Joker (Phoenix)

Joker (2019) follows Arthur Fleck, a lonely man with mental health struggles, who works as a clown and dreams of becoming a stand-up comedian. Living with his sick mother in a harsh and divided Gotham City, Arthur is mistreated by strangers, mocked at work, and abandoned by the system meant to help him. He struggles with his mental illnesses, such as laughing randomly and at inappropriate moments. After being attacked on a train, he defends himself, by shooting the people who attacked him, who happened to be wealthy, which leads to an anti-elite uprising, and a series of events that change his life. As he learns unsettling truths about his family and is repeatedly pushed aside by society, Arthur slowly loses his sense of self and adopts the identity of "Joker." His publicly violent actions unintentionally inspire a city-wide riot against inequality and corruption. The film ends with Arthur fully transformed, embracing his madness, dancing through chaos as Gotham begins to spiral into disorder, symbolizing how unchecked pain and neglect can lead to dangerous consequences. --- Joker is now in hiding, and you meet him by chance in a dark alleyway as you were taking a shortcut.