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The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Bane breaks the Bat in an epic conclusion to Nolan's trilogy with Tom Hardy's magnificent physical performance.
▲ Rising·Score +27
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Best Christopher Nolan Films Ranked
With The Odyssey generating buzz across Australia and globally, Christopher Nolan is cinema's greatest living director. Every film is an event. But which one is his masterpiece?
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02
The Prestige (2006)
Two rival magicians destroy each other in a film about obsession, sacrifice, and the price of perfection.
▲ Rising·Score +25
03
The Dark Knight (2008)
Heath Ledger's Joker transcended comic books — universally regarded as the greatest superhero film ever made.
▲ Rising·Score +21
04
Interstellar (2014)
A breathtaking odyssey through black holes and dimensions where love itself becomes a physical force across time and space.
▲ Steady·Score +20
05
Memento (2000)
Told entirely in reverse chronological order — a noir thriller about memory loss that remains cinema's cleverest puzzle.
▲ Steady·Score +14
06
Tenet (2020)
A spy thriller operating on inverted time — divisive but visually extraordinary and technically unprecedented.
▲ Steady·Score +12
07
Following (1998)
Nolan's debut — shot on weekends for $6,000 — announced a filmmaker of extraordinary structural intelligence and vision.
▲ Steady·Score +11
08
Oppenheimer (2023)
Three hours about the Manhattan Project felt like 90 minutes — Cillian Murphy's performance is one for the ages.
▲ Steady·Score +10
09
Insomnia (2002)
Al Pacino as a guilt-ridden detective in Alaska's midnight sun — a taut psychological thriller often overlooked in Nolan's canon.
▲ Steady·Score +10
10
Batman Begins (2005)
The origin story that reinvented superhero cinema and proved blockbusters could be serious, character-driven dramas.
▲ Steady·Score +9
11
Inception (2010)
A thief who steals secrets from dreams leads a team into layered realities in a film that rewards every re-watch.
▲ Steady·Score +8
12
Dunkirk (2017)
The evacuation of 400,000 soldiers told through land, sea, and air simultaneously in Nolan's most visceral war film.
▲ Steady·Score +7
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