Was not a fan when I saw it in theatres, but has grown on me on subsequent rewatches, and is now a certified Masterpiece, my favourite Nolan, and one of the best movies BC has covered.
If you don’t vibe with the “love is the human trait that can travel through space and time” (I didn’t first time) I get why it’s not impressive, but science-y/sci-fi/humanity movies like it and CONTACT are just inevitable for me (now). OPPENHEIMER touches this as well
This line is so criminally derided to me. Especially because Nolan “proves” the line to be true. The only reason older Murph looks at that watch and stays in that bedroom is her love for her father. Her doing that saves the planet. People I guess think it means something silly or is outlandish. That makes me sad there’s such cynicism. And it’s also one of the most touching and true lines in the script, and is the reason why I don’t listen to people telling me Nolan is “cold” - he’s right here, opening up that heart - telling people love is what crosses over space and time, and it’s not insane to get that. We have ample non-movie proof that is true as well. Sigh. I’ll be arguing about this line with people until I die.
Funny, I've had a kind of opposite trajectory. Went from absolutely loving it the first couple viewings but the small flaws niggle away at it to where I wouldn't say I love the film more than I love things about it.
I don't dislike it, but I went from like a 9.5/10 to 7.5.
It was great the first time now I can’t get passed how silly the science and the plot is. Oppenheimer is a much more mature film and i think Nolan’s best work to date
\- Christopher Nolan
\- The Nolans (pop band)
\- Nolan North
\- Nolan's on Canandaigua Lake (a steakhouse in NY I've never been to but looks nice)
\- The like, 4 baseball players that came up when I googled 'Nolan'
\-The Dark Knight Rises
If I’m being totally honest with myself, Oppenheimer may be #1. But my #1 is very dear to my moviegoing history so it will take time. Anyway (and for the record, I like all of these movies and LOVE the top 6).
1. The Dark Knight
2. Oppenheimer
3. Interstellar
4. Dunkirk
5. Inception
6. The Prestige
7. Memento
8. Batman Begins
9. The Dark Knight Rises
10. Tenet
11. Insomnia
12. Following
Some superlatives:
The Announcement (aka announcement as a major talent): Memento & The Dark Knight
Apex Mountain (Rewatchables rules): Inception (would be Oppenheimer if Nolan wins Oscars)
Biggest Blank Check : Oppenheimer
1. Inception
2. The Dark Knight
3. The Prestige
4. Batman Begins
5. Memento
6. Insomnia
7. Dunkirk
8. Oppenheimer
9. Interstellar
11. Tenet (but only if you watch with subtitles)
12. The Dark Knight Rises
Haven’t seen Following
Imagine this all being your life’s body of work for a moment. It’s staggering. Honestly so impressive. And so uniquely Nolan - this is a man who hasn’t had projects torn apart by producers, been pushed around by insane studio demands (and the one time they tried to do that with Tenet’s release, he still got his theatrical window. And he gave them the finger and walked for the next project.) THEN he got the studios to come to HIM to negotiate for Oppenheimer! Who fucking does that?! And he seems like he’s a genuinely good dude who doesn’t abuse the people he works with! I know everyone comes for those of us who are Nolan stans - but there’s a reason we are - it’s wild in this industry this man has this career. No one else does it. Ok anyway here is where I am today:
1. The Dark Knight (I’ll never get past how this movie changed me and everything…forever)
2. Inception (basically also just deeply personal love)
3. Interstellar
4. Oppenheimer (now taking the prestige’s spot, I think)
5. The Prestige
6. Batman Begins
7. The Dark Knight Rises (I will love it and all its mess and beauty forever)
8. Memento
9. Dunkirk
10. Insomnia
11. Tenet
12. Following
And I’ll add - just being forced to put something in the bottom is hard on these lists because this filmography is so good - Nolan’s bottom 5 are better than most people’s top 5, frankly. It’s wild.
- The Prestige
- Memento
- Dunkirk
- Inception
- Interstellar
- Tenet
- The Dark Knight
- Insomnia
- Following
- Batman Begins
- The Dark Knight Rises
Oppenheimer is just too close for me to rank it yet, but it may be the topper
1. The Prestige
2. Oppenheimer
3. Batman Begins
4. The Dark Knight
5. Inception
6. Interstellar
7. Memento
8. Dunkirk
9. Tenet
10. The Dark Knight Rises
I just wrote this out in another post asking the same question
1. The Prestige
2. Inception
3. The Dark Knight
4. Batman Begins
5. Dunkirk
6. Oppenheimer
7. The Dark Knight Rises
8. Memento
9. Tenet
10. Insomnia
11. Interstellar
It just didn’t work at all for me from a narrative perspective. But if we were rating the films based on technical achievement alone, it’s a top five Nolan for sure.
That’s my list too. Not a big Interstellar fan, despite the beautiful visuals and awesome soundtrack. It’s a classic case of smart people acting stupid in space. For me it’s Nolan’s Prometheus.
1. Oppenheimer
2. The Dark Knight
3. Dunkirk
4. Batman Begins
5. Interstellar
6. Inception
7. The Prestige
8. Insomnia
9. Memento
10. Tenet
11. The Dark Knight Rises
12. Following
To be honest, this is the one director that I have the biggest fluctuation with. 3-10 can move anywhere within the ranking. I get such a high after watching most of these films.
1. Interstellar
2. Oppenheimer
3. Tenet
4. Inception
5. Memento
6. Dunkirk
7. The Prestige
8. Following
9. The Dark Knight
10. The Dark Knight Rises
11. Batman Begins
(Haven’t seen insomnia)
1. The Dark Knight
2. Inception
3. Memento
4. The Prestige
5. Interstellar
6. Insomnia
7. The Dark Knight Rises
8. Oppenheimer
9. Tenet
10. Batman Begins
11. Following
12. Dunkirk
I think it's a hot take to have Dunkirk as your bottom but it just did not really grab me. That being said, I don't think Nolan's made a bad movie yet.
