Every Batman story ever filmed

Night Watcher lists 137 films and 71 seasons of television across 44 continuities, in Batman watch orders, no spoilers — if you have ever asked what order to watch Batman in, this is the answer: every Batman movie and series in order, animated and live action both, by universe, by the arc of one life, or by release. Next up names the next unwatched entry, and Progress keeps the tally. The app needs JavaScript; what follows is what it covers.

This is not a ranked list or a forum thread argued over once and left to rot — it is three spoiler-safe orderings of every Batman story ever filmed, a fresh where-to-watch search on every entry, and nothing stored about you. Pick an ordering, tick what you have seen, and the next unwatched entry is always waiting: no account, no sign-in, it works offline, and your place is kept in this browser alone.

The eras of Bruce’s life

1. Before Batman — Gotham before there is anyone to answer it. Alfred, the Waynes, and a boy. Opens with Pennyworth — Complete series (2019).
2. The early years — Established and still alone. No Robin yet — just a man and a corrupt city. Opens with Batman: Year One (2011).
3. The Grayson years — A partner in the car. The lightest stretch of the whole life. Opens with Dynamic Duo (2028, not out yet).
4. Rebuilding — A harder, lonelier Batman. Dick has moved on to Nightwing and a later Robin is in the car — usually Tim Drake, with Barbara around. Opens with Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010).
5. Broken and rebuilt — The hardest years, and the ones the catalogue's darkest films live in. Opens with Batman: Knightfall — Part One: Knightfall (2026).
6. The League years — Batman as one of a team — a shared headquarters, joint missions — and still a partner in the car. Opens with Super Friends — 1973 (1973).
7. No one in the car — The League is an institution now — a roster of dozens — and he works it alone. No partner beside him, which is the one thing every entry here shares. Opens with Justice League: The New Frontier (2008).
8. The Damian years — A son raised by assassins, learning the rule. Opens with Son of Batman (2014).
9. The last years — Retired, and back out anyway. Opens with The Dark Knight Returns — Part One (2012).
10. Beyond — An old man in a chair, and a kid in a new suit. Opens with Batman Beyond — DC Nation short (2014).
11. After the cowl — Gotham without him. Each entry starts after he is out of the picture, and is about the city that is left. Opens with Birds of Prey — Complete series (2002).

By release

Release order runs 1943 to 2028 and opens with Batman — 15 chapters (1943), Batman and Robin — 15 chapters (1949), Batman — Complete series (1966), Batman (1966), Batgirl — Presentation film (1967), The Adventures of Batman — Complete series (1968), Super Friends — 1973 (1973), The New Adventures of Batman — Complete series (1977). All three orderings, every entry, are in the plain-text catalogue.

The continuities

Every entry, in each continuity’s own spoiler-safe order — Adam West’s Batman ’66, the Keaton–Kilmer–Clooney Burton / Schumacher films, Christian Bale’s Dark Knight Trilogy, Robert Pattinson’s Batman Epic Crime Saga, Ben Affleck’s DC Extended Universe, and 39 more. The essentials and the core route are marked; everything else is optional side material.

Pennyworth

1. Pennyworth — Complete series (2019) · live action · series

The Joker Films

1. Joker (2019) · live action
2. Joker: Folie à Deux (2024) · live action

Gotham

1. Gotham — Complete series (2014) · live action · series · essential

DC Animated Universe

1. The Dark Knight’s First Night (1991) · animated
2. Batman: The Animated Series — Season 1 (1992) · animated · series · essential
3. Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993) · animated · essential
4. Batman: The Animated Series — Season 2 (1994) · animated · series
5. Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero (1998) · animated · core
6. Superman: The Animated Series — Season 1 (1996) · animated · series
7. The New Batman Adventures — Season 1 (1997) · animated · series
8. Superman: The Animated Series — Season 2 (1997) · animated · series
9. The Batman Superman Movie: World’s Finest (1997) · animated
10. The New Batman Adventures — Season 2 (1998) · animated · series · essential
11. Superman: The Animated Series — Season 3 (1999) · animated · series
12. Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman (2003) · animated · core
13. Chase Me (2003) · animated
14. Gotham Girls — 30 shorts (2000) · animated
15. Static Shock — Seasons 1–4 (2000) · animated · series
16. Batman Beyond: The Movie (1999) · animated
17. Batman Beyond — Season 1 (1999) · animated · series · essential
18. Batman Beyond — Season 2 (2000) · animated · series
19. Batman Beyond — Season 3 (2000) · animated · series
20. The Zeta Project — Seasons 1–2 (2001) · animated · series
21. Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (2000) · animated · essential
22. Justice League — Season 1 (2001) · animated · series · essential
23. Justice League — Season 2 (2003) · animated · series
24. Justice League Unlimited — Season 1 (2004) · animated · series
25. Justice League Unlimited — Season 2 (2005) · animated · series
26. Justice League Unlimited — Season 3 (2006) · animated · series · essential
27. Batman and Harley Quinn (2017) · animated · core

