Overview
Arthur Fleck, awaiting trial in Arkham State Hospital for his crimes as the Joker, encounters Lee Quinzel — a fellow inmate whose obsession with him sparks a romance set to song, leading them both into a shared, ruinous folie a deux.
Released in 2024, Joker: Folie a Deux was directed by Todd Phillips and produced under the Warner Bros. banner. The film occupies a significant place within the Independent — telling a self-contained story outside of shared-continuity superhero franchises.
The film features lead performances from Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga, Brendan Gleeson, among others, anchoring a story that adapts characters first brought to life in DC Comics. Its source material gives the film a foundation rooted in decades of published storytelling, which Phillips and the creative team interpret through a cinematic lens.
The film's 5.2 audience rating indicates a mixed response. Even so, it holds interest as part of the broader Independent catalogue and for how it fits into the lineage of DC Comics-based cinema.
Principal Cast
Trivia & Facts
Joker: Folie a Deux released in 2024, placing it within the 2020s era of comic book cinema — a decade that saw superhero films become the dominant force at the global box office.
Directed by Todd Phillips, the film was produced by Warner Bros. and adapts source material from DC Comics.
The principal cast features Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga, with key supporting roles played by Brendan Gleeson, Catherine Keener.
The film belongs to Independent — an independent / standalone production, not tied to a shared cinematic universe.
Joker: Folie a Deux carries an audience rating of 5.2 — a mixed reception that highlights the divisive nature of superhero film adaptations.
The DC Comics source material for Joker: Folie a Deux has been in continuous publication for decades, giving filmmakers a rich well of storylines, character arcs, and iconography to draw upon.
Modern superhero films like this one use a mix of practical effects and digital VFX, with entire sequences often shot against volume walls or LED stages pioneered by shows like The Mandalorian.
Joker: Folie a Deux is catalogued on Movies on Comics among our collection of 163 comic book films spanning 48 years of cinema — from Richard Donner's 1978 Superman to the present day.