Published 18:15 IST, October 10th 2019
Christopher Nolan: The best movies by the Intersteller director
Christopher Nolan started with his career in Hollywood in the year 1998. The director has come up with some of the most mindblowing movies to this date.
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Christopher Nolan is one of the most celebrated directors of Hollywood. This English-American director started his career in 1998 with The Following. His movies generally have metaphysical themes, construction of time, memory as well as personal identity. Nolan has directed 10 movies in his career.
Here are the best movies by Christopher Nolan:
The Batman trilogy
Christopher Nolan came up with Batman Begins in 2008 starring Christian Bale as Batman. The next movie in the trilogy was The Dark Knight, which was considered the best of the three by the audience. This is because of Heath Ledger 'slegendary portrayal of Joker. The third part The Dark Knight Rises was supposed to continue the Batman-Joker story, but due to Heath Ledger’s unfortunate demise, the third part dealt with a new villain: Bane.
Memento
Memento is Christopher’s second movie which was released in 2000. The movie traces the story of a man who suffers from short-term memory loss. He is tracking down the murderer of his wife. The movie also plays with narration and setting, as it progresses in two timelines.
Inception
Inception is a 2010 movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Ellen Page, Cillian Murphy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Tom Hardy. The movie juggles with the concept of dreams, time, and the subconscious. It is a mind-blowing piece of science-fiction. The movie won multiple Academy Awards for Best Cinematography, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, and Best Visual Effects.
Interstellar
Christopher Nolan’s genius cemented itself in Hollywood with the release of the 2014 movie Interstellar. The movie is set up in a dystopian future of the earth. Mankind is struggling to survive and just have a stipulated amount of time on earth. A group of astronauts are sent to a wormhole near Saturn in search for a new home. The movie stars Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastin, Bill Irwin, Ellen Burstyn, and Michael Caine.
Dunkirk
Dunkirk is a 2017 film which was directed, written, and produced by Christopher Nolan. The movie depicts the evacuation of Dunkirk during World War II. The movie stars acclaimed actors like Fionn Whitehead, Tom Glynn-Carney, Jack Lowden, Harry Styles, Aneurin Barnard, James D'Arcy, Barry Keoghan, Kenneth Branagh, Cillian Murphy, Mark Rylance, and Tom Hardy. The movie shows the evacuation from all three ways: From the land, sea and the air.
Christopher Nolan’s upcoming movie is Tenet. The movie is scheduled to release on July 17, 2020. John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, Dimple Kapadia, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Clémence Poésy, Michael Caine, and Kenneth Branagh will be starring in the movie. The movie will be produced by Emma Thomas.
Updated 21:33 IST, October 10th 2019