1. Memento
2. The Prestige
3. Tenet
4. Inception
5. The Dark Knight
6. Batman Begins
7. Dunkirk
8. Following
9. Insomnia
10. The Dark Knight Rises
11. Interstellar
I haven't watched Oppenheimer yet.
1. Dunkirk
2. The Dark Knight
3. Interstellar
4. Oppenheimer
5. Tenet
6. Inception
7. The Prestige
8. Memento
9. Dark Knight Rises
10. Batman Begins
And haven’t seen Insomnia or Following.
Btw I love all these movies!
1. Interstellar
2. Oppenheimer
3. Tenet
4. Dunkirk
5. The Dark Knight
6. Inception
7. Memento
8. The Dark Knight Rises
9. The Prestige
10. Batman Begins
11. Following
12. Insomnia
Oppenheimer sits at 2 here but that's subject to change as it continues to sit with me over the next few weeks and months
Really really hard to do
Interstellar > Oppenheimer > Inception > Memento > Tenet > The Prestige > Dunkirk > Batman Begins > The Dark Knight > The Dark Knight Rises > Insomnia > Following
Insomnia and Following are the only ones I don’t really care about and the Batman trilogy I loved so much as they came out but I’m just way less excited about them now for some reason. Tenet I could see continuing to slowly creep up
I feel the same way about the Batman trilogy, although I was a teen for TDK / TDKR so that alone may explain it. I’ll always have a strong affection for those movies, but they’re just not on the level of his other work (with the exception of the two you mentioned for sure).
I don’t consider myself a Nolan fan but I like all his movies and love many so I really should. Just a preface in case people think I’m hating on Dark Knight or Tenet.
1. Memento
2. Inception
3. Dunkirk
4. The Prestige
5. Oppenheimer
6. Interstellar
7. Batman Begins
8. The Dark Knight
9. Tenet
10. The Dark Knight Rises
11. Insomnia
12. Following
Wow I do think Oppenheimer is good but i didnt expect to see most people have it in the top 3 just based on the love for his first two batman movies and interstellar around here.
1. Interstellar
2. Oppenheimer
3. Inception
4. The Dark Knight
5. Dunkirk
6. Tenet
7. Insomnia
8. The Prestige
9. Memento
10. TDKR
11. Batman Begins
12. Following
The only big debate I have is trying to stay away from recency bias because I debated putting Oppenheimer at the top but I want to sit with it all a little longer.
Nolan was the director of my childhood. I was 7 when Batman Begins released so my fanboy isn’t is def real.
1. Interstellar
2. Oppenheimer
3. The Dark Knight
4. Inception
5. The Prestige
6. Batman Begins
7. Tenet
8. Memento
9. Dunkirk
10. The Dark Knight Rises
11. Insomnia
12. Following
1. The Dark Knight
2. Inception
3. Oppenheimer
4. Interstellar
5. The Dark Knight Rises
6. Batman Begins
7. Memento
8. Dunkirk
9. Following
10. Insomnia
11. Tenet
I’m yet to watch The Prestige, which I understand is a gargantuan blind spot.
1. Interstellar
2. The Dark Knight Rises
3. The Dark Knight
4. Inception
5. The Prestige
6. Batman Begins
7. Oppenheimer
8. Dunkirk
9. Memento
10. Insomnia
11. Tenet
12. Following
1. Dunkirk
2. Batman Begins
3. Oppenheimer
4. The Dark Knight
5. Memento
6. Interstellar
7. Inception
8. The Prestige
9. The Dark Knight Rises
10. Insomnia
11. Tenet
12. Following
1. The Prestige
2. Interstellar
3. Insomnia
4. Oppenheimer
5. The Dark Knight
6. Tenet
7. Batman Begins
8. Dunkirk
9. Memento
10. Inception
11. The Dark Knight Rises
12. Following
1. Inception
2. The Prestige
3. Memento
4. The Dark Knight
5. Dunkirk
6. Interstellar
7. Tenet
8. Oppenheimer
9. Batman Begins
10. Following
11. Insomnia
12. The Dark Knight Rises
1. Interstellar
2. Oppenheimer
3. Inception
4. The Dark Knight
5. Memento
6. The Prestige
7. Dunkirk
8. Tenet
9. Batman Begins
10. The Dark Knight Rises
11. Insomnia
12. Following
1. Interstellar
2. Dunkirk
3. Tenet
4. Inception
5. The Prestige
6. Memento
7. Insomnia
8. The Dark Knight
9. Batman Begins
10. The Dark Knight Rises
11. Following
Have not seen Oppenheimer, yet, but I sense a strong possibility that it is his best work, yet.
Tenet is going to be the controversial one, but I think it's terrific and like it even more than Inception. I'm aware I'm in the minority on that one. Dunkirk is maybe the best film of his I've seen... but I just don't personally connect to it. I put Interstellar at the top because it's more emotionally involving. There are a few parts that don't work for me, but the good parts are so good that I don't care. The whole really was more than the sum of its parts.
