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ProdigyLightshow Apr 2, 2026 +347

This is the first movie I can remember that gave me that “mind blown” feeling. Such a good movie

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noveler7 Apr 2, 2026 +60

It was perfect timing for me and my friends, and I think a lot of other highschoolers at the time. I had just started intentionally watching great films by great directors (Kubrick, Coppola, Scorsese, Mann) and movies with great twists (Seven, The Sixth Sense, Psycho, The Usual Suspects, Planet of the Apes, Fight Club, Primal Fear) when I discovered Memento the year it came out. It blew me away and sent me off on a hunt for more indie films (Primer, Donnie Darko, Brick, Half-Nelson), many of which are still some of my favorite movies. It was my favorite movie for a long time, and though he's made better movies since and others have stood the test of time a little better, this one will always be a special film for me. It's also the best instance when the "character tries to explain everything in the last scene" trope sort of works because you don't really know if he's telling the truth or not.

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Stereo-soundS Apr 3, 2026 +8

Shoutout to Primer. I'm certain most people reading this haven't watched it.

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duffcalifornia Apr 3, 2026 +12

I still love XKCD’s [timeline plot](https://xkcd.com/657/) for Primer so much

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Stereo-soundS Apr 3, 2026 +6

Mark that as spoilers.

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NbdySpcl_00 Apr 3, 2026 +1

That's ok. We'll just use the failsafe box and have made them watched it already soon.

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tritisan Apr 3, 2026 +1

I have. Maybe best time travel flick ever made.

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Stereo-soundS Apr 3, 2026 +1

Watch the show Dark on Netflix. Only media that even compares imo. Edit - and just watch it in German and deal with the subtitles, way better than the english overdubs

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MassiveRepublic9565 Apr 3, 2026 +1

Dark was fantastic!

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MassiveRepublic9565 Apr 3, 2026 +1

Seen it but boy was it confusing!

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eleven_eighteen Apr 3, 2026 +1

> Mann Nothing at all to do with the post but I just re-watched Manhunter last night after not seeing it in absolutely forever (I'm an old man compared to many on here, a bit young to have seen it in theaters but it likely wasn't too many years later) and simply have to mention it. Hopefully this comment inspires some people to watch it for the first time! The >!late Tom Noonan!< is utterly creepy.

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YonYonsonWI Apr 3, 2026 +1

Saaaame!!!

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I_am_so_lost_hello Apr 2, 2026 -5

Barely related but the twist in the Usual Suspects sucks ass IMO

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noveler7 Apr 3, 2026 -1

I agree actually, and always thought it was overrated, but it's one of those 'gotta watch it for the twist' movies that my friends and I watched.

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I_am_so_lost_hello Apr 3, 2026 -2

The twist is the movie but the rest of the movie doesn’t foreshadow the twist at all and it essentially makes the rest of the movie irrelevant once you find out.

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dern_the_hermit Apr 3, 2026 +1

Eh, the movie foreshadows that there's a mystery over a character's identity and IMO that's more than enough. Sure, it *also* includes a red herring but the core through-line of the plot is explicitly about some mystery dude's real identity.

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noveler7 Apr 3, 2026 +1

Yup, it's not good.

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partytown_usa Apr 3, 2026 +1

No, it's an amazing film.

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Empyrealist Apr 2, 2026 +16

I remember watching it for the first time late at night, after my gf had gone to bed. Then it got to that first significant reveal, and I ran into the bedroom and frantically woke her up to talk about it (she had already seen it)

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Significant-Self5907 Apr 3, 2026 +11

And introduced us to Guy Pierce, who continues to blow me away with his acting.

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BobCFC Apr 3, 2026 +7

L.A. Confidential!

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tritisan Apr 3, 2026 +1

Priscilla Queen of the Dessert!

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RobertIsAPlant Apr 3, 2026 +1

Neighbours!

