Batman Returns (1992)

Most people think so. 78% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics agree, scoring it 75%.

The monstrous Penguin, who dwells in the sewers beneath Gotham, joins up with corrupt mayoral candidate Max Shreck to topple the Batman once and for all. But when Shreck's timid assistant Selina Kyle finds out, and Shreck tries to kill her, she's transformed into the sexy Catwoman. She teams up with the Penguin and Shreck to destroy Batman, but sparks fly unexpectedly when she confronts the caped crusader. Wikipedia ↗

Batman Returns is a 1992 American superhero film directed by Tim Burton, the sequel to his 1989 blockbuster. Michael Keaton returns as Batman, who faces two new villains: the Penguin, played by Danny DeVito as a grotesque, sewer-dwelling outcast abandoned at birth by his aristocratic parents, and Catwoman, played by Michelle Pfeiffer, a mousy secretary transformed into a leather-clad vigilante after being pushed out a window by her corrupt boss Max Shreck, played by Christopher Walken. Tim Burton pushed his gothic vision to darker extremes, creating a Gotham City drenched in snow, expressionist shadows, and a moral ambiguity that alienated the family audience McDonald's had hoped to reach with their Happy Meal tie-in.

Michelle Pfeiffer's Catwoman was a cultural sensation — her performance combined feline sensuality, feminist rage, and psychological fracture into one of the most iconic characterizations in superhero cinema. Danny DeVito's Penguin was simultaneously repulsive and pitiable, a monster created by parental rejection. Batman Returns earned $266 million worldwide on a $80 million budget but was considered disappointing by Warner Bros., who replaced Burton with Joel Schumacher for subsequent installments.