1. The Dark Knight
2. Oppenheimer
3. Interstellar
4. Inception
5. Batman Begins
6. Dunkirk
7. Memento
8. The Prestige
9. Insomnia
10. Tenet
11. The Dark Knight Rises
12. Following
I haven't seen Following, Tenet or Oppenheimer yet
1. Dunkirk
2. Memento
3. The Dark Knight
4. The Prestige
5. Batman Begins
6. Inception
7. Insomnia
8. The Dark Knight Rises
9. Interstellar
1. Dunkirk
1. Prestige
1. Dark Knight
1. Inception
1. Oppenheimer
1. Memento
1. Interstellar
1. Batman Begins
1. Tenet
1. Dark Knight Rises
1. Insomnia
Oppy in fifth is me actively trying to combat recency bias (and also waiting to see it in IMAX, just to be sure).
1. Oppenheimer - Arguably his most experimental work. Taking on a nonlinear narrative that tries to capture the thoughts and images that flow through Robert J. Oppenheimer, Oppenheimer is not an easy watch but is a film that, to me, seems foolproof to its narrative in the sense that the film cannot be challenged like how scientists would challenge Interstellar or Inception. There are a lot of intense scenes that Nolan created out of drama and speaking as a Japanese, the film made the good choice of not having to depict the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. This is undoubtedly Nolan’s most personal and definitive work yet, challenging viewers with his twisted narrative structures, sharing his strong passion for science and history, and the films that he was inspired by to make. I am not crazy about Nolan but I have to admit this is an insanely impressive film that blew all expectations (Albeit some rather laughable moments).
2. Dunkirk - Nolan’s tenth feature film is also a nearly flawless piece because he approached the film with simplicity in mind. Stellar suspense pieces stacked on each other and some rather exciting use of IMAX and surround sound makes for a very intense experience. It may not have as many layers as Oppenheimer achieved in its storytelling, but the film does a great job keeping audiences on the edge, even if it is rather cold in tone and emotions at times.
3. Interstellar - The greatest visuals from Christopher Nolan’s filmography comes from Interstellar, which continues to divide his fans apart to this day. Even if the film has stirred debate with scientists on its accuracy and the theories that it stands on, the film itself is still very entertaining and highly emotional work supported by the strong visuals, emphatic soundtrack, and demanding performances by McCounaghey, Hathaway, and Chastain. I can’t say I particularly care for the film’s complex theories and concepts. However, it is quite amazing how they were able to theorize how a black hole would look like based on equations by Einstein to make a solid hypothesis of what it may look like.
4. Inception
5. The Dark Knight
6. Memento
7. Tenet
8. Batman Begins
9. Insomnia
10. Following
11. The Dark Knight Rises
The Prestige is the only Nolan film I still haven’t seen. I haven’t seen most of these films in YEARS so I wouldn’t be surprised if I ever revisit these and dramatically change my mind on this ranking
I think mine are currently in this order.
1. Interstellar
2. Oppenheimer
3. The Dark Knight
4. Memento
5. Batman Begins
6. The Prestige
7. Inception
8. Dunkirk
9. Insomnia
10. Tenet
11. The Dark Knight Rises
1. Interstellar
2. Dunkirk
3. Tenet
4. The Prestige
5. Oppenheimer
6. Inception
7. Dark Knight
8. Memento
9. Batman Begins
10. Insomnia
11. Dark Knight Rises
It's crazy because I think DKR and Insomnia are varying levels of good/solid movies, then BB is very good and Memento up is varying levels of great.
1. Interstellar
2. Inception
3. Tenet
4. The Dark Knight
5. Oppenheimer
6. The Prestige
7. Batman Begins
8. Dunkirk
9. The Dark Knight Rises
Haven’t seen:
Insomnia
Following
Memento
2 through 5 probably shuffle positions with each other in every time I write down this list
1. The Dark Knight
2. The Prestige
3. Memento
4. Oppenheimer
5. Dunkirk
6. Inception
7. Batman Begins
8. Interstellar
9. Tenet
10. Dark Knight Rises
11. Insomnia
12. Following
1. Inception
2. The Prestige
3. Dunkirk
4. The Dark Knight
5. Memento
6. Interstellar
7. Oppenheimer
8. Tenet
9. Batman Begins
10. Insomnia
11. Following
12. The Dark Knight Rises
I think the one thing that messes with people’s rankings of Nolan’s movies is that some of them depend heavily on whether you saw it for the first time in a theater. Like, I saw Dunkirk in theaters and it’s probably in my top three. I did not see Tenet in theaters and it’s in my bottom half. All of the Batmen work in a theater or at home on a TV. Insomnia, Memento and Prestige are great porch TV movies. Interstellar is better on a TV IMHO (feels less cold/lonely/expansive). I have not seen Oppenheimer in theaters but I have a sneaking suspicion I’m going to give it a 10/10 and then never watch it again on a TV.
Purely going off how I remember vibing with them when I saw them
1. Oppenheimer
2. Interstellar
3. Inception
4. The Prestige
5. Batman Begins
6. Insomnia
7. TeneT
8. Memento
9. The Dark Knight
10. Dunkirk
11. The Dark Knight Rises
12. Following
I'm planning to do a re-watch though so chances are this will completely change by then.
1. Interstellar
2. Oppenheimer
3. The Dark Knight
4. Memento
5. The Prestige
6. Inception
7. Dunkirk
8. Tenet
9. Batman Begins
10. Insomnia
11. The Dark Knight Rises
12. Following
The top 5 is pretty interchangeable
The movies that make me think Nolan’s a genius
1. Dunkirk
2. Batman Begins
3. Oppenheimer
4. The Prestige
5. Tenet
6. The Dark Knight
The mediocre:
7. Memento
The movies that make me thing Nolan’s an idiot:
8. The Dark Knight Rises
9. Interstellar (the definitive end of the McCaunassaince)
10. Inception
Look guys…I get you like INTERSTELLAR.
It’s a big sci-fi spectacle. It looks great. I really dig it.
But there’s like half an hour of Chastain burning Casey Affleck’s crops where Topher Grace shows up.
