What is your ranking of every Christopher Nolan movie? 👇🏻

All of Christopher Nolan’s movies ending gave me chills and goosebumps like ending of Dark Knight is heroic, ending of Inception is mind blowing, the ending of Dunkirk is cause of wars, the ending of Prestige is result on how two rivals that invoked other people dying. However the ending of Oppenheimer it has different feels, I loved how Nolan recreated Oppenheimer’s speech at the end but in a visualization style and shows the clever representation of future use of his atomic bomb.

Oppenheimer, Inception, The Prestige, and The Dark Knight are becoming more and more interchangeable to me because they’re all simply amazing in their own ways. Depending on my mood, any could be #1, but I’m usually in the mood that makes Inception #1. 😅

Oppenheimer topped the list to me off first watch. I am so enthralled with the story & that time period, as well as having brief stints attempting to research quantum physics/mechanics (for personal interest, not for practical reasons). The script was Nolan’s best by far IMO. Incredible how he managed to make a dialogue heavy film feel like an action movie. The pacing was fast, representing the chaos in Oppies life, but it was all tied together seamlessly. The use of score & sound - oh my god - I think this was Nolan’s best as well. Incredible score from Ludwig (my second favorite from a Nolan film after inception). The tension buildups & releases literally took my breath away. The trinity test was a master class in tension building/release. I really just can’t get over this film, 4 days after viewing. I’m going again in 2 days and couldn’t be more excited.

Interstellar is definitely my favorite! The soundtrack on the scenes just hit different for me. 😊

Seeing Oppenheimer tomorrow, I'm probably gonna explode in my excitement before I even get to the theater.

Good list i have 1. Inception 2.The Dark Knight 3.Interstellar 4.Oppenheimer 5.Memento 6.The Prestige 7.Batman Begins 8.Insomnia 9.The Dark Knight rises 10.Dunkirk 11.Tenet Have not seen following

Nice ranking Chris mines would be 1. Interstellar 2. The Dark Knight 3. Inception 4. Oppenheimer 5. Batman Begins 6. The Prestige 7. The Dark Knight Roses 8. Memento 9. Insomnia 10. Dunkirk 11. Following 12. Tenet

I loved Oppenheimer but it’s not up there for me being honest interstellar is a true masterpiece and I would have to put that at 1 but the dark night films are great

Great list, Tenet & Dark Knight Rises are definitely underrated!

Inceptions my #1 as well, it’s flawless

1: Oppenheimer 2: Inception 3: Interstellar (his most underrated film imo) 4: The Dark Knight 5: Memento 6: Dunkirk 7: The Prestige 8: Batman Begins 9: The Dark Knight Rises 10: Following 11: Tenet I have a hard time ranking Insomnia since he didn’t have a hand in the writing process.

Nolan Ranking (current): 1) The Dark Knight (10/10) 2) Dunkirk (10/10) 3) The Prestige (10/10) 4) Memento (10/10) 5) Interstellar (9.75/10) 6) Oppenheimer (9.75/10) 7) Inception (9.75/10) 8) Insomnia (8.25/10) 9) Following (8.25/10) 10) Batman Begins (8.25/10) 11) The Dark Knight Rises (8/10) 12) Tenet (7.5/10)

Oppenheimer was a true *banger* movie and a mind *blowing* one.

I literally keep coming back to this vid to get good opinion on movies so thanks Chris!

I definitely appreciate and respect your list, even if I disagree with some placements. I am still waiting for a Nolan film to take the top spot from The Prestige for me. The Prestige is in my top five films of all time. I need to ruminate on Oppenheimer for a bit. It was an amazing experience.

This is my favorite Nolan rankings video, loved your thoughts on all 12 films! Not in the same order, but I have the same top 6!

Great ranking.

