Every Batman Movie Ranked From Worst To Best

12. Batman & Robin

You won't find many willing to argue the toss on this one - Joel Schumacher's follow-up to the divisive Batman Forever was a Razzie-winning critical and commercial failure.

Where to even start? George Clooney may be a great actor, but an inspired replacement for Val Kilmer he wasn't, and Alicia Silverstone's casting as Batgirl similarly felt like a cynical calculation above all else.

In an effort to appeal to children and sell as many action figures as possible, Batman & Robin cranks the saturation knob past breaking point, along with an overdose of camp and outrageous homoeroticism.

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Uma Thurman give more knowing, fun performances as villains Mr. Freeze and Poison Ivy, but a toilet paper-worthy script from future Oscar-winner (!) Akiva Goldsman renders so much of the runtime shockingly boring.

To make such an energetic, colourful film so dull takes concerted effort - Schumacher was channelling all of his energies in the wrong direction here, and the result is a film as fascinating as it is terrible.

On the plus side, without Batman & Robin's failure Warner Bros. wouldn't have greenlit Christopher Nolan's gritty reimagining, Batman Begins. A necessary evil it is, then.