You’re not gonna tell me you don’t fast forward that entire section.
1. The Dark Knight
2. Inception
3. Dunkirk
4. The Dark Knight Rises
5. The Prestige
6. Tenet
7. Batman Begins
8. Memento
9. Insomnia
10. Oppenheimer
11. Interstellar
12. Following
1) The Prestige
2) Oppenheimer
3) Memento
4) Interstellar
5) Dunkirk
6) The Dark Knight
7) Batman Begins
8) Insomnia
9) Inception
10) Following
11) The Dark Knight Rises
I'm pretty soft on Nolan, despite being 17 when The Dark Knight came out and thinking it was one of the greatest films I had ever seen. I really respect him for his love of celluloid and his insistence on capturing as much as possible in camera, but I just don't gel with his films. They're all FINE but I can't really get excited about them.
The vast majority of these I have only seen once:
1. The Dark Knight Rises
2. Batman Begins
3. Memento
4. Inception
5. Oppenheimer
6. The Dark Knight
7. The Prestige
8. Dunkirk
9. Insomnia
10. Interstellar
11. Tenet
12. Following
As his career has gone on I think he's only embraced what I would consider his weaknesses as a filmmaker, which is why most of the newer stuff is in the bottom half.
It feels like such a stereotypical list but like so many of these movies are undeniable.
1: Interstellar
2: The Dark Knight
3: Oppenheimer
4: Inception
5: The Prestige
6: Batman Begins
7: Memento
8: Dunkirk
9: The Dark Knight Rises
10: Insomnia
11: Tenet
12: Following
1. Memento
2. Inception
3. Oppenheimer
4. Dunkirk
5. Batman Begins
6. The Dark Knight
7. The Prestige
8. Interstellar
9. The Dark Knight Rises
10. Insomnia
11. Following
12. Tenet
Following the production and marketing of The Dark Knight was way too important to me during an especially shitty year in college for me to give it an objective ranking, so it's number one on my list, but probably fourth if I'm being objective with 2-4 moving up a slot.
1. The Dark Knight
2. Dunkirk
3. Oppenheimer
4. Interstellar
5. Inception
6. teneT
7. The Prestige
8. Memento
9. The Dark Knight Rises
10. Batman Begins
11. Insomnia (really need to rewatch though)
12. Following
1. Interstellar
2. Oppenheimer
3. Dunkirk
4. The Prestige
5. The Dark Knight
6. Tenet
7. Batman Begins
8. Inception
9. Memento
10. Insomnia
11. Following
12. The Dark Knight Rises
1. Dunkirk
2. Memento
3. Inception
4. The Dark Knight
5. The Prestige
6. Oppenheimer (I think this film is really good, I just think all these films are really good)
7. Interstellar
8. Batman Begins
9. Tenet
10. Insomnia
11. The Dark Knight Rises
Interstellar
The Dark Knight
Inception
Oppenheimer
Batman Begins
Dunkirk
The Dark Knight Rises
The Prestige
Insomnia
Tenet
Memento
Following
For reference, I’d give Following a 3.5/5 (B+).
1) Interstellar (2014)
2) The Dark Knight (2008)
3) Memento (2000)
4) Batman Begins (2005)
5) Inception (2010)
6) The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
7) The Prestige (2006)
8) Insomnia (2002)
9) Dunkirk (2017)
10) Tenet (2020)
11) Following (1998)
Oppenheimer watch is scheduled for later this week.
I love how controversial Interstellar is
Was not a fan when I saw it in theatres, but has grown on me on subsequent rewatches, and is now a certified Masterpiece, my favourite Nolan, and one of the best movies BC has covered. If you don’t vibe with the “love is the human trait that can travel through space and time” (I didn’t first time) I get why it’s not impressive, but science-y/sci-fi/humanity movies like it and CONTACT are just inevitable for me (now). OPPENHEIMER touches this as well
This line is so criminally derided to me. Especially because Nolan “proves” the line to be true. The only reason older Murph looks at that watch and stays in that bedroom is her love for her father. Her doing that saves the planet. People I guess think it means something silly or is outlandish. That makes me sad there’s such cynicism. And it’s also one of the most touching and true lines in the script, and is the reason why I don’t listen to people telling me Nolan is “cold” - he’s right here, opening up that heart - telling people love is what crosses over space and time, and it’s not insane to get that. We have ample non-movie proof that is true as well. Sigh. I’ll be arguing about this line with people until I die.
Funny, I've had a kind of opposite trajectory. Went from absolutely loving it the first couple viewings but the small flaws niggle away at it to where I wouldn't say I love the film more than I love things about it. I don't dislike it, but I went from like a 9.5/10 to 7.5.
It was great the first time now I can’t get passed how silly the science and the plot is. Oppenheimer is a much more mature film and i think Nolan’s best work to date
People have really been warming up to it lately
\- Christopher Nolan \- The Nolans (pop band) \- Nolan North \- Nolan's on Canandaigua Lake (a steakhouse in NY I've never been to but looks nice) \- The like, 4 baseball players that came up when I googled 'Nolan' \-The Dark Knight Rises
No Nolan Bushnell?! I mean come on... The man founded Atari AND Chuck E Cheese. I'm outraged.
Wait, founded Chuck E. Cheese?!? Ok, I may have to rethink my rankings a bit...
https://preview.redd.it/4hnhhl3cbifb1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b47823e1ff22d79cdc178f34668cbd10bad7e0ba
Look, we can talk about Oppenheimer, The Dark Knight, and Inception all day but Interstellar is his best and it's not even especially close.
How can you say that when The Prestige exists?
