wow. this guy has good opinions. subscribed.

Batman Begins always had to be a safe film because it was the first time Nolan was given that kind of budget and IP

You are right about the Prestige. It's underrated and arguably right up there with his best work.

I will never understand people who rank Interstellar low. I try to be open minded about people’s opinions but it is such a huge achievement. Maybe it’s me being tired of the recent sequel/superhero era of film we’ve been dealing with, but Interstellar felt like the last blockbuster that impressed and moved me at the same time. I loved everything about it and I’m glad most people do. It deserves the love.

Interstellar is my guilty pleasure movie. I know it has some flaws, but when I watch it I just get lost in that world and story. It's sci fi with an emotional punch, and I don't mind getting invested in its spectacle when I watch it. Plus the music score is exceptional.

It's funny to describe Batman Begins as 'safe' when it is only safe because it literally set the standard for what a safe superhero movie should be.

Not only do I think The Prestige is one of Nolan’s best, I think it’s his best hands down. There are emotional beats or performances or writing decisions that don’t 100% work for me in every Nolan movie… except The Prestige. Every technical element is still there, but he (and Jonathan) also adapt the book to perfection and got some of the best performances out of several excellent actors. It’s his masterpiece.

I'm really glad that you enjoyed The Prestige as much as I did. It's in my top three of his films as well. It's like a movie that's almost custom made for me, I love the setting of 1800s Britain, I love stage magicians and magic shows, and I'm a bit fan of the two lead actors.

No woman and nobody carries nobody. Channel rate 1/10.

The emotion in Interstellar is something that has ALWAYS worked for me and I cry multiple times each time I see it. I feel a little sorry for the many people who weren't able to connect to it like I did.

I literally JUST watched the Prestige tonight for the first time... Got done with the movie, opened my KZfaq app, and saw this video 😂 MAN what a movie that was.

I'd be very interested in your thoughts on how utterly confusing Tenet is.

I really respect your opinions on Interstellar, but I gotta disagree with your placement. It blew my mind when I first saw it and essentially spearheaded my desire to make movies. It’s beautifully shot, the performances are all incredible (the scene you mentioned when he’s watching the videos is so, so good), and it’s got a lot of emotion, at least for me. It’ll always be one of his best for me.

Dark Knight will always be my personal favorite, but I seriously think Memento might be his best film. One of the most underrated movies I’ve seen that blew my mind first time I watched it. The way the story is structured and how you piece everything together is so unique

The Prestige is legit my Favorite Nolan film! 🙌🏻 Thank you for highlighting it.

Interestingly, Interstellar was written by Jonathan Nolan for Spielberg originally.

"Best scene was where that one guy cried" - Man Carrying Thing, twice.

What bugs me about some of Nolan's movies is that sometimes it feels like he focus too much on the rigid structure of the science he established and not enough on everything else, like characters and plot. I feel this specially in Tenet and Incepction (mostly at the end, when they just keep going into deeper layers of dreams), it gets a bit boring for me. My other grudge is that he seems to be really bad at writing women and relationships. They never seem believable to me.

Interstellar is my favorite Nolan movie. It’s not his best work but I love it so much, though I fear Oppenheimer might top it.

I am disappointed with the lack of exposition and subtext in this ranking video, with the evidently disgusting and gross absence of non-linear narrative. unsubscribed.

As much as there are objectively flawed parts in interstellar, i absolutely adore it and won't get tired of watching it

If I told you Interstellar’s protagonist’s initials are JC (yes, Jesus Christ) and the bad guy’s name is literally Hugh Mann would it convince you to raise its ranking?

Love the video :3 Your reviews/rankings always make my day hehe, thank u! Also, as an idea: maybe a Fincher ranking could be fun. I‘d definitely be interested to hear your thoughts.

Mostly I agree, I really disagree with the interstellar placement. As someone who is very much into the engineering of spaceflight, interstellar was an amazing movie visually, but also I really connected with the way it showed emotions on top of of the rigidity of “science”. For us STEM people, it hit hard. The whole movie is an argument between objective truth and emotion, and what that means across generations. Yea it has it’s flaws but I loved it.