The Comic Adaptations

1. Batman: Year One (2011) · animated · essential
2. DC Showcase: Catwoman (2011) · animated
3. Batman: The Killing Joke (2016) · animated · core
4. Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010) · animated · essential
5. Batman: Death in the Family (2020) · animated · core
6. The Dark Knight Returns — Part One (2012) · animated · essential
7. The Dark Knight Returns — Part Two (2013) · animated · essential
8. The Dark Knight Returns — Deluxe Edition (2013) · animated

Tomorrowverse

1. Superman: Man of Tomorrow (2020) · animated
2. Justice Society: World War II (2021) · animated
3. Batman: The Long Halloween — Part One (2021) · animated · essential
4. Batman: The Long Halloween — Part Two (2021) · animated · essential
5. The Long Halloween — Deluxe Edition (2022) · animated
6. Green Lantern: Beware My Power (2022) · animated
7. Legion of Super-Heroes (2023) · animated
8. Justice League: Warworld (2023) · animated · core
9. Crisis on Infinite Earths — Part One (2024) · animated · core
10. Crisis on Infinite Earths — Part Two (2024) · animated · core
11. Crisis on Infinite Earths — Part Three (2024) · animated · core

Standalone Films

1. Batman: Gotham Knight (2008) · animated · core
2. Batman: Strange Days (2014) · animated
3. Batman of Shanghai — 3 shorts (2012) · animated
4. Batman Beyond — DC Nation short (2014) · animated
5. Batman: Gotham by Gaslight (2018) · animated · essential
6. Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2019) · animated · core
7. Superman: Red Son (2020) · animated
8. Batman: Soul of the Dragon (2021) · animated · core
9. Injustice (2021) · animated · core
10. Catwoman: Hunted (2022) · animated
11. Battle of the Super Sons (2022) · animated
12. The Doom That Came to Gotham (2023) · animated · core
13. Justice League x RWBY — Part One (2023) · animated
14. Justice League x RWBY — Part Two (2024) · animated
15. Suicide Squad Isekai — Complete series (2024) · animated · series
16. Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires (2025) · animated · core
17. Dynamic Duo (2028) · animated · core · not out yet

The Batman (2004)

1. The Batman — Season 1 (2004) · animated · series
2. The Batman — Season 2 (2005) · animated · series
3. The Batman — Season 3 (2005) · animated · series
4. The Batman vs. Dracula (2005) · animated · core
5. The Batman — Season 4 (2006) · animated · series
6. The Batman — Season 5 (2007) · animated · series

Beware the Batman

1. Beware the Batman — Complete series (2013) · animated · series

Caped Crusader

1. Batman: Caped Crusader — Season 1 (2024) · animated · series · essential
2. Batman: Caped Crusader — Season 2 (2026) · animated · series

The Dark Knight Trilogy

1. Batman Begins (2005) · live action · essential
2. The Dark Knight (2008) · live action · essential
3. The Dark Knight Rises (2012) · live action · core

The Batman Epic Crime Saga

1. The Batman (2022) · live action · essential
2. The Penguin — Season 1 (2024) · live action · series · core
3. The Batman: Part II (2028) · live action · core · not out yet

The Burton / Schumacher Films

1. Batman (1989) · live action · essential
2. Batman Returns (1992) · live action · core
3. Batman Forever (1995) · live action
4. Batman & Robin (1997) · live action

The Scooby-Doo Crossovers

1. Scooby-Doo Meets Batman (2002) · animated
2. Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? — What a Night for a Dark Knight! (2019) · animated

The LEGO Movieverse

1. The LEGO Movie (2014) · animated
2. The LEGO Batman Movie (2017) · animated · essential
3. The LEGO Batman Movie — 4 bonus shorts (2017) · animated
4. The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part (2019) · animated

The Filmation Years

1. The Adventures of Batman — Complete series (1968) · animated · series
2. The New Adventures of Batman — Complete series (1977) · animated · series

Teen Titans

1. Teen Titans — Complete series (2003) · animated · series
2. Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo (2006) · animated

Teen Titans Go!

