042 Christopher Nolan: The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

The Dark Knight Rises caps off Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy -- or at least Batman/Bruce Wayne's narratives -- in spectacular fashion. While each of Nolan's three Batman movies stands alone, the journey of Bruce Wayne from scared boy to Gotham's Knight encapsulates one of the greatest superhero arcs in cinematic history. While this movie may be a little long, there's no question that it wraps up this Batman story in appropriately epic style. Also, Anne Hathaway is in this movie and she's the absolute best and we gush about her a whole lot. Side note: today's episode of The Reel Bad Podcast is also taking on The Dark Knight Rises, and I'm sure that episode will play out a little bit differently than this one...