20 Greatest Movie Blockbusters Of The 21st Century (So Far)
10. The Dark Knight
Probably
the darkest flick on this list, this 2008 crime drama follows a pair of
protagonists, one an authoritarian lawman with strict moral boundaries and the
other an anarchic amoral revolutionary criminal, as the pair challenge each
other to a game of oneupmanship, attempting to wrestle control of an urban
metropolis whilst engaging in all manner of combat both physical and psychological.
Oh, and the two guys are Batman and the Joker. Yes, long before Todd Philips earned an R rating for Arthur Fleck’s story, The Dark Knight ushered in a darker, more morally complex breed of blockbuster with this brooding thriller which remains one of superhero cinema’s most ambitiously mature offerings since the turn of the millennium.