A 2008 film by Christopher Nolan in which Batman faces the anarchic Joker across a sprawling, morally corroded Gotham City.
Elevated the superhero genre to prestige crime cinema by grounding its villain in genuine philosophical nihilism and its hero in post-9/11 surveillance-state ethics, grossing over $1 billion worldwide.
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