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The Dark Knight
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8 Nominations / 2 Wins
Year 2008
Director Christopher Nolan
Writer Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan
Starring Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Gary Oldman, Michael Caine, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Morgan Freeman
81st Academy Awards

The Dark Knight is a 2008 superhero film directed, produced, and co-written by Christopher Nolan. Based on the DC Comics character "Batman", the film is the second part of Nolan's Batman film series and a sequel to 2005's Batman Begins.

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Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the city streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as The Joker.

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