Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (film)

2012 two-part animated film directed by Jay Oliva
For the comic book miniseries, see Batman: The Dark Knight Returns.

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns is a two-part 2012-2013 animated film featuring the DC Comics character Batman. It stars Peter Weller, Ariel Winter, David Selby, and Wade Williams.

Batman/Bruce Wayne

edit
 
You don't get it, son. This isn't a mud hole. It's an operating table. And I'm the surgeon.
  • [thinking to himself, about going back to being Batman] You try to hold me back, but you're weak. You know it in your soul. You're nothing but a hollow shell. A rusty trap. The time has come.
  • [to Mutant Leader] You don't get it, son. This isn't a mud hole. It's an operating table. And I'm the surgeon.
  • [to the "Sons of Batman", after the EMP blast that knocked out power in Gotham] Tonight I am going to maintain order in Gotham City. You are going to help me. But not with these. [takes a gun from one of the gang members] These are loud and clumsy. These are the weapons of cowards. [snaps rifle in half, shows them some batarangs] Our weapons are precise and quiet. In time I will teach them to you. But for tonight, you will rely on your brains and your fists. Tonight, we are the law. Tonight, I am the law.
  • [to Superman] In all the years to come, in your most private moments, I want you to remember the one man who beat you.

The Joker

edit
  • [coming out of a catatonic state, on hearing of Batman's return] Buh-buh...Ba-Batman... [grins] Darling!
  • So many faces... so few smiles.

Alfred Pennyworth

edit
  • If it's suicide you're after, I have an old family recipe. It's slow and painful. You'd like it.
  • [finding Bruce in the Batcave] Master Bruce. You set off the alarm, sir. This somnambulism is becoming a problem, especially for those of us with a penchant for sleeping at night.
  • [answering the phone] One moment, it's Commissioner Gordon. No doubt calling for details on the funeral.

Commissioner Gordon

edit
  • Wife made me quit the cigars.

Other

edit
  • Mutants: [catchphrase] Slice and Dice!
  • Mutant Leader: We will kill the old man, Gordon. We will chop him, we will grind him. We will bathe in his blood. I, myself, will kill the fool Batman. I will rip the meat from his bones and suck them dry. Don't call us a gang. Don't call us criminals. We are the law. Gotham City belongs to the Mutants.
  • Son of Batman: [former Mutant gang member, after the defeat of their leader] The Mutants are dead. This is the new face of the law. We are the Sons of Batman. And Gotham's criminals are about to enter hell.

Dialogue

edit
[After surviving a racecar crash, Bruce Wayne - now ten years retired as Batman - meets with his friend, soon-to-retire Police Commissioner James Gordon.]
Commissioner Gordon: That was some stunt you pulled at the racetrack.
Bruce Wayne: It keeps the blood flowing.
Commissioner Gordon: So long as most of it stays inside you, Bruce.
Bruce Wayne: Not worried about me, are you Jim?
Commissioner Gordon: Let's just say I'm glad you survived Batman's retirement and I was hoping you'd keep it that way.

Mutant Leader: Batman! Show yourself! Face me fool, and I will kill you! I will show you who rules Gotham City!
Batman: Alright, son. Show me.

[The White House, Washington, D.C. - the President of the United States meets with somebody who can handle Batman...]
The President: Son, you know I like to keep you out of domestic affairs, what with all the ruckus you stir up.
Superman: Yes, sir.
The President: But, well, it's a ruckus I'd like you to straighten out. Involving a friend of yours in Gotham City. It's all well and good to have a wild bronco on the ranch now and then. Does the hands good to break him in. But if the bronco up and kicks over the fence, and gets all the other horses crazy, well, that's bad for business.
Superman: I understand, sir.
The President: Now, I'm not asking you to put him down. Not yet, anyway. But settle him. Ride him around the yard a few times, if you have to. You know what I'm asking.
Superman: Sir, I can talk to him, but...
The President: I'd just hate for things to get out of hand. You know how to get in touch with him, don't you, son?
Superman: He's not hard to find, sir.
The President: Good boy.

