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Movies that feel likeBatman (1989)

Having witnessed his parents' brutal murder as a child, millionaire philanthropist Bruce Wayne fights crime in Gotham City disguised as Batman, a costumed hero who strikes fear into the hearts of villains. But when a deformed madman known as 'The Joker' seizes control of Gotham's criminal underworld, Batman must face his most ruthless nemesis ever while protecting both his identity and his love interest, reporter Vicki Vale.

If you loved Batman, the closest films we have are Fallen Angels (1995), A Chinese Ghost Story (1987) and Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008). All three share Batman's dreamlike and kinetic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Iron Monkey (1993).

🍅 77% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.5 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Tim Burtondreamlikekineticgritty
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Batman Returns (1992) · Batman Forever (1995) · Batman & Robin (1997)

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Fallen Angels
1995 · dir. Wong Kar-Wai
🍅 96%★ 7.5action · romance · crimeMax

Neon night-city fever — criminals drifting through gorgeous shadows

The difference: Art-house mood piece — longing, not justice, drives it

An indifferent hitman, his infatuated business partner and an ex-convict search for love and meaning as their lives cross paths in Hong Kong.

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A Chinese Ghost Story
1987 · dir. Tony Ching Siu-Tung
🍅 70%★ 7.4fantasy · actionPrime Video

Same late-80s spell — shadowy sets, wild imagery, romance among monsters

The difference: Hong Kong ghost fantasy — wire-fu and demons, no caped detective

A naïve young tax collector for the imperial government winds up spending the night in a haunted temple. There he falls in love with a beautiful woman who, unfortunately, is dead. With the aid of a powerful Daoist Swordsman, he must defeat undead hordes, overcome a sinister Tree Demoness, and descend to the pits of hell, to fight for the spirit he loves.

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Hellboy II: The Golden Army
2008 · dir. Guillermo del Toro
🍅 86%★ 7fantasy · actionStarz

Comic-book pulp given real gothic craft — a designer's eye in every frame

The difference: A monster-team romp — banter and wonder, none of Gotham's brooding

Hellboy, his pyrokinetic girlfriend, Liz, and aquatic empath, Abe Sapien, face their biggest battle when an underworld elven prince plans to reclaim Earth for his magical kindred. Tired of living in the shadow of humans, Prince Nuada tries to awaken an ancient force of killing machines, the all-powerful Golden Army, to clear the way for fantasy creatures to roam free. Only Hellboy can stop the dark prince and prevent humanity's annihilation.

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The Old Guard
2020 · dir. Gina Prince-Bythewood
🍅 80%★ 6.7action · fantasyNetflix

Comic-panel action led by heroes carrying old wounds into every fight

The difference: Flat streaming sheen — none of the operatic set design

Four undying warriors who've secretly protected humanity for centuries become targeted for their mysterious powers just as they discover a new immortal.

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Tombstone
1993 · dir. George P. Cosmatos
🍅 76%★ 7.8western · action

A legend puts the badge back on to face a gang that owns the town

The difference: Sun-bleached western realism — no masks, no gothic city, no myth

Legendary marshal Wyatt Earp, now a weary gunfighter, joins his brothers Morgan and Virgil to pursue their collective fortune in the thriving mining town of Tombstone. But Earp is forced to don a badge again and get help from his notorious pal Doc Holliday when a gang of renegade brigands and rustlers begins terrorizing the town.

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The Way of the Dragon
1972 · dir. Bruce Lee
🍅 88%★ 7.1action · crime

The same mix in both: momentum, then grit

The difference: Easier on the dream logic than Batman

After a Chinese restaurant in Rome is threatened by the mafia, who will stop at nothing to acquire the property, the owner recruits a family friend in Hong Kong, kung fu expert Tang Lung, to help them defend their business.

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Catwoman
2004 · dir. Pitof
🍅 8%★ 3.4action · fantasy · crimeMax

Another costumed avenger born from a bad death in a stylized, corrupt city

The difference: Notorious misfire — camp without Burton's craft or menace

Liquidated after discovering a corporate conspiracy, mild-mannered graphic artist Patience Phillips washes up on an island, where she's resurrected and endowed with the prowess of a cat — and she's eager to use her new skills... as a vigilante. Before you can say "cat and mouse", handsome gumshoe Tom Lone is on her tail, fascinated by both of her personas.

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Mortal Kombat
1995 · dir. Paul W. S. Anderson
🍅 44%★ 5.8action · fantasyMax

Nineties dark-fantasy spectacle — smoke, sets and a larger-than-life evil

The difference: A video-game tournament — cheese where Burton put dread

For nine generations an evil sorcerer has been victorious in hand-to-hand battle against his mortal enemies. If he wins a tenth Mortal Kombat tournament, desolation and evil will reign over the multiverse forever. To save Earth, three warriors must overcome seemingly insurmountable odds, their own inner demons, and superhuman foes.

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Daredevil
2003 · dir. Mark Steven Johnson
🍅 42%★ 5.3fantasy · actionDisney+

A haunted man in a devil suit stalking the night his city's law can't reach

The difference: Early-2000s clunk — the brooding is there, the craft isn't

By day, blind attorney Matt Murdock toils for justice in Hell's Kitchen. By night, he's Daredevil, The Man Without Fear - a powerful, masked vigilante stalking the dark streets with an uncanny "radar sense" that allows him to "see" with superhuman capabilities. But when the love of his life, fiery Elektra Natchios, is targeted by New York City's ruthless Kingpin of crime and his deadly assassin Bullseye, Daredevil may be about to meet his match.

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Chocolate
2008 · dir. Prachya Pinkaew
🍅 71%★ 6.9action · crime

Action with a pulse of momentum, in both cases

Zen, an autistic teenage girl with powerful martial arts skills, gets money to pay for her sick mother Zin's treatment by seeking out all the people who owe Zin money and making them pay.

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Iron Monkey
1993 · dir. Yuen Woo-ping
🍅 91%★ 7.5action · crime · drama

Crime built on grit, twice over

The difference: Leans harder into drama than Batman does

In this Hong Kong variation of Robin Hood, corrupt officials of a Chinese village are robbed by a masked bandit known as "Iron Monkey", named after a benevolent deity. When all else fails, the Governor forces a traveling physician into finding the bandit.

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Magnum Force
1973 · dir. Ted Post
🍅 69%★ 7.2drama · crime · action

Both are built on the same subject: vigilante

"Dirty" Harry Callahan is a San Francisco Police Inspector on the trail of a group of rogue cops who have taken justice into their own hands. When shady characters are murdered one after another in grisly fashion, only Dirty Harry can stop them.

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