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The Dark Knight Rises
2012
· Movie
· 164 min
A
MEANRANK
83/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #297
- IMDb #54
- Google retired #264
- Rotten Tomatoes #699
- Metacritic #426
- Letterboxd #995
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1300
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #489
- Metacritic Critics #789
- Metacritic Audience #142
- Criticker #763
- Douban #86
- Kinopoisk #114
- AlloCiné #78
- Trakt #100
Every rating
60–94
out of 100
Eight years after the events in Gotham City, a new and brutal terrorist leader, Bane, emerges from the shadows to fulfill the League of Shadows' destiny. He forces Bruce Wayne to emerge from his self-imposed exile and don the cape and cowl once more. But Bane is not merely a physical threat; he aims to completely dismantle the symbol of Batman and lay siege to the entire city.
Details
- Director
- Christopher Nolan
- Writers
- Christopher Nolan, David S. Goyer, Jonathan Nolan
- Studio
- Syncopy, Legendary Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures, DC
- Released
- 17 July 2012
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English, Arabic
- Runtime
- 164 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $250.0M
- Box office
- $1.1B
- Awards
- 25 wins, 50 nominations
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Awards & nominations
See all 75 →25 wins from 75 nominations across 38 ceremonies
| Art Directors Guild Awards 2012 | Excellence in Production Design Award | Nathan Crowley | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2012 | Best Action Film | The Dark Knight Rises | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2012 | Best Actress in an Action Movie | Anne Hathaway | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2012 | Best Actor in an Action Movie | Christian Bale | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2012 | Best Visual Effects | The Dark Knight Rises | Nominee |
| Grammy Awards 2012 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | The Dark Knight Rises (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Nominee |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards 2012 | Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture | The Dark Knight Rises | Nominee |
| ASCAP Awards 2012 | Top Box Office Films | Hans Zimmer | Winner |
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Critics' Choice Movie Awards
4 nominations
| Best Action Film | The Dark Knight Rises | Nominee |
| Best Actor in an Action Movie | Christian Bale | Nominee |
| Best Actress in an Action Movie | Anne Hathaway | Nominee |
| Best Visual Effects | The Dark Knight Rises | Nominee |
Art Directors Guild Awards
1 nomination
| Excellence in Production Design Award | Nathan Crowley | Nominee |
Grammy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | The Dark Knight Rises (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Nominee |
Screen Actors Guild Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture | The Dark Knight Rises | Nominee |
Golden Trailer Awards
5 nominations, 4 won
| Best International Poster | "UK Quad" | Winner |
| Best Summer 2012 Blockbuster Poster | "Teaser One Sheet – City" | Winner |
| Best in Show | "Chant" | Winner |
| Summer 2012 Blockbuster Trailer | "Chant" | Winner |
| Best Teaser Poster | "Teaser One Sheet – City" | Nominee |
IGN People's Choice Award
4 nominations, 4 won
| Best Comic Book Adaptation Movie | The Dark Knight Rises | Winner |
| Best Movie | The Dark Knight Rises | Winner |
| Best Movie Actress | Anne Hathaway (also for Les Misérables ) | Winner |
| Best Movie Trailer | The Dark Knight Rises | Winner |
Hollywood Film Festival
2 nominations, 2 won
| Actress of the Year | Marion Cotillard (also for Rust and Bone ) | Winner |
| Cinematographer of the Year | Wally Pfister | Winner |
Key Art Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Gold Key Art Award – Integrated Campaign | The Dark Knight Rises | Winner |
| Gold Key Art Award – Print Category | The Dark Knight Rises | Winner |
Taurus World Stunt Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Speciality Stunt | The Dark Knight Rises | Winner |
| Best Stunt Rigging | The Dark Knight Rises | Winner |
Saturn Awards
6 nominations, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actress | Anne Hathaway | Winner |
| Best Action / Adventure Film | The Dark Knight Rises | Nominee |
| Best Actor | Christian Bale | Nominee |
| Best Director | Christopher Nolan | Nominee |
| Best Music | Hans Zimmer | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Nominee |
