Lady Takes a SailorThe Inspector General

1950s
1950: MontanaBackfireChain LightningYoung Man with a HornPerfect StrangerBarricadeStage FrightThe Daughter of Rosie O'GradyThe Damned Don't CryCagedColt .45This Side of the LawReturn of the FrontiersmanFifty Years Before Your EyesBright LeafThe Flame and the ArrowThe Great Jewel RobberKiss Tomorrow GoodbyeTea for TwoPretty BabyThe Glass MenagerieThe Breaking PointThree SecretsRocky MountainBreakthroughThe West Point StoryHighway 301Dallas

1951: Operation PacificStorm WarningSugarfootThe EnforcerLullaby of BroadwayRaton PassLightning Strikes TwiceOnly the ValiantI Was a Communist for the FBIInside the Walls of Folsom PrisonGoodbye, My FancyAlong the Great DivideStrangers on a TrainFort WorthOn Moonlight BayForce of ArmsJim Thorpe – All-AmericanCaptain Horatio HornblowerA Streetcar Named DesireTomorrow Is Another DayPainting the Clouds with SunshineCome Fill the CupThe Tanks Are ComingClose to My HeartI'll See You in My DreamsStarliftDistant Drums
1952: Room for One MoreThe Big TreesThis Woman Is DangerousRetreat, Hell!Bugles in the AfternoonJack and the BeanstalkMara MaruThe Lion and the HorseThe San Francisco StoryAbout FaceCarson CityThe Winning TeamWhere's Charley?3 for Bedroom CShe's Working Her Way Through CollegeThe Story of Will RogersThe Miracle of Our Lady of FatimaBig Jim McLainCattle TownThe Crimson PirateSpringfield RifleOperation SecretThe Iron MistressStop, You're Killing MeApril in ParisAbbott and Costello Meet Captain KiddThe Jazz Singer
1953: The Man Behind the GunShe's Back on BroadwayI ConfessBy the Light of the Silvery MoonThe Blue GardeniaSo You Want to Learn to DanceTrouble Along the WayThe SystemHouse of WaxThe Desert SongThe Beast from 20,000 FathomsSouth Sea WomanElizabeth Is QueenThe Charge at Feather RiverSo This Is LoveThe Master of BallantraeThe Beggar's OperaPlunder of the SunIsland in the SkyThe MoonlighterA Lion Is in the StreetsBlowing WildThunder Over the PlainsSo BigCalamity JaneThree Sailors and a GirlHondoThe Diamond QueenThe Eddie Cantor Story
1954: His Majesty O'KeefeThe CommandThe Boy from OklahomaCrime WaveDuffy of San QuentinPhantom of the Rue MorgueRiding ShotgunLucky MeDial M for MurderThem!The High and the MightyRing of FearKing Richard and the CrusadersDuel in the JungleDragnetThe Bounty HunterA Star Is BornDrum BeatTrack of the CatThe Silver Chalice
1955: UnchainedYoung at HeartBattle CryNew York ConfidentialMurder Is My BeatEast of EdenStrange Lady in TownThe Sea ChaseTall Man RidingLand of the PharaohsMister RobertsThe Dam BustersPete Kelly's BluesJump into HellThe McConnell StoryBlood AlleyRebel Without a CauseIllegalSincerely YoursI Died a Thousand TimesTarget ZeroThe Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
1956: Helen of TroyHell on Frisco BayThe Lone RangerThe River ChangesThe Steel JungleSerenadeMiracle in the RainOur Miss BrooksGood-bye, My LadyThe SearchersThe Animal WorldMoby DickSantiagoSatellite in the SkySeven Men from NowA Cry in the NightThe Bad SeedThe Burning HillsThe Girl He Left BehindToward the UnknownGiantBaby DollThe Wrong Man
1957: Top Secret AffairThe Spirit of St. LouisThe Big LandElena and Her MenDeep AdventureX the UnknownShoot-Out at Medicine BendUntamed YouthThe Counterfeit PlanA Face in the CrowdThe D.I.The Prince and the ShowgirlThe Curse of FrankensteinBand of AngelsThe Rising of the MoonThe Pajama GameWoman in a Dressing GownBlack PatchJohnny TroubleThe Abominable SnowmanThe Helen Morgan StoryThe Black ScorpionThe James Dean StoryThe Story of MankindBombers B-52SayonaraThe Green-Eyed Blonde
1958: The Deep SixDarby's RangersLafayette EscadrilleChase a Crooked ShadowManhunt in the JungleToo Much, Too SoonFort DobbsMarjorie MorningstarStakeout on Dope StreetThe Left Handed GunViolent RoadNo Time for SergeantsDangerous YouthBadman's CountryIndiscreetThe Naked and the DeadWind Across the EvergladesDamn YankeesGirl on the RunThe Old Man and the SeaOnionheadEnchanted IslandHome Before DarkFrom the Earth to the MoonBorn RecklessAuntie Mame
1959: The Hanging TreeUp PeriscopeRio BravoWestboundIsland of Lost WomenGigantis the Fire MonsterThe Young PhiladelphiansTeenagers from Outer SpaceJohn Paul JonesThe Nun's StoryHerculesLook Back in AngerThe FBI Story-30-Yellowstone KellyThe MiracleA Summer Place