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zsynqx Apr 3, 2026 +1

Such a tragedy that someone at WB didn't like Pierce, which prevented Nolan from casting him in future projects. I could imagine a world where he became a Nolan regular like Cillian, Bale or Hardy.

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Agent9262 Apr 3, 2026 +4

I worked at Blockbuster at the time and had to immediately drive to go talk about it with my movie loving coworkers after seeing it at the indy theater. I did the same with the Matrix.

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uncultured_swine2099 Apr 3, 2026 +1

I wonder why Nolan hasnt worked with Guy Pierce again. This is one of the best performances in a Nolan movie, and Pierce seems like he could play a number of roles in Nolans other films.

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LS_DJ Apr 3, 2026 +2

100%. I remember watching this movie countless times with my buddies in middle school and just being blown away

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Kadlekins_At_Work Apr 2, 2026 +68

I just watched this movie for the first time in my 35 years a few weeks ago and was blown away - had no clue how it was going to end or where it was going which is pretty rare these days. As much as I thought script and acting was incredible, I have to give a ton of credit to the editor for being able to piece this movie together, it must have been quite a task to have a story being told backwards to work, including the pacing and thrown in black and white scenes here and there, overall just a really fascinating film.

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rock-paper-gun Apr 2, 2026 +28

When it first came out, my room mate had it on blue ray. We watched it and were blown away. Talked about it for an hour then watched it again backwards...that is, roomie loaded up the last scene and we watched it, then loaded up 2nd to last scene etc etc. We watched the whole thing that way. Mind. Fuckin. Blown. It holds together whichever way you watch it. The editing is superb.

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Anderz Apr 2, 2026 +13

I'm pretty sure this movie only came out on Bluray over a decade after the movie was released. Unless you mean when the Bluray first came out?

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rock-paper-gun Apr 3, 2026 +10

My college years are a bit fuzzy at times lol. I called my old roommate. He says what I remember is the limited edition 2 disc dvd. He bought it the minute it came out. It came in a heavy, cardboard "medical file" folder held together with a rubber band, containing polaroids and "case notes." Like others have mentioned, he had to complete a puzzle in order to watch the movie in reverse order.

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Anderz Apr 3, 2026 +10

Yes, I have that DVD too. It's amazing. But it's not bluray, just good ol' DVD!

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random__123456789 Apr 3, 2026 +3

lol, got the same one too. Probably missing some pages now though.

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Kadlekins_At_Work Apr 2, 2026 +2

I've been curious to rewatch it the way you guys did the 2nd time, I was hoping to maybe find a YouTube version or something but haven't gotten around to looking, will definitely need to check it out for sure.

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[deleted] Apr 2, 2026 +10

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Jaymesned Apr 2, 2026 +10

There was definitely a way to watch the movie in chronological order on the DVD, but it's an Easter egg and you have to do a puzzle to get to it.

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Kadlekins_At_Work Apr 2, 2026 +1

I'll go sailing - thanks for the advice!

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niceguy191 Apr 3, 2026 +1

On my DVD there's an Easter egg where you can watch the movie in chronological order.

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ulysses_s_gyatt Apr 3, 2026 +1

Bluray didn’t exist when this movie came out

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the_joy_of_VI Apr 3, 2026 +6

The b&w scenes were in the past, and the color scenes were moving forward in time. There is a scene of him shaking a Polaroid that starts in b&w and slowly turns to color, signifying that the timeline/flashback has converged

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HubrisSnifferBot Apr 2, 2026 +66

I watched this at the theatre after smoking too much weed. I still laugh at how hard I was working to follow the plot.

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Toby_O_Notoby Apr 2, 2026 +14

Brockmire's take on this: ["Why does every story have to be a goddamn math problem?!"](https://youtu.be/ZJikXtkPxAs?t=4)

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goog1e Apr 3, 2026 +11

Why not see Nolan himself explain how simple it is? (Joking) https://youtu.be/t8PvafC9zFs?si=4M-L8fcty3Ynva2t

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dtwhitecp Apr 3, 2026 +2

Tawny!