2:40 : "the heart of this movie is missing" yet, it's inarguably the most heartfelt movie he has done, every single one of his other movies has less heart in it than Interstellar, it's just a fact

"I like it when the city goes into anarchy, I wish there was more of that." --me IRL 24/7.

Interstellar is my favourite Nolan movie, followed closely by Dunkirk. The rest switch places depending on what mood I watched or rewatched them.

When I saw Interstellar and Batman Begins so low I died.

Interstellar, the dark knight, and inception to me are Christopher Nolan’s best films. The prestige is also really good.

Interstellar is one of my top 5 movies all time. Cant understand why people don’t rate it.

My ranking based off the ones I’ve seen: 1) The Dark Knight 2) Interstellar 3) Memento 4) Inception 5) Dunkirk 6) Batman Begins 7) The Dark Knight Rises

After watching your videos on other chennal. I don't know how to take you seriously😂😂

naw man. interstellar was so emotional. ive watched it 3 times now and cried every single time

I remember enjoying Dunkirk when it came out but you've made me want to rewatch it. Great vid as always

Bro how did I just find this channel. One of my favorite KZfaqrs talking about one of my favorite things

I love all of his stuff, but my favorite is probably still Insomnia. It is much smaller than most of his others, it's a straight up story, no time jumping, the location is a character that looms over everything, and to watch Pacino's decline is completely expected and heartwrenching at the same time. I think his eye for framing and camera movement is already fully formed in Insomnia, making the most of the landscape that changes the people in it.

Currently reading American Prometheus in preparation for Oppenheimer. A truly incredible biography of a deeply complex character. It will be interesting to see what Nolan does with such dense and detailed subject matter. A lot of dramatic, cerebral, espionage elements in there that could translate well to cinema. and that is just Nolan's style.

when he said he likes it when Christopher Nolan doesn't care if the audience likes the movie i tought "yeah Tenet's great" then he said he didn't watch it my eyes got bigger

Having watched all Nolan movies at least twice (many of them more often) I'll try my ranking, but it is not easy to decide. And it is quite subjective. For example, I understand the argument about too much exposition in Interstellar, but it just did not really disturb the experience for me that much. 1.Interstellar 2.Inception 3.Memento 4. Tenet 5.The Dark Knight 6. Prestige 7. Insomnia 8. Dunkirk 9. Following 10. Batman Begins 11. The Dark Knight rises

Great list. I agree about the prestige, criminally underrated and as a REDACTED, the twist broke my mind

Great video bro. I loved Following.

1. Memento 2. The Dark Knight 2. Interstellar 3. The Prestige 4. Batman Begins 5. Inception 6. Tenet 7. Dark Knight Rises Regretfully have not seen Dunkirk nor his earliest works yet. Memento is one of my favorite movies of all time, but I generally can get behind the logic in your rankings. Personally I was super let down watching Inception after most the rest of these, hyping myself up for it to be his ultimate movie and then not really loving it, but I definitely need to give it another chance. Glad to see some love for Prestige!!

Thank you for sharing your takes on Christopher Nolan movies, very interesting. You definitely watch Insomnia and Tenet before Oppenheimer, I think. For Insomnia it's one of those rare cases where the remakes is superior in almost every department to the European original from acting to directing, from editing to cinematography and it's more complex in terms of their themes. And for Tenet is Nolan changing your expectations of what you can expect from him as a filmmaker, many people were expecting something similar to Inception or Memento, or even James Bond, and is something completely different; he subverts both sci-fi genre and spy thriller genre, and he even pokes an eye on James Bond in some moments. Finally, and many people would think that it goes in detriment of the movie, but it's not, the movie needs to be watched at least two times, it's really a different once you see it a second time, I love it even more. Let me add my Christopher Nolan ranking below: 11. Following (1998) [This was a great debut considering all the constraints in budget and equipment he had, Nolan worked as director, writer, DP and editor here]. 10. Insomnia (2002) [I might be ranking this one too low, though I really love the film and it's very good, but it's a detective story, at some point very classic, which might not be that interesting compared to other Christopher Nolan movies] 9. Batman Begins (2005) 8. The Dark Knight Rises (2012) [This is my favorite of the trilogy because of the discourse and themes but is not the best] 7. Memento (2000) 6. TENET (2020) 5. The Dark Knight (2008) 4. The Prestige (2006) 3. Inception (2010) 2. Interstellar (2014) 1. Dunkirk (2017) Really looking forward to see Oppenheimer in a couple of weeks. While talking about Inception you mentioned something about dreams and surrealism which might feels that Inception departs from that. I highly recommend you this video essay on Inception and how it is connected to the surreal: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/htp5aLGamJjWgp8.html