1960s
1960: Ice PalaceCash McCallGuns of the TimberlandThe Rise and Fall of Legs DiamondThe Bramble BushThe ThreatThis Rebel BreedThe Cranes Are FlyingTall StorySergeant RutledgeHannibalHercules UnchainedOcean's 11The Crowded SkySunrise at CampobelloThe Dark at the Top of the StairsGirl of the NightThe Sundowners

1961: A Fever in the BloodGold of the Seven SaintsThe Sins of Rachel CadePortrait of a MobsterParrishFannyThe Fabulous World of Jules VerneThe Steel ClawClaudelle InglishSplendor in the GrassThe MaskSusan SladeA Majority of OneThe Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
1962: The CouchSamar House of WomenRome AdventureThe Singer Not the SongLad, A DogMerrill's MaraudersThe Music ManGuns of DarknessThe Chapman ReportGay Purr-eeWhat Ever Happened to Baby Jane?GypsyThe Story of the Count of Monte CristoMalagaDays of Wine and Roses
1963: Term of TrialBlack GoldCritic's ChoiceSpencer's MountainIsland of LovePT-109Wall of NoiseThe CastilianRampageMary, MaryPalm Springs WeekendAmerica AmericaThe Man from Galveston4 for TexasAct One
1964: Dr. CrippenDead RingerThe Incredible Mr. LimpetFBI Code 98A Distant TrumpetRobin and the 7 HoodsEnsign PulverKisses for My PresidentRichard Burton's HamletCheyenne AutumnYoungblood HawkeDear HeartMy Fair LadySex and the Single Girl
1965: Two on a GuillotineNone but the BraveMy Blood Runs ColdBrainstormThe Battle of the Villa FioritaThe Woman Who Wouldn't DieThe Great RaceThe Third DayCatch Us If You CanMurietaMarriage on the RocksLa BohèmeNever Too LateOthelloBattle of the Bulge
1966: Inside Daisy CloverHarperStop the World - I Want to Get OffA Big Hand for the Little LadyWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?A Fine MadnessAn American Dream'KaleidoscopeAny WednesdayChamber of HorrorsNot with My Wife, You Don't!Once Before I DieYou're a Big Boy Now
1967: HotelFirst to FightThe Corrupt OnesA Covenant with DeathThe MikadoThe Cool OnesThe Family WayUp the Down StaircaseTriple CrossThe Naked RunnerBonnie and ClydeThe BoboReflections in a Golden EyeCamelotWait Until DarkCool Hand LukeIt!The Frozen Dead
1968: The Vengeance of Fu ManchuFirecreekFlaming FrontierCountdownThe FoxSweet NovemberThe Shuttered RoomBye Bye BravermanThe Young Girls of RochefortKona CoastThe Double ManChubascoPetuliaThe Devil in LoveThe Green BeretsThe Heart Is a Lonely HunterRachel, RachelHugo and JosephineFinian's RainbowBullittI Love You, Alice B. Toklas!Assignment to KillThe Sea GullThe Sergeant
1969: They Came to Rob Las VegasDracula Has Risen from the GraveThe Trygon FactorThe Big Bounce2000 Years LaterThe Illustrated ManThe Sweet Body of DeborahThe Big CubeThe Wild BunchThe Learning TreeThe Rain PeopleOn My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who...The Valley of GwangiThe Great Bank RobberyThe Good Guys and the Bad GuysThe Madwoman of ChaillotOnce You Kiss a StrangerThe ArrangementThe Damned80 Steps to Jonah

1970s
1970: Last of the Mobile Hot ShotsStart the Revolution Without MeFrankenstein Must Be DestroyedMoon Zero TwoWoodstockThe PhynxThe Ballad of Cable HogueTaste the Blood of DraculaChisumPerformanceWhich Way to the Front?Rabbit, RunTrogThe Rise and Rise of Michael RimmerFlapThere Was a Crooked Man...

