Inception (2010)
Directed by Christopher Nolan · 148 min · Action, Science Fiction, Crime
95.1 TOPICAL score · #29 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious.
Inception (2010, directed by Christopher Nolan) has a TOPICAL score of 95.1 - one of the 100 best movies of all time by TOPICAL's score. It scores highest on audience and historical impact, and lowest on legacy & cult status. It won 7 awards from 11 nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Cinematography. Critics: 87% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.1/10 critics' average · Metacritic 74. Audiences: TMDB 8.4/10 (40,427 ratings) · IMDb 8.8/10. Wikipedia covers it in 97 languages, and the Library of Congress chose it for the National Film Registry.
Why this score
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- Critics87% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.1/10 critics' average · Metacritic 74
- AudienceTMDB 8.4/10 (40,427 ratings) · IMDb 8.8/10
- Awards7 wins, 11 nominations - incl. Academy Award for Best Cinematography; Academy Award for Best Sound Editing; Academy Award for Best Sound
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 97 languages · National Film Registry
- Still read270,121 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio (actor #5), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (actor #396), Ken Watanabe (actor #339), Tom Hardy (actor #175)
“Richard Roeper, also of the Sun-Times, gave Inception an "A+" score and called it "one of the best movies of the [21st] century."”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 8/10