The Batman debuts on HBO Max April 18, so we have ranked it and the other films in our best Batman movies list you can watch right now.
When Bob Kane and Bill Finger created The Batman for Detective Comics 27 in 1939, they likely had no idea that the Caped Crusader would become one of the most popular fictional characters of all time. In addition to his many comic book incarnations, Batman has appeared in tons of animated TV shows and movies, and of course, the classic Batman live-action TV series in the 1960s. However, he’s perhaps most well known for the 12 major live-action Batman movie appearances. But which of the Batman films are the best? With the latest film, The Batman, debuting online on HBO Max in the next few days, we decided to rank all of the live action Batman movies, from worst to best. Thankfully, all but two of these Batman movies are available to stream on HBO Max as well. You can also catch a bunch of great Batman animated shows and films on the service as well, and some of them are better than many of the movies on this list (Batman: The Animated Series and Batman: Mask of the Phantasm come to mind). Read more: The best HBO Max movies Just a quick note: We won’t be listing spin-off live action movies on this list, like Catwoman or Joker, and we will safely ignore the two Batman Saturday afternoon serials that were made in the 1940s. Both are just horrible and the first Batman serial has some truly offensive racial themes. When and where can I watch The Batman at home? HBO Max will make The Batman available to stream starting on Monday, April 18. For old-fashioned TV cable audiences, the movie will debut on HBO at 8 PM ET on Saturday, April 23. You can sign up for HBO Max at the link below: Oh, boy. Joel Schumacher’s second and final time directing a Batman movie is a total and complete disaster. It looks and feels like an extended commercial for action figures and vehicles. Even George Clooney has distanced himself from his one-and-only time playing Batman. Everyone in this movie looks like they are there to just pick up a paycheck. The only way this movie can be watched is at home with a group of friends, with all of them making fun of this unfunny trainwreck of a film. This Batman movie is pretty skippable as well, but only because there’s a much better version you can watch (more on that later). While Zack Snyder is credited as director, the vast majority of this film was rewritten and directed by Joss Whedon just a few months before it hit theaters. That shows, as the entire film feel disjointed and put together with strings and tape. The Justice League’s characters team up to fight off an alien threat to Earth, and also to resurrect Superman.
