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Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk (2017)
Dunkirk is Christopher Nolan's 2017 film about the evacuation of Allied soldiers from the beaches of Dunkirk in 1940. Told from land, sea and air, with very little dialogue, it is his shortest film since Following. It earned eight Oscar nominations and won three, for editing and sound.
In May 1940, around 400,000 British and Allied soldiers are trapped on the beaches of Dunkirk, surrounded by the German army.
The film follows three stories at once: a young soldier trying to get off the beach in a week, a civilian sailing his small boat across the Channel in a day, and a Spitfire pilot with an hour of fuel left.
Ratings
As of 11 November 2026- IMDb7.8/10833K votes
- Rotten Tomatoes92%Tomatometer · 469 reviewsPopcornmeter 81%
- Metacritic94/100Metascore · 53 reviews
- Letterboxd3.77/5Average rating
- Kinopoisk7.3/10215.4K votes
Editor's score
Lars Ziegler · 6 November 20268.9/ 10Average of seven craft categories, each out of 10.
| Screenplay | 7 |
|---|---|
| Direction | 10 |
| Acting | 7 |
| Cinematography | 10 |
| Sound & music | 10 |
| Editing | 10 |
| Design | 8 |
How the ranking adds up
Total 80.7 / 100Facts
- World premiere
Odeon Leicester Square, London- Release (UK, US)
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Genres
- War · Action · History
- Studios
- Syncopy, RatPac-Dune Entertainment
- Distributor
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Budget
- $100 million
- Box office
- $550 million worldwide
$189.7 million domestic · $360.2 million international
Incl. re-releases · Box Office Mojo, 11 November 2026
Awards
Wikipedia, 11 November 2026| Ceremony | Won | Nominated |
|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | 3 | 8 |
| BAFTA | 1 | 8 |
| Golden Globes | 0 | 3 |
Academy Awards won
Best Film Editing · Best Sound Editing · Best Sound Mixing
BAFTA won
Best Sound
Also
Critics' Choice Award for Best Editing
Cast
Billing order- 01Fionn WhiteheadTommy
- 02Tom Glynn-CarneyPeter
- 03Jack LowdenCollins
- 04Harry StylesAlex
- 05Aneurin BarnardGibson
- 06James D'ArcyColonel Winnant
- 07Barry KeoghanGeorge
- 08Kenneth BranaghCommander Bolton
- 09Cillian MurphyShivering Soldier
- 10Mark RylanceMr. Dawson
- 11Tom HardyFarrier
Key crew
- Director
- Christopher Nolan
- Screenplay
- Christopher Nolan
- Producers
- Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan
- Cinematography
- Hoyte van Hoytema
- Editing
- Lee Smith
- Music
- Hans Zimmer
- Production design
- Nathan Crowley
Production notes
- 01
Large parts of the film were shot on the beach at Dunkirk itself, where the soldiers waited to be rescued in 1940.
- 02
The dogfights were flown with real, restored Spitfires rather than computer-generated planes.
- 03
It was Harry Styles' first film role.