1971: The Priest's WifeTHX 1138When Dinosaurs Ruled the EarthSummer of '42Billy JackDeath in VeniceMcCabe & Mrs. MillerKluteDusty and Sweets McGeeThe DevilsThe Omega ManAnd the Crows Will Dig Your GraveMedicine Ball CaravanSkin GameZeppelinMan in the WildernessA Clockwork OrangeDirty Harry
1972: The CowboysSnow JobDealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag BluesWhat's Up, Doc?Malcolm XAdam's WomanGet to Know Your RabbitPortnoy's ComplaintThe CandidateCome Back, Charleston BlueA Fan's NotesDeliveranceCry for Me, BillySuper FlyCancel My ReservationThe EmigrantsDracula A.D. 1972RageCrescendoJeremiah Johnson
1973: Steelyard BluesThe Train RobbersThe Thief Who Came to DinnerKing BoxerClass of '44ScarecrowThe Last of SheilaBlume in LoveO Lucky Man!Cahill U.S. MarshalCleopatra JonesThe Mackintosh ManEnter the DragonDay for NightMean StreetsBadlandsThe All-American BoyThe New LandJimi HendrixThe Deadly TrackersAmarcordMagnum ForceThe ExorcistTreasure Island
1974: Sacred Knives of VengeanceBlack Belt JonesMcQBlazing SaddlesMameOur TimeWelcome to Arrow BeachBlack EyeZandy's BrideCrazeThe Terminal ManOliver TwistUptown Saturday NightBlack SamsonIt's AliveHangupThe AbdicationAnimals Are Beautiful PeopleThe Towering InfernoBlack ChristmasFreebie and the Bean
1975: Alice Doesn't Live Here AnymoreRafferty and the Gold Dust TwinsThe Prisoner of Second AvenueThe YakuzaLepkeDoc Savage: The Man of BronzeThe Wicker ManNight MovesThe Drowning PoolCleopatra Jones and the Casino of GoldDog Day AfternoonLisztomaniaLet's Do It AgainOperation DaybreakThe Ultimate WarriorFrom Beyond the GraveBarry Lyndon
1976: Inside OutCatherine & Co.Hot PotatoSparkleAll the President's MenOde to Billy JoeThe Outlaw Josey WalesThe Gumball RallyThe RitzSt. IvesThe Killer Inside MeLed Zeppelin: The Song Remains the SameA Star Is BornThe Enforcer
1977: The Late ShowBrothersViva Knievel!Exorcist II: The HereticGreased LightningOutlaw BluesOne on OneBobby DeerfieldOh, God!A Piece of the ActionStarship InvasionsThe PackThe Goodbye GirlThe Gauntlet
1978: A Night Full of RainAn Enemy of the PeopleCrossed SwordsStraight TimeThe Medusa TouchIt Lives AgainThe Sea GypsiesBig WednesdayCapricorn OneThe SwarmHooperGirlfriendsWho Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?BloodbrothersThe Great Bank HoaxMovie MovieSupermanEvery Which Way but Loose
1979: AgathaBoulevard NightsAshantiTiltA Little RomanceOver the EdgeBeyond the Poseidon AdventureThe In-LawsThe Main EventThe WanderersThe Frisco KidLife of BrianTime After TimeThe Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie10JesusThe Great SantiniPromises in the DarkGoing in Style

1980s
1980: Just Tell Me What You WantSimonThe Ninth ConfigurationWhen Time Ran OutTom HornGilda LiveDie LaughingHeart BeatFriday the 13thThe ShiningUp the AcademyBronco BillyNo NukesHoneysuckle RoseCaddyshackThe Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu ManchuThe Big BrawlAC/DC: Let There Be RockDivine MadnessThe First Deadly SinOne-Trick PonyOh, God! Book IIPrivate BenjaminThe AwakeningAny Which Way You CanFirst FamilyAltered States

