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10 Best Movies Like Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1

If you loved Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2

2013★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 for fans of Action & Animation & Mystery. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

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....

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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns

2013★ 8.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 for fans of Action & Animation & Mystery. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

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 wha...

#3
Return of the One-Armed Swordsman

Return of the One-Armed Swordsman

1969★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Eight demon swordsmen and their gang have spread menace across many sword teaching schools. The students seek the help of Fang who alone can combat them. Will Fang take up the chal...

#4
Batman: Under the Red Hood

Batman: Under the Red Hood

2010★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 for fans of Action & Animation & Mystery. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

One part vigilante, one part criminal kingpin, Red Hood begins cleaning up Gotham with the efficiency of Batman, but without following the same ethical code....

#5
Ek Villain Returns

Ek Villain Returns

2022★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

When a singer goes missing amid a serial killing spree, a cabbie and a businessman's son cross paths in a twisted tale where good and evil is blurred....

#6
Gangster No. 1

Gangster No. 1

2000★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

An old gangster is advised that Freddie Mays would leave jail after thirty years in prison. His mood changes and he recalls when he was a young punk and who joined Freddie's gang—a...