The fate of Robin in the Batman films actually depends on which iteration you're talking about, because different versions handle it wildly differently! In Tim Burton's 'Batman Forever,' it's Dick Grayson who becomes Robin, and he survives just fine—no tragic ending there. But if we jump to 'Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,' there's a brief but haunting glimpse of a Robin suit defaced by the Joker, with 'HAHAHA' spray-painted across it. This heavily implies that Jason Todd, the second Robin, met a brutal end at the Joker's hands, mirroring the infamous 'A Death in the Family' comic arc where fans voted to kill him off. The DCEU never fully explores it, but the implication is enough to send chills down any fan's spine.
Then there's Christopher Nolan's trilogy, which... well, straight-up ignores Robin until the very end of 'The Dark Knight Rises,' where Joseph Gordon-Levitt's character, John Blake, discovers the Batcave. His real name is revealed to be Robin, but he's more of a symbolic successor than a traditional sidekick. No death, just a torch-passing moment. It's fascinating how each filmmaker dances around Robin's legacy—some embrace the darkness of his story, while others sidestep it entirely. Personally, I wish we'd get a proper on-screen adaptation of Jason Todd's resurrection as the Red Hood; now that would be a cinematic rollercoaster.