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The Dark Knight is the best of the trilogy, followed by The Dark Knight Rises, followed by Batman Begins.

I was pleasantly surprised by The Dark Knight Rises, but it doesn't match the greatness of The Dark Knight. The narrative is focused and perfectly paced, the action set pieces are spectacular, and Health Ledger's performance is a knock-out. It's probably the only truly transcendent superhero movie, one that goes beyond the conventions of comic books to become something else altogether.