Batman is a 1989 superhero film based on the fictional DC Comics character of the same name. Tim Burton directed the film, which stars Michael Keaton as Batman, also Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger and Robert Wuhl. The film is the first installment of Warner Brothers' Batman film series, telling the story of Bruce Wayne romancing with Vicki Vale (played by Basinger). He conjointly deals with the rise of a powerful villain referred to as "The Joker" (Nicholson).

Michael Uslan and Benjamin Melniker acquired the Batman film rights from DC Comics in 1979, and employed Tom Mankiewicz to write. Producers Jon Peters and Peter Guber joined the production. Before Burton was employed as director, Steve Englehart and Julie Hickson contributed with story treatments. The role of Batman was thought of for various A-list actors, while Nicholson accepted the role of the Joker under numerous strict circumstances that dictated a high salary, box office profits and his shooting schedule.

Filming passed off at Pinewood Studios from October 1988 to January 1989, where production designer Anton Furst designed Gotham Town with clashing architectural styles to make it the bleakest metropolis imaginable. The budget escalated from $thirty million to $48 million, while the 1988 Writers Guild of America strike forced author Sam Hamm to go away the set. Uncredited rewrites were commissioned by Warren Skaaren, Charles McKeown and Jonathan Gems, deleting the character Dick Grayson.

Batman was a critical and monetary success, and is that the second highest grossing film based on a DC comic book. The film received various nominations at the 62nd Academy Awards, forty seventh Golden Globe Awards and The Saturn Awards. The film inspired Batman: The Animated Series and a series of films. In 1992, producers Uslan and Melniker filed a breach of contract lawsuit as they didn't earn any of the film's box office gross.