1981: The Man Who Saw TomorrowSphinxBack RoadsEyes of a StrangerThis Is ElvisExcaliburThe HandOutlandSuperman IIArthurWolfenUnder the RainbowPrince of the CityBody HeatSo FineLookerThe Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny MovieRolloverSharky's Machine
1982: Personal BestTragedy of a Ridiculous ManDeathtrapChariots of FireSoup for OneMad Max 2The Escape ArtistFirefoxBlade RunnerA Midsummer Night's Sex ComedyThe World According to GarpNight ShiftHammettHey Good Lookin'Love ChildCreepshowFive Days One SummerBugs Bunny's Third Movie: 1001 Rabbit TalesHonkytonk ManBest Friends
1983: Independence DayLocal HeroTable for FiveLovesickHigh Road to ChinaThe OutsidersDeadly EyesBetter Late Than NeverBlue Skies AgainThe Man with Two BrainsSuperman IIITwilight Zone: The MovieStroker Ace (International) • ZeligNational Lampoon's VacationTwice Upon a TimeDaffy Duck's Fantastic IslandRisky BusinessCujoNever Say Never AgainThe Right StuffDeal of the CenturyStar 80Of Unknown OriginSudden Impact
1984: LassiterMike's MurderPolice AcademyPurple HeartsGreystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the ApesSwing ShiftFinders KeepersOnce Upon a Time in AmericaGremlinsCannonball Run IIThe NeverEnding StoryPurple RainGrandview, U.S.A.TightropeCalWindy CityIrreconcilable DifferencesThe Little Drummer GirlAmerican DreamerThe Killing FieldsOh, God! You DevilRazorbackCity HeatProtocol
1985: FandangoVision QuestBeyond the WallsLost in AmericaPolice Academy 2: Their First AssignmentLadyhawkeSeven Minutes in HeavenCracking UpDoin' TimeThe GooniesPale RiderMad Max: Beyond ThunderdomeNational Lampoon's European VacationSesame Street Presents Follow That BirdPee-wee's Big AdventureAmerican FlyersThe ProtectorMishima: A Life in Four ChaptersBetter Off DeadAfter HoursKrush GrooveEleniTargetRainbow Brite and the Star StealerSpies Like UsThe Color PurpleRevolution
1986: The Clan of the Cave BearWildcatsThe Frog PrincePolice Academy 3: Back in TrainingThe Flight of DragonsMr. LoveCobraUnder the Cherry MoonClub ParadiseOne Crazy SummerA Man and a Woman: 20 Years LaterKnights & EmeraldsRound MidnightTrue StoriesDeadly FriendRatboyThe MissionThe Mosquito CoastHeartbreak RidgeLittle Shop of Horrors
1987: Instant JusticeOver the TopLethal WeaponBurglarPolice Academy 4: Citizens on PatrolCreepshow 2It's Alive III: Island of the AliveA Return to Salem's LotThe Witches of EastwickFull Metal JacketInnerspaceSuperman IV: The Quest for PeaceThe Lost BoysWho's That GirlDisorderliesSurrenderNutsEmpire of the Sun
1988: FranticMovingStand and DeliverPolice Academy 5: Assignment Miami BeachBeetlejuiceAbove the LawFunny FarmArthur 2: On the RocksThe Dead PoolCaddyshack IIClean and SoberStealing HomeHot to TrotRunning on EmptyCrossing DelanceyGorillas in the MistDaffy Duck's QuackbustersBirdImagine: John LennonClara's HeartThelonious Monk: Straight, No ChaserFedsMoonwalkerEverybody's All-AmericanA Cry in the DarkTequila SunriseDangerous LiaisonsThe Accidental Tourist
1989: Her AlibiBert Rigby, You're a FoolLean on MePolice Academy 6: City Under SiegeDead BangDead CalmSee You in the MorningChecking OutHow to Get Ahead in AdvertisingPink CadillacBatmanLethal Weapon 2Young EinsteinCookiePenn & Teller Get KilledIn CountryNext of KinSecond SightNational Lampoon's Christmas VacationDriving Miss DaisyRoger & MeThe DelinquentsTango & Cash

1990s
1990: Men Don't LeaveHard to KillJoe Versus the VolcanoLambadaImpulseGremlins 2: The New BatchQuick ChangePresumed InnocentMy Blue HeavenDreamsThe WitchesWhite Hunter, Black HeartGoodfellasListen Up: The Lives of Quincy JonesMemphis BelleReversal of FortuneGraffiti BridgeThe Nutcracker PrinceThe RookieThe Sheltering SkyThe Bonfire of the Vanities

