The Dark Knight (2008)

JeffersonSmith on 11/7/2010 Reply  ·  Like  ·  (6 likes)

This shouldn't number 1 of all-time by any stretch of the imagination.

mudslidematt on 11/12/2010 Reply  ·  Like  ·  (2 likes)

A very good movie but overrated. Batman Begins is the superior film. Batman Begins is the greatest comic book film. Ever.

JRM on 11/16/2010 Reply  ·  Like  ·  (11 likes)

The movie is brilliant. Those who deny it are just whispers in a stadium full of cheers.

permanente on 1/23/2011 Reply  ·  Like  ·  (2 likes)

Very good superhero film but astronomically overrated by fanboys. Better than batman begins though.

johnmason on 2/12/2011 Reply  ·  Like  ·  (10 likes)

When a movie ranks as high as it does, it means that the vast majority of Flickchart's users believe that the film is AT LEAST "pretty good". The Dark Knight has an 80% win percentage. It takes down 8 out of 10 of ALL MOVIES it comes up against. From ALL USERS. People can cry about films being overrated all they want. I'm sure most people have films they think are "overrated". Doesn't mean that they are. The stats speak for themselves: The Dark Knight is rated exactly as it should be. Perhaps given another year or two, it will drop in the rankings. (Maybe after The Dark Knight Rises comes out...)

tampabayrays03 on 3/19/2011 Reply  ·  Like  ·  (1 like)

Give it a break-the Dark Knight is just a little superior to Batman Begins. However, TDK practically says that the Joker wins in the end and that shouldn't have happened.

PFV on 5/8/2011 Reply  ·  Like  ·  (4 likes)

Great film, but there are hundreds of better ones. Overrated heavily by the fans.

dwalsh334 on 5/20/2011 Reply  ·  Like  ·  (4 likes)

How in the hell is this number 1?? I'm about to leave this site. I don't even know if it's gonna stay in my top 100

PFV on 6/5/2011 Reply  ·  Like  ·  (3 likes)

I think the best way to address this movie being at number one is that it does seem to be the most popular movie. However, that doesn't make it the best. It has to stand the test of time before it tops any of those lists.

patman2011 on 7/3/2011 Reply  ·  Like  ·  (0 likes)

best movie ever

SquareMaster316 on 7/14/2011 Reply  ·  Like  ·  (0 likes)

Simply put, an iconic masterpiece of cinema that easily surpasses any and all Superhero Genre films. The comparisons to The Empire Strikes Back and The Godfather 2 are completely legitimate and logical.

Mandy on 8/2/2011 Reply  ·  Like  ·  (1 like)

This is a very good movie, but it's not number one. Definitely in the top 10 or 20 though.

makarena on 9/9/2011 Reply  ·  Like  ·  (1 like)

nice film with cool plot and fancy effects have seen way better movies though.

maiden666 on 9/10/2011 Reply  ·  Like  ·  (1 like)

This movie kicks-ass!!! It's so good I saw it 3 times in theaters. It's Nolan's best film in my opinion. However, it definatly isn't the greatest film ever made.

monty31 on 10/16/2011 Reply  ·  Like  ·  (1 like)

Great movie! Heath Ledger is amazing as The Joker! Makes the movie!

Rain Man on 10/27/2011 Reply  ·  Like  ·  (0 likes)

um excuse me mister mudslide matt u are silly

batman begins is a very good movie....but comparing it to the dark knight is like comparing living in a box to living in a billion dollar mansion

SquareMaster316 on 10/28/2011 Reply  ·  Like  ·  (0 likes)

I'll join the vast majority of film buffs and movie goers in stating that both Nolan Batman films outclass anything Marvel or Darkhorse have ever put to screen.

Sano on 12/12/2011 Reply  ·  Like  ·  (1 like)

im not sure who made the mistake of putting this as "the best movie of all time" but you are mistaken sir

movieguyjon on 1/12/2012 Reply  ·  Like  ·  (1 like)

It doesn't really matter to me where this falls on the global charts. If a majority of the userbase here has this film ranked high, it makes sense for it to be ranked high. I liked this film quite a bit, but had some serious issues with the chaotic editing during action sequences that wasn't very spatially coherent (a similar gripe with Batman Begins) and some pacing issues.

Kozmik_Pariah on 1/24/2012 Reply  ·  Like  ·  (0 likes)

Holy cow, this is no. 1 globally? It's in my top 10, but it should be a far cry from number 1...

celticbhoy on 3/8/2012 Reply  ·  Like  ·  (0 likes)

I think I will watch this again as so many people rate this extremly high. I remember liking it but it didn't stand out as an instant classic. Let's see if I change my mind about this one.