1. Teen Titans Go! — All seasons (2013) · animated · series
2. Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans (2019) · animated

DC Super Hero Girls

1. DC Super Hero Girls — Complete series (2019) · animated · series
2. Mayhem in the Multiverse — with Teen Titans Go! (2022) · animated

The Columbia Serials

1. Batman — 15 chapters (1943) · live action · core
2. Batman and Robin — 15 chapters (1949) · live action

Batman ’66

1. Batman — Complete series (1966) · live action · series · essential
2. Batman (1966) · live action · essential
3. Batgirl — Presentation film (1967) · live action
4. Return of the Caped Crusaders (2016) · animated · core
5. Batman vs. Two-Face (2017) · animated · core
6. Legends of the Superheroes — 2 specials (1979) · live action

Batman Unlimited

1. Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts (2015) · animated
2. Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem (2015) · animated
3. Batman Unlimited — 33 shorts (2015) · animated
4. Batman Unlimited: Mechs vs. Mutants (2016) · animated

Batwheels

1. Batwheels — Season 1 (2022) · animated · series
2. Batwheels — Season 2 (2024) · animated · series
3. Batwheels — Season 3 (2025) · animated · series

Titans

1. Titans — Complete series (2018) · live action · series

Arkhamverse

1. Batman: Assault on Arkham (2014) · animated · core

Knightfall Trilogy

1. Batman: Knightfall — Part One: Knightfall (2026) · animated · core
2. Batman: Knightfall — Part Two (2026) · animated · core · not out yet
3. Batman: Knightfall — Part Three (2027) · animated · core · not out yet

Standalone Justice League Films

1. Justice League: The New Frontier (2008) · animated · core
2. Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths (2010) · animated · core
3. Justice League: Doom (2012) · animated · essential
4. JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time (2014) · animated
5. Justice League: Gods and Monsters (2015) · animated · core
6. Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles — 3 shorts (2015) · animated
7. Justice League vs. the Fatal Five (2019) · animated

LEGO Batman: DC Super Heroes

1. LEGO Batman: DC Super Heroes Unite (2013) · animated · core

Batman in Supporting Roles

1. DC Super Heroes vs. Eagle Talon (2017) · animated
2. Teen Titans Go! To the Movies (2018) · animated
3. DC League of Super-Pets (2022) · animated

Super Friends

1. Super Friends — 1973 (1973) · animated · series
2. The All-New Super Friends Hour — 1977 (1977) · animated · series
3. Challenge of the Super Friends — 1978 (1978) · animated · series · essential
4. The World’s Greatest SuperFriends — 1979 (1979) · animated · series
5. Super Friends — 1980 (1980) · animated · series
6. Super Friends — 1981 (1981) · animated · series
7. Super Friends — 1983 (1983) · animated · series
8. The Legendary Super Powers Show — 1984 (1984) · animated · series
9. The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians — 1985 (1985) · animated · series

The Brave and the Bold (2008)

1. Batman: The Brave and the Bold — Season 1 (2008) · animated · series · essential
2. Batman: The Brave and the Bold — Season 2 (2010) · animated · series
3. Batman: The Brave and the Bold — Season 3 (2011) · animated · series
4. Scooby-Doo and Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2018) · animated · core

Robot Chicken DC Comics

1. Robot Chicken DC Comics Special (2012) · animated
2. Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II — Villains in Paradise (2014) · animated
3. Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III — Magical Friendship (2015) · animated

Superman/Batman Duology

1. Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (2009) · animated · core
2. Superman/Batman: Apocalypse (2010) · animated · core

