Joker
Overview
Joker is a 2019 psychological thriller directed by Todd Phillips and starring Joaquin Phoenix in an Oscar-winning performance as Arthur Fleck, a failed stand-up comedian who descends into madness and becomes the iconic Batman villain. Set in a grimy, decaying Gotham City in the early 1980s, the film is a bold character study of social alienation, mental illness, and the making of a monster. Deeply controversial and undeniably powerful, Joker is one of the most daring superhero-adjacent films ever made.
Cast
Joaquin Phoenix
Robert De Niro
Zazie Beetz
Frances Conroy
Brett Cullen
Shea Whigham