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internetonsetadd Apr 3, 2026 +1

I saw it on a first date. At some point we stopped making out to get back to the movie, it was that good.

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YouShouldNotComment Apr 3, 2026 +1

I watched this stuck in a k-hole on the couch at my friend’s house after he had intentionally put me in said hole. He had ultimately gotten bored when I was totally non-interactive and decided to put on a movie. I had not seen or heard of the film before this and the friend got the Limited Edition version when it was released earlier that week.

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ron-darousey Apr 2, 2026 +53

Not sure if this is a hot or cold take (or neither), but this has always been my favorite Nolan

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staedtler2018 Apr 2, 2026 +27

It shouldn't be a hot take. It was a huge critical success and cult hit when it came out.

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Toxyoi Apr 2, 2026 +10

no argument here. it's my favorite movie, period.

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Anderz Apr 2, 2026 +3

With you on this. It's a masterpiece. My love of cinema as a craft started with this film.

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Buffaluffasaurus Apr 2, 2026 +30

Same. Honestly feels like it’s his only film where the time/structure thing isn’t a gimmick and is actually essential to the plot, character and overall story.

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I_am_so_lost_hello Apr 2, 2026 +10

The time element of Intersrellar is heavily relevant to the story and the characters

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Buffaluffasaurus Apr 2, 2026 +9

I won’t argue that it’s not, but I think I’m one of the few people who absolutely hates the reveal at the end of Interstellar and finds it so reductive how it boils down a story that is ultimately about the survival and future of the human race to a time-ghost dad pushing books off a shelf to say hi to his daughter.

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I_am_so_lost_hello Apr 2, 2026 +4

You're not one of the few people who hates the ending I see that all the time. I don't understand it though, the point was their singular, normal relationship (the love between a dad and a daughter) is emblematic of humanities drive to push forward and is what ultimately saves them.

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Buffaluffasaurus Apr 3, 2026 +5

I don’t mind the broad thesis, but I think the implementation is really bad. Especially considering there were a few other grand sci-fi films around the same time that dealt with the family themes so much better, like Arrival or Ad Astra.

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FrameworkisDigimon Apr 3, 2026 +1

Arrival is: * tediously slow * incredibly stupid * thinks it's incredibly clever * has absolutely no consciousness of how monstrous its protagonist is So, that'll be a no from me. **Especially** if you're recommending it to people for the theme of "family". What else do you consider a discourse on the meaning of familial love, Gone Girl? I haven't seen Ad Astra.

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dern_the_hermit Apr 3, 2026 +1

To me the time element did an excellent job highlighting how unintuitive interstellar travel would be to our human sensibilities. Sure, they exaggerated it with black holes and tesseracts and such, but the issue of "a father can leave and come back younger than his kid" is plenty mindfuckish even if you ignore the more fantastic elements of the story.

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Buffaluffasaurus Apr 3, 2026 +1

To me, by far the most interesting parts of the film are the hard science bits. And I honestly think they’re the only bits that really interest Nolan too. The problem for me with basically all of his movies is I don’t think he really cares about characters, and certainly doesn’t really write or create them in a terribly believable way. And yet he’s trying really hard in Interstellar to graft onto a hard sci-fi premise this kind of heart-rending family drama, and I personally just don’t think it works. The whole premise and build up of the film is so cosmic in scope, with sweeping consequences for the human race. And then I think it just kind of abandons all that because a guy feels bad about his daughter (not so much his son, evidently). I dunno, every time I’ve seen it, I find the first third too overlong and drawn out, the second third quite compelling, and the final third kinda laughable.

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ulysses_s_gyatt Apr 3, 2026 +1

Actually the movie is mostly about love.

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artgriego Apr 2, 2026 +3

Check out Following! I'd say the same things about it.

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Buffaluffasaurus Apr 2, 2026 +3

Funnily enough, Following is my second favourite of his films.

