Christian Bale

Apex — The Dark Knight (2008)

24,970 feet (Camp III)

46th highest of 105

An enduring, oft-rewatched summit, edging The Dark Knight.

The career, climbed — every film on the shared Everest scale; hover for detail

Filmography — by elevation

	Film	Year	Elevation
	Empire of the Sun	1987	25,151 ft
	The Dark Knight ▲ apex	2008	24,968 ft
	Batman Begins	2005	24,956 ft
	The Dark Knight Rises	2012	24,945 ft
	Terminator Salvation	2009	24,336 ft
	American Hustle	2013	23,952 ft
	The Machinist	2004	23,449 ft
	The Flowers of War	2011	23,372 ft
	Equilibrium	2002	23,326 ft
	Rescue Dawn	2007	23,089 ft
	Newsies	1992	22,976 ft
	Harsh Times	2005	22,959 ft
	Exodus: Gods and Kings	2014	22,786 ft
	Vice	2018	22,682 ft
	The Pale Blue Eye	2022	22,676 ft
	Reign of Fire	2002	22,603 ft
	American Psycho	2000	22,455 ft
	Metroland	1997	22,421 ft
	The Batmobile	2012	22,375 ft
	I'm Not There	2007	22,248 ft
	Hostiles	2017	22,101 ft
	Out of the Furnace	2013	22,100 ft
	The Fighter	2010	21,896 ft
	Amsterdam	2022	21,895 ft
	Knight of Cups	2015	21,872 ft
	Ending the Knight	2012	21,859 ft
	The Big Short	2015	21,731 ft
	Swing Kids	1993	21,719 ft
	Treasure Island	1990	21,641 ft
	The Prestige	2006	21,601 ft
	Mio in the Land of Faraway	1987	21,559 ft
	Ford v Ferrari	2019	21,500 ft
	Public Enemies	2009	21,453 ft
	All the Little Animals	1999	21,428 ft
	3:10 to Yuma	2007	21,337 ft
	Laurel Canyon	2003	21,332 ft
	Thor: Love and Thunder	2022	21,289 ft
	Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle	2018	21,215 ft
	The Bride!	2026	21,027 ft
	The Promise	2016	21,001 ft
	Batman Unmasked: The Psychology of The Dark Knight	2008	20,972 ft
	Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'	2015	20,927 ft
	Prince of Jutland	1994	20,850 ft
	The New World	2005	20,772 ft
	Velvet Goldmine	1998	20,717 ft
	Shaft	2000	20,594 ft
	Captain Corelli's Mandolin	2001	20,551 ft
	The Secret Agent	1996	20,429 ft
	Little Women	1994	20,396 ft
	The Portrait of a Lady	1996	20,346 ft
	Pocahontas	1995	20,307 ft
	A Midsummer Night's Dream	1999	20,254 ft
	A Murder of Quality	1991	20,199 ft
	Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder	2022	20,156 ft
	Henry V	1989	20,139 ft
	Spielberg	2017	20,139 ft