1991: HamletThe NeverEnding Story II: The Next ChapterNothing but TroubleNew Jack CityIf Looks Could KillGuilty by SuspicionDefending Your LifeOut for JusticeBorn to RideSwitchDon't Tell Mom the Babysitter's DeadRobin Hood: Prince of ThievesDoc HollywoodRover DangerfieldGoing UnderShowdown in Little TokyoDogfightRicochetOther People's MoneyCurly SueStrictly BusinessMeeting VenusThe Last Boy ScoutJFKUntil the End of the World
1992: FreejackHurricane SmithFinal AnalysisThe Mambo KingsMemoirs of an Invisible ManThe Power of OneLadybugsCity of JoyWhite SandsTurtle BeachLethal Weapon 3Class ActBatman ReturnsMom and Dad Save the WorldUnforgivenStay TunedChristopher Columbus: The DiscoverySouth CentralSinglesInnocent BloodUnder SiegePure CountryPassenger 57The Last of the MohicansMalcolm XThe BodyguardForever Young
1993: SommersbyFalling DownPoint of No ReturnThe CrushThis Boy's LifeBoiling PointDaveMade in AmericaDennis the MenaceFree WillyThat NightThe FugitiveThe Secret GardenThe Man Without a FaceTrue RomanceAirborneM. ButterflyDemolition ManFearlessMr. WonderfulKikaThe Saint of Fort WashingtonA Perfect WorldThe NutcrackerThe Pelican BriefWrestling Ernest HemingwayBatman: Mask of the PhantasmGrumpy Old MenHeaven & Earth
1994: Body SnatchersThe Legend of Drunken MasterAce Ventura: Pet DetectiveOn Deadly GroundThe Hudsucker ProxyMajor League IIThumbelinaChasersWith HonorsBeing HumanReckless KellyMaverickWyatt EarpThe ClientBlack BeautyWar of the ButtonsPolice Academy: Mission to Moscow Natural Born KillersArizona DreamRapa NuiTrial by JuryThe New AgeSecond BestThe SpecialistA Troll in Central ParkLittle GiantsImaginary CrimesLove AffairSilent FallInterview with the VampireCobbDisclosureRichie Rich
1995: Murder in the FirstBoys on the SideJust CauseOutbreakBorn to Be WildThe Pebble and the PenguinA Little PrincessThe Bridges of Madison CountyBatman ForeverUnder Siege 2: Dark TerritoryFree Willy 2: The Adventure HomeSomething to Talk AboutThe Amazing Panda AdventureThe Stars Fell on HenriettaAssassinsEmpire RecordsCopycatLes MisérablesFair GameAce Ventura: When Nature CallsIt Takes TwoThe Snow QueenHeatGrumpier Old Men
1996: Two If by SeaBig BullyThe NeverEnding Story III: Escape from FantasiaExecutive DecisionDiaboliqueTwisterEraserA Time to KillJoe's ApartmentTin CupCarpoolSweet NothingBogusSurviving PicassoThe Glimmer ManThe ProprietorMichael CollinsSleepersNorth StarSunchaserBad MoonSpace JamMars Attacks!My Fellow AmericansThe Snow Queen's Revenge
1997: Vegas VacationRosewoodSelenaCats Don't DanceAnna KareninaMurder at 1600ShilohFathers' DayAddicted to LoveBatman & RobinWild AmericaContactThe Swan Princess: Escape from Castle MountainOne Eight SevenFree Willy 3: The RescueConspiracy TheorySteelFire Down BelowL.A. ConfidentialTrojan WarThe Fearless FourLive FleshThe Devil's AdvocateBreaking UpFairyTale: A True StoryMad CityThe Man Who Knew Too LittleMidnight in the Garden of Good and EvilThe Postman
1998: FallenSphereDangerous BeautyU.S. MarshalsIncognitoThe Butcher BoyCity of AngelsMajor League: Back to the MinorsTarzan and the Lost CityQuest for CamelotAlmost HeroesA Perfect MurderLethal Weapon 4The NegotiatorThe AvengersWrongfully AccusedWhy Do Fools Fall in LoveWithout LimitsPractical MagicSoldierHome FriesJack FrostYou've Got Mail
1999: PaybackMessage in a BottleAnalyze ThisThe King and ITrue CrimeThe MatrixGoodbye LoverAll About My MotherLost & FoundWild Wild WestSouth Park: Bigger, Longer & UncutShiloh 2: Shiloh SeasonEyes Wide ShutDeep Blue SeaThe Iron GiantMickey Blue EyesA Dog of FlandersChill FactorButterfly's TongueThree KingsThe Story of UsThree to TangoHouse on Haunted HillPokémon: The First MovieLiberty HeightsThe Green MileAny Given SundayMan on the MoonThe Big Tease

2000s
2000: My Dog SkipThe Whole Nine YardsRomeo Must DieReady to RumbleGossipBattlefield EarthThe Perfect StormThe In CrowdPokémon: The Movie 2000Space CowboysThe ReplacementsThe Art of WarBaitInto the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the KindertransportBest in ShowGet CarterPay It ForwardRed PlanetProof of LifeMiss Congeniality

