Christopher Nolan’s Favorite Movies: 30 Films the Director Wants You to See

Authored by indiewire.com and submitted by Stonewalled89

From science-fiction classics "Alien" and "Blade Runner 2049" to war epics "Saving Private Ryan" and "The Thin Red Line," here are 30 Nolan-approved movies.

Christopher Nolan has become of the the most celebrated directors working in Hollywood since launching his career in 1998 with the neo-noir crime thriller “Following” and breaking through two years later with “Memento.” All of Nolan’s movies are influenced by the films he holds closest to his heart, whether it’s a 1927 classic from F. W. Murnau laying the groundwork for “Dunkirk” or science-fiction classics like “2001: A Space Odyssey” providing a backbone for “Interstellar.”

With Nolan currently at work on his next feature, the 2020 action epic “Tenet,” IndieWire takes a look at some of the films the writer-director credits with changing his outlook on cinema. Below are 30 titles Nolan encourages moviegoers to watch, and why, in his own words.

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witcher317 on June 13rd, 2019 at 01:57 UTC »

I’m surprised he did not include Heat. Nolan did say his Dark Knight Trilogy was heavily inspired by Heat

Sentrion on June 12nd, 2019 at 23:56 UTC »

The subheadline lists Blade Runner 2049, but Nolan only mentioned the original.

Indy201 on June 12nd, 2019 at 23:42 UTC »

2001: A Space Odyssey

12 Angry Men

Alien

All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

Bad Timing

The Battle of Algiers

Blade Runner

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

First Man

For All Mankind

Foreign Correspondent

Greed

The Hit

Koyaanisqatsi

Lawrence of Arabia

Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence

Metropolis

Mr. Arkadin

The Right Stuff

Saving Private Ryan

The Spy Who Loved Me

Ryan's Daughter

Star Wars (Episode 4)

Street of Crocodiles

Sunrise

Superman: The Movie

The Testament of Dr. Mabuse

The Thin Red Line

Topkapi

The Tree of Life

For the lazy