Joker

"I used to think that my life was a tragedy, but now I realize, it's a fucking comedy."

- Arthur Fleck

Joker is a 2019 film based on the DC Comics character, The Joker. It premiered on August 31, 2019, at the Venice International Film Festival, and on October 4, 2019, in the United States.

The film stars Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, and Frances Conroy, and is directed by Todd Phillips who cowrote the film with Scott Silver. A sequel titled is set to be released on October 4, 2024.

Synopsis
Forever alone in a crowd, failed comedian Arthur Fleck seeks connection as he walks the streets of Gotham City. Arthur wears two masks—the one he paints for his day job as a clown, and the guise he projects in a futile attempt to feel like he's part of the world around him. Isolated, bullied and disregarded by society, Fleck begins a slow descent into madness as he transforms into the criminal mastermind known as the Joker.