DC Animated Movie Universe

1. Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (2013) · animated
2. Justice League: War (2014) · animated
3. Son of Batman (2014) · animated · core
4. Justice League: Throne of Atlantis (2015) · animated
5. Batman vs. Robin (2015) · animated · core
6. Batman: Bad Blood (2016) · animated · core
7. Justice League vs. Teen Titans (2016) · animated
8. Justice League Dark (2017) · animated
9. Teen Titans: The Judas Contract (2017) · animated
10. Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay (2018) · animated
11. The Death of Superman (2018) · animated
12. Reign of the Supermen (2019) · animated
13. The Death and Return of Superman (2019) · animated
14. Constantine: City of Demons (2018) · animated
15. Batman: Hush (2019) · animated · core
16. Wonder Woman: Bloodlines (2019) · animated
17. Justice League Dark: Apokolips War (2020) · animated

LEGO DC Direct-to-Video

1. LEGO DC Comics: Batman Be-Leaguered (2014) · animated · core
2. Justice League vs. Bizarro League (2015) · animated
3. Justice League: Attack of the Legion of Doom (2015) · animated
4. Justice League: Cosmic Clash (2016) · animated
5. Justice League: Gotham City Breakout (2016) · animated · core
6. LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: The Flash (2018) · animated
7. Aquaman: Rage of Atlantis (2018) · animated
8. LEGO DC Batman: Family Matters (2019) · animated · core
9. LEGO DC Shazam!: Magic and Monsters (2020) · animated

Young Justice

1. Young Justice — Season 1 (2010) · animated · series · essential
2. Young Justice — Season 2: Invasion (2012) · animated · series
3. Young Justice — Season 3: Outsiders (2019) · animated · series
4. Young Justice — Season 4: Phantoms (2021) · animated · series

Justice League Action

1. Justice League Action — Complete series (2016) · animated · series
2. Justice League Action Shorts — 22 shorts (2017) · animated

The DC Extended Universe

1. Man of Steel (2013) · live action
2. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) · live action · core
3. Suicide Squad (2016) · live action
4. Justice League (2017) · live action · core
5. Zack Snyder’s Justice League (2021) · live action
6. Birds of Prey — and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn (2020) · live action
7. The Flash (2023) · live action

Ninjaverse

1. Batman Ninja (2018) · animated · core
2. Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League (2025) · animated · core

Harley Quinn’s Gotham

1. Harley Quinn — Season 1 (2019) · animated · series
2. Harley Quinn — Season 2 (2020) · animated · series
3. Harley Quinn — Season 3 (2022) · animated · series
4. Harley Quinn — Valentine’s Day special (2023) · animated
5. Harley Quinn — Season 4 (2023) · animated · series
6. Kite Man: Hell Yeah! — Season 1 (2024) · animated · series
7. Harley Quinn — Season 5 (2025) · animated · series

Merry Little Universe

1. Merry Little Batman (2023) · animated · essential
2. Bat-Fam — Season 1 (2025) · animated · series

Batwoman

1. Elseworlds — Arrowverse crossover (2018) · live action · series
2. Batwoman — Season 1 (2019) · live action · series
3. Crisis on Infinite Earths — Arrowverse crossover (2019) · live action · series
4. Batwoman — Season 2 (2021) · live action · series
5. Batwoman — Season 3 (2021) · live action · series

Single-Season Gotham Shows

1. Birds of Prey — Complete series (2002) · live action · series
2. Gotham Knights — Complete series (2023) · live action · series