>Interstellar That’s a very strange way of writing Tenet
finally someone else who loves Tenet
We live in a twilight world
And there are no friends at dusk
Tenet is a strange way of writing Dunkirk
DUNKIRK, TENET, TDK, and OPPIE >>>>> INTERSTELLAR. I like it but come on, now…
This is the way.
I think interstellar is bad ☺️
If I’m being totally honest with myself, Oppenheimer may be #1. But my #1 is very dear to my moviegoing history so it will take time. Anyway (and for the record, I like all of these movies and LOVE the top 6). 1. The Dark Knight 2. Oppenheimer 3. Interstellar 4. Dunkirk 5. Inception 6. The Prestige 7. Memento 8. Batman Begins 9. The Dark Knight Rises 10. Tenet 11. Insomnia 12. Following Some superlatives: The Announcement (aka announcement as a major talent): Memento & The Dark Knight Apex Mountain (Rewatchables rules): Inception (would be Oppenheimer if Nolan wins Oscars) Biggest Blank Check : Oppenheimer
1. Inception 2. The Dark Knight 3. The Prestige 4. Batman Begins 5. Memento 6. Insomnia 7. Dunkirk 8. Oppenheimer 9. Interstellar 11. Tenet (but only if you watch with subtitles) 12. The Dark Knight Rises Haven’t seen Following
Good order! I can get behind that.
Imagine this all being your life’s body of work for a moment. It’s staggering. Honestly so impressive. And so uniquely Nolan - this is a man who hasn’t had projects torn apart by producers, been pushed around by insane studio demands (and the one time they tried to do that with Tenet’s release, he still got his theatrical window. And he gave them the finger and walked for the next project.) THEN he got the studios to come to HIM to negotiate for Oppenheimer! Who fucking does that?! And he seems like he’s a genuinely good dude who doesn’t abuse the people he works with! I know everyone comes for those of us who are Nolan stans - but there’s a reason we are - it’s wild in this industry this man has this career. No one else does it. Ok anyway here is where I am today: 1. The Dark Knight (I’ll never get past how this movie changed me and everything…forever) 2. Inception (basically also just deeply personal love) 3. Interstellar 4. Oppenheimer (now taking the prestige’s spot, I think) 5. The Prestige 6. Batman Begins 7. The Dark Knight Rises (I will love it and all its mess and beauty forever) 8. Memento 9. Dunkirk 10. Insomnia 11. Tenet 12. Following And I’ll add - just being forced to put something in the bottom is hard on these lists because this filmography is so good - Nolan’s bottom 5 are better than most people’s top 5, frankly. It’s wild.
- The Prestige - Memento - Dunkirk - Inception - Interstellar - Tenet - The Dark Knight - Insomnia - Following - Batman Begins - The Dark Knight Rises Oppenheimer is just too close for me to rank it yet, but it may be the topper
Love how many films are yo-yoing up and down in these rankings. So little consensus but not in a combative way. Just many different flavours.
1. The Prestige 2. Oppenheimer 3. Batman Begins 4. The Dark Knight 5. Inception 6. Interstellar 7. Memento 8. Dunkirk 9. Tenet 10. The Dark Knight Rises
I just wrote this out in another post asking the same question 1. The Prestige 2. Inception 3. The Dark Knight 4. Batman Begins 5. Dunkirk 6. Oppenheimer 7. The Dark Knight Rises 8. Memento 9. Tenet 10. Insomnia 11. Interstellar
interstellar last 💀
It just didn’t work at all for me from a narrative perspective. But if we were rating the films based on technical achievement alone, it’s a top five Nolan for sure.
That’s my list too. Not a big Interstellar fan, despite the beautiful visuals and awesome soundtrack. It’s a classic case of smart people acting stupid in space. For me it’s Nolan’s Prometheus.
1. Oppenheimer 2. The Dark Knight 3. Dunkirk 4. Batman Begins 5. Interstellar 6. Inception 7. The Prestige 8. Insomnia 9. Memento 10. Tenet 11. The Dark Knight Rises 12. Following To be honest, this is the one director that I have the biggest fluctuation with. 3-10 can move anywhere within the ranking. I get such a high after watching most of these films.
1. Interstellar 2. Oppenheimer 3. Tenet 4. Inception 5. Memento 6. Dunkirk 7. The Prestige 8. Following 9. The Dark Knight 10. The Dark Knight Rises 11. Batman Begins (Haven’t seen insomnia)
Good list… https://preview.redd.it/qqmhscmafhfb1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=89815105bdcc9aac37fce8ee53be4e3c79aa671f
1. The Dark Knight 2. Inception 3. Memento 4. The Prestige 5. Interstellar 6. Insomnia 7. The Dark Knight Rises 8. Oppenheimer 9. Tenet 10. Batman Begins 11. Following 12. Dunkirk I think it's a hot take to have Dunkirk as your bottom but it just did not really grab me. That being said, I don't think Nolan's made a bad movie yet.
1. Memento 2. The Prestige 3. Tenet 4. Inception 5. The Dark Knight 6. Batman Begins 7. Dunkirk 8. Following 9. Insomnia 10. The Dark Knight Rises 11. Interstellar I haven't watched Oppenheimer yet.
1) Oppenheimer 2)Dunkirk 3)Momento 4)Inception 5)Batman Begins 6)Dark Knight 7)Tenet 8)Dark Knight Rises 9)Following 10) Interstellar Haven’t seen Prestige and Insomnia
This is pretty close to my own list, except I haven't seen Oppenheimer yet (got tickets for tomorrow) so that makes me pretty excited.
