Movies like Batman & Robin (1997)
The best movies like Batman & Robin (1997) are The Flash (1990), Batman (1989) and Superman II (1980). If Batman & Robin hooked you with its action and science fiction, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedSpider-Man (2002)7.4/10 from 21,750 votes
- NewestBlack Panther (2018)Released 2018
- Same seriesBatman (1989)Batman
The Flash (1990)
A laboratory accident endows a police scientist with the ability to move at superhuman speed which he uses to battle a menacing gang as a superhero.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBatman (1989)
Having witnessed his parents' brutal murder as a child, millionaire philanthropist Bruce Wayne fights crime in Gotham City disguised as Batman, a costumed hero who strikes fear into the hearts of villains. But when a deformed madman known as 'The Joker' seizes control of Gotham's criminal underworld, Batman must face his most ruthless nemesis ever while protecting both his identity and his love interest, reporter Vicki Vale.
Why it matches: Same series: Batman · both action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSuperman II (1980)
Three Kryptonian criminals led by General Zod team up with Lex Luthor to conquer Earth, forcing a depowered Superman to regain his strength and stop them.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBatman Returns (1992)
The monstrous Penguin, who dwells in the sewers beneath Gotham, joins up with corrupt mayoral candidate Max Shreck to topple the Batman once and for all. But when Shreck's timid assistant Selina Kyle finds out, and Shreck tries to kill her, she's transformed into the sexy Catwoman. She teams up with the Penguin and Shreck to destroy Batman, but sparks fly unexpectedly when she confronts the caped crusader.
Why it matches: Same series: Batman · both action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSuperman (1978)
Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the nefarious Lex Luthor launches a plan to take over the world.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBatman: Mystery of the Batwoman (2003)
As if the Penguin wasn't enough to contend with, a new vigilante has surfaced in Gotham City, and her strong-arm tactics give Batman cause for concern. Being the World's Greatest Detective and The Dark Knight, he sets out to uncover her identity while stopping a dangerous criminal plot.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBatman Forever (1995)
Batman faces off against two foes: the schizophrenic, horribly scarred former District Attorney Harvey Dent, aka Two-Face, and the Riddler, a disgruntled ex-Wayne Enterprises inventor seeking revenge against his former employer by unleashing his brain-sucking weapon on Gotham City's residents. As the caped crusader also copes with tortured memories of his parents' murder, he has a new romance, with psychologist Chase Meridian.
Why it matches: Same series: Batman · both action
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Flash II: Revenge of the Trickster (1991)
Every super hero has his nemesis - and this time Flash has that murderous mischief maker the Trickster
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & science fiction
Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero (1998)
When Mr. Freeze kidnaps Barbara Gordon, as an involuntary organ donor to save his dying wife, Batman and Robin must find her before the operation can begin.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisX2 (2003)
Professor Charles Xavier and his team of genetically gifted superheroes face a rising tide of anti-mutant sentiment led by Col. William Stryker. Storm, Wolverine and Jean Grey must join Magneto and Mystique to unhinge Stryker's scheme to exterminate all mutants.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSuperman (1948)
Superman comes to Earth as a child and grows up to be his home's first superhero with his first major challenge being to oppose The Spider Lady.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & adventure
Mystery Men (1999)
When Champion City's hero Captain Amazing is kidnapped by the recently paroled supervillain Casanova Frankenstein, a trio of average, everyday superheroes -- Mr. Furious, the Shoveler and the Blue Raja -- assemble a new super team to save him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & action
SnoozefestMovies like thisBatman Beyond: The Movie (1999)
Fuelled by remorse and vengeance, a high schooler named Terry McGinnis becomes the new Batman as he fights crime in the futuristic Neo-Gotham City.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & science fiction
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Shadow (1994)
Based on the 1930s comic strip, The Shadow is put up against his archenemy Shiwan Khan, who plans to take over the world by holding a city to ransom using an atom bomb. Using his powers of invisibility and "the power to cloud men's minds", The Shadow comes blazing to the rescue with explosive results.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBatman (1943)
Japanese master spy Daka operates a covert espionage-sabotage organization located in Gotham City's now-deserted Little Tokyo, which turns American scientists into pliable zombies. The great crime-fighters Batman and Robin, with the help of their allies, are in pursuit.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBatman and Robin (1949)
This 15-chapter serial pits Batman and Robin against The Wizard, who uses a device that allows him to control machinery to hold the city hostage.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisGreen Lantern (2011)
For centuries, a small but powerful force of warriors called the Green Lantern Corps has sworn to keep intergalactic order. Each Green Lantern wears a ring that grants him superpowers. But when a new enemy called Parallax threatens to destroy the balance of power in the Universe, their fate and the fate of Earth lie in the hands of the first human ever recruited.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & action
