Batman Forever

Courage now, truth always, Batman forever!

RELEASED 16 Jun 19952h 1m★ 5.5 TMDB

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 matters in DC

Two-Face and the Riddler attack Batman through different relationships with Gotham's institutions and Bruce Wayne's past. The film continues the classic Batman sequence while revisiting how personal loss and public identity shape the man behind the costume.

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2 titles to watch before Batman Forever — 4h 12m in total.

BatmanStory prerequisite2h 6m★ 7.2
Batman ReturnsStory prerequisite2h 6m★ 6.9+1 before this

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Where it fits in the DC universe

Batman Forever is title 3 of 4 in our Classic Batman viewing sequence. Batman Forever is the third entry in the classic Batman film run, after Batman and Batman Returns. Its relationships lead into Batman & Robin, making those later two films a useful pairing within the larger sequence. This is separate from the Robin stories found in Titans and the connected animated Batman films.

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