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David S. Goyer has 27 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2020s. 2 sit in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including The Dark Knight.
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The Dark Knight
2008 · Movie · Writer
Top 1%Max · Included

The Dark Knight Rises
2012 · Movie · Writer
Top 1%Max · Included

Batman Begins
2005 · Movie · Writer
Top 3%Max · Included

Blade
1998 · Movie · Writer
Top 5%Max · Included

Dark City
1998 · Movie · Writer
Top 11%Tubi · Free w/ ads

Man of Steel
2013 · Movie · Writer
Top 23%Max · Included
Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.
Dir. Christopher Nolan · With Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart

Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman encounters the mysterious Selina Kyle and the villainous Bane, a new terrorist leader who overwhelms Gotham's finest. The Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy.
Dir. Christopher Nolan · With Christian Bale, Gary Oldman, Tom Hardy
Driven by tragedy, billionaire Bruce Wayne dedicates his life to uncovering and defeating the corruption that plagues his home, Gotham City. Unable to work within the system, he instead creates a new identity, a symbol of fear for the criminal underworld - The Batman.
Dir. Christopher Nolan · With Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson
The Daywalker known as "Blade" - a half-vampire, half-mortal man - becomes the protector of humanity against an underground army of vampires.
Dir. Stephen Norrington · With Wesley Snipes, Stephen Dorff, Kris Kristofferson

A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun and run by beings with telekinetic powers who seek the souls of humans.
Dir. Alex Proyas · With Rufus Sewell, William Hurt, Kiefer Sutherland
A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation and become the symbol of hope for all mankind.
Dir. Zack Snyder · With Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon

Six interlocking stories reveal Bruce Wayne's earliest adventures as Batman and the steps he took to become the grim avenger of Gotham City.
Dir. Futoshi Higashide, Yasuhiro Aoki, Jong-Sik Nam, Hiroshi Morioka, Shojiro Nishimi, Toshiyuki Kubooka, Yoshiaki Kawajiri · With Kevin Conroy, Jason Marsden, Scott Menville

After years of imprisonment, Morpheus — the King of Dreams — embarks on a journey across worlds to find what was stolen from him and restore his power.
Dir. Allan Heinberg, David S. Goyer, Neil Gaiman · With Tom Sturridge, Vivienne Acheampong, Patton Oswalt

Decades after Sarah Connor prevented Judgment Day, a lethal new Terminator is sent to eliminate the future leader of the resistance. In a fight to save mankind, battle-hardened Sarah Connor teams up with an unexpected ally and an enhanced super soldier to stop the deadliest Terminator yet.
Dir. Tim Miller · With Linda Hamilton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mackenzie Davis

Blade forms an uneasy alliance with the vampire council in order to combat the Reapers, who are feeding on vampires.
Dir. Guillermo del Toro · With Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson, Ron Perlman

The series follows the "untold" story of Leonardo Da Vinci: the genius during his early years in Renaissance Florence. As a 25-year old artist, inventor, swordsman, lover, dreamer and idealist, he struggles to live within the confines of his own reality and time as he begins to not only see the future, but invent it.
Dir. David S. Goyer · With Tom Riley, Laura Haddock, Elliot Cowan

Follow a band of exiles on their monumental journey to save humanity and rebuild civilization amid the fall of the Galactic Empire.
Dir. David S. Goyer, Josh Friedman · With Jared Harris, Lee Pace, Lou Llobell
Canadian policeman Louis Burke is assigned in a jail to investigate the murders of prisoners and jailors. While there, Louis, using his outstanding martial arts skills, is able to save his life and make himself respected in this violent world.
Dir. Deran Sarafian · With Jean-Claude Van Damme, Robert Guillaume, Cynthia Gibb

After an attack leaves him in limbo -- invisible to the living and also near death -- a teenager discovers the only person who might be able help him is his attacker.
Dir. David S. Goyer · With Justin Chatwin, Margarita Levieva, Marcia Gay Harden

A man struggling with his faith is haunted by the sins of his past but is suddenly thrust into the role of defending humanity from the gathering forces of darkness.
Dir. Daniel Cerone, David S. Goyer · With Matt Ryan, Angélica Celaya, Charles Halford

