DC Universe Animated Original Movies

The DC Universe Animated Original Movies are a series of American direct-to-video superhero animated films based on DC Comics characters and stories. From 2007 to 2022, films were produced primarily by Warner Bros. Animation but subsequently fell under DC Studios. Many films are stand-alone projects that are either adaptations of popular works or original stories.
From 2013 to 2024, the DC Animated Movie Universe was a subset of this series. The first story arc featured several films that took place in a shared universe, influenced predominantly by "The New 52". Following the first arc's conclusion with Justice League Dark: Apokolips War, the "Tomorrowverse" series was launched beginning with Superman: Man of Tomorrow that same year and ended with a trilogy, Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths. As of 2024, the DCUAOM line released 60 films that made a total of $257 million in sales in the United States and Canada, an average of $5.4 million per film. The Numbers. Retrieved Sep 9, 2023.

Premise

Unlike earlier animated DC films, the films in this line are aimed at a more adult audience, often containing profane language, stronger violence, sexual scenes, and more mature themes. The art styles for the films are also generally more realistically proportionate. The majority of the films are rated PG-13 by the MPAA except All-Star Superman and Green Lantern: Emerald Knights, which are rated PG, and Batman: [The Killing Joke |Batman: The Killing Joke], Justice League Dark, Batman: Gotham by Gaslight, Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay, Justice League Dark: Apokolips War, Batman: Soul of the Dragon, Batman: The Long Halloween, Part Two, Injustice, Justice League: Warworld, and Watchmen, which are rated R. Many of the films are adapted from stories originally featured in DC print comics and graphic novels., 60 feature films and fourteen short films have been released.
In terms of continuity, the films are usually stand-alone, with exceptions being Superman/Batman: Public Enemies and its sequel Superman/Batman: Apocalypse, Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths and its sequel Justice League: Doom, the DC Animated Movie Universe and its "Tomorrowverse" arc.
From 2007 to 2015, most of the films were voice-directed by Andrea Romano, the last one being Justice League: Gods and Monsters. Then from 2016 to 2024, duties were handed to Wes Gleason, starting with Batman: Bad Blood up until the Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths trilogy.
The films are generally released direct-to-video, but Batman: The Killing Joke, Batman and Harley Quinn, The Death of Superman and Reign of the Supermen were also given limited releases in theaters.

Released films

Short films

DC Showcase

Other short films

Other projects

Unannounced projects

Beyond the list of announced projects, creators involved in various levels at DC Comics have brought up names of possible future projects.

Bruce Timm has said that he would like to do a full-length animated Green Arrow film following the positive reception of DC Showcase: Green Arrow.
DC's ex-executive editor Dan DiDio has expressed interest in seeing the popular 2007–2008 Sinestro Corps War comic storyline adapted.
In 2009, Timm also expressed his interest to make an animated JLA/Avengers adaptation.
Geoff Johns revealed that Warner Bros. would like to use unproduced screenplays as a basis for new animated films, such as J. J. Abrams' Superman: Flyby.
Producer James Tucker has spoken about wanting a Wonder Woman-centered Justice League film.
At Comic-Con, Timm also had expressed interest in an animated adaptation of the Batman R.I.P. storyline.
Batman: The Killing Joke screenwriter Brian Azzarello had stated that he would like to adapt his graphic novel Joker into an animated film.
Timm has mentioned that another Batman Beyond film is a possibility, and in August 2017, Tucker stated in his Twitter account that discussions about a possible Batman Beyond film occur several times at the studio, while he also stated that a potential Static Shock film set in the DC Animated Universe is possible as the studio is always interested in Static.
J. M. DeMatteis expressed interest in scripting an adaptation of his Batman story arc Going Sane and a New Gods film set in the DC Animated Movie Universe. This partially came into play with the film Justice League: Gods and Monsters, visually and aesthetically invoking the DCAU, confirmed to be in an alternate timeline to it.
Filmmaker and comic book writer Kevin Smith mentioned at Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo that he met with Johns, where he pitched an animated Plastic Man film that he wrote for DC.
An animated film featuring characters from the Milestone Media imprint was announced at DC Fandome in October 2021. The film was set to be written by Brandon Thomas and will feature "more than one character" according to Milestone co-founder Denys Cowan. The announcement included promotional concept art of Static, Hardware, Icon, and Rocket.
Cancelled projects
Plans for sequels to the 2009 films Wonder Woman and Green Lantern: First Flight were shelved, as well as a planned film based on the 2003 miniseries Batgirl: Year One. Slower sales of the Wonder Woman film were cited, although sales figures indicate that it was at least the #8 best-selling of the 25 DC Universe films released as of 2015.
In 2010, Timm stated that the production team originally planned to make an Aquaman film, but at the end, the executives of Warner Bros. cancelled the project because their expectations about marketing were very low.
During an interview in October 2016, Jay Oliva revealed that he had an idea for a sequel to Batman: Assault on Arkham, but following Oliva's departure from Warner Bros. Animation in 2017, as well as the film's apparent decanonization in Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, the project may have been pulled.
In 2023, the creative team for Justice League: Warworld planned to develop a film adaptation of the Kingdom Come comic book miniseries, but the idea was discarded by James Gunn and Peter Safran after they were named CEOs of DC Studios.
Reception

Sales performance

Sales figures below represent, when available, DVD and Blu-ray sales in the United States. Theatrical ticket, digital, and rental sales are not included.

Critical response

Each film is linked to the "Critical response" section of its article.

Film	Rotten Tomatoes
Superman: Doomsday	57%
Justice League: The New Frontier	N/A
Batman: Gotham Knight	75%
Wonder Woman	85%
Green Lantern: First Flight	63%
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies	N/A
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths	N/A
Batman: Under the Red Hood	100%
Superman/Batman: Apocalypse	20%
Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam	N/A
All-Star Superman	80%
Green Lantern: Emerald Knights	80%
Batman: Year One	89%
Justice League: Doom	N/A
Superman vs. The Elite	80%
Batman: [The Dark Knight Returns #Critical response\|Batman: The Dark Knight Returns – Part 1]	100%
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns – Part 2	N/A
Superman: Unbound	100%
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox	100%
Justice League: War	50%
Son of Batman	64%
Batman: Assault on Arkham	75%
Justice League: Throne of Atlantis	57%
Batman vs. Robin	100%
Justice League: Gods and Monsters	88%
Batman: Bad Blood	100%
Justice League vs. Teen Titans	80%
Batman: The Killing Joke	39%
Justice League Dark	78%
Teen Titans: The Judas Contract	83%
Batman and Harley Quinn	45%
Batman: Gotham by Gaslight	75%
Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay	88%
The Death of Superman	92%
Reign of the Supermen	N/A
Justice League vs. the Fatal Five	100%
Batman: Hush	88%
Wonder Woman: Bloodlines	88%
Superman: Red Son	88%
Justice League Dark: Apokolips War	100%
Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons	82%
Superman: Man of Tomorrow	100%
Batman: Soul of the Dragon	93%
Justice Society: World War II	81%
Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One	100%
Batman: The Long Halloween, Part Two	100%
Injustice	60%
Catwoman: Hunted	78%
Green Lantern: Beware My Power	56%
Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons	100%
Legion of Super-Heroes	60%
Batman: [The Doom That Came to Gotham \|Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham]	77%
Justice League: Warworld	50%
Justice League: [Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part One]	88%
Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part Two	17%
Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part Three	20%
[Watchmen Chapter 1#Reception\|Watchmen Chapter I]	92%
Watchmen Chapter II	N/A
Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires	N/A