Film 12 / 13 · Directed by Christopher Nolan
Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer (2023)
Oppenheimer is Christopher Nolan's twelfth feature film, a three-hour drama about J. Robert Oppenheimer, the physicist who led the Manhattan Project. It premiered in Paris in July 2023, came close to $1 billion worldwide and won seven Oscars, including Best Picture and Nolan's first for Best Director.
In 1942 the theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer is chosen to run a secret laboratory at Los Alamos, New Mexico, where some of the best scientists of the age race to build the first atomic bomb.
Years later, at a closed security hearing, his past, his friendships and his loyalty are put on trial, while a powerful official with a grudge waits for his own confirmation in the Senate.
Ratings
As of 11 November 2026- IMDb8.2/101.1M votesTop 250 · #139
- Rotten Tomatoes93%Tomatometer · 510 reviewsPopcornmeter 91%
- Metacritic90/100Metascore · 69 reviews
- Letterboxd4.15/5Average rating
- Kinopoisk8.1/10356.5K votes
Editor's score
Lars Ziegler · 6 November 20269.7/ 10Average of seven craft categories, each out of 10.
| Screenplay | 9 |
|---|---|
| Direction | 10 |
| Acting | 10 |
| Cinematography | 10 |
| Sound & music | 10 |
| Editing | 10 |
| Design | 9 |
How the ranking adds up
Total 91.3 / 100Facts
- World premiere
Le Grand Rex, Paris- Release (US, UK)
- Runtime
- 180 min
- Genres
- Drama · History · War
- Based on
- The book American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin
- Studios
- Universal Pictures, Syncopy, Atlas Entertainment
- Distributor
- Universal Pictures
- Budget
- $100 million
- Box office
- $975.8 million worldwide
$330.1 million domestic · $645.7 million international
Incl. re-releases · Box Office Mojo, 11 November 2026
Awards
Wikipedia, 11 November 2026| Ceremony | Won | Nominated |
|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | 7 | 13 |
| BAFTA | 7 | 13 |
| Golden Globes | 5 | 8 |
Academy Awards won
Best Picture · Best Director · Best Actor · Best Supporting Actor · Best Cinematography · Best Film Editing · Best Original Score
BAFTA won
Best Film · Best Direction · Best Actor in a Leading Role · Best Actor in a Supporting Role · Best Cinematography · Best Editing · Best Original Score
Golden Globes won
Best Motion Picture – Drama · Best Director · Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama · Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture · Best Original Score
Also
Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film · Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture · Critics' Choice Award for Best Picture
Cast
Billing order- 01Cillian MurphyJ. Robert Oppenheimer
- 02Emily BluntKitty Oppenheimer
- 03Matt DamonLeslie Groves
- 04Robert Downey Jr.Lewis Strauss
- 05Florence PughJean Tatlock
- 06Josh HartnettErnest Lawrence
- 07Casey AffleckBoris Pash
- 08Rami MalekDavid Hill
- 09Kenneth BranaghNiels Bohr
Key crew
- Director
- Christopher Nolan
- Screenplay
- Christopher Nolan
- Producers
- Emma Thomas, Charles Roven, Christopher Nolan
- Cinematography
- Hoyte van Hoytema
- Editing
- Jennifer Lame
- Music
- Ludwig Göransson
- Production design
- Ruth De Jong
Production notes
- 01
The black-and-white scenes needed film that did not exist yet: Kodak made a 65 mm version of its Double-X black-and-white stock for the first time, and the lab adapted its processing to develop it.
- 02
Nolan has said the Trinity test was recreated with practical effects rather than computer-generated imagery, built by his effects team from gasoline, black powder and magnesium flares.
- 03
At 180 minutes, it is the longest film Nolan has made, seven minutes longer than The Odyssey.