My favourite kind of videos from you.

My favorite director of all time!! Interstellar, Inception, and The Prestige will always be my favorites of his

I'm glad someone else agrees about Interstellar. It was a fucking awesome, scientifically based space movie until it disappears up its own proverbial black hole at the end.

"I like it when the city goes into anarchy, I wish there was more of that" - Man carrying thing, 2023

I do agree with your ranking ! I watched the ranked 1 film of your list 2 times at the time of its release in theaters ❤

Good takes. The Prestige may have my favorite opening/close combo of any film.

I just saw Insomnia for the first time this year. Excellent movie. You should definitely watch it. Incredible performances by Pacino and Robin Williams. Edit: keeping it real putting DK at the #1 spot. Every Nolan nerd pretends like Memento or Dunkirk is #1 but really they’re rewatching Dark knight more than any of them.

No joke, The Dark Knight was the thing that taught me as a kid that I have chronic physical anxiety. The final scenario with Gordon, Harvey and Bats with Gordon's family is so full of dread and the weight of everything that came before it that I literally forgot to breath for long enough that my body began to go into a full blown panic attack. This was on the SECOND time I was watching it in the theater. It was so well executed that even after knowing how the scene played out, it was still enough to send me into one of my first panic attacks of my life.

i can't believe you made a video about nolan without a michael caine cameo! he could've played some british guy who simply reads the titles of the movies as they come up or something.

me as a person who loves space and knows a lot about it, I was able to understand interstellar and I really liked it, closest a movie has gotten to making me cry, definitely in my top four

My ranking from least favourite to favourite 9. Tenet (Couldve been higher if it didnt get so confusing, still a solid 7/10 though despite being the lowest) 8. Dark Knight Rises (I feel like the groundedness was dropped which really made it feel less special) 7. Dark Knight (Sorry its great and Joker is one of the best characters in cinema period but I felt like it dropped too much of what I loved in Begins) 6. Oppenheimer (Will probably like more on my rewatch with subs and the option to rewind because I felt like the movie flew over my head a bit) 5. Following (I dont know why I just absolutley love this movie, it was very simple and the twists were good) 4. Interstellar (Its what got me into watching better movies and not super hero or kids movies) 3. Batman Begins (I really like the origin story and the fact it felt more grounded than the others. I liked how it was Batman vs the city and not just a set villain, really made the movie spark in my eyes) 2. Inception (My favourite action movie, awesome concept that they used really well without getting to confusing, also the action was awesome) 1. Memento (Not just m favourite Chris Nolan movie but my favourite movie of all time, I like how it goes backwards to make you feel like the guy with amnesia. It has some of the best twists in all of media that truly just leave you there shocked. Truly a masterpiece)

I'd love to hear your ranking once you see the remaining ones!

Oh, man carrying movie content. Nice.

It's always interesting to hear new opinions. I have literally never heard anyone explain Interstellar that way

No way this man put Dunkirk at #2 lmfao Interstellar has been one of the most influential Sci-fi movies of all time after Blade Runner and 2001: A Space Odyssey. I'll not allow any slander of this masterpiece.

Glad the Prestige getting some love.

Probably an unpopular opinion but Batman's suit in Begins is my 2nd favorite after the Batman Returns suit. Also Bale's voice in Begins is my favorite out of the trilogy.

