Film 07 / 13 · Directed by Christopher Nolan
Christopher Nolan's Inception (2010)
Inception is Christopher Nolan's 2010 science-fiction heist film, written by Nolan alone. Leonardo DiCaprio leads a team that steals secrets from people's dreams and is hired to do the reverse: plant an idea. It took about $840 million worldwide and won four Oscars, all for its craft.
Dom Cobb is a thief who steals secrets from people’s minds while they dream. Wanted at home, he cannot go back to his children.
A powerful businessman offers him a way back. Instead of stealing an idea, Cobb must plant one in the mind of a rival’s heir, and to do it he and his team have to go deeper into a dream than anyone has before.
Ratings
As of 11 November 2026- IMDb8.8/102.9M votesTop 250 · #13
- Rotten Tomatoes86%Tomatometer · 364 reviewsPopcornmeter 91%
- Metacritic74/100Metascore · 42 reviews
- Letterboxd4.24/5Average rating
- Kinopoisk8.7/101.1M votesTop 250 · #14
Editor's score
Lars Ziegler · 6 November 20269.3/ 10Average of seven craft categories, each out of 10.
| Screenplay | 9 |
|---|---|
| Direction | 10 |
| Acting | 8 |
| Cinematography | 10 |
| Sound & music | 10 |
| Editing | 9 |
| Design | 9 |
How the ranking adds up
Total 82.6 / 100Facts
- World premiere
Odeon Leicester Square, London- Release (US, UK)
- Runtime
- 148 min
- Genres
- Action · Science Fiction · Crime
- Studios
- Legendary Pictures, Syncopy
- Distributor
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Budget
- $160 million
- Box office
- $839.8 million worldwide
$292.6 million domestic · $547.2 million international
Incl. re-releases · Box Office Mojo, 11 November 2026
Awards
Wikipedia, 11 November 2026| Ceremony | Won | Nominated |
|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | 4 | 8 |
| BAFTA | 3 | 9 |
| Golden Globes | 0 | 4 |
Academy Awards won
Best Cinematography · Best Sound Editing · Best Sound Mixing · Best Visual Effects
BAFTA won
Best Production Design · Best Sound · Best Special Visual Effects
Also
WGA Award for Best Original Screenplay · ASC Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography · Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form
Cast
Billing order- 01Leonardo DiCaprioDom Cobb
- 02Ken WatanabeSaito
- 03Joseph Gordon-LevittArthur
- 04Marion CotillardMal Cobb
- 05Elliot PageAriadne
- 06Tom HardyEames
- 07Cillian MurphyRobert Fischer
- 08Tom BerengerPeter Browning
- 09Michael CaineStephen Miles
Key crew
- Director
- Christopher Nolan
- Screenplay
- Christopher Nolan
- Producers
- Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan
- Cinematography
- Wally Pfister
- Editing
- Lee Smith
- Music
- Hans Zimmer
- Production design
- Guy Hendrix Dyas
Production notes
- 01
Nolan first pitched the idea to Warner Bros. in the early 2000s, then waited until he had more experience with big productions.
- 02
The rotating hotel corridor was a real set, built inside the Cardington airship hangar and turned by motors while Joseph Gordon-Levitt fought in it.
- 03
Hans Zimmer built the score's heavy brass motif from Édith Piaf's "Non, je ne regrette rien", the song the team uses as a signal.