The DCU

1. Creature Commandos — Season 1 (2024) · animated · series
2. Clayface (2026) · live action · not out yet

The essentials and the core route

1. Gotham (2014)
2. Batman: The Animated Series (1992)
3. Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
4. Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero (1998)
5. The New Batman Adventures (1998)
6. Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman (2003)
7. Batman Beyond (1999)
8. Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (2000)
9. Justice League (2001)
10. Justice League Unlimited (2006)
11. Batman and Harley Quinn (2017)
12. Batman: Year One (2011)
13. Batman: The Killing Joke (2016)
14. Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010)
15. Batman: Death in the Family (2020)
16. The Dark Knight Returns — Part One (2012)
17. The Dark Knight Returns — Part Two (2013)
18. Batman: The Long Halloween — Part One (2021)
19. Batman: The Long Halloween — Part Two (2021)
20. Justice League: Warworld (2023)
21. Crisis on Infinite Earths — Part One (2024)
22. Crisis on Infinite Earths — Part Two (2024)
23. Crisis on Infinite Earths — Part Three (2024)
24. Batman: Gotham Knight (2008)
25. Batman: Gotham by Gaslight (2018)
26. Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2019)
27. Batman: Soul of the Dragon (2021)
28. Injustice (2021)
29. The Doom That Came to Gotham (2023)
30. Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires (2025)
31. Dynamic Duo (2028)
32. The Batman vs. Dracula (2005)
33. Batman: Caped Crusader (2024)
34. Batman Begins (2005)
35. The Dark Knight (2008)
36. The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
37. The Batman (2022)
38. The Penguin (2024)
39. The Batman: Part II (2028)
40. Batman (1989)
41. Batman Returns (1992)
42. The LEGO Batman Movie (2017)
43. Batman (1943)
44. Batman — Complete series (1966)
45. Batman (1966)
46. Return of the Caped Crusaders (2016)
47. Batman vs. Two-Face (2017)
48. Batman: Assault on Arkham (2014)
49. Batman: Knightfall — Part One: Knightfall (2026)
50. Batman: Knightfall — Part Two (2026)
51. Batman: Knightfall — Part Three (2027)
52. Justice League: The New Frontier (2008)
53. Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths (2010)
54. Justice League: Doom (2012)
55. Justice League: Gods and Monsters (2015)
56. LEGO Batman: DC Super Heroes Unite (2013)
57. Challenge of the Super Friends (1978)
58. Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2008)
59. Scooby-Doo and Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2018)
60. Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (2009)
61. Superman/Batman: Apocalypse (2010)
62. Son of Batman (2014)
63. Batman vs. Robin (2015)
64. Batman: Bad Blood (2016)
65. Batman: Hush (2019)
66. LEGO DC Comics: Batman Be-Leaguered (2014)
67. Justice League: Gotham City Breakout (2016)
68. LEGO DC Batman: Family Matters (2019)
69. Young Justice (2010)
70. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
71. Justice League (2017)
72. Batman Ninja (2018)
73. Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League (2025)
74. Merry Little Batman (2023)

Straight answers

Which order should I watch Batman in?

There is no single Batman watch order — three honest answers instead of one fake one, every Batman film and series in each, no spoilers. By universe: Every universe kept whole, each in its own story order, and the universes themselves in the order their stories start. Bruce’s life: One life, in order — from before there is a Batman to after there is not. Release order: Straight release order, 1943–2028.

How many Batman movies are there?

137 Batman films have been made and announced — 1943–2028, animated and live action both — with another 71 seasons of television beside them, across 44 continuities. Every one is here, in a spoiler-safe watch order with a fresh where-to-watch search on the entry.

Does this include the animated series?

Yes — all of it, from the 1966 Batman series through Batman: The Animated Series to the newest: 71 seasons of television ride alongside the 137 films, animated and live action both, and a switch narrows the shelf to just animation, or just live action, whenever you want it narrower.

Which Batman movies go with which actor?

Each actor’s run is a continuity, kept whole: Adam West is Batman ’66; Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer and George Clooney are The Burton / Schumacher Films — and Keaton suits up once more in the DCEU’s The Flash; Christian Bale is The Dark Knight Trilogy; Ben Affleck is The DC Extended Universe; Robert Pattinson is The Batman Epic Crime Saga. Watching by universe plays each one in its own story order.

Do I have to watch everything?

No. 74 titles are marked as the essentials and the core route — the spine of the thing. Everything else is optional side material, labelled as exactly that — and the belt can set the count to the core route, or to the essentials alone, so there is nothing to skip.

Is it really spoiler-safe?

That is the whole premise. Universes stay whole, and every ordering is built so nothing renders ahead of an entry it would give away.

Where can I watch all of these?

Availability changes constantly and differs by country, so nothing here stores an answer that would rot — every entry carries a fresh where-to-watch search instead.

Does it track what I watch?

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Where do the Joker films fit?

In their own continuity, and nowhere near the rest. They are Gotham stories with no Batman in them, so they sit in a universe of their own, marked optional — nothing else in the catalogue depends on having seen them.

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