Movies Like Batman: The Dark Knight Returns

If you liked Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (2013), a animation and action movie directed by Jay Oliva, 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 Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 (2013)
★ 7.9/10Also science fiction and action
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.
2
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…
3
Injustice (2021)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and science fiction
When Lois Lane is killed, an unhinged Superman decides to take control of the Earth. Determined to stop him, Batman creates a team of freedom-fighting heroes. But when superheroes go to war, can the world survive?
4
Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay (2018)
★ 7.1/10Also science fiction and action
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…
5
Superman: Unbound (2013)
★ 6.6/10Also animation and action
Superman and Supergirl take on the cybernetic being known as Brainiac, who boasts that he possesses "the knowledge and strength of 10,000 worlds."
6
Code 8 (2019)
★ 6.3/10Also science fiction and action
In Lincoln City, some inhabitants have extraordinary abilities. Most live below the poverty line, under the close surveillance of a heavily militarized police force. Connor, a construction worker with powers, involves…
7
Code 8 Part II (2024)
★ 6.4/10Also science fiction and action
In a world where superpowered people are heavily policed by robots, an ex-con teams up with a drug lord he despises to protect a teen from a corrupt cop.
8
Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Two (2024)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and science fiction
An endless army of shadow demons bent on the destruction of all reality swarms over our world and all parallel Earths! The only thing opposing them is the mightiest team of metahumans ever assembled. But not even the…
9
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.
10
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…
11
Justice League: Warworld (2023)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and action
Until now, the Justice League has been a loose association of superpowered individuals. But when they are swept away to Warworld, a place of unending brutal gladiatorial combat, Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and the…
12
Batman: The Long Halloween Deluxe Edition (2022)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and mystery
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…
13
The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)
★ 6.6/10Also action and science fiction
After years of outrunning ruthless bounty hunters, escaped convict Riddick suddenly finds himself caught between opposing forces in a fight for the future of the human race. Now, waging incredible battles on fantastic…
14
Batman: Gotham Knight (2008)
★ 6.7/10Also action and animation
Six interlocking stories reveal Bruce Wayne's earliest adventures as Batman and the steps he took to become the grim avenger of Gotham City.
15
Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron (2007)
★ 6.3/10Also animation and action
When Hellboy, Liz Sherman, and Abe Sapien are assigned to investigate the ghost-infested mansion of a publicity-hound billionaire, they uncover a plot to resurrect a beautiful yet monstrous vampire from Professor…
16
Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One (2021)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and mystery
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…
17
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…
18
Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)
★ 6.4/10Also action and science fiction
As the city is locked down under quarantine, Alice finds out that the people that died from the previous incident at the Umbrella Corporation have turned into zombies. She then joins a small band of elite soldiers, who…
19
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.
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Dr. Strange (1978)
★ 6/10Also action and science fiction
A psychiatrist becomes the new Sorcerer Supreme of the Earth in order to battle an evil Sorceress from the past.