[Clark Kent and Bruce Wayne are seen on the grounds of Wayne Manor after their encounter with each other the night before.]
Bruce Wayne: You cost me hours of work last night.
Clark Kent: Then I'll get right to it. You have to go back into retirement. You're upsetting too many people.
Bruce Wayne: Mm-hmm.
Clark Kent: Why do you always have to be like this? You played right into their hands last time. When the parents groups and the subcommittees came after us, you're the one they pointed to. You act like a criminal!
Bruce Wayne: We are criminals, Clark. We always have been. You're still one, too. Only difference is, you have a boss.
Clark Kent: And you answer to no one. You know, we almost had this talk ten years ago, when you wouldn't go along with the deal we made. Everyone else agreed. Diana went back to her people. Hal left the planet...
Bruce Wayne: And Oliver? Did he agree?
Clark Kent: That's not how I wanted that to go.
Bruce Wayne: He was all torn up about it too.
Clark Kent: He made it necessary, like...
Bruce Wayne: Like I'm about to?
Clark Kent: Do you even remember why you retired?
Bruce Wayne: I remember.
Clark Kent: Look, either shut it down or one of these days someone with authority is gonna tell me to come stop you. And when that happens...
Bruce Wayne: When that happens? May the best man win.
Clark Kent: [hears his pager watch ping] I have to go. We'll finish this later.
[Clark takes off, with Bruce glaring up after him]
Bruce Wayne: No hurry.

[The Joker, recently awakened from ten years in a catatonic state, appears with his psychiatrist, Dr. Bartholomew Wolper, on The David Endochrine Show.]
David Endochrine: Joker, you've asked for a chance to share your side of things. I'm told you've killed about six hundred people. How exactly does your side of that go?
Dr. Bartholomew Wolper: Stop right there! This is a sensitive man, and I won't have him being harassed.
The Joker: [brushes Wolper's hand off his shoulder] That's alright. I want them to get me.
David Endochrine: Alright, then.
The Joker: [sips coffee from one of the show's branded mugs] That's why I'm gonna kill everyone in this room. [the audience murmurs uneasily]
David Endochrine: [nervous] Okay... I think that's a little more insight than we had in mind.
Dr. Bartholomew Wolper: It's okay, he doesn't really mean that. He's just trying to ease the tension.
David Endochrine: Funny way to go about it.
Dr. Bartholomew Wolper: You have to remember, this man isn't responsible for those killings. He's merely a victim of the Batman's psychotic obsession.
The Joker: I thought I was Batman's psychotic obsession. [the audience laughs]
David Endochrine: So you think the Batman's the real sicko here.
Dr. Bartholomew Wolper: Without a doubt. He's an obsessive-compulsive, narcissistic hero-complexed sociopath. I would love a shot at him as a patient.
The Joker: [holds up coffee mug] Do guests get to keep these?
David Endochrine: Heh. Sure, you do whatever you want with it. We got a closet full of them.
[The Joker smashes the coffee mug, then uses the jagged edge to slash Dr. Wolper's throat. The doctor gasps, staggers, and collapses onto Endochrine's desk. The audience reacts in horror.]
The Joker: So long as you won't miss it.
[A pair of robotic dolls flies into the studio, spraying Joker toxin across the entire audience. The audience screams as they try to make their way to the exits, only to find the doors locked. Endocrine tries to cover his mouth, to avoid the gas.]
The Joker: Breathe, David. [inhales deeply, the filters his henchman provided him protecting him from the effects] Breathe.
[The audience members succumb, some laughing with their last breaths, dead with frozen grins. Soon, Endocrine cannot hold his breath any further... and he begins laughing hysterically as the toxin takes hold, before finally killing him.]

