Nolan Ranking

As it's Christopher Nolan's 52nd birthday today, I thought there was no better time to rank his filmography - excluding Following, as I am yet to see it. 

He's not only my favourite director but he's also a visionary in his industry. He's constantly adapting and telling complex stories whilst making some of the best films of the 21st century. One premise that has followed Nolan throughout his career is his obsession with time, when asked why Nolan is interested in time:

"Well because I've always lived in it. We feel very trapped in it. It's like we try and hang on to the moment, we take photographs of everything. We desperately want to hang on to this reality and it recedes. What time travel allows us to do is to say ok, but what if we could? What if we could preserve that moment? What if we could revisit that moment?"

And that creativity and genius filmmaking is what sets him apart from other directors.

10. Insomnia

09. Tenet

08. The Dark Knight Rises

07. The Prestige

06. Batman Begins

05. Dunkirk

04. Memento

03. Interstellar

02. Inception

01. The Dark Knight

Having a filmography as immense as Christopher Nolan's means that it's difficult to rank them and films have to take up the bottom places. I believe none of his films dip below 70% and the top three are firmly in my top ten movies of all time. 

 

However, The Dark Knight is just an exceptional film. From Heath Ledger's world beating performance to the brilliant score from Hans Zimmer to the seamless ending. There isn't a fault to be had with The Dark Knight. There hasn't been a superhero film like it since and there never will be. Even The Batman in all it's quality still couldn't reach the heights of this Nolan masterpiece. With Oppenheimer coming out next year, let's hope Christopher Nolan can continue his superb form.