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NoveskeTiger Apr 2, 2026 +9

It's his best movie and it's not really close

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SpicyCommenter Apr 2, 2026 -4

Hard disagree. I would say it's one of his tops, but Inception is really a masterpiece. Momento seems a bit sophomoric, because it's very creative in its script, but it doesn't give him full access to a big budget.

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Forward-Cat6083 Apr 2, 2026 +11

How would a big budget have made the film better?

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HappyWithBattlefront Apr 3, 2026 +1

Inception was alright. 7 or 8/10. Memento and the Prestige are his best

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wesgtp Apr 3, 2026 +1

I'd put Inception dead in the middle of ranking his films and Memento at or near the top, personally.

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henry_tbags Apr 3, 2026 +1

The Prestige and Interstellar clear. Dunkirk is probably also better

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KennyShowers Apr 2, 2026 +2

It’s also my favorite and I think a big reason why is that it has the high-concept twisty premise, but with a couple exceptions doesn’t feel as constantly exposition heavy. You get the conceit right away, and just knowing that foundation leads you through a big chunk of the events. I enjoy all his movies even Tenet, but you more often have regularly intervaled long stretches of explaining the plot.

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CurrentElk4295 Apr 3, 2026 +1

It's the correct take for me. It's his best film.

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blind3rdeye Apr 2, 2026 -3

hot take is when the opinion is freshly formed. cold take is when you've thought about it for a long time. This movie is 25 years old, and so if it has always been your favorite, then that's a cold take for sure.

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KennyShowers Apr 3, 2026 +1

I mean TDK came out what like 20 years ago? And it’s been seen as an all-time medium-defining classic the whole time. Ever since then having Memento as your favorite Nolan would’ve been a minority opinion. And now you’ll have people who can say Interstellar, Inception, I bet plenty have The Prestige or Dunkirk. It’s a take I agree with but I doubt it’d be a top 3 answer for the general public consensus.

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blind3rdeye Apr 3, 2026 +1

I'm not trying to say which movie is the best or whatever. I'm just saying what my understanding of a "hot take" is. The person said it has been their favourite for a long time. So it is not a hot take.

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KennyShowers Apr 3, 2026 +5

A hot take just means an unpopular or controversial opinion. It’s not the most unpopular or controversial opinion somebody could have, but it’s far from the consensus.

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blind3rdeye Apr 3, 2026 +6

So are you saying that my description of a hot take is in fact a hot take?

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bag_of_luck Apr 2, 2026 -1

One of my favorite movies for sure however for Nolan I think he refined his time-craft so to speak and I’d rank inception as my favorite of his. Have yet to see dunkirk or following. Edit: to address the other comment in this thread, I personally feel there’s a big difference between the way one man perceives time (memento) and the way groups of people + a sci fi technology “adjusts” time (inception/tenant). Fine line between gimmick and plot device.

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ChiefLeef22 Apr 2, 2026 +55

Still one of the [funniest scenes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-6_iKBfDAA) in any Nolan movie

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riegspsych325 Apr 2, 2026 +17

I doubt he’ll ever do it but I’d love to see what he’d do with an all out comedy. The guy loves MacGruber and Talladega Nights and apparently quotes them all the time, Edgar Wright says he’s a big nerd about the genre

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ChiefLeef22 Apr 2, 2026 +9

People like to call stuff like The Odyssey (or Oppenheimer before it) a "risk/challenge" but I firmly believe that's the comedy genre for him. If he could nail that, he could basically do any genre perfectly in my eyes

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riegspsych325 Apr 2, 2026 +6

yeah, Odyssey is definitely his most (first?) “against type” for the director. I’m really curious to see how he pulls that one off And finally, a Matt Damon movie where he gets his ass back home *himself*

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Alive_Ice7937 Apr 2, 2026 +3

IIRC he said in interview that it's a genre he'd never attempt because it's too daunting a challenge.

