Batman's history on the screen is nothing short of immense. While he's also had a presence on television both in live-action and animation, his silver screen debut came in 1966's Batman: The Movie starring Adam West in a take on the hero very much in line with how he was portrayed on the page at the time.
It would take more than two decades for the Dark Knight to return, with Tim Burton's Batman a very different, much darker, beast than its predecessor. Batman Returns, meanwhile, was a near-perfect sequel.
As the 90s rolled on, Val Kilmer played the hero in Batman Forever, a cheesy effort that was beaten in terms of sheer campiness by a follow-up (also helmed by Joel Schumacher) where George Clooney donned the cape and cowl for Batman and Robin.
We'd once again spend years waiting for a reboot, but Christopher Nolan made the wait more than worth it with The Dark Knight Trilogy, a series of movies which actually gave Batman's story a definitive ending. After rebooting Superman, it was then Zack Snyder's turn to bring Batman back to theaters in The Dark Knight Returns-inspired Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
Matt Reeves' The Batman, meanwhile, takes place in its own DC Universe as an Elseworlds project in which Robert Pattinson suited up for a gritty, R-rated detective story that's spawned an awesome new franchise, while there are a handful of animated adventures which still resonate with fans.
Earlier this month, we asked you, ComicBookMovie.com's readers, to choose the Batman movie you think is the best one. Unsurprisingly, The Dark Knight came out on top with a whopping 41.88% of votes. However, we were a little shocked to see The Batman beat 1989's beloved Batman with 13.16% compared to 13.06%!
Here are the rest of the results:
Batman Begins (7.35%), Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (6.72%), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (5.76%), Batman Returns (5.04%), Batman: The Movie (2.21%), The Dark Knight Rises (1.73%), The LEGO Batman Movie (1.06%), The Flash (0.62%), Batman Forever (0.58%), Batman: The Killing Joke (0.43%), and Batman and Robin (0.38%).
The Batman II is currently in production and The Flash director Andy Muschietti will reboot the Caped Crusader for DC Studios' DCU in The Brave and the Bold, the first movie since Batman and Robin to feature the Boy Wonder.
Let us know your thoughts on these results in the comments section!