[Final confrontation between Batman and the Joker, in the tunnel of love at the Gotham Fairgrounds]
Batman: No more! [he hurls Joker against the wall] All the people I've murdered... by letting you live.
The Joker: [spits blood] I never kept count.
Batman: [lifting Joker by the scruff of the neck] I did!
The Joker: I know...
[He pulls a knife from his sleeve into his hand and slashes at Batman, who jumps back]
The Joker: ...And I love you for it. [he slashes Batman's chest] It's finally here, isn't it? [tackles Batman to the ground, raising his knife to stab] The moment we've both dreamed about!
[As the Joker is about to stab Batman through the eye, Batman's vision blurs.]
The Joker: [feigning sympathy] Oh, don't tell me you're gonna fall asleep before we finish! You have gotten old, haven't you?
[Batman punches the Joker off him and throws him against a wall, choking him]
The Joker: Not quite how I imagined it, but we can still end on a high note!
[The Joker stabs Batman in the torso three times while laughing maniacally. Batman twists the Joker's head in his hands, snapping his neck - paralyzing him, but not killing him. The paralyzed Joker twists around and collapses against the wall, as two witnesses scream in horror and run away.]
The Joker: [chuckling, in a sing-song voice] You're in trouble now...
[Batman stands over him]
The Joker: Go ahead. Say this has never happened to you before.
Batman: Shut up.
The Joker: Make me! Come on, finish me.
[Batman steps away from him, and collapses to his knees, clutching his gaping chest wound.]
The Joker: Ahh, doesn't matter... I win. I made you lose control... [laughing] ...and they'll kill you for it. [laughs] See you... in hell!
[The Joker laughs hysterically as he twists his neck and completely severs his spinal cord, killing himself. Batman collapses against the wall next to him, wounded and exhausted. Looking over at the lifeless, frozen grin of the Joker, he sighs, closing his eyes.]

Superman: We don't have to do this.
Batman: Sure we do.
Superman: Bruce, be reasonable. You know what my orders are.
Batman: Your "orders"?
[This shocks Superman]

Batman: You say you answer to some sort of authority. They only want me dead because I'm an embarrassment. Because I do what they can't. What kind of authority is that?
Superman: It doesn't matter. It's their world, and they won't stand for you anymore. If it isn't me, it'll just be someone else.
Batman: Really? Who do they send after you?

Superman: What are you doing?! Do you want me to kill you?
Batman: Oh, you're not going to kill me. Now!
[Green Arrow shoots a kryptonite arrow at Superman]
Batman: It wasn't easy to make, Clark. It took years and cost a fortune. Luckily, I had both.

Batman: You're feeling it now, aren't you? What the rest of us live with every day. Your own mortality. Don't worry, you'll survive. The kryptonite will work its way out of your lungs soon enough.
[With his X-ray vision, Superman sees Batman's straining heart]
Superman: Bruce... your heart...!
[Batman kicks Superman]
Batman: But I didn't have to go easy on you. A different binding agent, a stronger mix. I want you to remember that, I wanted to remind you to stay out of my way. In all the years to come, in your most private moments, I want you to remember the one man who beat you.
[Batman suddenly gasps, putting a hand over his chest. Superman grabs him before he can collapse]
Superman: Bruce!
[Wayne Manor explodes. Alfred, after watching from outside, falls dead from a stroke]

Lola Chang: Funeral proceedings are underway today for Bruce Wayne, as Gotham City still reels from last week's spectacular revelation that the world-famous billionaire was the Batman. All of Wayne's secrets, his methods and tools and his decades as the Batman, died with him as Wayne Manor burned to the ground. The fire was apparently set by his butler, who himself died of a stroke at the scene. Every penny of Wayne's wealth, all of his accounts and financial holdings, have also disappeared.
[At Bruce's funeral, Selina Kyle confronts Clark]
Selina Kyle: You've got some nerve showing up here! I know who killed him, damn you!
[She nearly hits him, but James Gordon stops her]
James Gordon: Selina, don't. It's no use. Let's go. [to Clark, as Selina leaves sobbing] Were you a friend?
Clark Kent: I think so. I honestly couldn't say.
James Gordon: Sounds about right. [leaves]
[Clark also starts to walk away, but stops when he hears heartbeats from Bruce's grave. Turning to face Carrie Kelley, he smiles and winks]

