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Home to Bruce Wayne, Batman and all his adversaries, this city has been portrayed several times in TV and film

Gotham City is a fictional American city of indeterminate area, population and location, but generally thought to be on the East Coast, near Boston and New York. Despite its size and implied prosperity Gotham City is a hellhole: depicted as being perpetually dark and overrun with crime, there's seemingly no reason anybody in their right minds would live here.
 
 Gotham from 1989's Batman
 Gotham from 1989's Batman
  Actually, the Gotham City seen in the 1960s Batman TV series has a much less bleak demeanor than that of the metropolis found in the comics or any future film, though its palm tree-fronted seaside and well-lit streets are probably more indicative of its low budget filming location in Los Angeles than any creative statement on the part of its director. The Gotham of the films Batman, Batman Returns, Batman and Robin, and Batman Forever breaks drastically with the TV series' vision and hews closer to the original comic's take, depicting a futuristic art deco style of architecture with perpetually dark skies and a cartoonish overtone. When Chris Nolan took over the mantle of director for the series with Batman Begins he departed from both depictions and chose to portray the city as a modern cityscape, mixing elements of New York, Chicago, Hong Kong and London. While the sky is not forever dark in this iteration the crime rate is still hovering near astronomical levels.
22 Movies that have Gotham City Edit
2012 Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 1
2012 The Dark Knight Rises
2011 Batman: Year One
2010 Superman/Batman: Apocalypse
2010 Batman: Under the Red Hood
2010 Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
2008 The Dark Knight
2008 Justice League: The New Frontier
2006 Batman Legends
2005 The Batman vs. Dracula
2005 Batman Begins
2003 Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman
2003 The Death of Batman
2003 Batman: Dead End
2000 Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
1998 Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero
1997 Batman & Robin
1995 Batman Forever
1993 Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
1992 Batman Returns
8 Shows that have Gotham City Edit
Robot Chicken
Birds of Prey
Justice League
Gotham Girls
Batman Beyond
The New Batman Adventures
Batman: The Animated Series
Batman
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