Batman & Robin

Strength now. Courage always. Family, above all. Batman and Robin!

RELEASED 20 Jun 19972h 5m★ 4.4 TMDB

Batman and his sidekick Robin attempt to the foil the sinister schemes of a deranged set of new villains, most notably the melancholy Mr. Freeze, who wants to make Gotham City into an arctic region, and the sultry Poison Ivy, a botanical femme fatale. As the Dynamic Duo contend with these bad guys, a third hero, Batgirl, joins the ranks of the city's crime-fighters.

Why it matters in DC

Batgirl's arrival expands the film's crime-fighting partnership beyond Batman and Robin. With multiple heroes and villains competing for space, this entry is especially relevant to viewers following how the classic film sequence develops Batman from a solitary figure into part of a team.

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3 titles to watch before Batman & Robin — 6h 13m in total.

BatmanStory prerequisite2h 6m★ 7.2
Batman ReturnsStory prerequisite2h 6m★ 6.9+1 before this
Batman ForeverStory prerequisite2h 1m★ 5.5+2 before this

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Where it fits in the DC universe

Batman & Robin is title 4 of 4 in our Classic Batman viewing sequence. Batman & Robin follows Batman Forever and closes the classic four-film sequence in this catalogue. Its expanded partnership belongs to that version of Gotham. Batgirl, Robin and Mr. Freeze also appear in other adaptations, but those appearances are not additional chapters required to understand this film's team or villains.

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