Cast

edit
edit
 
Wikipedia
Batman
  Creators     Bob Kane · Bill Finger  
  Characters     Anarky · Batgirl · Barbara Gordon · Dick Grayson · The Joker  
  Live‑action television     Batman · Legends of the Superheroes · Birds of Prey · Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt · Gotham · The Penguin  
  Live-action  
  serials and films  
  Batman (1943) · Batman and Robin · Batman (1966)  
  1989 film series     Batman (1989) · Batman Returns · Batman Forever · Batman & Robin  
  The Dark Knight Trilogy     Batman Begins · The Dark Knight · The Dark Knight Rises  
  DC Extended Universe     Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice  
  Batman Epic Crime Saga     The Batman (2022)  
  Animated television     The Adventures of Batman · The Batman/Superman Hour · The Batman/Tarzan Adventure Hour · The New Adventures of Batman · Batman: The Animated Series · The  
  New Batman Adventures
· Batman Beyond · The Batman · Batman: The Brave and the Bold · Beware the Batman  
  Animated films     Featuring Batman     Mask of the Phantasm · SubZero · Return of the Joker · Mystery of the Batwoman · The Batman vs. Dracula · Under the Red Hood · Year One ·  
  The Dark Knight Returns · DC Super Heroes Unite · Son of Batman · Assault on Arkham · Batman vs. Robin · Batman: Bad Blood · The Killing Joke · The Lego Batman Movie · Gotham by Gaslight · Death in the Family  
  With other heroes     Justice League: The New Frontier · Superman/Batman: Public Enemies · Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths · Superman/Batman:
  Apocalypse
· Justice League: Doom · Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox · JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time · Justice League: War · The
  Lego Movie
· Justice League: Throne of Atlantis · Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts · Justice League: Gods and Monsters · Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem · Scooby-Doo! & Batman: The Brave and the Bold · Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles  
  Animated shorts     Chase Me · Gotham Knight  
 