Interstellar is my favorite of his films so far and my favorite film.

“as someone afraid of dying on a boat” just sprinkled in there 😂

I haven’t seen Interstellar, Dunkirk, Insomnia and the prestige. My ranking 7. The Dark Knight Rises 6. Tenet 5. Following 4. Batman Begins 3. The Dark Knight 2. Memento 1. Inception

I knew this guy was a Nolan fanboy, I could practically smell it on him.

The message of Interstellar is that without the unseen connection between us, we die. Without that caring need to be with each other, we die. And that this need is a genuine feature and force in our entire existence and indeed responsible for continuing our existence here. Through the many universes, the only force that survives and thrives is love. A presence and connection that guides us to do great things and preserves who we are for the foreseeable and unforeseeable future. It is the movie version of a Bible verse. Taken in pieces often senseless, taken in totality, the meaning is perfectly clear. Of all of Nolan's other movies except Inception, this movie stands out. Inception touches on what is reality. A very heavy subject but chooses to make that movies end statement that humans will always choose comfort over reality every time, if they have a choice. I agree about all the superhero movies. They are uneven at best. I was laughing when you said the way the one containing Bane was made was as though Batman disappeared. That was a perfect statement of why that movie simply didn't work well. You can write a villain so well that every sin he creates no matter how vile is justified. Nolan always gets great performances out of his actors. He is clearly an actor motivator with his directing style. Oppenheimer comes with an established story as you said. We already know about Oppenheimer being the science arm of the US Army. General Groves real character is an astonishingly powerful character in Oppenheimer's story all through the development, explosions, deployment and then attack on Oppenheimer's life after the fact. The Soviet threat and the threat of Communism after World War Two will likely be minimized in this Nolan adaptation and I fear it will devolve into a feel sorry for Oppenheimer film. Oppenheimer reveled in the search for the bomb. He was all in for it. He loved the power of the process and after the fact, sought to excise himself from his connection to it but life never works like that. Oppenheimer should have realized; his best move was to say nothing after bringing the American military the power to destroy the world. This is the truest statement of all political parties. "Either you are for us, or you are our enemy." This is a defining edict of all political parties that have ever existed, no matter how innocent the veil they chose to cloak their lies in. I wonder why Nolan chose to involve long-time on-screen nudity in the movie. I would guess he will be trying to attach the passions of mindless, passion filled lovemaking to the passions of chasing a creation that can end mankind. That there was a madness to the atomic bomb making process that overwhelmed all the people in the project exactly the same way mindless lovemaking blinds those in the middle of doing the act does. That will be a very hard sell to the movie going public. The core reason the atomic bomb exists is that it was always going to exist. Whether America made it. the Nazi's made it, the Japanese made it, or the Soviets or the Chinese made it - that atomic bomb was coming our way. It took the passions of those not wanting to see the wrong political dynasty get it first, that made America the nation that bred and refined the bomb. But political dynasties change. Today's political dynasty is not yesterdays. That bomb still stands ready to kill as many people as it always was, regardless of those who hold the levers of power. Oppenheimer's borrowed statement for all time about "Now, I am become death. Destroyer of worlds" is the true end statement to the entire affair. Those who don't believe that statement and don't take seriously what it means, must be prevented from ever holding political power. Sadly, we may be too late.

My ranking of the ones ive seen would be: 1. The Prestige 2. Inception 3. Memento 4. The Dark Knight 5. Tenet 6. Interstellar 7. The Dark Knight Rises 8. Batman Begins 9. Dunkirk

Interstellar is a masterpiece. Changd my mind

kinda surprised to see dunkirk up so high. i remember seeing it and liking it a fair bit, but for some reason the movie felt... impactless? idk. it absolutely has some amazing sequences. i really liked the structure, that final shot of Hardy is gorgeous. But i think in the early moments, when I saw the soldiers dying and instead of blood just a puff of white smoke shot out of their bodies... it kinda took me out. I feel like if you're a war movie... don't do that lol. now, i don't need it to be hyper-grotesque or overdone a la hacksaw ridge. but i think if you're making a war movie, you can't just remove blood like that. tbf, i was like... 17 at the time. maybe I oughta rewatch it and see how I feel about it now. Also, DEF watch Tenet. WITH subtitles lol

This is such an interesting list!

