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Portrait of Christopher Nolan

Directing

Christopher Nolan

Career

Active from 1990 to 2026, with up to 1 main title a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score75/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight
GoodWatch score89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 26 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 6.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 8.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Christopher Nolan Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Situational Comedy
    0.7, average 2.7
  • Wholesome
    1.5, average 3.4
  • Contemporary Realism
    3.8, average 5.4
  • Physical Comedy
    0.8, average 2.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Cinematic Spectacle 3
  • Psychological Thriller 2
  • Visually Stunning 2
  • Immersive Sound Design 2
  • Modern Mythology 2
  • Cinematic Grandeur 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

35
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

11 titles · average score 76
The Odyssey
The Odyssey (2026)
GoodWatch score 85

Writer, Producer

Sinners
Sinners (2025)
GoodWatch score 84

Thanks

Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass
Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass (2025)
GoodWatch score 70

Executive Producer

Utan ord – i filmmusikens värld
Utan ord – i filmmusikens värld (2024)

as Selft

Domchilik
Domchilik (2024)

Idea

Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer (2023)
GoodWatch score 87

Director, Writer

To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb
To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb (2023)
GoodWatch score 77

Thanks

The Draft!
The Draft! (2023)
GoodWatch score 66

Thanks

The Spot
The Spot (2023)

Thanks

Zack Snyder's Justice League
Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021)
GoodWatch score 71

Executive Producer

Tenet
Tenet (2020)
GoodWatch score 70

Director, Writer

2010s

12 titles · average score 68
The Doll's Breath
The Doll's Breath (2019)

Producer

Dunkirk
Dunkirk (2017)
GoodWatch score 85

Writer, Director

Justice League
Justice League (2017)
GoodWatch score 49

Executive Producer

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
GoodWatch score 48

Executive Producer

Thirteen Talks
Thirteen Talks (2016)

TV show

Quay
Quay (2015)
GoodWatch score 73

Director of Photography, Producer

Interstellar
Interstellar (2014)
GoodWatch score 80

Writer, Director

Transcendence
Transcendence (2014)
GoodWatch score 42

Executive Producer

Man of Steel
Man of Steel (2013)
GoodWatch score 62

Producer, Story

The Dark Knight Rises
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
GoodWatch score 82

Producer, Story

Inception
Inception (2010)
GoodWatch score 83

Director, Writer

Inception: The Cobol Job
Inception: The Cobol Job (2010)
GoodWatch score 73

Characters

2000s

7 titles · average score 79
The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight (2008)
GoodWatch score 89

Producer, Director

Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition)
Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition) (2007)

Director

The Prestige
The Prestige (2006)
GoodWatch score 78

Producer, Screenplay

Batman Begins
Batman Begins (2005)
GoodWatch score 80

Screenplay, Director

Cinema16: British Short Films
Cinema16: British Short Films (2003)
GoodWatch score 62

Director

Insomnia
Insomnia (2002)
GoodWatch score 79

Director

Memento
Memento (2000)
GoodWatch score 87

Screenplay, Director

1990s

5 titles · average score 63
Following
Following (1999)
GoodWatch score 74

Director, Producer

Doodlebug
Doodlebug (1997)
GoodWatch score 68

Director, Writer

Fearville
Fearville (1997)

Camera Operator

Larceny
Larceny (1996)
GoodWatch score 59

Writer, Editor

Tarantella
Tarantella (1990)
GoodWatch score 51

as Man in Black