The Dark Knight

Amongst the more modern films that Spielberg loves is Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Dark Knight’, which hit cinemas in 2008.

When talking about his favourite superhero films, he said: “I love the ‘Superman’ of Richard Donner, ‘The Dark Knight’, Christopher Nolan, and the first ‘Iron Man’."

Spielberg has also called Nolan’s Batman trilogy as "beautiful visual art films”.