Please do David Fincher. He’s like the other side of the Christopher Nolan film bro coin.

Its wild that you put TDKR over The Following. I would re-watch The Following 100/100 times over TDKR which was nearly unwatchable in the first viewing

Good ranking, I do enjoy all his movies but I rank them as follows: 1. The Dark Knight 2. Inception 3. The Prestige 4. Memento 5. Batman Begins 6. Interstellar 7. Dunkirk 8. The Dark Knight Rises 9. Tenet 10. Insomnia 11. Following

1. Dunkirk - triptych structure 2. Memento - hairpin structure 3. The Prestige - non-linear 4. Insomnia 5. Interstellar 6. The Dark Knight 7. Inception 8. The Dark Knight Rises 9. Tenet 10. Batman Begins

Interstellar was the movie that helped me to realize my passion for film. I will always love the movie even though the final act has some flaws

Why didn’t you watch the other two movies before making the video

Bottom to top for me: 11. Following 10. Tenet 9. Dark Knight Rises 8. Insomnia 7. Batman Begins 6. Dunkirk 5. Memento 4. Interstellar 3. The Dark Knight 2. Inception 1. Prestige

my personal tier list for Nolan movies: S: Inception A: The Prestige, TDK, Momento B: Tenet, BB, Dunkirk, Interstellar C: TDKR Definitely do wanna say that this tier list is just how his movies stack up compared to themselves. Films like Tenet, Dunkirk, Interstellar have to be applauded for being spectacular pictures when compared to the rest of Hollywood

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

I agree with the sentimentality he brought up. It’s like the equivalent of cheap jump scares for emotional movies. It’s seems lazy and feels lacking. Unlike the dark knight, the core of the emotion is mature, coherent, and brought together perfectly.

I loved alot of what you had to say. I mean, I'd have to put the prestige number 1. I still remember going to walmart and seeing the display and taking it home and everything. The movie moved me so much that I remember the entire experience. The theme of being so dedicated to your craft that his actual life was the act just sat with me. Interstellar definitely moved me more than yourself. But how much is that zimmers score? Idk. The fact that its the same motif presented carious ways is genius to me. It can be sad (stay) it can be epic (no time for caution). I actually watched 2001 after this and could see some influence there. You need to watch tenet. Not for the story or characters. For what it puts your mind through. I love movies that make me problem solve and essentially give me homework. It did that in spades. Anyway, great video and thoughts.

1.Memento 2.Inception 3.The Dark Knight 4.Dunkirk 5.Insomnia 6.Batman Begins 7.The Dark Knight Rises 8.The Prestige 9.Tenet 10.Interstellar I've never seen The Following but that my list for Nolan id say him and Denis Villeneuve are my favourite modern directors working today I also love Robert Eggers.

5:36 Ah, dreams..do you enjoy Lynch? I want to see you ranking David Lynch's films, series and shorts if possible, would be really neat

Insomnia is very good. It’s buoyed by great performances from the three leads. Not Nolan’s best but still very good.

The Prestige, Interstellar and Dunkirk are my favorite non-Batman films of his.

Spoilers*** I love The Prestige for all the ways you can interpret it. For me though the brilliance is that the twist at the end is that there is no twist and as the final lines of the movie narrates, you have been shown all the elements of the trick but you still want to be fooled. And that’s exactly what the audience does, still wanting to believe in the sci fi elements making it a more grander production when it is just two normal people driven through obsession and competition leading to murder. As we see with the notebooks telling the story, many events depicted are fabrication. Now you're looking for the secret. But you won't find it because of course, you're not really looking. You don't really want to work it out. You want to be fooled.

Thank you for giving Prestige the place it deserves. I absolutely agree.