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[deleted] Apr 2, 2026 +1

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Alive_Ice7937 Apr 2, 2026 +1

Did Kubrick ever say he'd never make one?

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riegspsych325 Apr 2, 2026 +1

I think I’m recalling that now myself, would still love to see him try

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Rayzax99 Apr 2, 2026 +18

Also, "I don't FEEL drunk.."

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jerpyderpy Apr 2, 2026 +17

can't click links atm but i hope it's the "oh, i'm chasing this guy" part

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FrescoItaliano Apr 2, 2026 +10

Related, it’s Guy saying “what the f***” I believe in a segment that follows it (figure out what that means lol)

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MattyKatty Apr 3, 2026 +1

No... he's chasing me..

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KennyShowers Apr 3, 2026 +3

If you’re counting intentional comedy, that list is very very short. I like all his movies but holy shit they have no sense of humor.

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Growly150 Apr 3, 2026 +1

You must learn to dream a little bigger, darling.

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circio Apr 2, 2026 +42

First time watching this was real late at night, and I kept falling asleep for a minute or so, which made this movie even harder to follow. Rewatched the next day, and rewatched again recently, and it’s still pretty good! It’s fairly straightforward once you do know the plot, but it’s still pretty enjoyable. Performances are solid, and this really shows one of Nolan’s best qualities, where the ending always leaves some forward momentum that makes you want to talk about it

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you-create-energy Apr 2, 2026 +8

What about this plot is straightforward? It has a wild number of layers to it.

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MooPig48 Apr 2, 2026 +2

Play it backwards! That’s what lots of us did when it came out on vhs

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the_joy_of_VI Apr 3, 2026 +4

Are you sure you aren’t thinking of the DVD? It would be immensely hard to watch it backwards on vhs

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you-create-energy Apr 3, 2026

Yes I've watched the DVD version that puts everything in chronological order. Very helpful! But unraveling all the mysteries still takes some fairly rigorous analysis

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Forward-Cat6083 Apr 2, 2026 +4

Yeah, I agree. It’s only “straightforward” if you accept the dirty cop’s story at face value. But he’s a weasel. He’s the definition of an unreliable narrator. His explanation makes sense, but just like the protagonist, we can’t be sure.

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ulysses_s_gyatt Apr 3, 2026 +6

I don’t think the movie gives enough of a reason not to accept Joey Pants’s version of events.

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Forward-Cat6083 Apr 3, 2026 +3

Other than the fact that he is lying through the whole movie?

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circio Apr 3, 2026 +2

He has no reason to lie to Gus Ritchie at that point in the film. He knows he’ll forget what he says to him

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you-create-energy Apr 3, 2026

Leonard was about to kill him. That's why the cop (John G) started spinning lies to make Leonard doubt himself, get him uncertain and distracted so he would forget he intended to kill John, and why. John knew how to handle him because they had been through all that multiple times before.

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you-create-energy Apr 3, 2026 +1

John G's version of events is clearly fabricated based on the simple fact that Leonard wouldn't have killed his wife with insulin shots before his brain was injured, and if he did it after his brain was injured he would have no memory of doing it. That whole story he told about Sammy had to have happened before Leonard got amnesia or he wouldn't be able to tell it. There are several other clear contradictions but that is the biggest one.

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you-create-energy Apr 3, 2026

The cop's (John G) version of events is that Leonard had the accident that damaged his brain, then killed his wife with insulin shots, and yet Leonard remembers doing all that with such crystal clarity that he projects the whole story onto someone else. If Leonard killed his wife after the accident, he wouldn't remember doing it. And he wouldn't kill his wife before the accident because he didn't have any memory problems before then. Leonard isn't faking a memory problem. He puts his life in danger many times and kills people because he truly believes they killed his wife. And Leonard would know if his wife was diabetic. Plus John G lies the entire movie but we are so conditioned by media to expect a twist ending that most people accept what he says at face value without really thinking about it. Nolan intentionally exploited that. It's so well done. Edit: Pointing this out hurt people's feelings? Weird. I welcome any rebuttal anyone could formulate. I guess downvoting is easier than thinking it through.

