Overview
- Business Insider published a worst-to-best ranking of Nolan’s films that places Memento at number one and Inception at number two.
- The Dark Knight ranks third on the list and is singled out for Heath Ledger’s performance and its influence on superhero cinema.
- Oppenheimer appears at number six with the piece noting it earned Nolan a Best Director Oscar and the film won Best Picture.
- The Odyssey, Nolan’s 2026 adaptation starring Matt Damon, is ranked eighth and described as an ambitious theatrical and IMAX‑centered spectacle.
- The article frames these placements as an interpretive reassessment of Nolan’s arc from low‑budget experiments to awards‑stage prestige and large‑format spectacle, and the ranking remains subjective rather than a consensus view.