If You Loved The Batman, Watch These 8 Next

You liked the rain, the rot and a detective who never sleeps. These eight scratch that exact itch, and all score 7.9 or higher on movie.guru.

Number 1 has jokes, and Batman fans will swear it doesn't belong.

1. 8
   The Fugitive (1993)9.4

   The original wronged-man-in-Chicago thriller still runs laps.

   A man hunting the truth while the law hunts him through Chicago. A+ CinemaScore, a 9.4 movie.guru score, $368.9M worldwide on a reported $44M budget.
2. 7
   The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)9.2

   Batman's grimiest fistfights owe this movie rent.

   Same bruising, close-up realism and a hero digging into who made him. Shaky cam haters, cope: it earned an A CinemaScore and $442.8M worldwide.
3. 6
   John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)9.0

   All the night-soaked style, none of the detective homework.

   Neon, rain, a lone avenger against an underworld with rules. The plot is paper thin, but an A CinemaScore and $447.1M worldwide say nobody cared.
4. 5
   Minority Report (2002)7.9

   Spielberg made a noir detective story and called it sci-fi.

   A cop working a case inside a rotten system, plus Colin Farrell twenty years before the Penguin. Lowest score here at 7.9, still 89% on Rotten Tomatoes.
5. 4
   The Usual Suspects (1995)9.2

   Best barely-seen crime villain, until the Riddler showed up.

   A room full of crooks and a villain treated like a ghost story. Audiences give it 8.5 on IMDb. Guru's Take is 7.9, because it knows how clever it is.
6. 3
   L.A. Confidential (1997)9.2

   The corrupt-cop noir The Batman is trying to be.

   Dirty police, a city rotten at the top, detectives who don't trust each other. 99% on Rotten Tomatoes, a 90 on Metacritic, and only $126.2M worldwide.
7. 2
   Memories of Murder (2003)9.4

   The best serial killer investigation, and America skipped it.

   Detectives in over their heads, endless rain, a case that eats them alive. A 9.4 movie.guru score and $15,357 domestic. That number is the real mystery.
8. 1
   Hot Fuzz (2007)9.0

   Hot Fuzz is secretly the best Batman follow-up. Fight me.

   Obsessive cop, quiet town, a polished elite hiding something rotten, a mystery about who really runs things. Guru's Take 9.1, same as Bourne. Batman just never smiles.

$627.19 says someone in the comments calls the Hot Fuzz pick a crime, then quotes it two replies later.

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