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maxkmiller Apr 3, 2026 +1

not really? it's just told in reverse. which doesn't detract from how great it is, but it's not super complex or anything

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you-create-energy Apr 3, 2026 +1

Let me guess. You think Teddy's explanation at the end was correct. Or rather, John G's manipulative lies told in the middle of the sequence of events depicted, which moves alternately forwards and backwards in time.

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MooPig48 Apr 2, 2026 +3

We had VCRs still back then. Lots of people were playing it last scene to first to better understand it. It was so unique and fun

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justacaucasian Apr 2, 2026 +5

I tried watching this movie on like 4 different occasions late at night. My god this movie is like ambien, puts you right to sleep. BUT on a watch where I’m not so zonked out? Amazing. Fantastic. What a weird yet amazing way to write a story

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circio Apr 2, 2026 +3

Oh I can see that. Every part of the film is setting up the scene you just watched, so it can feel really mellow since the pay off just happened lol

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justacaucasian Apr 2, 2026 +3

It was a very confusing structure even for it's time, but yeah the whole thing as a whole was such a treat. Such an anxiety inducing movie because you kinda know he's getting fucked around, but you don't really know how, but you kinda do?

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Earthpig_Johnson Apr 2, 2026 +12

I had never seen this before buying the special edition DVD when I was 17. Fired it up when I came home stoned around 1 or 2 am. The menu alone tripped me the f*** out. Beyond that, great movie, too.

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deecee_ Apr 2, 2026 +2

Did you find the easter egg on the menu screen? 🤯 no spoilers. Its the only aspect I miss from doovd

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Earthpig_Johnson Apr 2, 2026 +1

Mmmaybe? I remember being totally confused by the listed words. It’s been a long time since then.

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the_vince_horror Apr 2, 2026 +10

Memento didn't begin "his obsession with time". His first feature, Following, also had a non-linear format.

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FranknStein7 Apr 2, 2026 +8

Probably Nolan's best film. One of the best endings of any film ever IMO. I hope we get a UHD blu-ray release; it's been rumored.

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you-create-energy Apr 3, 2026 +1

I absolutely agree. And one of the few films to do accurately describe and depict a severe medical condition.

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DataDude00 Apr 3, 2026 +8

Remember Sammy Jankis

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ImpressionFeisty8359 Apr 3, 2026 +5

Guy Pearce should have been a bigger star.

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CB2001 Apr 2, 2026 +10

BTW, for those who don’t get the timeline: think of it as a U-shaped timeline. One side is black and white moving forward in time, the other side is in color, moving in backwards in time. The moment it goes from black and white to color is the bottom of the U. I hope some find that helpful.

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joey_joe_jo_shabadoo Apr 3, 2026 +5

That has to be the most confusing way of describing timelines I've ever heard

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CB2001 Apr 3, 2026 +2

Not really. The first black and white scene is the start of one side of the U while the first color scene is the start of the other side of the U. And it flop-flops between each side of the U until it meets in the middle. Not really that confusing.

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Hellpy Apr 3, 2026 +2

And white n black is before color but that transition is pretty clear

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hockenduke Apr 2, 2026 +3

I’ve just started watching my neo-noir watchlist. This will be a great addition…

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DesertViper Apr 2, 2026 +3

IIRC There's a special DVD version where you can watch the movie in chronological order after you do a bunch of intricate steps within the DVD menu.

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funky_bebop Apr 2, 2026 +3

Still his best film!

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The7footr Apr 2, 2026 +3

I was so high when I saw it. Watched it twice and still had no clue what was happening…really need to watch it again (now 15 years sober)

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MsNatCat Apr 2, 2026 +3

The Nolan that made Memento and Following has been drowned in a vat of money. He is simply no more.