Teen Choice Awards
5 nominations, 1 won
| Choice Movie: Actress Action | Anne Hathaway | Winner |
| Choice Movie: Action | The Dark Knight Rises | Nominee |
| Choice Movie: Actor Action | Christian Bale | Nominee |
| Choice Movie: Best Villain | Tom Hardy | Nominee |
| Choice Movie: Scene Stealer | Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Nominee |
ASCAP Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Top Box Office Films | Hans Zimmer | Winner |
American Film Institute Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Top 10 Movies of the Year | Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan and Charles Roven | Winner |
Austin Film Critics Association
1 nomination, 1 won
| Special Honorary Award | Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Winner |
BMI Film & TV Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Film Music | Hans Zimmer | Winner |
Brit Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Contribution To Music | Hans Zimmer | Winner |
Denver Film Society
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Original Score | Hans Zimmer | Winner |
Sant Jordi Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Actress | Marion Cotillard (also for Rust and Bone ) | Winner |
Scream Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Most Anticipated Movie | The Dark Knight Rises | Winner |
TEC Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Film Sound Production | The Dark Knight Rises | Winner |
MTV Movie Awards
7 nominations
| Best Fight | Christian Bale and Tom Hardy | Nominee |
| Best Hero | Christian Bale | Nominee |
| Best Hero | Anne Hathaway | Nominee |
| Best Movie | The Dark Knight Rises | Nominee |
| Best Shirtless Performance | Christian Bale | Nominee |
| Best Villain | Marion Cotillard | Nominee |
| Best Villain | Tom Hardy | Nominee |
People's Choice Awards
4 nominations
| Favorite Action Movie | The Dark Knight Rises | Nominee |
| Favorite Face of Heroism | Anne Hathaway | Nominee |
| Favorite Movie | The Dark Knight Rises | Nominee |
| Favorite Movie Franchise | The Dark Knight Rises | Nominee |
Empire Awards
3 nominations
| Best Actress | Anne Hathaway | Nominee |
| Best Director | Christopher Nolan | Nominee |
| Best Film | The Dark Knight Rises | Nominee |
Motion Picture Sound Editors
2 nominations
| Best Sound Editing – Music in a Feature Film | Alex Gibson and Ryan Rubin | Nominee |
| Best Sound Editing – Sound Effects and Foley in a Feature Film | Richard King, Kenneth L. Johnson, Christopher Flick, John Roesch, Alyson Dee Moore, Michael W. Mitchell, Jeff Sawyer, Michael Babcock, Randle Akerson and Bryan O. Watkins | Nominee |
Rembrandt Awards
2 nominations
| Best Foreign Actress | Anne Hathaway | Nominee |
| Best Foreign Film | The Dark Knight Rises | Nominee |
Russian National Movie Awards
2 nominations
| Best Foreign Action of the Year | The Dark Knight Rises | Nominee |
| Best Foreign Drama of the Year | The Dark Knight Rises | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
2 nominations
| Best Art Direction and Production Design | Nathan Crowley, Kevin Kavanaugh, James Hambidge and Naaman Marshall | Nominee |
| Best Visual Effects | Chris Corbould and Paul Franklin | Nominee |
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
1 nomination
| Kick Ass Award for Best Female Action Star | Anne Hathaway | Nominee |
British Academy Film Awards
1 nomination
| Special Visual Effects | Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Peter Bebb, Andrew Lockley | Nominee |
Golden Eagle Award
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | The Dark Knight Rises | Nominee |
Hollywood Post Alliance Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Editing – Feature Film | Lee Smith | Nominee |
International Film Music Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Original Score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction/Horror Film | Hans Zimmer | Nominee |
Kids Choice Awards
1 nomination
| Favorite Female Buttkicker | Anne Hathaway | Nominee |
NME Awards
1 nomination
| Best Film | The Dark Knight Rises | Nominee |
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actress | Anne Hathaway (also for Les Misérables ) | Nominee |
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best Music | Hans Zimmer | Nominee |
Visual Effects Society Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Models in a Feature Motion Picture | Scott Beverly, Alan Faucher, Ian Hunter and Steve Newburn for "Airplane Heist" | Nominee |
Young Artist Award
1 nomination
| Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actress | Joey King | Nominee |