Christopher Nolan's movies ranked
The top 3 according to 729 votes from people: The Dark Knight · Inception · Interstellar. (Updated Mar 21, 2024.)
All twelve Christopher Nolan features from Following to Oppenheimer, ranked by consensus between IMDb ratings and critics' rankings.
Top 12
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1
The Dark Knight
2008. Heath Ledger's Joker, posthumous Oscar winner; the superhero film as crime epic.
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2
Inception
2010. Dream heists, the spinning top and Hans Zimmer's 'BRAAAM'; four Oscars.
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3
Interstellar
2014. Matthew McConaughey crosses a wormhole; the black hole Gargantua was modelled with physicist Kip Thorne.
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4
Oppenheimer
2023. Cillian Murphy as the father of the atomic bomb; seven Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director.
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5
Dunkirk
2017. The 1940 evacuation told on land, sea and air across three timelines; three Oscars.
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6
The Prestige
2006. Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale as rival magicians in Victorian London, with David Bowie as Tesla.
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7
Memento
2000. A man with no short-term memory hunts his wife's killer, told backwards.
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8
Tenet
2020. A spy thriller with time inversion, released in the middle of the pandemic.
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9
Insomnia
2002. Al Pacino as a detective who cannot sleep under Alaska's midnight sun, with Robin Williams.
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10
The Dark Knight Rises
2012. Bane, a broken Gotham and the end of the trilogy.
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11
Batman Begins
2005. The reboot that brought Batman back down to earth, with Christian Bale.
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12
Following
1998. His black-and-white debut, shot on weekends for about £6,000.
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Comments (10)
Interstellar's docking scene with Zimmer's score... chills every time.
Insomnia is the forgotten one, Al Pacino and Robin Williams are great in it.
Batman Begins aged really well actually
Oppenheimer at #4 is a crime, it's his best movie
Memento above Dunkirk, good call.
Tenet second to last feels right, couldn't hear half the dialogue
The Prestige is criminally underrated, should be top 3.
Agree. Best twist he's ever done.
The Dark Knight at #1 is objectively correct. Heath Ledger's Joker is unmatched.
Following is worth watching just to see where he started, made for like $6000.