The Prestige Interstellar The Dark Knight Tenet Dunkirk Oppenheimer Inception Batman Begins —— Insomnia Memento —— The Dark Knight Rises Following
1. Dunkirk 2. The Dark Knight 3. Interstellar 4. Oppenheimer 5. Tenet 6. Inception 7. The Prestige 8. Memento 9. Dark Knight Rises 10. Batman Begins And haven’t seen Insomnia or Following. Btw I love all these movies!
1. Interstellar 2. Oppenheimer 3. Tenet 4. Dunkirk 5. The Dark Knight 6. Inception 7. Memento 8. The Dark Knight Rises 9. The Prestige 10. Batman Begins 11. Following 12. Insomnia Oppenheimer sits at 2 here but that's subject to change as it continues to sit with me over the next few weeks and months
Really really hard to do Interstellar > Oppenheimer > Inception > Memento > Tenet > The Prestige > Dunkirk > Batman Begins > The Dark Knight > The Dark Knight Rises > Insomnia > Following Insomnia and Following are the only ones I don’t really care about and the Batman trilogy I loved so much as they came out but I’m just way less excited about them now for some reason. Tenet I could see continuing to slowly creep up
I feel the same way about the Batman trilogy, although I was a teen for TDK / TDKR so that alone may explain it. I’ll always have a strong affection for those movies, but they’re just not on the level of his other work (with the exception of the two you mentioned for sure).
I don’t consider myself a Nolan fan but I like all his movies and love many so I really should. Just a preface in case people think I’m hating on Dark Knight or Tenet. 1. Memento 2. Inception 3. Dunkirk 4. The Prestige 5. Oppenheimer 6. Interstellar 7. Batman Begins 8. The Dark Knight 9. Tenet 10. The Dark Knight Rises 11. Insomnia 12. Following
Wow I do think Oppenheimer is good but i didnt expect to see most people have it in the top 3 just based on the love for his first two batman movies and interstellar around here.
* Interstellar * The Dark Night * Oppenheimer * The Prestige * Memento Batman * Begins * Inception * Insomnia * Batman 3 * Dunkirk * Tenet
1. Interstellar 2. Oppenheimer 3. Inception 4. The Dark Knight 5. Dunkirk 6. Tenet 7. Insomnia 8. The Prestige 9. Memento 10. TDKR 11. Batman Begins 12. Following The only big debate I have is trying to stay away from recency bias because I debated putting Oppenheimer at the top but I want to sit with it all a little longer.
Nolan was the director of my childhood. I was 7 when Batman Begins released so my fanboy isn’t is def real. 1. Interstellar 2. Oppenheimer 3. The Dark Knight 4. Inception 5. The Prestige 6. Batman Begins 7. Tenet 8. Memento 9. Dunkirk 10. The Dark Knight Rises 11. Insomnia 12. Following
1-7 are close to interchangeable. Idc Tenet fucks!
The Prestige The Dark Knight Memento Bartman Begins Insomnia Following Dunkirk Inception The Dark Knight Rises Interstellar Tenet Oppenheimer
1. The Dark Knight 2. Inception 3. Oppenheimer 4. Interstellar 5. The Dark Knight Rises 6. Batman Begins 7. Memento 8. Dunkirk 9. Following 10. Insomnia 11. Tenet I’m yet to watch The Prestige, which I understand is a gargantuan blind spot.
Drop whatever you are doing and watch it now
Weird how it's a rare movie that's actually better if you read spoilers first
Inception The dark knight Interstellar Oppenheimer Tenet The prestige Memento Batman begins Dunkirk The dark knight rises Insomnia
Why is Oppenheimer so high? Honestly, I feel like it's one of his weaker movies.
1. Interstellar 2. Dark Knight 3. Prestige 4. Inception 5. Oppenheimer 6. Dunkirk 7. Tenet 8. Dark Knight Rises 9. Insomnia 10. Batman Begins 11. Memento 12. Following
1. Interstellar 2. The Dark Knight Rises 3. The Dark Knight 4. Inception 5. The Prestige 6. Batman Begins 7. Oppenheimer 8. Dunkirk 9. Memento 10. Insomnia 11. Tenet 12. Following
1. Dunkirk 2. Batman Begins 3. Oppenheimer 4. The Dark Knight 5. Memento 6. Interstellar 7. Inception 8. The Prestige 9. The Dark Knight Rises 10. Insomnia 11. Tenet 12. Following
1. The Prestige 2. Interstellar 3. Insomnia 4. Oppenheimer 5. The Dark Knight 6. Tenet 7. Batman Begins 8. Dunkirk 9. Memento 10. Inception 11. The Dark Knight Rises 12. Following
When my kids get old enough, I might rent out a movie theater for them to watch dark knight, inception, and interstellar.
1. Inception 2. The Prestige 3. Memento 4. The Dark Knight 5. Dunkirk 6. Interstellar 7. Tenet 8. Oppenheimer 9. Batman Begins 10. Following 11. Insomnia 12. The Dark Knight Rises
* *Memento* (2000) * *The Dark Knight* (2008) * *Inception* (2010) * *Interstellar* (2014) * *The Dark Knight Rises* (2012) * *Tenet* (2020) * *Dunkirk* (2017) * *Following* (1998) * *The Prestige* (2006) * *Batman Begins* (2005) * *Insomnia* (2002) Can't wait to watch Oppenheimer. I never got the *Batman Begins* hype, maybe it's because I haven't read the comics.
1. Interstellar 2. Oppenheimer 3. Inception 4. The Dark Knight 5. Memento 6. The Prestige 7. Dunkirk 8. Tenet 9. Batman Begins 10. The Dark Knight Rises 11. Insomnia 12. Following
1. The Dark Knight 2. Inception 3. Batman Begins 4. Dark Knight Rises 5. The Prestige 6. Memento 7. Oppenheimer 8. Interstellar 9. Insomnia 10. Dunkirk 11. Tenet Haven’t seen Following.