I came across your video and really liked it! +1 subscriber. Here is my ranking of what I watched: 1. Inception, Inception, Inception, Inception, Inception. Nothing beats this, best movie I've ever watched. Everything is perfect and the Hans Zimmer score just finishes it off as a masterpiece. 2. Oppenheimer: I think this movie is just pure perfection. One thing I would bet all my money on is Cillian Murphy winning the Oscar for best acting. The cast, the cinematography!!!!!!!!!!!!!, the score, the story, it is all perfect. I would be very sceptical about a movie with 3 hours of conversations but because it is a Nolan film I had high expectations and it was perfect and didn't bore me at all. 3. Interstellar: Matthew McConaughey plus the Hans Zimmer score is just the best feeling I've ever witnessed. I have been really fortunate to rewatch it in IMAX last year because the cinema put it on again. Also have been to multiple Hans Zimmer concerts, if Hans Zimmer Live ever is near you definitely go! 4. The Prestige: Just like you said, this plot is just put together so incredibly well. When you rewatch it you notice so many very small clues that are being given during the entire movie. When I watched it for the first time I really felt like the entire plot was right in front of me during the entire film but I never could put my finger on it. Then the ending of the film just blew my mind. 5. The Dark Knight: This movie just has so many great performances by the cast. The entire mood of the film is perfect and yet again a fantastic Hans Zimmer score. 6. Memento: I just really like how the movie has been set up with the chronological timeline and non-linear timeline mixing together. Great movie. 7. Tenet: I think Tenet is just too complicated, I watched lots of explainers and rewatched it and I just still don't fully understand it. Apart from that I really like the mood of the film and the cast is very good. 8. Dunkirk: It has been a while since I watched it, maybe if I rewatch it that it would be higher. 9. The Dark Knight Rises 10. Batman Begins I found it very hard to put this together because they are all so good. I found Batman Begins and The Dark Knight Rises above average and very good but not super special but from Dunkirk on every movie is just at the top of my favorite movies list. They are all so good. I really love the Christopher Nolan + Hoyte van Hoytema + Hans Zimmer trio, it is pure perfection. Ludwig Goransson ofcourse did his last 2 movies instead of Hans Zimmer because he is doing Dune(AMAZING SCORE) but I love Ludwig his scores too. I'm very much looking forward to his next movie, I really hope his next movie will be a sci-fi movie again like Inception, Interstellar or Tenet. Sorry if there are any spelling errors, I do not feel like reading all this again to check it hahaha.

chris with another banger video

The Dark Knight Trilogy is an iconic 🔥🔥🔥🔥

I think Inception is the perfect middle ground for the average viewer vs film nerd, with still having the psychological thriller/mystery/suspense feel and other technical aspects of Nolan and then also being an entertaining action blockbuster movie. But in terms of a technical aspect only, I think Oppenheimer is unarguably his best film, I just don't think it can be appreciated (at least not to a full extent) by the average viewer.

Most of his movies made me a fan immediately, but Instellar is the one the has grown on me the most over time. Also you give mad Tarantino vibes in a good way1!!!

Are you using a consistent set of criteria across all of the rankings? If so, can you specify what those criteria are, please?

I put Oppenheimer as my favorite movie of all time bc it’s actually the first Nolan film to see it in IMax, so I think the experience of the movie in IMax would be my most favorite movie of all time.

My Top 10 1: The Dark Knight (overall his most perfect movie imo; great dramaturgy, great story, very philosophical too) 2: Inception (well it's just too damn iconic; From this one on, I became a huge Cristopher Nolan fan) 3: Tenet (gets way too much hate and is brilliantly structured imo; Watching this feels like solving a puzzle while just being in awe about the way the story unfolds) 4: Interstellar (so emotional and I just love the cinematography and music) 5: Oppenheimer (probably overall his masterpiece and only on number 5 because I love the other ones so much) 6: Prestige (such a great one too, with a great twist and a nice story) 7: Dunkirk (I will always remember sitting in that cinema and just quivering in the chairs every time a plane flew by) 8: Batman Begins (fantastic origin story for a hero with a philosophical undertone; Just stands a bit in the shadow of its sequel) 9: Memento (such a genius creation of a movie, but I just don't have that much fun rewatching it) 10: Dark Knight Rises (don't like this very much; the interesting ideas of the first two movies are already told and it is heartbreaking to see the downfall of the hero)

1. Interstellar 2. The dark knight 3. Inception 4. The dark knight Rises 5. Tenet 6. Oppenheimer 7. Memento 8. Dunkirk 9. Prestige 10. Batman Begins 11. Insomnia 12. Following

Saw Oppenheimer earlier this week. Absolutely loved it. Amongst Nolan's best. Decided to do a Nolan rewatch-a-ton and rank them all. So far my ranking is: 1. The Dark Knight 2. Oppenheimer 3. Memento Will be interesting to see where they all rank when I'm done. Especially since I have not seen Following and Insomnia yet and Ive only seen Dunkirk and Tenet once.. I know I do have some controversial opinions..

