Lately, I find myself enjoying watching Harley Quinn movies as much as I enjoy watching the live-action Batman movies. Of course, that could be because a lot of the new DC movies that feature the Dark Knight, live-action or animated, tend to also include the Clown Princess of Crime, who has skyrocketed in popularity in the years since she debuted on the beloved animated TV shows, Batman: The Animated Series. See for yourself by taking a look at all of Harley Quinn’s feature-length adventures so far.
Joker: Folie À Deux (2024)
Director: Todd Phillips
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga
What it’s about: A notorious failed comedian standing trial for murder falls into a whimsical romance with a fellow patient at Arkham State Hospital.
Why it’s a good option for Harley Quinn fans: While Joker: Folie á Deux was not very well received, some might argue it is worth checking out for Lady Gaga and the Oscar winner’s performance as an entirely different version of Harley “Lee” Quinzel.
How to watch Joker: Folie à Deux
- Stream Joker: Folie à Deux on HBO Max
- Rent or buy Joker: Folie à Deux on Amazon
- Buy Joker: Folie à Deux on Amazon
The DCEU Suicide Squad Movies (2016-2021)
Director: David Ayer, James Gunn
Starring: Margot Robbie, Viola Davis
What it’s about: A mismatched group of incarcerated supervillains is given the chance to be heroes by completing tasks no one else would be willing to do.
Why it’s a good option for Harley Quinn fans: Much of Harley Quinn’s popularity these days can be credited to Oscar nominee Margot Robbie’s wonderful portrayal, which many cite as the best thing about 2016’s Suicide Squad and an absolute highlight of James Gunn’s more acclaimed “sequel.”
How to watch the DCEU Suicide Squad Movies
- Stream Suicide Squad on HBO Max
- Stream Suicide Squad: Extended Cut on HBO Max
- Rent or buy Suicide Squad on Amazon
- Buy Suicide Squad on Blu-ray on Amazon
- Stream The Suicide Squad on HBO Max
- Rent or buy The Suicide Squad on Amazon
- Buy The Suicide Squad on Blu-ray on Amazon
Birds Of Prey (2020)
Director: Cathy Yan
Starring: Margot Robbie, Ewan McGregor, Mary Elizabeth Winstead
What it’s about: Harley Quinn becomes an unlikely, but pivotal, member of an impromptu alliance of vengeful female vigilantes seeking to take down a sadistic Gotham City crime boss.
Why it’s a good option for Harley Quinn fans: Margot Robbie’s second appearance as the Clown Prince of Crime sees her sharing the screen with some of DC Comics’ most iconic female heroes in a dazzling crime thriller with the comically long title, Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn.
How to watch Birds of Prey
- Stream Birds of Prey on HBO Max
- Rent or buy Birds of Prey on Amazon
- Buy Birds of Prey on Blu-ray on Amazon
Injustice (2021)
Director: Matt Peters
Starring: Anson Mount, Justin Hartley, Kevin Pollak, Laura Bailey, Gillian Jacobs
What it’s about: After The Joker successfully manipulates him into murdering the love of his life, Lois Lane, Superman suddenly becomes Public Enemy #1 among the Justice League.
Why it’s a good option for Harley Quinn fans: Based on the popular, Mortal Kombat-style video game of the same name, Injustice is one of the more violent animated DC movies and notably features Community cast member Gillian Jacobs as Harley Quinn.
How to watch Injustice
Scooby-Doo! And Batman: The Brave And The Bold (2018)
Director: Jake Castorena
Starring: Diedrich Bader, Frank Welker, Tara Strong
What it’s about: With Gotham’s most fearsome criminals and Mystery Inc.’s scariest enemies on the loose simultaneously, Scooby-Doo and the gang must team up with Batman to save the day.
Why it’s a good option for Harley Quinn fans: In one of the craziest Scooby-Doo crossovers, Scooby-Doo! and Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Tara Strong, who is also known for playing Batgirl, returns to the role of Harley Quinn.
How to watch Scooby-Doo! and Batman: The Brave and the Bold
- Rent or buy Scooby-Doo! and Batman: The Brave and the Bold on Amazon
- Buy Scooby-Doo! and Batman: The Brave and the Bold on DVD on Amazon
Scooby-Doo! And Krypto, Too! (2023)
Director: Cecilia Aranovich Hamilton
Starring: Frank Welker, Tara Strong
What it’s about: When the Justice League suddenly goes missing, Mystery Inc. must team up with Superman’s dog, Krypto, to save the day.
Why it’s a good option for Harley Quinn fans: Tara Strong comes back to voice, not only Harley Quinn, but also Lois Lane, in another fun Scooby-Doo/DC crossover, Scooby-Doo! and Krypto, Too!
