A Comprehensive List of the Director’s Best Work
- The Dark Knight (2008) – IMDb rating: 9.0
Story: Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.
Starcast: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman
Awards: Won 2 Oscars and received 8 nominations
- Inception (2010) – IMDb rating: 8.8
Story: Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: “Inception,” the implantation of another person’s idea into a target’s subconscious.
Starcast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy
Awards: Received 4 Oscar nominations
- The Prestige (2006) – IMDb rating: 8.5
Story: Two young stage magicians engage in a battle to create the ultimate illusion while sacrificing everything they have to outwit each other.
Starcast: Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Scarlett Johansson, David Bowie
Awards: Received 1 Oscar nomination
- Interstellar (2014) – IMDb rating: 8.6
Story: A team of explorers travel through a wormhole in space in an attempt to ensure humanity’s survival.
Starcast: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Michael Caine, Matt Damon
Awards: Received 1 Oscar and received 5 nominations
- Dunkirk (2017) – IMDb rating: 8.0
Story: Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Empire and France are surrounded by the German army and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II.
Starcast: Fionn Whitehead, Damien Bonnard, Aneurin Barnard, Lee Armstrong, James Bloor
Awards: Received 8 Oscar nominations
- Memento (2000) – IMDb rating: 8.5
Story: A man with short-term memory loss attempts to track down his wife’s murderer.
Starcast: Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, Mark Boone Junior, Russ Fega
Awards: Received 2 Oscar nominations
7. Batman Begins (2005) – IMDb rating: 8.3
Story: After training with his mentor, Batman begins his fight to free crime-ridden Gotham City from the corruption that Scarecrow and the League of Shadows have cast upon it.
Starcast: Christian Bale, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes, Gary Oldman, Cillian Murphy
Awards: Received 1 Oscar nomination
- Following (1998) – IMDb rating: 8.0
Story: A young writer becomes drawn to a reclusive celebrity and becomes embroiled in a twisted mind game that takes him on a journey into the depths of his own imagination.
Starcast: Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, Mark Boone Junior, Russ Fega
Awards: Received 1 Oscar nomination
- Insomnia (2002) – IMDb rating: 7.2
Story: Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn’t set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.
Starcast: Al Pacino, Robin Williams, Hilary Swank, Maura Tierney, Martin Donovan
Awards: Received 1 Oscar nomination
- Tenet (2020) – IMDb rating: 7.5
Story: Armed with only one word – Tenet – and fighting for the survival of the world, a Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real-time.
Starcast: John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, Dimple Kapadia, Michael Caine
Awards: Received 1 Oscar nomination
What is Nolan’s best movie?
The Dark Knight (2008)
Why is interstellar so good?
Nolan executes a marvelous direction that slowly but efficiently puts in place a dark world creating a necessity to save humanity.
Why is Nolan so popular?
Nolan is known forĀ using his trademark non-linear storytelling, where he presents the plot of a movie out of order.
What is Christopher Nolan’s masterpiece?
InterstellarĀ Is Christopher Nolan’s Masterpiece.