People who rewatched and tried to understand Tenet are now addicted to it. Everyone I know on KZfaq, Internet, or in real life, who rewatched it are addicted to it now, me included. Tenet is amazing! It's actually my comfort movie, I rewatch it whenever I think of rewatching something

Like your video. I haven't seen Oppenheimer but here are the rankings of the Nolan movies I've seen: 1. Batman Begins 2. Inception 3. Dark Knight 4. The Prestige 5. Interstellar 6. Memento 7. Dunkirk 8. Tenet 9. Insomnia

Your Top 5 is spot on ;)

Great Video Chris. Here is my list 12. Following 7/10 11. Insomnia 7/10 10. Tenet. 7.8/10 9. Mememto. 8.5/10 8. The Prestige. 8.7/10 7. Dunkirk. 9/10 6. Oppenheimer 9.4/10 5. Batman Begins 10/10 4. Interstellar 10/10 3. Inception. 10/10 2. The Dark Knight Rises. 10/10 1. The Dark Knight. 10/10

Great Ranking Chris I Just Saw Oppenheimer Yesterday And It Was Unbelievable But Dosent Quite Beat Dark Knight Or Inception. And O Agree The Dark Knight Rises Doesn’t Deserve The Hate It Gets But Not As Good As Batman Begins For Me

1) the dark knight 2) the dark knight rises 3) Batman begins 4) the prestige 5) tenant 6) inception 7) Oppenheimer 8) momento 9) dunkirk 10) interstellar 11) insomnia 12) following

1. The Dark Knight 2. Inception 3. Memento 4. Oppenheimer 5. Dunkirk 6. The Dark Knight Rises 7. Batman Begins 8. Interstellar 9. The Prestige 10. Insomnia 11. Tenet 12. Following

I recommend watching a film called Paprika which came out in 2006, as you mentioned Inception was one-of-a-kind. I think you'd enjoy it, with the caveat that it might make you appreciate Inception a little less.

Going to see Oppenheimer Today!

Most people don't like Rises, but it's actually my favourite in the trilogy. I find The Dark Knight to be too ambitious, in that it introduces a new antagonist two-thirds of the way through. It's one of those films where I wish Nolan had reined himself in. Edit: Also, I rewatched Inception and it didn't hold up quite as well as I had expected.

12. Following 11. Dunkirk 10. Insomnia 9. Memento 8. The Prestige 7. Tenet 6. The Dark Knight Rises 5. Batman Begins 4. Interstellar 3. Oppenheimer 2. Inception 1. The Dark Knight

I can't wait for Oppenheimer, so my fav is Inception. (My favourite movie of all time)

Interstellar will probably never be topped for me. Unbelievable movie

Loved oppenheimer so much got to see it in 70mm!

I think Dunkirk is his best work & is a masterpiece in every way.

perfect list imo

But is 'Following' part of the Nolanverse too? I ask because it seems totally different from the others: it doesn't talk about the weather, science fiction and other themes of the other movies, apparently.

My ranking: 12. Following (7) 11. Insomnia (7.5) 10. Tenet (8) 9. The Dark Knight Rises (8.5) 8. Dunkirk (8.5) 7. Batman Begins (9) 6. Memento (9) 5. Oppenheimer (9.5) 4. Interstellar (9.5) 3. The Prestige (10) 2. Inception (10) 1. The Dark Knight (10)

12 Following 11 Tenet 10 Insomnia 9 Memento 8 (Hot Take Interstellar) 7 The Prestice 6 Dunkirk 5 The Dark Knight Rises 4 Oppenheimer 3 The Dark Knight 2 Inception 1 Batman Begins

Here is my list 12. Following 11. The Dark Knight Rises 10. Insomnia 9. Tenet 8. Batman Begins 7. Dunkirk 6. Interstellar 5. The Prestige 4. Inception 3. Oppenheimer 2. The Dark Knight 1. Memento

Respect your opinion obviously, but was very surprised to see movies like Memento, Dunkirk behind movies like The Dark Knight Rises and Tenet. Never seen that before haha.

