Movies Like Batman: The Killing Joke

If you liked Batman: The Killing Joke (2016), a animation and crime movie directed by Sam Liu, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One (2021)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and action
Following a brutal series of murders taking place on Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas, Gotham City's young vigilante known as the Batman sets out to pursue the mysterious serial killer alongside police officer…
2
Justice League Dark: Apokolips War (2020)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and action
Earth is decimated after intergalactic tyrant Darkseid has devastated the Justice League in a poorly executed war by the DC Super Heroes. Now the remaining bastions of good – the Justice League, Teen Titans, Suicide…
3
The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart (2023)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and action
A nationwide manhunt for Hank Venture leads to untold dangers and unexpected revelations, while The Monarch is literally out for Dr Venture's blood. An imposing evil from the past reemerges to wreak havoc on the…
4
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (2013)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and action
Batman has not been seen for ten years. A new breed of criminal ravages Gotham City, forcing fifty-five-year-old Bruce Wayne back into the cape and cowl, but does he still have what it takes to fight crime in a new era?
5
Batman: Knightfall Part 1: Knightfall (2026)
★ 9.1/10Also animation and action
Arkham Asylum has been destroyed, and all its inmates have been unleashed upon Gotham City. As Batman races to round up some of his greatest enemies, he is pushed to his physical and mental limits and into a final…
6
Batman vs. Robin (2015)
★ 7.2/10Also crime and action
Damian Wayne is having a hard time coping with his father's "no killing" rule. Meanwhile, Gotham is going through hell with threats such as the insane Dollmaker, and the secretive Court of Owls.
7
Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons - The Movie (2020)
★ 7/10Also animation and action
The assassin Deathstroke tries to save his family from the wrath of H.I.V.E. and the murderous Jackal.
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Batman: The Long Halloween, Part Two (2021)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and action
As Gotham City's young vigilante, the Batman, struggles to pursue a brutal serial killer, district attorney Harvey Dent gets caught in a feud involving the criminal family of the Falcones.
9
The Death and Return of Superman (2019)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and action
The Death of Superman and Reign of the Supermen now presented as an over two-hour unabridged and seamless animated feature. Witness the no-holds-barred battle between the Justice League and an unstoppable alien force…
10
Batman: The Long Halloween Deluxe Edition (2022)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and action
Atrocious serial killings on holidays in Gotham City send The World's Greatest Detective into action - confronting both organized crime and a unified front of classic DC Super-Villains - while attempting to stop the…
11
Batman: Soul of the Dragon (2021)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and action
Bruce Wayne faces a deadly menace from his past, with the help of three former classmates: world-renowned martial artists Richard Dragon, Ben Turner and Lady Shiva.
12
Joker (2019)
★ 8.1/10Also crime and thriller
During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.
13
Kick-Ass 2 (2013)
★ 6.4/10Also action and crime
After Kick-Ass' insane bravery inspires a new wave of self-made masked crusaders, he joins a patrol led by the Colonel Stars and Stripes. When these amateur superheroes are hunted down by Red Mist — reborn as The…
14
DC Showcase - Batman: Death in the Family (2020)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and action
Tragedy strikes the Batman's life again when Robin Jason Todd tracks down his birth mother only to run afoul of the Joker. An adaptation of the 1988 comic book storyline of the same name.
15
Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay (2018)
★ 7.1/10Also action and animation
Amanda Waller's top-secret "Task Force X" — consisting of Deadshot, Bronze Tiger, Killer Frost, Captain Boomerang, Harley Quinn, and Copperhead — is on a mission to retrieve a mystical object so powerful that they're…
16
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 (2013)
★ 7.9/10Also action and animation
Batman has stopped the reign of terror that The Mutants had cast upon his city. Now an old foe wants a reunion and the government wants The Man of Steel to put a stop to Batman.
17
Batman: Gotham Knight (2008)
★ 6.7/10Also action and crime
Six interlocking stories reveal Bruce Wayne's earliest adventures as Batman and the steps he took to become the grim avenger of Gotham City.
18
Hobo with a Shotgun (2011)
★ 5.9/10Also crime and action
A vigilante homeless man pulls into a new city and finds himself trapped in urban chaos, a city where crime rules and where the city's crime boss reigns. Seeing an urban landscape filled with armed robbers, corrupt…
19
Film Noir (2007)
★ 6/10Also animation and crime
Private detective Sam Ruben's clever plan falls apart with the onset of amnesia. Everyone is trying to kill him and he doesn't know why. The classic film noir milieu now comes to you in the form of an animated feature.
20
The Punisher: One Last Kill (2026)
★ 8.3/10Also action and drama
As Frank Castle searches for meaning beyond revenge, an unexpected force pulls him back into the fight.