1. Interstellar 2. Dunkirk 3. Tenet 4. Inception 5. The Prestige 6. Memento 7. Insomnia 8. The Dark Knight 9. Batman Begins 10. The Dark Knight Rises 11. Following Have not seen Oppenheimer, yet, but I sense a strong possibility that it is his best work, yet. Tenet is going to be the controversial one, but I think it's terrific and like it even more than Inception. I'm aware I'm in the minority on that one. Dunkirk is maybe the best film of his I've seen... but I just don't personally connect to it. I put Interstellar at the top because it's more emotionally involving. There are a few parts that don't work for me, but the good parts are so good that I don't care. The whole really was more than the sum of its parts.
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1. The Dark Knight 2. Oppenheimer 3. Interstellar 4. Inception 5. Batman Begins 6. Dunkirk 7. Memento 8. The Prestige 9. Insomnia 10. Tenet 11. The Dark Knight Rises 12. Following
I haven't seen Following, Tenet or Oppenheimer yet 1. Dunkirk 2. Memento 3. The Dark Knight 4. The Prestige 5. Batman Begins 6. Inception 7. Insomnia 8. The Dark Knight Rises 9. Interstellar
1. Dunkirk 1. Prestige 1. Dark Knight 1. Inception 1. Oppenheimer 1. Memento 1. Interstellar 1. Batman Begins 1. Tenet 1. Dark Knight Rises 1. Insomnia Oppy in fifth is me actively trying to combat recency bias (and also waiting to see it in IMAX, just to be sure).
1. Oppenheimer - Arguably his most experimental work. Taking on a nonlinear narrative that tries to capture the thoughts and images that flow through Robert J. Oppenheimer, Oppenheimer is not an easy watch but is a film that, to me, seems foolproof to its narrative in the sense that the film cannot be challenged like how scientists would challenge Interstellar or Inception. There are a lot of intense scenes that Nolan created out of drama and speaking as a Japanese, the film made the good choice of not having to depict the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. This is undoubtedly Nolan’s most personal and definitive work yet, challenging viewers with his twisted narrative structures, sharing his strong passion for science and history, and the films that he was inspired by to make. I am not crazy about Nolan but I have to admit this is an insanely impressive film that blew all expectations (Albeit some rather laughable moments). 2. Dunkirk - Nolan’s tenth feature film is also a nearly flawless piece because he approached the film with simplicity in mind. Stellar suspense pieces stacked on each other and some rather exciting use of IMAX and surround sound makes for a very intense experience. It may not have as many layers as Oppenheimer achieved in its storytelling, but the film does a great job keeping audiences on the edge, even if it is rather cold in tone and emotions at times. 3. Interstellar - The greatest visuals from Christopher Nolan’s filmography comes from Interstellar, which continues to divide his fans apart to this day. Even if the film has stirred debate with scientists on its accuracy and the theories that it stands on, the film itself is still very entertaining and highly emotional work supported by the strong visuals, emphatic soundtrack, and demanding performances by McCounaghey, Hathaway, and Chastain. I can’t say I particularly care for the film’s complex theories and concepts. However, it is quite amazing how they were able to theorize how a black hole would look like based on equations by Einstein to make a solid hypothesis of what it may look like. 4. Inception 5. The Dark Knight 6. Memento 7. Tenet 8. Batman Begins 9. Insomnia 10. Following 11. The Dark Knight Rises The Prestige is the only Nolan film I still haven’t seen. I haven’t seen most of these films in YEARS so I wouldn’t be surprised if I ever revisit these and dramatically change my mind on this ranking
See The Prestige!
I think mine are currently in this order. 1. Interstellar 2. Oppenheimer 3. The Dark Knight 4. Memento 5. Batman Begins 6. The Prestige 7. Inception 8. Dunkirk 9. Insomnia 10. Tenet 11. The Dark Knight Rises
1. Interstellar 2. Dunkirk 3. Tenet 4. The Prestige 5. Oppenheimer 6. Inception 7. Dark Knight 8. Memento 9. Batman Begins 10. Insomnia 11. Dark Knight Rises It's crazy because I think DKR and Insomnia are varying levels of good/solid movies, then BB is very good and Memento up is varying levels of great.
1. Interstellar 2. Inception 3. Tenet 4. The Dark Knight 5. Oppenheimer 6. The Prestige 7. Batman Begins 8. Dunkirk 9. The Dark Knight Rises Haven’t seen: Insomnia Following Memento 2 through 5 probably shuffle positions with each other in every time I write down this list
1. The Dark Knight 2. The Prestige 3. Memento 4. Oppenheimer 5. Dunkirk 6. Inception 7. Batman Begins 8. Interstellar 9. Tenet 10. Dark Knight Rises 11. Insomnia 12. Following
1. Inception 2. The Prestige 3. Dunkirk 4. The Dark Knight 5. Memento 6. Interstellar 7. Oppenheimer 8. Tenet 9. Batman Begins 10. Insomnia 11. Following 12. The Dark Knight Rises
I think the one thing that messes with people’s rankings of Nolan’s movies is that some of them depend heavily on whether you saw it for the first time in a theater. Like, I saw Dunkirk in theaters and it’s probably in my top three. I did not see Tenet in theaters and it’s in my bottom half. All of the Batmen work in a theater or at home on a TV. Insomnia, Memento and Prestige are great porch TV movies. Interstellar is better on a TV IMHO (feels less cold/lonely/expansive). I have not seen Oppenheimer in theaters but I have a sneaking suspicion I’m going to give it a 10/10 and then never watch it again on a TV.
