Our favourite Christopher Nolan films, ranked, from Memento to Oppenheimer

Ranking Christopher Nolan films is like being asked to pick out a favourite holiday destination from Greece, Italy or France: essentially, an endlessly delightful task.

There are Nolan’s earlier works – thought-provoking, challenging thrillers. There are the Batman blockbusters – his biggest earners. And then there are his genre-bending sci-fi films, which often include time travel, alternative universes and intense characters. Nearly all are superb, so further classification takes real nitpicking.

Nevertheless, given that Nolan’s most recent film, , is in the running for 13 Oscars (including Best Picture and Best Director), and given that the biopics big winner (picking up seven trophies), there’s never been a better time to take a closer look at the British director’s excellent films. Here we rank six of our favourites, in ascending order.