How to watch Scooby-Doo! and Krypto, Too!
- Rent or buy Scooby-Doo! and Krypto, Too! on Amazon
- Buy Scooby-Doo! and Krypto, Too! on Blu-ray on Amazon
Suicide Squad: Hell To Pay (2018)
Director: Sam Liu
Starring: Christian Slater, Tara Strong, Vanessa Williams
What it’s about: When Amanda Waller catches wind of a literal “get out of hell free card,” she enlists a group of convicted supervillains to retrieve it for her.
Why it’s a good option for Harley Quinn fans: In my opinion, one of the best movies about Task Force X yet is the R-rated Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay, especially for the inclusion of Tara Strong as Harley Quinn.
How to watch Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay
- Stream Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay on HBO Max
- Rent or buy Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay on Amazon
- Buy Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay on Blu-ray on Amazon
Batman: Assault On Arkham (2014)
Director: Jay Oliva, Ethan Spaulding
Starring: Kevin Conroy, Hynden Walch
What it’s about: When it is learned that The Riddler has hidden some top-secret information in Arkham Asylum, a select group of specially gifted criminals are forced to infiltrate the facility.
Why it’s a good option for Harley Quinn fans: Hynden Walch, who voiced Harley Quinn on the animated series The Batman, reprises the role in Batman: Assault on Arkham, which is really a Task Force X movie disguised as an animated Batman movie.
How to watch Batman: Assault on Arkham
The LEGO Batman Movie (2017)
Director: Chris McKay
Starring: Will Arnett, Michael Cera, Rosario Dawson, Zach Galifianakis
What it’s about: To stop The Joker and save Gotham, Bruce Wayne is forced to confront his ultimate adversary: himself.
Why it’s a good option for Harley Quinn fans: While The LEGO Batman Movie is a comedic take on the life of the Dark Knight, it gets just about everything about the character and his peers right, including its portrayal of Harley Quinn, voiced by underrated former SNL star Jenny Slate, and her toxic relationship with "Mister J."
How to watch The LEGO Batman Movie
- Stream The LEGO Batman Movie on HBO Max
- Rent or buy The LEGO Batman Movie on Amazon
- Buy The LEGO Batman Movie on Blu-ray on Amazon
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)
Director: Mike Mitchell
Starring: Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks
What it’s about: When the LEGO Universe is threatened by Diplo, Emmet Brickowski and his friends must partake in another dangerous mission to put everything back together again.
Why it’s a good option for Harley Quinn fans: Instead of bringing back Jenny Slate, The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part briefly introduces a different version of Harley Quinn (voiced by Margot Rubin), who is clearly inspired by Margot Robbie’s iteration from Suicide Squad.
How to watch The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
- Rent or buy The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part on Amazon
- Buy The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part on Blu-ray on Amazon
Batman Vs. Two-Face (2017)
Director: Rick Morales
Starring: Adam West, Burt Ward, William Shatner
What it’s about: Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson must take action when it appears that reformed supervillain Harvey Dent’s darker half is starting take over.
Why it’s a good option for Harley Quinn fans: Harley Quinn does not exactly appear in Batman vs. Two-Face (which is noted for featuring Adam West’s final portrayal of Batman), but Dr. Harleen Quinzel (Sirena Irwin) is seen crossing paths with The Joker (Jeff Bergman).
How to watch Batman vs. Two-Face
Batman And Harley Quinn (2017)
Director: Sam Liu
Starring: Kevin Conroy, Melissa Rauch, Loren Lester
What it’s about: Batman and Nightwing have no choice but to enlist the help of a criminal to prevent a world-threatening plot by Poison Ivy.
Why it’s a good option for Harley Quinn fans: Batman and Harley Quinn is one of the last animated movies featuring, arguably, the best Batman voice actor, the late Kevin Conroy, and given the honor of starring opposite him as the Clown Princess of Crime is Big Bang Theory cast member Melissa Rauch.
How to watch Batman and Harley Quinn
Batman: Hush (2019)
Director: Justin Copeland
Starring: Jason O’Mara, Jennifer Morrison
What it’s about: When a new criminal threat emerges in Gotham City, Bruce Wayne’s investigation leads him to make a life-changing discovery about his own past.
Why it’s a good option for Harley Quinn fans: As much as I would love to see this DC animated movie get a live-action update, a remake of Batman: Hush would be challenged to find a replacement for Harley Quinn as good as Hynden Walch, whose incarnation takes on Catwoman in this adaptation of Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee’s acclaimed 2002 comic.
