Joker

(2019)

★ 8.3 IMDb · 28,280 votes

Genres: Crime, Thriller, Drama

Year: 2019

Runtime: 122 min

Country: Canada, United States of America

Director: Тодд Филлипс

Cast: Хоакин Феникс, Роберт Де Ниро, Зази Битц, Фрэнсис Конрой, Бретт Каллен

Plot

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.

A socially inept clown for hire - Arthur Fleck aspires to be a stand up comedian among his small job working dressed as a clown holding a sign for advertising. He takes care of his mother, Penny Fleck, and as he learns more about his mental illness, he learns more about his past. Dealing with all the negativity and bullying from society, he heads downwards on a spiral, in turn showing how his alter ego, "Joker," came to be.