For me Oppenheimer is a tight smart movie wrapped up inside a bigger, somewhat messier movie, so I like what it is at its core. I find it a bit disturbing that I've watched a few reviews and somehow no one mentions Matt Damon. I worry that he suffers a bit from sounding boyish no matter how old he gets. However, some of the exchanges of Matt Damon's General Groves with Cillian Murphy's Oppenheimer are gold, I enjoy imagining a master of sharp dialogue like Aaron Sorkin watching in envy. The movie also confirms an old opinion for me: for as conflicted as Oppenheimer was, it was Edward Teller who comes across to me more as a true villain. Your list is solid, but I rank Insomnia much higher, for its Pacino performance and his character's moral ambiguity.

1.Oppenheimer 2.TDK 3.Inception 4.Interstellar 5.Dunkirk 6.The prestige 7.Memento 8.Begins 9.Rises Havent seen the others. This is my list of his best films. (Not favorites, interstellar would be my favorite but i know how the ending is very messy)

Top 3 for me (before watching Oppenheimer) Inception The dark knight Interstellar

I also have The Prestige high and nice to see it high on a list as most have it low

respectable list

I love all his movies! I thought Insomnia was extremely interesting.

1. The dark knight 2. Batman begins 3. The dark knight rises 4. Insomnia 5. Inception 6. The prestige 7. Memento 8. Oppenheimer 9. Tenet 10. Interstellar 11. Dunkirk 12. Following

I wish I could be as great as Christopher Nolan!

Adding time chapters would help greatly

Anybody know what he's doing next??? I ran a Google search and found no results.

1. The Dark Knight 2. Oppenheimer 3. Inception 4. Memento 5. The Prestige 6. Batman Begins 7. Interstellar 8. The Dark Knight Rises 9. Tenet 10. Insomnia 11. The Following (Havent Seen Dunkirk 😅)

I finally found someone who appreciates tenet. God that movie. I love everything about it. Literally everything. Yet Christopher Nolan is so good that it’s only number 4 on my list. The characters are super lovable I don’t know what people are talking about.

The Bane impression is beautiful

The dark knight Inception Memento Oppenheimer The prestige Batman begins Interstellar Dunkirk The dark knight rises Insomniac Tenet Following

Agree with you Inception #1 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Hell yeah bro The Prestige

My Ranking of all of Nolan's films: 1. Oppenheimer 2. The Dark Knight 3. Batman Begins 4. Memento 5. Dunkirk 6. The Prestige 7. Insomnia 8. Inception 9. The Dark Knight Rises 10. Interstellar 11. Following 12. Tenet

I think you've gotta watch Tenet again. It doesn't necessarily get better with rewatches, but the ideas, plot points, and characters become more clear after 4-5 rewatches. I know that a lot to ask cuz it's like 10 hours of cinema, but the main concept becomes only really shows itself after a few times.

Thanks for defending Dark Knight Rises. And for putting Inception above Dark Knight. Totally agree. (Tenet will always be his weak link to me.)

1 - Inception 2 - Oppenheimer 3 - The Prestige 4 - Memento 5 - The Dark Knight 6 - Dunkirk 7 - Interstellar 8 - Batman Begins 9 - Insomnia 10 - Tenet 11 - The Dark Knight Rises 12 - Following

Dark knight rises supremacy🔥

Have not seen every Nolan film but I’m put what I have 1-The Dark Knight 2-Batman Begins 3-Oppenheimer 4-The Dark Knight Rises 5-Dunkirk 6-Tenet

Tbf Inception might be my favourite movie of ALL TIME

Memento is 12; I need to watch it again.

