Better film: The Dark Knight or Joker?

Dark Knight.

The Dark Knight

Probably should wait until hype dies down.

Joker wasn't as good as TDK though imo.

I prefer personally but I can understand TDK being a better film. Not the acting in Joker is superior to TDK.

I prefer Joker personally but I can understand TDK being a better film. The acting in Joker is superior to TDK.

I like Ledger's performance slightly more than Phoenix's but Joker is overall better movie IMO.

The Dark Knight. They're very close, but I think The Dark Knight is just slightly better.

Joker outdid TDK.

TDK.

Did a coin toss, The Dark Knight won.

I prefer Joker, but both of them are masterpieces and I can see why one would prefer TDK.

Joker for me.

The Dark Knight. If JOKER was missing just one element for me, it was Batman and the Joker facing off with one another. I would absolutely love to see this version of the character come into conflict with Batman

I like Joker more because I enjoyed the simplicity of the plot and I found it more emotionally impactful. It's the only film to have ever made me feel truly uncomfortable. Having said that, in terms of objective film criticism, I don't think it's better. It's likely on the same level, but not better.

Dark Knight.

WTF, The poll says a lot about our society!

I think the dark knight is overpays better movie

I'll go with JOKER, I'm impressed with it more since it's a stand alone and handles very real life issues, mixing it with one of the greatest comic book characters of all time. TDK had help from a trilogy setting imo.

Still yet to see Joker. However, TDK is just a masterful classic at this point. Good to see some conflicting opinions between these two films. I'll have high expectations seeing Joker.

Still The Dark Knight.

TDK. I also think Ledger is still the best Joker even though Phoenix gave a better performance if that makes sense.

Also this.

TDK. Joker is great, but TDK is still untouched.

The Dark Knight.

For me, TDK stands out as a more complete film. The supporting cast is stronger and more fleshed out, the villain is more memorable and Ledger gives us a better performance, Hans Zimmer score and The Dark Knight just gets better and better with every passing year, by far one of the greatest movie of all time, we need time to know if Joker will hold up.

So I finally saw Joker. Must say I was impressed. The only thing that separates the two films for top spot, in my opinion, is genre preference.

The Dark Knight takes it for me.

Those are different movies. I prefer Joker, but TDK has more intensity and action, while Joker has more drama and tragedy tone. Matter of taste but both are 10/10

Joker was awful.

Joker is 100 times better than The Dark Knight which has one of the worst portrayal of hero and one dimensional villain who happens to be so perfect and is a Mary Sue character

TDK. Though it's pretty close for me.

@AshokumarJoker ain't no Mary sue lol, Rey from sw and brie Larson in junk like cm were Mary sues..so don't know what the hell you're talking about, what are you on bro? Lol. Joker was already experienced for years as we learned in BB ending, not just some thug Batman could easily take out.

And how was batman one of the worst heroes exactly? Your logic makes no sense...

Anyway, this is hard so I'll say I like them equally foe entirely different reasons. Both jokers made sense in their own way and explain why they are what they are. Ledgers during the movie. Phoenix's by the end. So tie for me.

The results have proven to be unsurprising

TDK by a mile and Ledger>Phoenix.

TDK easy

Both are great films but I'll go with TDK.

The combination of a more substantial film, a better villain in Ledger's Joker, and fantastic visuals and effects easily make The Dark Knight surpass Joker in every way. It belongs in the collection of rare films that do better as a sequel than the originals.

This is the movie which turned me into a huge Batman fan, and overall my favourite CBM by a wide margin. Joker is not comparable except for Phoenix's performance and even if it's a great movie it's still not good as TDK.

The Dark Knight

I respect Joker but I didn’t care much for the movie while The Dark Knight is in my Top-10 CBM’s of all time. The acting and the director’s approach to our perception of reality in Joker was engaging, but the overall film left me unsatisfied. Frankly, I like TDK more and will likely watch it many more times in my life... but not as many as Batman Begins. I really love Nolan’s first outing with the Bat.

Both are bad movies.

Visual representation of the battle: https://youtu.be/3ihKzZBUgUY

TDK for sure.

Joker for me. I don't know what everyone see's in Ledger's Joker. For me, he was boring, one note to be exact. But, this is not exactly the most popular opinion on this site.

Joker for me. It was sad and didn't feel like a comic book character film. It was gritty and raw.

TDK

TDK