The Dark Knight Poster

The Dark Knight (2008)

Rated: PG-13Seen110

Set within a year after the events of Batman Begins, Batman, Lieutenant James Gordon, and new district attorney Harvey Dent successfully begin to round up the criminals that plague Gotham City until a mysterious and sadistic criminal mastermind known only as the Joker appears in Gotham, creating a new wave of chaos. Batman's struggle against the Joker becomes deeply personal, forcing him to "confront everything he believes" and improve his technology to stop him. A love triangle develops between Bruce Wayne, Dent and Rachel Dawes.

Writer(s)
  • Jonathan Nolan (screenplay)
  • Christopher Nolan (screenplay)
  • Christopher Nolan (story)
  • David S. Goyer (story)
  • Bob Kane (characters)