
Movies that feel likeThe Batman (2022)
If you loved The Batman, the closest films we have are Marshland (2014), Colors of Evil: Red (2024) and Zodiac (2007). All three share The Batman's gritty and twisty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Drishyam (2015).
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If The Batman hit the spot, these will too

Detectives wading through institutional rot to catch a killer
The difference: Sun-bleached Spanish realism — no cowl, no Gothic scale

A murder investigation that keeps pulling up buried secrets
The difference: A modest TV-movie feel next to Reeves's craft

Obsessive detective work against a killer who wants an audience
The difference: Patient and unglamorous — no action, no cape, no catharsis

A puzzle assembled clue by clue by a sleuth enjoying the show
The difference: Glossy period escapism, no dread and no urban decay

Cold methodical digging into a powerful family's buried rot
The difference: Nastier and more explicit, without any comic-book scaffolding

A fog-bound mystery where the investigator is part of the puzzle
The difference: Talky and slow-burn — atmosphere over action beats

Gritty and twisty in the same breath
The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Organized crime made cold, bodily and impossible to walk away from
The difference: Tight and restrained, with sudden violence instead of spectacle

Slow-mounting menace in a place the powerful wrote off
The difference: A genre-bending western freak-out — nothing procedural about it

A cat-and-mouse built on meticulous planning and misdirection
The difference: You root for the cover-up — family stakes, no vigilante

Corrupt cops, escalating dread and a tormentor who's always ahead
The difference: Darkly funny where Gotham is grave — and no hero to root for

A rain-soaked city and a killer who treats murder as a sermon
The difference: Far more punishing, with no hero fantasy to soften it
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