A comprehensive ranking of every Christopher Nolan movie, from Following to The Odyssey:
13. Following (1998)
12. Insomnia (2002)
11. Memento (2000)
10. Interstellar (2014)
9. Batman Begins (2005)
8. The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
7. Inception (2010)
6. Tenet (2020)
5. The Prestige (2006)
4. The Odyssey (2026)
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey. There are certain movies that feel almost titanic as they happen. It was only a matter of time before someone adapted The Odyssey on a grand scale. And after Dunkirk further proved Nolan’s mastery of large-scale historical filmmaking, and Oppenheimer cemented him as arguably the most important blockbuster filmmaker working today, Homer’s epic felt like the biggest fish left in the pond.
3. The Dark Knight (2008)
2. Dunkirk (2017)
Dunkirk may just be Christopher Nolan’s most improbable and precise movie. A technical revelation that feels like the stretched out third act of a war epic. Over five years later, nothing has aged poorly in this cinematic achievement.
1. Oppenheimer (2023)
Oppenheimer is undoubtedly the best movie of 2023. Christopher Nolan puts any doubt to rest that he wouldn’t be capable of capturing a story of this magnitude. Cillian Murphy gives an iconic performance that intensifies each moment rolling along this breakneck biopic of J. Robert Oppenheimer.