The Midwest USA is invaded by stingray-shaped alien slugs that ride on people's backs and control their minds in order to spread their dominion. Government agency reps Sam Givens, Andrew Nivens, and Mary Sefton must stop the aliens.
Dir. Stuart Orme · With Donald Sutherland, Eric Thal, Julie Warner
David Rice is a man who knows no boundaries, a Jumper, born with the uncanny ability to teleport instantly to anywhere on Earth. When he discovers others like himself, David is thrust into a dangerous and bloodthirsty war while being hunted by a sinister and determined group of zealots who have sworn to destroy all Jumpers. Now, David’s extraordinary gift may be his only hope for survival!
Dir. Doug Liman · With Hayden Christensen, Jamie Bell, Samuel L. Jackson

Fearing the actions of a god-like Super Hero left unchecked, Gotham City’s own formidable, forceful vigilante takes on Metropolis’s most revered, modern-day savior, while the world wrestles with what sort of hero it really needs. And with Batman and Superman at war with one another, a new threat quickly arises, putting mankind in greater danger than it’s ever known before.
Dir. Zack Snyder · With Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Jesse Eisenberg
While on a stakeout, Judith Gray, a beautiful, tough cop, is trapped inside a warehouse full of toys that have been awakened to murderous life by a strange child of darkness.
Dir. Peter Manoogian · With Tracy Scoggins, Bentley Mitchum, Daniel Cerny

For years, Blade has fought against the vampires in the cover of the night. But now, after falling into the crosshairs of the FBI, he is forced out into the daylight, where he is driven to join forces with a clan of human vampire hunters he never knew existed—The Nightstalkers. Together with Abigail and Hannibal, two deftly trained Nightstalkers, Blade follows a trail of blood to the ancient creature that is also hunting him—the original vampire, Dracula.
Dir. David S. Goyer · With Wesley Snipes, Jessica Biel, Ryan Reynolds

In this rousing sequel to Kickboxer, Tong Po broods about his defeat at the hands of Kurt Sloan. Po and his managers resort to drastic measures to goad Kurt's brother into the ring for a rematch.
Dir. Albert Pyun · With Sasha Mitchell, Dennis Chan Kwok-San, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
A murder victim is brought back to life by a mysterious crow. With the help of a beautiful woman, he exacts revenge on his killers – only to realize his enemy has discovered the one weakness that can destroy him forever.
Dir. Tim Pope · With Vincent Perez, Mia Kirshner, Iggy Pop

When the entire world blacks out for two minutes and seventeen seconds, everyone sees a flash of their own future 6 months from the present. For some, the future is hopeful, while for others, it is unexpected. For a few, it doesn't seem to exist. Knowing their fate will alter each person's life, destinies will be changed.
Dir. David S. Goyer, Brannon Braga · With Joseph Fiennes, John Cho, Courtney B. Vance
A young woman fights the spirit that is slowly taking possession of her.
Dir. David S. Goyer · With Odette Annable, Cam Gigandet, Gary Oldman

Set two generations before the destruction of the legendary Man of Steel’s home planet, Krypton follows Superman’s grandfather — whose House of El was ostracized and shamed — as he fights to redeem his family’s honor and save his beloved world from chaos.
Dir. David S. Goyer · With Cameron Cuffe, Georgina Campbell, Shaun Sipos
Marvel's hard-boiled hero is brought back to fight the menace of Hydra after exiling himself in the Yukon since the end of the Cold War. The children of the former Hydra head, Baron Von Stucker, have taken charge of the terrorist organization. Under the lead of his vicious daughter, Viper, Hydra has seized a deadly virus and threatens the destruction of America.
Dir. Rod Hardy · With David Hasselhoff, Lisa Rinna, Sandra Hess
When the devil resurfaces with aims to take over the world in human form, Johnny Blaze reluctantly comes out of hiding to transform into the flame-spewing supernatural hero Ghost Rider -- and rescue a 10-year-old boy from an unsavory end.
Dir. Brian Taylor, Mark Neveldine · With Nicolas Cage, Fergus Riordan, Violante Placido
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