31 Most Iconic Lines From Batman Movies

6. Joker's Refrain

The Quote: "You ever dance with the devil in the pale moonlight?"

It doesn't mean a great deal in real terms, but such is the power of a great movie line that The Joker's haunting refrain no longer actually needs definition to pack a significant punch. After all, the villain is governed by a different set of rules entirely, and there is something wonderfully justified in the fact that he would share a kill-quip that probably means very little to anyone but himself just before he pulls the trigger.

5. Batman Defined

The Quote: "It's not who I am underneath, but what I do that defines me."

Nolan's trilogy of scripts occasionally flirt with blatancy to hammer home a point, and it often spills over into silliness, and though this self-defining moment feels like it could have been torn out of an action film from the 1980s, it concentrates a theme in an easily quotable line that transcends even the limits of its context.