 Feature films     Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993) · Space Jam (1996) · Cats Don't Dance (1997) · Quest for Camelot (1998) · The Iron Giant (1999) · Osmosis Jones (2001) · Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) · The Lego Movie (2014) · Storks (2016) · The Lego Batman Movie (2017) · The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017) · Teen Titans Go! To the Movies (2018) · Smallfoot (2018) · The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019) · Scoob! (2020) · Tom & Jerry (2021) · Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021) · DC League of Super-Pets (2022) · The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (2024) · The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie (2025)
 Short films     The Duxorcist (1987) · The Night of the Living Duck (1988) · Box-Office Bunny (1990) · Chariots of Fur (1994) · Carrotblanca (1995) · Another Froggy Evening (1995) · Superior Duck (1996) · Pullet Surprise (1997) · Marvin the Martian in the Third Dimension (1997) · From Hare to Eternity (1997) · Father of the Bird (1997) · Little Go Beep (2000) · Chase Me (2003) · The Karate Guard (2005) · DC Showcase: The Spectre (2010) · DC Showcase: Jonah Hex (2010) · Coyote Falls (2010) · Fur of Flying (2010) · DC Showcase: Green Arrow (2010) · Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam (2010) · Rabid Rider (2010) · DC Showcase: Catwoman (2011) · I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat (2011) · Daffy's Rhapsody (2012) · The Master (2016)
 Direct to video films    Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation (1992) · Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero (1998) · Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (1998) · Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost (1999) · Wakko's Wish (1999) · Tweety's High-Flying Adventure (2000) · Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders (2000) · Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (2000) · Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase (2001) · Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring (2002) · Baby Looney Tunes' Eggs-traordinary Adventure (2003) · Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire (2003) · Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico (2003) · Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman (2003) · Scooby-Doo! and the Loch Ness Monster (2004) Kangaroo Jack: G'Day U.S.A.! (2004) · ¡Mucha Lucha!: The Return of El Maléfico (2005) · Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars (2005) Aloha, Scooby-Doo! (2005) · Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry (2005) · The Batman vs. Dracula (2005) · Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy? (2005) · Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy! (2006) · Superman: Brainiac Attacks (2006) · Tom and Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers (2006) · Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo (2006) · Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas (2006) · Chill Out, Scooby-Doo! (2007) · Superman: Doomsday (2007) · Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale (2007) · Justice League: The New Frontier (2008) · Batman: Gotham Knight (2008) · Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King (2008) · Wonder Woman (2009) · Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword (2009) · Green Lantern: First Flight (2009) · Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (2009) · Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo (2010) · Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths (2010) · Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010) · Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes (2010) · Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare (2010) · Superman/Batman: Apocalypse (2010) · All-Star Superman (2011) · Green Lantern: Emerald Knights (2011) · Tom and Jerry and the Wizard of Oz (2011) · Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Phantosaur (2011) · Batman: Year One (2011) · Justice League: Doom (2012) · Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire (2012) · Superman vs. The Elite (2012) · Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (2012/2013) · Tom and Jerry: Robin Hood and His Merry Mouse (2012) · Big Top Scooby-Doo! (2012) · Scooby-Doo! Mask of the Blue Falcon (2013) · Superman: Unbound (2013) · Scooby-Doo! Adventures: The Mystery Map (2013) · Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (2013) · Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure (2013) · Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright (2013) · JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time (2014) · Justice League: War (2014) · Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery (2014) · Son of Batman (2014) · Batman: Assault on Arkham (2014) · Scooby-Doo! Frankencreepy (2014) · Tom and Jerry: The Lost Dragon (2014) · Justice League: Throne of Atlantis (2015) · Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League vs. Bizarro League (2015) · Scooby-Doo! Moon Monster Madness (2015) · The Flintstones & WWE: Stone Age SmackDown! (2015) · Batman vs. Robin (2015) · Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts (2015) · Tom and Jerry: Spy Quest (2015) · Scooby-Doo! and Kiss: Rock and Roll Mystery (2015) · Justice League: Gods and Monsters (2015) · Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run (2015) · Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem (2015) · Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League – Attack of the Legion of Doom (2015) · Batman: Bad Blood (2016) · Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League – Cosmic Clash (2016) · Justice League vs. Teen Titans (2016) · Lego Scooby-Doo! Haunted Hollywood (2016) · Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz (2016) · Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League – Gotham City Breakout (2016) · Batman: The Killing Joke (2016) · Scooby-Doo! and WWE: Curse of the Speed Demon (2016) · DC Super Hero Girls: Hero of the Year (2016) · Batman Unlimited: Mechs vs. Mutants (2016) · Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders (2016) · Justice League Dark (2017) · Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown (2017) · The Jetsons & WWE: Robo-WrestleMania! (2017) · Teen Titans: The Judas Contract (2017) · DC Super Hero Girls: Intergalactic Games (2017) · Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (2017) · Lego Scooby-Doo! Blowout Beach Bash (2017) · Lego DC Super Hero Girls: Brain Drain (2017) · Batman and Harley Quinn (2017) · Batman vs. Two-Face (2017) · Scooby-Doo! & Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2018) · Batman: Gotham by Gaslight (2018) · Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: The Flash (2018) · Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay (2018) · Batman Ninja (2018) · Lego DC Super Hero Girls: Super-Villain High (2018) · Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Aquaman – Rage of Atlantis (2018) · The Death of Superman (2018) · Scooby-Doo! and the Gourmet Ghost (2018) · DC Super Hero Girls: Legends of Atlantis (2018) · Reign of the Supermen (2019) · Scooby-Doo! and the Curse of the 13th Ghost (2019) · Justice League vs. the Fatal Five (2019) · Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2019) · Batman: Hush (2019) · Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans (2019) · Lego DC Batman: Family Matters (2019) · Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island (2019) · Wonder Woman: Bloodlines (2019) · Superman: Red Son (2020) · Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge (2020) · Lego DC: Shazam!: Magic and Monsters (2020) · Justice League Dark: Apokolips War (2020) · Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons: The Movie (2020) · Superman: Man of Tomorrow (2020) · Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo! (2020) · Batman: Soul of the Dragon (2021) · Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob (2021) · Justice Society: World War II (2021) · Teen Titans Go! See Space Jam (2021) · Batman: The Long Halloween (2021) · Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms (2021) · Straight Outta Nowhere: Scooby-Doo! Meets Courage the Cowardly Dog (2021) · Injustice (2021) · Tom and Jerry: Cowboy Up! (2022) · Catwoman: Hunted (2022) · Teen Titans Go! & DC Super Hero Girls: Mayhem in the Multiverse (2022) · King Tweety (2022) · Green Lantern: Beware My Power (2022) · Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo! (2022) · Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind (2022) · Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons (2022) · Tom and Jerry: Snowman's Land (2022) · Green Lantern: Beware My Power (2022) · Legion of Super-Heroes (2023) · Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham (2023) · Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes & Huntsmen (2023) · Taz: Quest for Burger (2023) · Justice League: Warworld (2023) · Babylon 5: The Road Home (2023) · Scooby-Doo! and Krypto, Too! (2023) · Mortal Kombat Legends: Cage Match (2023) · Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths (2024) · Watchmen (2024) · Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League (2025) · Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires (2025)
 Television series   Road Rovers · Waynehead · Free Willy · Histeria! · Detention · Baby Blues · ¡Mucha Lucha! · 3-South · Xiaolin Showdown · Firehouse Tales · Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island · Johnny Test · Mike Tyson Mysteries · Bunnicula · Right Now Kapow · Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz · Green Eggs and Ham · Little Ellen · Gremlins
 Television specials     A Miser Brothers' Christmas (2008) · Scooby-Doo! Spooky Games (2012) · Robot Chicken DC Comics Special (2012) · Scooby-Doo! Haunted Holidays (2012) · Scooby-Doo! and the Spooky Scarecrow (2013) · Scooby-Doo! Mecha Mutt Menace (2013) · Robot Chicken DC Comics Special 2: Villains in Paradise (2014) · Scooby-Doo! Ghastly Goals (2014) · Tom and Jerry: Santa's Little Helpers (2014) · Lego DC Comics: Batman Be-Leaguered (2014) · Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas (2014) · Scooby-Doo! and the Beach Beastie (2015) · Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship (2015) · Lego Scooby-Doo! Knight Time Terror (2015) · DC Super Hero Girls: Super Hero High (2016)
 