My List: 1) Inception 2) Oppenheimer 3) The Dark Knight 4) Interstellar 5) Dunkirk 6) Memento 7) The Dark Knight Rises 8) The Prestige 9) Tenet 10) Batman Begins 11) Following 12) Insomnia

12: Insomnia (2002)(I’m sorry, but Nolan is such a good writer than a film that he didn’t write his kinda poorly written despite being really good. It’s lacking Nolan’s flare, but I love the cast!) 11: Following (1998)(I enjoyed this film a lot more than I thought I would! The non-linear storytelling is compelling and the twist! The twist! The twist is amazing!) 10: Dunkirk (2017)(This is a super interesting war movie. It’s satisfying, thrilling, and structured really well imo! The hate for Dunkirk is unwarranted) 9: Oppenheimer (2023)(Don’t kill me! I respect this film more than I like it. It’s extremely well made and deserves all the Oscar’s! I love the movie, but in comparison to the rest, I would sooner rewatch them) 8: Memento (2000)(This movie blew my mind! I love this film, I really loved it when I first saw it. However, it’s a film that after 2 watches, gets kind of uninteresting) 7: Batman Begins (2005)(An amazing, yet flawed start to the greatest trilogy of all time! I love this movie and have seen it a bunch of times) 6: Tenet (2020)(Nolan at his most Nolaniest, making a Nolan movie with all of Nolan’s Nolanisms. He put his whole Nolussy into this film) 5: Interstellar (2014)(I’m convinced Nolan went to space to film these scenes! Next time someone says Nolan’s films lack emotion, show them Interstellar and they will shut up instantly) 4: Inception (2010)(Amazing! The most Nolany Nolan film until Tenet’s release. Also, he is awake at the end because he didn’t have his ring on) 3: The Dark Knight Rises (2012)(This film has many problems, but this is such a special movie. Call me biased, but I was born in Pittsburgh and was like 5 or 6 when this film came out. Parts of this movie where filmed in Pittsburgh so I grew up with my dad telling stories about him working in the Burgh during filming and I have watched this film a ton since I grew up with it) 2: The Prestige (R.I.P my braincells! Shattered them all into 1,000,000 tiny pieces! Nolan is a genius!) 1: The Dark Knight (2008)(My favorite movie of all time! The Dark Knight cannot do any wrong in my opinion)

Nolan is my personal favorite director because I love every movie of his that I have seen. Here is my ranking of all of his movies that I have seen! 1. Inception (my favorite movie of all time) 2. Interstellar 3. The Dark Knight 4. Oppenheimer 5. Memento 6. The Dark Knight Rises 7. Tenet 8. Batman Begins 9. Dunkirk

11. Following 6.5/10 10. Memento 9/10 9. Interstellar 9/10 8. Insomnia 9/10 7. Dunkirk 9.25/10 6. Batman Begins 9.25/10 5. Tenet 9.5/10 4. The Dark Knight Rises 9.75/10 3. The Prestige 10/10 2. The Dark Knight 10/10 1. Inception 10/10

Interstellar and Oppenheimer are my favorites.

My list: 11. Dunkirk 10. Tenet 09. Inception 08. Interstellar 07. Following 06. Memento 05. Batman Begins 04. The Dark Knight Rises 03. The Dark Knight 02. Insomnia 01. The Prestige ❤

1. Oppenheimer 2. Inception 3. The Dark Knight 4. The Prestige 5. Dunkirk Bit of a gap 6. Memento 7. Batman Begins 8. Interstellar Larger gap 9. The Dark Knight Rises 10. Tenet 11. Following 12. Insomnia

I am sorry but i am pretty sure that in a future Nolan ranking, Oppenheimer will drop significantly, not because is a bad movie but because it's really a one time watch movie. Certainly one of the best films of the year but arguably the Chris Nolan film that i would choose to rewatch last

1. Dunkirk 2. The Dark Knight 3. Memento 4. The Dark Knight Rises 5. Inception 6. Interstellar 7. The Prestige 8. Batman Begins 9. Following 10. Tenet (really enjoy this movie, it's a solid 8/10)

Out of what I’ve seen 1: the prestige 2: Oppenheimer 3: dark knight 4: inception 5: memento 6: Batman begins 7: dark knight rises 8: dunkirk 9: tenet

16:47 I wouldn't call it the most original concept... considered the same concept was in the movie "Paprika" 4 years before that which was adapted from a 1993 novel. I am nit saying Nolan was influenced by this movie directly, but there are some undeniably similar scenes in both the movies.

