Christopher Nolan is the director of the likes of Steven Spielberg and James Cameron, and his name alone is enough to get audiences into theaters.
Since his first feature film The following By 1998, the British-born, Chicago-raised director had successfully developed his own style as a film director. Whether it was new ideas emerging from the depths of his dreams (Inception) to his own take on comic icons (batman trilogy) and historical figures, you can expect elite filmmaking. But that doesn’t mean the director is incapable of surprising.
Among Nolan’s illustrious oeuvres, which include two Oscars, a Golden Globe and billions of dollars in box office, Nolan’s films often feature damaged and haunted people who develop borderline unhealthy obsessions , whose stories span time, memory, perception, and sometimes most importantly, guilt. These are often reflected in the meticulous, methodical structure of his films. Most of Nolan’s films revolve around plots, breathless transitions between past and present. But, like the interior of a Swiss watch, each piece plays a common role and contributes to a unified whole.
All of this has resulted in a director who doesn’t seem to have a single B-movie in his two-and-a-half-decade career. You can argue preferences and question his creative choices, but few filmmakers’ work is as consistent as Nolan’s. with a message New Nolan co-branding Now, let’s go back and rank the director’s films from “worst” (admittedly a relative term) to best.
