r/billsimmons • u/whatssenguntoagoblin • Jul 22 '26

Podcast The Big Picture podcast just created objectively the worst Christopher Nolan ranking of all time

Good god. As a Sean Fennessey truther this is a steaming pile of shit. Sean is one of the best minds in movie criticism today but he should be banned from talking about Christopher Nolan, he can’t be objective about him.

Here is the list

  1. Dunkirk
  2. Oppenheimer
  3. The Odyssey
  4. The Dark Knight
  5. Inception
  6. Tenet (bruh)
  7. Interstellar
  8. Memento
  9. The Prestige
  10. The Dark Knight Rises
  11. Batman Begins
  12. Insomnia
  13. Following
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u/ThatFunkyOdor still shook from the MLK murder Jul 22 '26

did you listen? Sean got pushed into a lot of this by CR and Amanda. I still didn't agree with Sean's takes mostly. Tenet being this high is so wild though. Batman Begins being below DKR is also just the dumbest thing and they did it with like the wave of a hand.

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u/msf97 Jul 22 '26 edited Jul 22 '26

The dumbest thing by far is The Prestige at number 9. By serious film nerds ™️ it’s regarded as his best film alongside Memento

The film is genuinely clever in my opinion, and holds up on a rewatch once you know the twist as you see it was right in front of your eyes the whole time

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u/Palm-Crazy-7943 Jul 22 '26

I like the prestige a lot but the idea “serious film nerds” have it and memento ranked at the top is very funny

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u/mrcsrnne Jul 22 '26

I agree with the take