01 INCEPTION DREAM CATCHER

There’s a pleasing symmetry to the fact that – voted the no. 1 film of the decade by ’s staff and contributors – itself took 10 years to develop. Maybe that’s what’s required to make a film that burrows into your subconscious and can’t be uprooted. Writer/director Christopher Nolan came up with the idea during mornings at college, at the liminal point between sleeping and waking (and breakfast).