As you mentioned, you probably don't share most people's opinion on Interstellar. I personally loved and believe that emotionally, everything landed beautifully. It pushed all the right buttons for me. But it's really hard to approach this conversation objectively, if at all possible lol

I know everyone has their right to their own opinion, but interstellar at 2nd to last is......interesting lol I do agree with The Dark Knight being #1...i rewatch that movie like once every few years and it still holds up!!

While I can't agree with you (pretty much at all) on the rankings, I appreciate your knowledge of film and appreciation for it. Here's a follow.

1. The Dark Knight 2. Prest- You know what? I cant do this. I honestly cant place a bunch of his films over each other for spot 2. Prestige, Interstellar, Inception, and Memento are all at the same level of brilliance to me, each for different reasons. If all those are my number 2, then 3. Dunkirk 4. Batman Begins 5. Tenet 6. Dark knight rises 7. Insomnia 8. Following Have not seen Oppenheimer.

dude, based on the statement you made immediately before saying that you hadn't seen it (which shocked me), you would LOVE Tenet.

Sad you didn't watch Insomnia, I watched it myself not too long ago. It's a really awesome film! Definitely his most underrated movie but still absolutely amazing. Would recommend.

The movie I seem to revisit most is Memento. The emotional core of the movie is so strong and overshadowed by the editing I think.

I think you would love tenet. It’s a lot like dunkirk in the way it focuses on the technical aspects of filmmaking

Thank you for giving prestige some love, it really is an underrated gem imo, and I agree that the dark knight is the best. Would you please rank sam raimi movies I really love to hear your thoughts and ranking on sam raimi 🙏

based prestige endorser. Ever since i saw it it has become my favorite movie! Maybe i need to rewatch Dunkirk. I saw it but i barely remember any of it to be honest.

Yeah, pretty similar and I agree on the Prestige, it's a great and very underrated film. My only difference is Interstellar. I love that film and I know it has flaws. I think it's a Father Daughter story disguised into a Space Opera.

YES PRESTIGE! i just ranked interstellar as the best movie but when I watched prestige it gave me a shift of which movies of his is th emost rewatchable and enjoyable

I’ve enjoyed every Nolan movie I’ve seen and I’ve watched all of them multiple times (some way more than others) but off the top of my head I think I’d rank them: 1. The Dark Knight 2. Inception 3. Interstellar 4. The Prestige 5. Insomnia 6. Dunkirk 7. Batman Begins 8. Dark Knight Rises 9. Memento 10. Tenet

I love The Dark Knight…… but The Prestige is my favorite film of his. Everything about it just works. You can rewatch it so many times and catch all the clues that would key you in to what is actually happening. To this day, I can’t believe he hasn’t worked with Hugh Jackman again. Both he and Christian Bale make that movie so special. And then there’s the surprise David Bowie….. I think Batman Begins kinda gets overshadowed by the incredible sequel that came after it. Sure, it was safe, but it was 2005, superhero movies were kinda a thing, but they were really just Spider-Man and X men at that point, two entirely different types of movie. That, and the last time we’d seen Batman was in 97 with Batman and Robin, which was so bad, many thought the franchise was completely ruined forever. The fact that he managed to bring it back, with a darker and more realistic take that still holds up almost 20 years later, and laid the groundwork for what would not only be one of the greatest sequels of all time, but simply one of the greatest films of all time, is astounding. I always look forward to rewatching BB during my TDK trilogy watches and I think it’s more refined older brother kinda steals some of the shine from it for most people. The only film of his I actively dislike is Tenet. I just don’t get it. I know he likes playing with time and narrative, but I feel like the concept and execution kinda got away from him a bit with that one. The third act, while visually impressive, knowing that they somehow filmed it practically, is a complete mind fuck, and every time I get to the end, when someone asks me what the hell just happened, I’m like “I have absolutely no clue”. I think he bit off a bit more than he could chew and it makes me glad he seems to be dialing it back a bit and we’ll be getting a more straightforward narrative drama with Oppenheimer.