2001: The PledgeValentineSweet November3000 Miles to GracelandSee Spot RunExit WoundsPokémon 3: The MovieDrivenThe DishAngel EyesSwordfishProximityA.I. Artificial IntelligenceCats & DogsOsmosis JonesAmerican OutlawsSummer CatchRock StarHearts in AtlantisTraining DayThirteen GhostsHeistHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's StoneThe Affair of the NecklaceMinoesOcean's ElevenThe MajesticCharlotte Gray
2002: A Walk to RememberCollateral DamageQueen of the DamnedThe Time MachineShowtimeTalk to HerDeath to SmoochyMy Big Fat Greek WeddingMurder by NumbersThe Salton SeaInsomniaDivine Secrets of the Ya-Ya SisterhoodScooby-DooJuwanna MannThe Powerpuff Girls MovieEight Legged FreaksBlood WorkThe Adventures of Pluto NashFeardotComCity by the SeaBallistic: Ecks vs. SeverMondays in the SunWhite OleanderWelcome to CollinwoodGhost ShipFemme FataleHarry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsAnalyze ThatTwo Weeks Notice
2003: It Can't Be All Our FaultKangaroo JackGods and GeneralsCradle 2 the GraveDreamcatcherBlue Collar Comedy Tour: The MovieWhat a Girl WantsA Mighty WindMalibu's Most WantedThe Matrix ReloadedThe In-LawsThe AnimatrixAlex and EmmaTerminator 3: Rise of the MachinesI'll Be ThereGrindMatchstick MenSmall VoicesMystic RiverThe Matrix RevolutionsLooney Tunes: Back in ActionGothikaThe Last SamuraiSomething's Gotta GiveLove Don't Cost a Thing
2004: Chasing LibertyTorqueThe Big BounceClifford's Really Big MovieStarsky & HutchSpartanTaking LivesBad EducationScooby-Doo 2: Monsters UnleashedThe Whole Ten YardsNew York MinuteTroyHarry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanHouse of Flying DaggersA Cinderella StoryCatwomanYu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of LightExorcist: The BeginningLaura's StarThe Polar ExpressAlexanderOcean's TwelveMillion Dollar BabyThe Aviator
2005: Racing StripesThe Phantom of the OperaConstantineMiss Congeniality 2: Armed and FabulousHouse of WaxDominion: Prequel to the ExorcistThe Sisterhood of the Traveling PantsBatman BeginsCharlie and the Chocolate FactoryThe IslandMust Love DogsThe Dukes of HazzardA Sound of ThunderCorpse BrideThe Little Polar Bear 2: The Mysterious IslandDumaKiss Kiss Bang BangNorth CountryHarry Potter and the Goblet of FireSyrianaRumor Has ItThe Thief LordFirewall
2006: The Thief LordFirewallDeep Sea 3D16 BlocksV for VendettaVolverATLPoseidonSaving ShilohThe Lake HouseDeath NoteSuperman ReturnsLady in the WaterThe Ant BullyBeerfestThe Wicker ManThe DepartedPan's LabyrinthThe PrestigeFlags of Our FathersDeath Note 2: The Last NameGoya's GhostsHappy FeetThe FountainBlood DiamondUnaccompanied MinorsLetters from Iwo JimaWe Are Marshall
2007: The ReefMusic and LyricsThe Astronaut FarmerZodiac300TMNTThe ReapingAqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for TheatersIn the Land of WomenLucky YouOcean's ThirteenNancy DrewLicense to WedHarry Potter and the Order of the PhoenixNo ReservationsThe InvasionThe OrphanageThe Brave OneThe Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert FordMichael ClaytonReturn to House on Haunted HillFred ClausBeowulfAugust RushBen 10: Race Against TimeI Am LegendP.S. I Love YouSweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet StreetThe Bucket List
2008: One Missed CallFool's GoldL: Change the World10,000 BCBroken AngelThe Red BaronHarold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo BaySpeed RacerSex and the CityGet SmartKit Kittredge: An American GirlJourney to the Center of the EarthThe Dark KnightThe Sky CrawlersThe Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2Star Wars: The Clone WarsThe WomenNights in RodantheAppaloosaRocknRollaBody of LiesPride and GloryIchiSlumdog MillionaireFour ChristmasesGran Torino ½ Knights: In Search of the Ravishing Princess HerzelindeYes Man The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2009: The Ramen GirlInkheartThe Secret of MoonacreHe's Just Not That Into YouFriday the 13thMord ist mein Geschäft, LieblingWatchmenObserve and Report17 AgainCoco Before ChanelGhosts of Girlfriends PastGoemonChériTerminator SalvationThe HangoverThe Cell 2My Sister's KeeperHarry Potter and the Half-Blood PrinceOrphanThe Time Traveler's WifeSummer WarsShortsThe Final DestinationWhiteoutThe Informant!The FirmThe Hills Run RedThe Invention of LyingTrick 'r TreatWhere the Wild Things AreMicmacsThe BoxBen 10: Alien SwarmThe Blind SideNinja AssassinThe Descent Part 212 Paces Without a HeadInvictusSherlock Holmes

