7 Christopher Nolan Movies You Can Stream After You Watch ‘Tenet’

One of Nolan’s most famous and most celebrated films, 2008’s The Dark Knight marks the second film in the director’s Batman trilogy. Featuring Heath Ledger’s posthumous role as The Joker, a role that earned him an Oscar in 2009, The Dark Knight is an action-packed, non-stop thrill ride through Gotham City that’s worth a watch whether it’s your first time or your fifteenth

Where to watch The Dark Knight 

Nolan’s final film, The Dark Knight Rises, brings back Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne, but introduces a new character with Anne Hathaway’s Selina. The 2012 thriller takes place eight years after The Joker’s terrifying rule over the city, and now a new villain, the dark and mysterious Bane (Tom Hardy) has risen to take his place. Batman, still licking his wounds from the aftermath of The Dark Knight, rises again in an effort to save Gotham from a new threat.

Where to watch The Dark Knight Rises 

Dunkirk, Nolan’s war thriller about the Dunkirk evacuation of WWII, follows British and Allied troops trapped on a beach in France and surrounded by German soldiers who are closing in on them. With nowhere to turn, they begin a remarkable evacuation plan that eventually saves hundreds of thousands of soldiers. Featuring Fionn Whitehead, Tom Glynn-Carney, Jack Lowden, Harry Styles, Aneurin Barnard, James D’Arcy, and more, Dunkirk boasts an impressive cast and a compelling true story.

Where to watch Dunkirk

Nolan’s famous 2010 mind-bender is a must-see if you enjoyed Tenet. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Elliot Page, Inception follows a thief (DiCaprio) who uses dream-sharing technology to steal secrets in the corporate world, but is given his most daunting task to date when he’s asked to plant ideas in someone else’s mind. The sci-fi movie was a cultural phenomenon, sweeping awards season and earning four Oscars, including Best Achievement in Visual Effects.

Where to watch Inception

Nolan set his 2014 film Interstellar in the future, when a crop blight and a Dust Bowl are wreaking havoc on human civilization. Hoping to save society before it’s too late, a professor (Michael Caine) hatches a plan to send Earth’s inhabitants to another planet in space using a wormhole. But before he can carry out his plan, he has to test it out, sending NASA pilot Cooper (Matthew McConaughey) and his researchers through the wormhole to see what lies beyond.

Where to watch Interstellar 

Memento, Nolan’s 2000 hit, is a vigilante movie with a twist. When Leonard’s (Guy Pearce) wife is raped and murdered, he sets off on a mission to avenge her death and track down her killer. But his revenge plans are complicated by his memory loss, a rare condition that allows him to remember life before everything changed, but prevents him from recalling details from the past 15 minutes. Using polaroids and tattoos to keep track of where he’s going and what he knows, Leonard tries to crack the case that altered his life forever.

Where to watch Memento 

Following the release of Memento, Nolan crafted Insomnia, another addictive thriller. Al Pacino stars as Will Dormer, a Los Angeles homicide detective who’s been sent to a town in Alaska to help solve the case of a young girl’s murder with the help of his partner. But when he accidentally shoots his partner and the main suspect in the case, a man named Walter Finch, (Robin Williams) sees, he blackmails Will, complicating the investigation and causing Will to crack while local cop Ellie Burr (Hilary Swank) steps in to help.

Where to watch Insomnia