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Christopher Nolan - news / articles


  • Nolan kept watch over Caine as he read Batman script - 5 February 2012
    -Director Christopher Nolan showed up on Michael Caine's doorstep to offer him the role of Batman's butler Alfred, and refused to leave his side while he read the script - to ensure the movie legend couldn't leak details.-The veteran plays the Caped Crusader's right hand m


  • Batman's final act was emotional for filmmaker Nolan - 29 December 2011
    -Moviemaker Christopher Nolan is experiencing mixed emotions as he completes editing on his final Batman movie after saying farewell to his cast just before Christmas (11).-The shoot on the hotly-anticipated The Dark Knight Rises is complete and now Nolan is in post-produc


  • Nolan keeping Batman ending secret from cast - 18 September 2011
    -Director Christopher Nolan is so determined to keep the plotline of the latest Batman film a secret from the public, he is refusing to even let the actors know the ending.-The filmmaker is currently shooting scenes for The Dark Knight Rises, starring Christian Bale as the

Christopher Nolan - what members say


  • Insomnia
  • Insomnia review by Alfod from West Midlands
    Rated - 4.0 stars Cerebral and Absorbing 11 March 2004
    ...Christopher Nolan's Memento was one of the standout treasures of 2000 and I went into this knowing it would be a cerebral and absorbing effort. I was not disappointed. The s...   Read customer review
  • Following
  • Following review by from London
    Rated - 4.0 stars Quality low-budget fare 7 January 2005
    ...In this film Christopher Nolan hones the time frame splicing technique he goes on to perfect in the brilliant Memento. A good but fairly simple story made more interesting by a...   Read customer review
  • Memento
  • Memento review by A customer from wales
    Rated - 5.0 stars Beautiful piece of work 26 October 2005
    ... Great directing from Christopher Nolan, beautiful production, mind frying writing (kind of reminded me of Hitchcock / Palahniuk) and excellent acting especially from Guy Pearc...   Read customer review