How to watch Batman: Hush
Justice League Dark: Apokolips War (2020)
Director: Matt Peters, Christina Sotta
Starring: Rosario Dawson, Jason O’Mara, Hynden Walch
What it’s about: The overpowering dominion of the New God Darkseid causes enemies to become allies in a battle to take back the Earth.
Why it’s a good option for Harley Quinn fans: Hynden Walch returns to voice Harley Quinn, who now serves as the leader of Task Force X, in the epic conclusion to DC Animated Movie Universe timeline, Justice League Dark: Apokolips War.
How to watch Justice League Dark: Apokolips War
- Stream Justice League Dark: Apokolips War on HBO Max
- Rent or buy Justice League Dark: Apokolips War on Amazon
- Buy Justice League Dark: Apokolips War on Blu-ray on Amazon
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (2013)
Director: Jay Oliva
Starring: Justin Chambers, Kevin McKidd
What it’s about: After finding himself in an alternate reality of his own unwitting doing, Barry Allen enlists the help of a Batman unfamiliar to him to save this dimension from crisis and return home.
Why it’s a good option for Harley Quinn fans: Hynden Walch is not exactly playing Harley Quinn, but an alternate version named “Yo-Yo,” who briefly appears in the fun Multiverse movie, Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox.
How to watch Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox
- Stream Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox on HBO Max
- Rent or buy Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox on Amazon
- Buy Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox on Blu-ray on Amazon
Batman Ninja (2018)
Director: Junpei Mizusaki
Starring: Roger Craig Smith, Tony Hale, Tara Strong
What it’s about: Bruce Wayne finds himself trapped in feudal Japan alongside many of his allies and enemies, which ultimately leads to a heart-stopping conflict.
Why it’s a good option for Harley Quinn fans: Voicing one of the most unique screen iterations of Harley Quinn in the English-language dub for the underrated Batman movie, Batman Ninja, is a job that could only be done by Tara Strong.d
How to watch Batman Ninja
Batman Ninja Vs. Yakuza League (2025)
Director: Junpei Mizusaki, Shinji Takagi
Starring: Joe Daniels, Karlii Hoch
What it’s about: Upon returning from his unplanned trip to feudal Japan to his modern-day Gotham City, Bruce Wayne discovers that not everything is as it should be.
Why it’s a good option for Harley Quinn fans: The sequel to the Anime-inspired Batman Ninja, Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League, sees up-and-coming voice actor Karlii Hoch make her debut as Harley Quinn.
How to watch Batman Ninja vs. Takuza League
Batman Vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2019)
Director: Jake Castorena
Starring: Troy Baker, Eric Bauza, Darren Criss, Baron Vaughn, Kyle Mooney
What it’s about: Four anthropomorphic, talking reptiles with insane martial arts skills must learn to trust a man who dresses as a bat so he can help them find a way back to their corner of the multiverse
Why it’s a good option for Harley Quinn fans: Tara Strong voices a version of Harley Quinn unlike any that you have ever seen (a half-human, half-hyena hybrid) in Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
How to watch Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Rent or buy Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on Amazon
- Buy Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on Blu-ray on Amazon
BONUS: Notable TV Shows With Harley Quinn
None of the Harley Quinn voice actors above would be where they are without the first actor to voice Harley Quinn in Batman: The Animated Series, the late Arleen Sorkin. Her influence is clear in every other vocal performance of the Clown Princess of Crime, including Kaley Cuoco, who leads Harley’s self-titled animated series (available exclusively with an HBO Max subscription).
Of course, there are other Batman TV shows that feature Harley. The first live-action iteration of the character appeared in the short-lived WB drama, Birds of Prey, featuring Ferris Bueller’s Day Off cast member Mia Sara in the role, and, more recently, Amazon Prime’s Batman: Caped Crusader, featuring Jamie Chung as a 1940s-era Dr. Harleen Quinzel. Fans of the Batman Ninja movies will also like Harley’s latest adventure with Task Force X in the Japanese anime series, Suicide Squad Isekai.
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Batman: The Animated Series (1992) |
Stream Batman: The Animated Series on Max; Stream Batman: The Animated Series on Amazon Prime |
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Birds of Prey (2002-2003) |
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Harley Quinn (2019-Present) |
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Batman: Caped Crusader (2024-Present) |
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Suicide Squad Isekai (2024) |
Stream Suicide Squad Isekai on HBO Max; Stream Suicide Squad Isekai on Hulu |
I am looking forward to seeing what upcoming superhero movies feature the Clown Princess of Crime next. Is there a chance we will see Harley Quinn in Matt Reeves’ The Batman universe, or might she next show up in the still unmade Gotham City Sirens movie? I’ll tell you one thing: I won’t allow myself to go crazy thinking about it and settle for enjoying the cinematic iterations of the character so far.
