All 3 Christopher Nolan 'Dark Knight' Movies

Christopher Nolan did the impossible with his trilogy of Batmanfilms, as he managed to tell a complete and satisfying superhero story that both began and ended on its own terms. While both Tim Burton’s Batman series and Richard Donner’s Superman duology were handed off to other filmmakers before they could complete their trilogies, Nolan was able to deliver three successive films, each of which were met with tremendous critical acclaim and became box office juggernauts. Batman has notoriously been a character that has been hard to crack; Joel Schumacher’s films veered too hard into the campy side of the character, and Azck Snyder presented a cynical outlook that turned Bruce Wayne into a psychopathic murderer. Nolan was able to embrace the freedom of comic book storytelling, yet also told relevant stories that related to the cultural, economic, and political themes of the 21st century.