SnoozefestMovies like thisX-Men (2000)
Two mutants, Rogue and Wolverine, come to a private academy for their kind whose resident superhero team, the X-Men, must oppose a terrorist organization with similar powers.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSpider-Man (2002)
After being bitten by a genetically altered spider at Oscorp, nerdy but endearing high school student Peter Parker is endowed with amazing powers to become the superhero known as Spider-Man.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & science fiction
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSuperman Returns (2006)
Superman returns to discover his 5-year absence has allowed Lex Luthor to walk free, and that those he was closest to felt abandoned and have moved on. Luthor plots his ultimate revenge that could see millions killed and change the face of the planet forever, as well as ridding himself of the Man of Steel.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & action
SnoozefestMovies like thisGreen Lantern: First Flight (2009)
Test pilot Hal Jordan finds himself recruited as the newest member of the intergalactic police force, The Green Lantern Corps.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSuperman: The Last Son of Krypton (1996)
Clark Kent, the last survivor of the dead planet Krypton, uses his amazing powers to defend people of his adopted world, Earth, and become Superman.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & adventure
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSuperman III (1983)
Aiming to defeat the Man of Steel, wealthy executive Ross Webster hires bumbling but brilliant Gus Gorman to develop synthetic kryptonite, which yields some unexpected psychological effects. Between rekindling romance with his high school sweetheart and saving himself, Superman must contend with a powerful supercomputer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & action
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Phantom (1996)
The 21st successor to the role of Bengalla's resident superhero must travel to New York to prevent a rich madman from obtaining three magic skulls that would give him the secret to ultimate power.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & action
SnoozefestMovies like thisBatman Beyond: Return of the Joker (2000)
The Joker is back with a vengeance, and Neo-Gotham's Dark Knight, Terry McGinnis, needs answers as he stands alone to face the old Gotham's most infamous Clown Prince of Crime.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & science fiction
Worth the HypeMovies like thisJustice League: The New Frontier (2008)
The human race is threatened by a powerful creature, and only the combined power of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter and The Flash can stop it. But can they overcome their differences to thwart this enemy using the combined strength of their newly formed Justice League?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJustice League (2017)
Fuelled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman's selfless act, Bruce Wayne and Diana Prince assemble a team of metahumans consisting of Barry Allen, Arthur Curry and Victor Stone to face the catastrophic threat of Steppenwolf and the Parademons who are on the hunt for three Mother Boxes on Earth.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKrull (1983)
A prince and a fellowship of companions set out to rescue his bride from a fortress of alien invaders who have arrived on their home planet.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSpider-Man 2 (2004)
Peter Parker is going through a major identity crisis. Burned out from being Spider-Man, he decides to shelve his superhero alter ego, which leaves the city suffering in the wake of carnage left by the evil Doc Ock. In the meantime, Parker still can't act on his feelings for Mary Jane Watson, a girl he's loved since childhood. A certain anger begins to brew in his best friend Harry Osborn as well...
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & adventure
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBlack Panther (2018)
King T'Challa returns home to the reclusive, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as his country's new leader. However, T'Challa soon finds that he is challenged for the throne by factions within his own country as well as without. Using powers reserved to Wakandan kings, T'Challa assumes the Black Panther mantle to join with ex-girlfriend Nakia, the queen-mother, his princess-kid sister, members of the Dora Milaje (the Wakandan 'special forces') and an American secret agent, to prevent Wakanda from being dragged into a world war.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & adventure
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Batman & Robin?
The closest matches to Batman & Robin are The Flash (1990), Batman (1989) and Superman II (1980). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Batman & Robin?
People who watched Batman & Robin most often go on to The Flash (1990), Superman II (1980) and Superman (1978).
What is the highest-rated movie like Batman & Robin?
Spider-Man (2002), rated 7.4/10 by 21,750 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Batman & Robin?
Black Panther (2018) is the most recent release on this list.
Is Batman & Robin part of a series?
Yes. It belongs to Batman, which includes Batman (1989), Batman Returns (1992) and Batman Forever (1995).
Are there English movies like Batman & Robin?
Yes: The Flash (1990), Batman (1989) and Superman II (1980).
How are movies similar to Batman & Robin chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Batman & Robin, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.