The Dark Knight Rises
The Dark Knight Rises splits the room. At 52% across 67 head-to-head matchups, it wins as often as it loses — and 67 matchups haven't moved the needle. Bane's broken-backed menace and the spectacle of a city under siege hand the trilogy's finale a scale most opponents simply can't answer. Its one real competitive wrinkle is the company it keeps — arriving in the shadow of The Dark Knight, it turns each matchup into a quiet test of whether an oversized, ambitious closer can stand on its own.
Synopsis
Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman encounters the mysterious Selina Kyle and the villainous Bane, a new terrorist leader who overwhelms Gotham's finest. The Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy.
49%, 63%, 46%. Voters are genuinely divided regardless of when they encounter The Dark Knight Rises. No round breaks the tie; no round widens it.
The extremes tell a clear story — 88% against Memento at one end, 25% against The Dark Knight at the other.
#7 of 11 for Christopher Nolan. Not every film in a filmography can lead — The Dark Knight Rises competes in the middle of a catalog headed by The Odyssey (79%).
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