Christopher Nolan - filmography


  • The Dark Knight Rises (2011)
    Starring: Christian Bale,  Anne Hathaway,  Tom Hardy
    Director: Christopher Nolan
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Eight years after the events of The Dark Knight, the terrorist leader Bane arrives in Gotham City, pushing it and its police force to their limits, forcing its former hero Batman to resurface after taking the fall for Harvey Dent's crimes.
    4 stars out of 5 83% from 209 members
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  • Inception on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio,  Ken Watanabe,  Joseph Gordon-Levitt
    Director: Christopher Nolan
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan directs an international cast in an original sci-fi actioner that travels around the globe and into the intimate and infinite world of dreams. Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a skilled thief, the absolute best in the dangerous art of extraction, stealing ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 67,776 members
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  • The Dark Knight on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Christian Bale,  Heath Ledger,  Maggie Gyllenhaal
    Director: Christopher Nolan
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Batman and James Gordon join forces with Gotham's new District Attorney, Harvey Dent, to take on a psychotic bank robber known as The Joker, whilst other forces plot against them, and Joker's crimes grow more and more deadly.
    4 stars out of 5 80% from 96,118 members
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  • The Dark Knight - Blu-ray (2 discs) (2008)
    Starring: Christian Bale,  Heath Ledger,  Maggie Gyllenhaal
    Director: Christopher Nolan
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Director Christopher Nolan (MEMENTO, THE PRESTIGE) returns to Gotham City with this sequel to the critically-acclaimed fan favourite, BATMAN BEGINS. In THE DARK KNIGHT, Batman (Christian Bale - RESCUE DAWN, AMERICAN PSYCHO) squares off against a new, completely psychotic foe: the Joker (Heath ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 84% from 21,713 members
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  • The Prestige - HD (2006)
    Starring: Christian Bale,  Piper Perabo,  Scarlett Johansson
    Director: Christopher Nolan
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: £2.49
    Director Christopher Nolan's (MEMENTO) eclectic resume gains another interesting entry with THE PRESTIGE. Set in early 20th-century London, the film centres on the bitter rivalry between two magicians who go to increasingly dangerous lengths to upstage one another. Robert Angier (Hugh Jackman, X-..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 1,322 member
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  • The Prestige - Blu-ray (2006)
    Starring: Christian Bale,  Piper Perabo,  Scarlett Johansson
    Director: Christopher Nolan
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Director Christopher Nolan's (MEMENTO) eclectic resume gains another interesting entry with THE PRESTIGE. Set in early 20th-century London, the film centres on the bitter rivalry between two magicians who go to increasingly dangerous lengths to upstage one another. Robert Angier (Hugh Jackman, X-..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 78% from 6,434 members
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  • The Prestige on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Christian Bale,  Piper Perabo,  Scarlett Johansson
    Director: Christopher Nolan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    From acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan ("Memento," "Batman Begins"), comes a mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy with dangerous and deadly consequences.From the time that they first met as young magicians on the rise, Robert ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 93,213 members
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  • Batman Begins - HD (2005)
    Starring: Christian Bale,  Michael Caine,  Liam Neeson
    Director: Christopher Nolan
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Years ago, a young boy watched a street thug murder his parents. His life went cold. He left the city for the Far East, where he trained. He grew strong. But so did the darkness. And now the man is returning to Gotham City. The black, boiling drive for vengeance will cause Bruce Wayne to create a ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 80% from 3,014 members
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  • Batman Begins - Blu-ray (2005)
    Starring: Christian Bale,  Michael Caine,  Liam Neeson
    Director: Christopher Nolan
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Genius of mystery and intrigue Christopher Nolan (MEMENTO, FOLLOWING, INSOMNIA) helms this prequel to the Batman films based on the DC Comics series, explaining how Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) the billionaire prince of Gotham whose parents were killed in an alleyway mugging transformed into the ..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 85% from 10,066 members
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  • Batman Begins on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Christian Bale,  Michael Caine,  Liam Neeson
    Director: Christopher Nolan
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Years ago, a young boy watched a street thug murder his parents. His life went cold. He left the city for the Far East, where he trained. He grew strong. But so did the darkness. And now the man is returning to Gotham City. The black, boiling drive for vengeance will cause Bruce Wayne to create a ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 132,766 members
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  • Insomnia on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Robin Williams,  Hilary Swank
    Director: Christopher Nolan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    In a remote Alaskan town called Nightmute, the murder of a teenage girl has shocked the tight-knit community. The Los Angeles Police Department sends two of its cops--both under investigation by Internal Affairs--to try to solve the crime in Christopher Nolan's film based on Erik Skjoldbjaerg's ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 20,680 members
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  • Memento - Blu-ray (2000)
    Starring: Guy Pearce,  Carrie-Anne Moss,  Joe Pantoliano
    Director: Christopher Nolan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    MEMENTO, the second feature by writer-director Christopher Nolan (FOLLOWING), is an intricately constructed film noir that masterfully inverts time to comment on the foggy relationship between memory and truth. MEMENTO tells the story of Leonard Shelby (Guy Pearce), a former insurance investigator ..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 86% from 366 members
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  • Memento on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Guy Pearce,  Carrie-Anne Moss,  Joe Pantoliano
    Director: Christopher Nolan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    MEMENTO, the second feature by writer-director Christopher Nolan (FOLLOWING), is an intricately constructed film noir that masterfully inverts time to comment on the foggy relationship between memory and truth. MEMENTO tells the story of Leonard Shelby (Guy Pearce), a former insurance investigator ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 72,059 members
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  • Following on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Jeremy Theobald,  Alex Haw,  Lucy Russell
    Director: Christopher Nolan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Bill (Jeremy Theobald) is in trouble. He's a writer who, when bored with pounding the keys on his Remington, goes into the streets to follow people. He becomes so obsessed with following them that he has set up rules--like not following them when he discovers where they live or work. Then, one day, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 3,679 members
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Christopher Nolan facts

5 most recent films

The Dark Knight Rises - 4.0 stars
Inception - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Inception - 4.0 stars
The Dark Knight - 4.0 stars
The Dark Knight - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Memento - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars
Batman Begins - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars
The Dark Knight - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The Dark Knight Rises - 4.0 stars
Batman Begins - HD - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Following - 3.0 stars
Insomnia - 3.0 stars
The Prestige - 3.5 stars
Batman Begins - 3.5 stars
Memento - 4.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Michael Caine - 13 times - show films
Christian Bale - 13 times - show films
Morgan Freeman - 9 times - show films
Gary Oldman - 9 times - show films
Ken Watanabe - 7 times - show films