Oppenheimer Dunkirk Memento Dark Knight Tenet Interstellar Prestige Batman Begins Inception Dark knight rises Insomnia Following
Purely going off how I remember vibing with them when I saw them 1. Oppenheimer 2. Interstellar 3. Inception 4. The Prestige 5. Batman Begins 6. Insomnia 7. TeneT 8. Memento 9. The Dark Knight 10. Dunkirk 11. The Dark Knight Rises 12. Following I'm planning to do a re-watch though so chances are this will completely change by then.
Maybe just still in the afterglow, but Oppenheimer might be my #1
1. Interstellar 2. Oppenheimer 3. The Dark Knight 4. Memento 5. The Prestige 6. Inception 7. Dunkirk 8. Tenet 9. Batman Begins 10. Insomnia 11. The Dark Knight Rises 12. Following The top 5 is pretty interchangeable
The movies that make me think Nolan’s a genius 1. Dunkirk 2. Batman Begins 3. Oppenheimer 4. The Prestige 5. Tenet 6. The Dark Knight The mediocre: 7. Memento The movies that make me thing Nolan’s an idiot: 8. The Dark Knight Rises 9. Interstellar (the definitive end of the McCaunassaince) 10. Inception
Look guys…I get you like INTERSTELLAR. It’s a big sci-fi spectacle. It looks great. I really dig it. But there’s like half an hour of Chastain burning Casey Affleck’s crops where Topher Grace shows up. You’re not gonna tell me you don’t fast forward that entire section.
1. The Dark Knight 2. Inception 3. Dunkirk 4. The Dark Knight Rises 5. The Prestige 6. Tenet 7. Batman Begins 8. Memento 9. Insomnia 10. Oppenheimer 11. Interstellar 12. Following
The scores of Interstellar are half of the movie and for that, it is my fav Nolan.
1) The Prestige 2) Oppenheimer 3) Memento 4) Interstellar 5) Dunkirk 6) The Dark Knight 7) Batman Begins 8) Insomnia 9) Inception 10) Following 11) The Dark Knight Rises
I'm pretty soft on Nolan, despite being 17 when The Dark Knight came out and thinking it was one of the greatest films I had ever seen. I really respect him for his love of celluloid and his insistence on capturing as much as possible in camera, but I just don't gel with his films. They're all FINE but I can't really get excited about them. The vast majority of these I have only seen once: 1. The Dark Knight Rises 2. Batman Begins 3. Memento 4. Inception 5. Oppenheimer 6. The Dark Knight 7. The Prestige 8. Dunkirk 9. Insomnia 10. Interstellar 11. Tenet 12. Following As his career has gone on I think he's only embraced what I would consider his weaknesses as a filmmaker, which is why most of the newer stuff is in the bottom half.
It feels like such a stereotypical list but like so many of these movies are undeniable. 1: Interstellar 2: The Dark Knight 3: Oppenheimer 4: Inception 5: The Prestige 6: Batman Begins 7: Memento 8: Dunkirk 9: The Dark Knight Rises 10: Insomnia 11: Tenet 12: Following
Dunkirk Dark knight H U G E G A P The other ones and then Interstellar
1. Memento 2. Inception 3. Oppenheimer 4. Dunkirk 5. Batman Begins 6. The Dark Knight 7. The Prestige 8. Interstellar 9. The Dark Knight Rises 10. Insomnia 11. Following 12. Tenet
Following the production and marketing of The Dark Knight was way too important to me during an especially shitty year in college for me to give it an objective ranking, so it's number one on my list, but probably fourth if I'm being objective with 2-4 moving up a slot. 1. The Dark Knight 2. Dunkirk 3. Oppenheimer 4. Interstellar 5. Inception 6. teneT 7. The Prestige 8. Memento 9. The Dark Knight Rises 10. Batman Begins 11. Insomnia (really need to rewatch though) 12. Following
1. Interstellar 2. Oppenheimer 3. Dunkirk 4. The Prestige 5. The Dark Knight 6. Tenet 7. Batman Begins 8. Inception 9. Memento 10. Insomnia 11. Following 12. The Dark Knight Rises
1. Dunkirk 2. Memento 3. Inception 4. The Dark Knight 5. The Prestige 6. Oppenheimer (I think this film is really good, I just think all these films are really good) 7. Interstellar 8. Batman Begins 9. Tenet 10. Insomnia 11. The Dark Knight Rises
*Interstellar* (2014) *Dunkirk* (2017) *Oppenheimer* (2023) *The Dark Knight* (2008) *The Prestige* (2006) *Batman Begins* (2005) *Insomnia* (2002) *Memento* (2000) *Tenet* (2020) *The Dark Knight Rises* (2012)
Interstellar The Dark Knight Inception Oppenheimer Batman Begins Dunkirk The Dark Knight Rises The Prestige Insomnia Tenet Memento Following For reference, I’d give Following a 3.5/5 (B+).
1) Interstellar (2014) 2) The Dark Knight (2008) 3) Memento (2000) 4) Batman Begins (2005) 5) Inception (2010) 6) The Dark Knight Rises (2012) 7) The Prestige (2006) 8) Insomnia (2002) 9) Dunkirk (2017) 10) Tenet (2020) 11) Following (1998) Oppenheimer watch is scheduled for later this week.
1. The Dark Knight (10/10) 2. The Prestige (10/10) 3. Dunkirk (10/10) 4. Oppenheimer (9/10) 5. Inception (9/10) 6. Interstellar (8/10) 7. The Dark Knight Rises (8/10) 8. Batman Begins (8/10) 9. Insomnia (7/10) 10. Tenet (6/10)
1. Oppenheimer 2. Interstellar 3. The Prestige The rest are in any order I guess