If only DC could translate their success in animation to live action...but hey, nothing wrong with having an epic library of animated movies. The movies on this list are worth checking out no matter who you are and who knows, maybe the live action side will get more consistent by the time you get through watching these. These are our Power Rankings of the Best DC Animated Movies.
Title: Son of Batman
Release Date: April 22, 2014
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Plot: Batman learns he has a violent, unruly pre-teen son, secretly raised by the terrorist group the League of Assassins.
Title: Justice League: War
Release Date: February 4, 2014
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Plot: The world's finest heroes found the Justice League in order to stop an alien invasion of Earth.
Title: Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
Release Date: September 29, 2009
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Plot: When Lex Luthor gets elected US President, he uses the threat of an oncoming kryptonite meteor striking Earth as a rationale to frame Superman.
Title: Superman/Batman: Apocalypse
Release Date: September 28, 2010
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Plot: Batman discovers a mysterious teen-aged girl with super-human powers and a connection to Superman. When the girl comes to the attention of Darkseid, the evil overlord of Apokolips, events take a decidedly dangerous turn.
Title: Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
Release Date: February 23, 2010
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Plot: A good version of Lex Luthor from a parallel Earth comes to the Justice League's dimension for help to fight their evil counterparts.
Title: Justice League: Doom
Release Date: February 28, 2012
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Plot: Vandal Savage steals confidential files Batman has compiled on the members of the Justice League, and learns all their weaknesses.
Title: The Dark Knight Returns
Release Date: September 25, 2012 (Part 1), January 29, 2013 (Part 2)
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Plot: Part 1: Batman has not been seen for ten years. A new breed of criminal ravages Gotham City, forcing 55-year-old Bruce Wayne back into the cape and cowl. But, does he still have what it takes to fight crime in a new era?
Part 2: The Batman has returned after a 10-year absence. The Gotham authorities want to arrest him. An old foe wants a reunion. The Feds want the Man of Tomorrow to put a stop to him.
Title: Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox
Release Date: July 30, 2013
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Plot: The Flash finds himself in a war torn alternate timeline and teams up with alternate versions of his fellow heroes to return home and restore the timeline.
Title: Batman: Under the Red Hood
Release Date: July 27, 2010
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Plot: There's a mystery afoot in Gotham City, and Batman must go toe-to-toe with a mysterious vigilante, who goes by the name of Red Hood. Subsequently, old wounds reopen and old, once buried memories come into the light.
Title: Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
Release Date: December 25, 1993
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Plot: Batman is wrongly implicated in a series of murders of mob bosses actually done by a new vigilante assassin.
Image Credits: Warner Brothers