PiccoloKing on 5/23/2012 Reply  ·  Like  ·  (1 like)

How did this go from no. 1 to no. 35?I smell a conspiracy.

nickflicks on 5/30/2012 Reply  ·  Like  ·  (0 likes)

Yes the revolution is finally starting !When I first starting ranking movies back in Feb. Dark Knight was "Globally ranked @ 1 now I see it's 35!!Hell yes.this is wonderful news.But I bet the fanboys are uniting to get it back @ number 1 as I type this

DREDDY on 6/5/2012 Reply  ·  Like  ·  (0 likes)

dark knight is something special.I cant compare it with any other movie

Reelz on 6/15/2012 Reply  ·  Like  ·  (0 likes)

The best superhero movie of all time. I just hope that Dark Knight Rises has the ability to top it, which I'm sure it will.

deusmark on 6/16/2012 Reply  ·  Like  ·  (2 likes)

How the hell did this go from #1 to #35?

How the hell is a movie that has been seen by 91 percent of the user base, and wins 80 percent of its match-ups (The Dark Knight), ranked below a film that has been seen by 24 percent of the user base, and wins just over 50 percent of its match ups (Double Indemnity)?

Did Flickhart completely change the way it calculates its overall user rankings? Did they not like that two comic book movies were sitting pretty at the top of their lists?

DREDDY on 6/21/2012 Reply  ·  Like  ·  (1 like)

DARK KNIGHT RISES WILL OCCUPY NUMBER 1

AWorkOfArts on 7/20/2012 Reply  ·  Like  ·  (1 like)

Agreed with others...the Origin story is definitely the superior film. I believe part of the reason why The Dark Knight succeeded as it did was due to all the hype surrounding Heath Ledger's passing.

billsantoast on 9/1/2012 Reply  ·  Like  ·  (1 like)

The heart of the Nolan Batman trilogy. One of my all time favorite movies. More than just a "comic book movie".

UncleFok on 9/4/2012 Reply  ·  Like  ·  (1 like)

"The movie is brilliant. Those who deny it are just whispers in a stadium full of cheers." Ahh, appeal to popularity. Justin Bieber must be a great musician, too, right? ;)

SquareMaster316 on 9/6/2012 Reply  ·  Like  ·  (2 likes)

4 years later, this film still stands tall as the greatest CBM in the history of motion picture.

Yellowjacket on 1/15/2013 Reply  ·  Like  ·  (1 like)

A bland, dumb-as-bricks film from start to finish. An uninteresting, one dimensional cliche hero, shoehorned attempts at emotion (killing a poorly written damsel in distress) and one of the dumbest plot twists in the history of cinema (element in the diorama) make this a failed attempt by nolan to get me invested in anything that "rises." Time for another reboot already?

SquareMaster316 on 1/29/2013 Reply  ·  Like  ·  (1 like)

What kind of pathetic idiot would just copy a quote bashing the godawful Iron Man 2 and paste it on this board? Look, you didn't even change the "element in the diorama" statement, making your entire "rant" null and void.

The Dark Knight still stands tall as the greatest comic book film ever associated with the genre. An emotionally gripping drama, a flawless character study of a brilliant psychopath; a smartly constructed crime epic; a crisply shot, high octane, adrenaline-pumping action film; a thrilling adventure piece; a deep, spiritual, richly complex study of the nuanced intricacies of morality and what one must do to achieve what one perceives as the greater good. Combined with bits of witty, subtle and dark humor that never overstay their welcome.

All constructed within a film that is so Shakespearean, it even follows his classic 5 act tragedy structure. Truly a film that stands shoulder-to-shoulder with the absolute best works of Kurosawa, Kubrick and Hitchcock and the Bard himself.

Yellowjacket on 2/10/2013 Reply  ·  Like  ·  (0 likes)

What's the "MOST POPULAR MATCHUP DISCUSSION" I see here? Hmmmm...

SquareMaster316 on Mar 7 Reply  ·  Like  ·  (1 like)

Given how the majority of critics, filmmakers and fans alike consider the Dark Knight to be the greatest comic book film ever made and an exceptionally high quality piece of film making, it's no wonder Marvel fanatics are so insecure and jealous as to start up hosanna threads in a desperate attempt to convince others that garbage like Iron Man 2 or Wolverine is somehow better (or even watchable, in general)

Caesar on Mar 26 Reply  ·  Like  ·  (4 likes)

All I know is that this movie is good. Really good.

SquareMaster316 on Mar 28 Reply  ·  Like  ·  (0 likes)

No just good, it's great. The best thing about Nolan's Batman Trilogy is that you actually care about these characters and are invested in everything that happens to them.

robmoviefilms13 on Apr 3 Reply  ·  Like  ·  (1 like)

Like Citizen Kane, The Godfather and the Star Wars' trilogy, The Dark Knight serves as the opus of our time. An epic in every sense of the word.