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How to Train Your Dragon

The Dark Knight 9.0/10

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Comparing How to Train Your Dragon vs The Dark Knight. The Dark Knight leads on expert rating.

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2026 5

Adventure, Fantasy, Family

Winner

2008 152 min 71

9.0/10

Action, Crime, Drama

Specification	How to Train Your Dragon	The Dark Knight

Studio	DreamWorks Animation / Universal Pictures	Warner Bros. Pictures
Franchise	How to Train Your Dragon	The Dark Knight Trilogy
Release Date	2026-06-13	2008-07-18
Runtime	0 min	152 min
Certification	—	PG-13
Genres	Adventure, Fantasy, Family	Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller

Director(s)	—	—
Lead Cast	Mason Thames, Nico Parker, Gerard Butler, Nick Frost, Julian Dennison	Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman

Critic Rating	—	9.0/10
Audience Rating	—	—
Review Count	0	0
Page Views	5	71

Budget	—	$185,000,000
Worldwide Gross	—	$1,008,305,024
Awards	2	14

Available On	FindEdition	Max, Prime Video, Apple TV, FindEdition

Pros		Heath Ledger's legendary Joker; Grounded, intelligent screenplay; IMAX-scale action set pieces; Hans Zimmer's iconic sco...
Cons		Rachel Dawes recasting may jar fans; Some dialogue-heavy exposition; Two-Face arc feels compressed in final act