  Feature films     Stand-alone films     Gen¹³  (1998) · Superman: Brainiac Attacks  (2006) · JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time  (2014) · DC Super Heroes vs. Eagle Talon  (2017) · Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons: The Movie  (2020) · Space Jam: A New Legacy  (2021) · DC League of Super-Pets  (2022) · Scooby-Doo! and Krypto, Too!  (2023) 
 DC Animated Universe        (1993) · Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero  (1998) · Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker  (2000) · Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman  (2003) · Batman and Harley Quinn  (2017) · Justice League vs. the Fatal Five  (2019) 
 DCU Animated Original Movies   Stand-alone feature films   Superman: Doomsday  (2007) · Justice League: The New Frontier  (2008) · Wonder Woman  (2009) · Green Lantern: First Flight  (2009) · Batman: Under the Red Hood  (2010) · All-Star Superman  (2011) · Green Lantern: Emerald Knights  (2011) · Superman vs. The Elite  (2012) · Superman: Unbound  (2013) · Justice League: Gods and Monsters  (2015) · Batman: The Killing Joke  (2016) · Batman: Gotham by Gaslight  (2018) · Superman: Red Son  (2021) · Batman: Soul of the Dragon  (2021) · Injustice  (2021) · Catwoman: Hunted  (2022) · Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons  (2022) · Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham  (2023) · Watchmen  (2024) 
 Superman/Batman    Superman/Batman: Public Enemies  (2009) · Superman/Batman: Apocalypse  (2010) 
 JLA    Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths  (2010) · Justice League: Doom  (2012) 
 Millerverse    Batman: Year One (2011) · Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (2012-13)
 Other Universes    *Batman: Gotham Knight (Dark Knight Trilogy) · Batman: Assault on Arkham (Arkhamverse) · Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes & Huntsmen (RWBY)
 DC Animated Movie Universes    Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox  (2013) · Justice League: War  (2014) · Son of Batman  (2014) · Justice League: Throne of Atlantis  (2015) · Batman vs. Robin  (2015) · Batman: Bad Blood  (2016) · Justice League vs. Teen Titans  (2016) · Justice League Dark  (2017) · Teen Titans: The Judas Contract  (2017) · Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay  (2018) · The Death of Superman  (2018) · Constantine: City of Demons – The Movie  (2018-19) · Reign of the Supermen  (2019) · Batman: Hush  (2019) · Wonder Woman: Bloodlines  (2019) · Justice League Dark: Apokolips War  (2020) · Superman: Man of Tomorrow  (2020) · Justice Society: World War II  (2021) · Batman: The Long Halloween  (2021) · Green Lantern: Beware My Power  (2022) · Legion of Super-Heroes  (2023) · Justice League: Warworld  (2023) · Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths  (2024) 
 DC Showcase    The Spectre  (2010) · Jonah Hex  (2010) · Green Arrow  (2010) · Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam  (2010) · Catwoman  (2011) · Sgt. Rock  (2019) · Death  (2019) · The Phantom Stranger  (2020) · Adam Strange  (2020) · Batman: Death in the Family  (2020) 
 Batman   1960s TV series    Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders  (2016) · Batman vs. Two-Face  (2017) 
 Batman Unlimited    Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts  (2015) · Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem  (2015) · Batman Unlimited: Mechs vs. Mutants  (2016) 
 Batman Ninja    Batman Ninja  (2018) · Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League  (2025) 
 Stand alone    The Batman vs. Dracula  (2005) · Scooby-Doo! & Batman: The Brave and the Bold  (2018) · Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles  (2019) · Merry Little Batman  (2023) · Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires  (2025) 
 Teen Titans and Teen Titans Go!    Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo  (2006) · Teen Titans Go! To the Movies  (2018) · Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans  (2019) · Teen Titans Go! See Space Jam  (2021) · Teen Titans Go! & DC Super Hero Girls: Mayhem in the Multiverse  (2022) 
 DC Super Hero Girls    DC Super Hero Girls: Super Hero High  (2016) · DC Super Hero Girls: Hero of the Year  (2016) · DC Super Hero Girls: Intergalactic Games  (2017) · DC Super Hero Girls: Legends of Atlantis  (2018) · Teen Titans Go! & DC Super Hero Girls: Mayhem in the Multiverse  (2022) 
 Lego DC Comics films   Lego DC Comics Super Heroes    Lego Batman: The Movie – DC Super Heroes Unite  (2013) · Batman Be-Leaguered  (2014) · Justice League vs. Bizarro League  (2015) · Justice League – Attack of the Legion of Doom  (2015) · Justice League – Cosmic Clash  (2016) · Justice League – Gotham City Breakout  (2016) · The Flash  (2018) · Aquaman – Rage of Atlantis  (2018) · Batman: Family Matters  (2019) · Shazam!: Magic and Monsters  (2020) 
 Lego DC Super Hero Girls    Lego DC Super Hero Girls: Brain Drain  (2017) · Lego DC Super Hero Girls: Super-Villain High  (2018) 
 The Lego Movie franchise    The Lego Movie  (2014) · The Lego Batman Movie  (2017) · The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part  (2019)