Interstellar is my all time favorite movie. And I never even got to see it in a theater :(

Damn dark knight rises above begins?

1.Interstellar 2.Oppenheimer 3.Inception

Christopher Nolan is my favorite director of all time! My ranking of his movies would be 1. Interstellar 2. Inception 3. The Dark Knight 4. Oppenheimer 5. The Dark Knight Rises 6. The Prestige 7. Tenet 8. Dunkirk 9. Batman Begins 10. Memento 11. Insomnia 12. Following

My list of what I've seen: 1) Interstellar, 2), Oppenheimer, 3) Inception, 4) Dark Knight, 5) The Prestige 6) Memento 7) The Dark Knight Rises, 8) Insomnia, 9) Batman Begins.

1. Oppenheimer 2. Inception 3. The Dark Knight 4. Tenet 5. The Dark Knight Rises 6. Batman Begins 7. The Prestige

My top 5: Interstellar The dark knight Oppenheimer Inception Tenet

hi Chris

Memento is his best , I need to watch Oppenheimer

Following - Haven't Seen. Dunkirk - Haven't Seen. Insomnia - Haven't Seen. Memento - Haven't Seen. 8. Batman Begins 7. Tenet 6. The Dark Knight Rises 5. Oppenheimer 4. Inception 3. The Prestige 2. Interstellar 1. The Dark Knight

Here’s mine 12. Following 11. Tenet 10. Insomnia 9. The Dark Knight Rises 8. Interstellar 7. Batman Begins 6. Dunkirk 5. Memento 4. The Prestige 3. Inception 2. The Dark Knight 1. Oppenheimer

Inception got me bored in the begging of the third act but TDK, what an amazing film. When I watched TDK for the first time I didn't know about Nolan or bale or Heath.. at the end of the movie I said this is my favorite one.

Oppenheimer took over Interstellar as my favorite

Here’s my ranking (and I haven’t seen Oppenheimer yet)… 1. The Dark Knight 2. Inception 3. Memento 4. Dunkirk 5. Batman Begins 6. Tenet 7. The Prestige 8. Insomnia 9. Interstellar 10. The Dark Knight Rises 11. Following

10. Dark Knight Rises - unlike almost every other film to his credit, it seems like there is nothing new here. This film is cookie cutter Nolan on a ridiculous budget. The only thing it has going for it is that it blew your mind when you were 12 and you will never forget that (I'm 50, btw). If it were any other director, I would rate it MUCH higher. 9. Insomnia - I did not realize that it's the only one he didn't write. Thanks for pointing that out! 8. Batman Begins - Oh, man this was so goood. Totally agree with all of your comments on this. 7. The Prestige - Great to see this so high on your list! Wow. I'm really going to have to watch it again. This film is excellent. 6. Tenet - His most ambitious work. Pure Action. I feel like this will get better with age, but it's so frustrating to watch because I want to know everything instead of just enjoying it. Visually stunning. 5. Memento - I forgot what I was going to say about this one. 4. The Dark Knight - Outstanding. Just unreal. I will always remember my experience at the cinema watching this. The lines between these top four films are really blurry but I have to draw them somewhere. 3. Inception - I was fascinated with a movie called 'Dreamscape' when I was a kid and Inception was so much more than I could have asked for. 2. Interstellar - Nolan does drama! This one requires more patience and more willingness to trust the director with our time. Not for everyone, but I think it is trying to achieve something quite special and it does a pretty darn good job. Amazing performances all around. 1. Dunkirk - So very tight and the short runtime helps. There's not a moment lost in this one. Land, air and sea. Looking forward to Oppenheimer.

From the ones I’ve seen… 1. Inception 2. The Dark Knight 3. Interstellar 4. The Dark Knight Rises 5. Oppenheimer 6. The Prestige 7. Dunkirk 8. Batman Begins 9. Momento 10. Tenet