Heath Ledger Wins Best Supporting Actor Oscar". Reuters. February 23, 2009. Archived from the original on May 27, 2022 . Retrieved April 25, 2022. a b c d Brown, Scott (June 24, 2008). " Dark Knight Director Shuns Digital Effects for the Real Thing". Wired. Archived from the original on June 27, 2008 . Retrieved June 24, 2008. a b c d e f g h i Chen, David (July 20, 2008). "Assessing The Themes Of The Dark Knight". /Film. Archived from the original on September 10, 2012 . Retrieved January 7, 2009. a b Monfette, Christopher (December 1, 2008). " The Dark Knight Blu-ray Review". IGN. Archived from the original on May 31, 2022 . Retrieved April 26, 2022.

Batman: The Dark Knight (vol. 1) #1-3, Batman: The Return #1, Batman: The Dark Knight (vol. 2) #1-7, 9 (pencils only) a b Carroll, Larry (March 18, 2008). " Dark Knight Stars, Director Want Film To 'Celebrate' Heath Ledger's Work". MTV. Archived from the original on March 22, 2009 . Retrieved June 5, 2008. Goldberg, Matt (October 18, 2017). "Heath Ledger Really Wanted Christian Bale To Hit Him on the Set Of The Dark Knight". Collider. Archived from the original on May 17, 2022 . Retrieved June 6, 2022.Weintraub, Steve (July 14, 2008). "Gary Oldman Interview – The Dark Knight". Collider. Archived from the original on January 9, 2020 . Retrieved December 24, 2022. Murrian, Samuel R. (October 5, 2021). "We Ranked The 54 Best Superhero Movies Of All Time, From Wonder Woman To Shang-Chi". Parade. Archived from the original on May 26, 2022 . Retrieved April 27, 2022.

a b c d e Cavna, Michael (July 18, 2018). " The Dark Knight Changed How We See 'Comic-book Movies.' But 10 Years Ago, Some Critics Couldn't See Its Greatness". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on August 4, 2018 . Retrieved June 6, 2022. Best Movies Of Total Film Magazine's Lifetime". Total Film. October 26, 2012. Archived from the original on October 28, 2012 . Retrieved May 18, 2013.Edwards, Chris (May 29, 2020). " The Dark Knight Star Wasn't A Fan Of Joker's "Nasty" Plot". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on May 26, 2022 . Retrieved April 6, 2022. Hewitt, Chriw; Williams, Owen; De Semlyen, Phil (March 10, 2015). "The Greatest Superhero Movies Of All Time". Empire. Archived from the original on August 21, 2016 . Retrieved April 27, 2022. a b "New Batman Movie Completes High Profile Shooting in Hong Kong". International Herald Tribune. November 12, 2007. Archived from the original on January 20, 2008 . Retrieved November 12, 2007.

a b Brooks, Xan (July 2, 2008). "Ledger's Oscar Bid From Beyond The Grave". The Guardian. Archived from the original on May 4, 2016 . Retrieved April 25, 2022. Heuring, David (July 2008). "Batman Looms Larger". American Cinematographer. p.1. Archived from the original on March 5, 2014 . Retrieved May 19, 2022. All Batman Movies Ranked". Rotten Tomatoes. 2022. Archived from the original on April 26, 2022 . Retrieved April 28, 2022. Tyler, Adrienne (February 8, 2020). "Why Scarecrow Is The Only Batman Villain in All 3 Dark Knight Trilogy Movies". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on June 13, 2021 . Retrieved April 6, 2022.Lethem, Jonathan (September 20, 2008). "Art Of Darkness". The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 4, 2022 . Retrieved June 6, 2022. Sandoval, Greg (July 23, 2008). "Warner Bros. Moves Against Web Copies Of Dark Knight". CNET. Archived from the original on May 31, 2022 . Retrieved April 6, 2022. a b Horowitz, Josh (November 10, 2007). "Heath Ledger Says His Joker Has 'Zero Empathy' ". MTV. Archived from the original on September 8, 2015 . Retrieved November 12, 2007.

A gang of masked criminals robs a mafia-owned bank in Gotham City, betraying and killing each other until the sole survivor, the Joker, reveals himself as the mastermind and escapes with the money. The vigilante Batman, district attorney Harvey Dent, and police lieutenant Jim Gordon ally to eliminate Gotham's organized crime. The Batman's true identity, the billionaire Bruce Wayne, publicly supports Dent as Gotham's legitimate protector, as Wayne believes Dent's success will allow the Batman to retire, allowing him to romantically pursue his childhood friend Rachel Dawes, despite her relationship with Dent. Cotter, Padraig (March 12, 2022). "Juno Temple's Dark Knight Rises ' Robin Rumor Explained". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on May 30, 2022 . Retrieved April 21, 2022. Reynolds, Simon (December 9, 2008). " The Dark Knight Breaks Blu-ray records". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on December 10, 2008 . Retrieved June 3, 2022. Reynolds, Simon (March 30, 2009). "Empire Awards 2009: The Winners". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on February 16, 2018 . Retrieved April 25, 2022. Since its release, The Dark Knight has been assessed as one of the greatest superhero films ever made, [bg] among the greatest films ever made, [bh] and one of the best sequel films. [bi] It is also considered among the best films of the 2000s, [bj] and in a 2010 poll of thirty-seven critics by Metacritic regarding the decade's top films, The Dark Knight received the eighth most mentions, appearing on 7 lists. [373] In the 2010s, a poll of 177 film critics by the BBC in 2016 listed it as the 33rd- best film of the 21st century, [374] and The Guardian placed it 98th on its own list. [375] In 2020, Empire magazine named it third-best, behind The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) and Mad Max: Fury Road (2015). [376] As of 2022, it remains the highest critically rated Batman film according to Rotten Tomatoes, and is often ranked as the best film featuring the character. [bk]Escobedo, Lee (November 22, 2021). "Retro-Cast: If The Dark Knight Was Made in the 1990s". Collider. Archived from the original on May 26, 2022 . Retrieved April 21, 2022.