Christopher Nolan is truly one of the most visionary filmmakers working in Hollywood right now. Rarely does a director command high budgets, and final-cut privileges, and pull a huge star cast even for smaller roles. However, Nolan has managed to make conceptually intimate yet grand-scale films that have earned blockbuster numbers.

The filmmaker broke into the scene with his black-and-white indie thriller Following, which earned him a reputation at film festivals. However, it was his sophomore effort, Memento, which made him a force to be reckoned with. He was nominated for an original screenplay Oscar for his reverse-screenplay format and the film put him on the map.

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Nolan went on to make The Dark Knight Trilogy and other large-scale blockbusters like Interstellar, Inception, and more recently Oppenheimer, which won him the Oscar for Best Director. However, one film of his has nested itself in the corner...