2010s
2010: The Book of EliEdge of DarknessValentine's DayCop OutAtithi Tum Kab Jaoge?HubbleLahoreTekkenTurk's HeadClash of the TitansJaane Kahan Se Aayi HaiThe LosersBird IdolCenturionA Nightmare on Elm StreetSex and the City 2SpliceOutrageJonah HexInceptionCats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty GaloreFlippedLottery TicketThe IllusionistNo eres tú, soy yoGoing the DistanceThe TownLegend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'HooleLife as We Know ItYoung Goethe in LoveRamayana: The EpicMahpeyker: Kösem SultanThe Incite MillDus TolaHereafterDue DateTi presento un amicoHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1Phas Gaye Re ObamaThree Steps Above HeavenHunting SeasonVater MorganaLa bellezza del somaroYogi BearThe Last Circus

2011: 127 HoursCousinhoodThe RiteKokowäähHow to Get Rid of CelluliteUtt PataangHall PassAnd Then What?IroncladRed Riding HoodKolpaçino: BombaSucker PunchArthurBorn to Be WildSomething BorrowedTürkanThe Hangover Part IIGreen LanternNicostratos the PelicanHorrible BossesHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2Crazy, Stupid, LoveFinal Destination 5The Skin I Live InContagionTop Cat: The MovieDolphin TaleDream HouseThe ArtistThe Worst Week of My LifeA Very Harold & Kumar ChristmasJ. EdgarHappy Feet TwoBlack GoldMy Grandfather's PeopleDam 999New Year's EveSherlock Holmes: A Game of ShadowsExtremely Loud and Incredibly Close
2012: Joyful NoiseJourney 2: The Mysterious IslandLoveGhost Rider: Spirit of VengeanceProject XWrath of the TitansThe Lucky OneTo the Arctic 3DDark ShadowsChernobyl DiariesRock of AgesMagic MikeThe Dark Knight RisesThe CampaignThe ApparitionRurouni KenshinNow Is GoodTrouble with the CurveÇanakkale ÇocuklarıGuardiansArgoOğlum Bak GitMeasuring the WorldCloud AtlasDance with the Jackals 2 (Çakallarla Dans 2: Hastasıyız Dede)The Hobbit: An Unexpected JourneyLudwig II
2013: Gangster SquadMiffy the MovieBullet to the HeadBeautiful CreaturesA Certain Magical Index: The Movie – The Miracle of EndymionJack the Giant SlayerHititya: Madalyonun SırrıI'm So Excited!Gallipoli: End of the RoadThe Incredible Burt WonderstoneThe Last DaysSelam42Shield of StrawThe Great GatsbyThe Hangover Part IIIMan of SteelGintama: The Movie: The Final Chapter: Be Forever YorozuyaPacific RimThe ConjuringWe're the MillersFamily UnitedUnforgivenPrisonersGravityVay Başıma GelenlerR100MindscapeFrau EllaIt All Began When I Met YouThe Hobbit: The Desolation of SmaugHerKedi ÖzlediGrudge MatchSenin Hikayen - Your Story
2014: Kadın İşi: Banka SoygunuBlack ButlerJoy of FatherhoodThe LEGO MovieWinter's TaleA Small September AffairRecep İvedik 4300: Rise of an EmpireVeronica MarsZaman Makinesi 1973Island of Lemurs: MadagascarHayat Sana GüzelTranscendencePanzehir - The AntidoteGodzillaBlendedEdge of TomorrowJersey BoysTammyInto the StormWild TalesIf I StayDolphin Tale 2Dabbe: Zehr-i CinThis Is Where I Leave YouMarshlandThe MissionariesComing SoonAnnabelleThe Good LieThe JudgeComing InInterstellarHorrible Bosses 2Mortadelo and Filemon: Mission ImplausibleHadi İnşallah - Let's Hope SoGet SantaInherent ViceKırımlıHead Full of HoneyThe Hobbit: The Battle of the Five ArmiesAmerican SniperYusuf Yusuf
2015: Mazlum KuzeyKöstebekgiller: Perili OrmanSevimli TehlikeliJupiter AscendingTraumfrauenFocus8 SaniyeOff CourseRun All NightThe MannyGet HardGhosthunters: On Icy TrailsLost RiverPolis Akademisi: AlaturkaThe Water DivinerHot PursuitNothing in ReturnMad Max: Fury RoadSan AndreasEntourageBatkid BeginsMaxMagic Mike XXLThe GallowsVacationThe Man from U.N.C.L.E.We Are Your FriendsSpy TimeThe HiddenBlack MassThe InternRetributionPanGit BaşımdanTop Cat BeginsOur Brand Is CrisisThe 33CreedIn the Heart of the SeaI'm Off ThenPoint BreakPalm Trees in the SnowDelibal
2016: Köstebekgiller 2: Gölgenin TılsımıHer Şey AşktanHow to Be SingleOsman PazarlamaMidnight SpecialSeytan TüyüBatman v Superman: Dawn of JusticeJulietaThe Man Who Knew InfinityBarbershop: The Next CutAt the End of the TunnelKeanuTerra FormarsThe Nice GuysMe Before YouThe Conjuring 2Central IntelligenceThe Legend of TarzanLights OutSuicide SquadWar DogsThe Age of ShadowsSullySMS für DichStorksThe Girl with All the GiftsCanım Kardeşim BenimThe AccountantWithinMay God Save UsRus'un OyunuMuseumFantastic Beasts and Where to Find ThemVillaviciosa de al ladoMonster Strike The MovieCollateral BeautyLive by NightVier gegen die Bank
2017: The Invisible GuestThe LEGO Batman MovieFist FightA Single RiderKanavu VariyamKong: Skull IslandCHiPsGoing in StyleKırık Kalpler BankasıWolves at the DoorUnforgettableBlade of the ImmortalMax 2: White House HeroKing Arthur: Legend of the SwordEverything, EverythingThe SummitWonder WomanMemoirs of a MurdererThe HouseGintamaDunkirkJoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable Chapter IAnnabelle: CreationThe Nut Job 2: Nutty by NatureMonster FamilyBingo: O Rei das ManhãsItThe LEGO Ninjago MovieBlade Runner 2049Toc TocComo se tornar o pior aluno da escolaGeostormAyla: The Daughter of WarMy TeacherJustice LeagueIn the FadeThe Disaster ArtistWonder WheelForget About NickFather FiguresNaples in Veils
2018: Paddington 212 StrongThe 15:17 to ParisGame NightTomb RaiderReady Player OneRampageLife of the PartyRainbow DaysOcean's 8Maybe a Love StoryTagBleachTeen Titans Go! To the MoviesKabir AzabıThe MegCrazy Rich AsiansThe NunThe AccusedReal GirlSmallfootA Star Is BornFantastic Beasts: The Crimes of GrindelwaldCreed IIMowgli: Legend of the JungleExterminadores do Além Contra a Loira do BanheiroHead Full of HoneyThey Shall Not Grow OldThe MuleAquaman
2019: White SnakeThe LEGO Movie 2: The Second PartIsn't It RomanticThe Golden GloveNancy Drew and the Hidden StaircaseShazam!The Curse of La LloronaThe WonderlandDetective PikachuThe Sun Is Also a StarGodzilla: King of the MonstersShaftAnnabelle Comes HomeThe KitchenBlinded by the LightThe InformerIt Chapter TwoThe GoldfinchThe Battle of JangsariJokerWestern StarsMotherless BrooklynDoctor SleepMy ZoeThe Good LiarRichard JewellJust MercyWhen Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit

2020s
2020: Birds of PreyThe Way BackScoob!An American PickleBill & Ted Face the MusicTenetUnpregnantCharm City KingsThe WitchesSuperintelligenceLet Them All TalkWonder Woman 1984

2021: Locked DownThe Little ThingsJudas and the Black MessiahTom & JerryZack Snyder's Justice LeagueGodzilla vs. KongMortal KombatRurouni Kenshin: The FinalThose Who Wish Me DeadThe Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do ItDream HorseRurouni Kenshin: The BeginningIn the HeightsNo Sudden MoveTokyo RevengersSpace Jam: A New LegacyThe Suicide SquadReminiscenceMalignantCry MachoThe Many Saints of NewarkDuneKing Richard8-Bit ChristmasBoxing DayThe Matrix Resurrections
2022: The FalloutParallel MothersKimiThe DukeThe BatmanThe Nan MovieMoonshotNavalnyFantastic Beasts: The Secrets of DumbledoreOperation MincemeatBubbleFullmetal Alchemist: Final Chapter – The Avenger ScarFather of the BrideElvisFullmetal Alchemist: Final Chapter – The Last TransmutationNotre-Dame on FireDC League of Super-PetsDon't Worry DarlingThe Lost KingEmilyBlack AdamA Christmas Story ChristmasBones and AllHoliday HarmonyA Christmas MysteryA Hollywood Christmas
2023: House PartyMagic Mike's Last DanceMummiesCreed IIIShazam! Fury of the GodsAirEvil Dead RiseThe FlashBarbieMeg 2: The TrenchBlue BeetleThe Nun 2WonkaAquaman and the Lost KingdomThe Color Purple

Upcoming
Dune: Part TwoMickey 17Godzilla x Kong: The New EmpireChallengersFuriosa: A Mad Max SagaThe WatchersHorizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1TwistersTrapHorizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2Beetlejuice 2Joker: Folie à DeuxAlto KnightsThe Lord of the Rings: The War of the RohirrimMortal Kombat 2MinecraftSuperman: LegacyThe Batman – Part IIThe AuthorityThe Brave and the BoldSupergirl: Woman of TomorrowSwamp ThingFunko
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