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Zealousideal_Dog3430 Apr 3, 2026 +3

Steven Soderbergh has a great story about how he saw this at a Festival and was blown away and jealous, and then when he realized no studio wanted to buy it and distribute it he lost a lot of faith in the studio system.

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Revan256 Apr 3, 2026 +3

Haven't heard of it. Do you mean Finding Dory?

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TableMindless3575 Apr 2, 2026 +4

such a mind-bending film, it still gets me every time. happy 25th to a classic that changed the game for storytelling!

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Relative-Freedom-295 Apr 2, 2026 +4

I forgot about this one.

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Rufus_XSarsaparilla Apr 2, 2026 +4

I forgot this movie...what's about?

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The_Kadeshi Apr 2, 2026 +9

I’m chasing this guy. BLAM Nope he’s chasing me

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dbrodbeck Apr 2, 2026 +2

This is the movie that actually gets how amnesia works (or at least how it works that vast majority of the time). I'm a psych prof, I teach memory, and this is brought up as an example by me, if not the students. That said, a student did a media critique of the film for my class and it was great. The fact that the difference between long term and short term memory, and between episodic and semantic memory is well understood in the movie and it makes me happy.

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chrishouse83 Apr 2, 2026 +2

I first became interested in this movie when I saw Ebert and Roeper review it on their show. It finally came to our local theater, I saw it there, and it instantly became one of my favorite movies. I was obsessed with it. It's still my favorite Nolan movie.

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peritonlogon Apr 2, 2026 +2

"I'm chasing someone."

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SlavaRapTarantino Apr 2, 2026 +2

Hoping for a 4k bluray one of these days

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Bladerunners22 Apr 3, 2026 +2

You can be my John g

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Harry_L3mons Apr 3, 2026 +2

It’s his brother Jonathan that is the amazing writer. The guy builds such a good story and then you have someone as visual as Christopher bring it to life is epic. It’s Joel and Ethan level of synchronization.

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christien Apr 2, 2026 +2

this is one of my all-time favorites.

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CaptainKino360 Apr 2, 2026 +1

Not a big Nolan dude, didn't know he had a thing with time - Is he like a real "I have to be done at 5:40 right now, no time, muh kidz" kind of guy or what?

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TerryGranules Apr 2, 2026 +1

I remember where I was when I first saw it. Yep, remember it well. Good movie.

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phaserlasertaserkat Apr 3, 2026 +1

At this point I just want Nolan to remake Time After Time

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donnascro123 Apr 3, 2026 +1

Still in my Top Ten.

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Agile_Lie9502 Apr 3, 2026 +1

Shits a classic

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Mark-Leyner Apr 3, 2026 +1

Always get a receipt!

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LastCookie3448 Apr 3, 2026 +1

Such a good movie, behind the camera, in front of the lens, all of it was done so well.

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felixheaven Apr 3, 2026 +1

I swear this movie hit different when I first saw it as a teen. I was so used to straightforward plots that the reverse timeline completely blew my mind, and I spent hours rewinding and re-watching just to piece everything together. It’s still the gold standard for mind-bending thrillers, no cap.

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Dorian822 Apr 3, 2026 +1

I saw this movie in 2001 not long after getting a TBI as a passenger in a car accident. It was a near fatal accident for me, everyone else walked away. It was the first time I had felt seen following my accident, because, like Leonard, my physical wounds healed but the invisible wounds never went away. You really do learn to just try to meet the expectation people have of you while struggling with your injuries on the inside.

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Dependent-You-4471 Apr 3, 2026 +1

I’m usually really good at remember most if not all details or films I watch. But due tot the way Memento unfolds, I always find myself feeling like I’m watching it for the first time again. It does such a good job of making it feel like you think and experience time the way Leonard does

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Accidental_Ballyhoo Apr 3, 2026 +1

AWAKE.

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Shellibrini710 Apr 3, 2026 +1

My favourite movie, such an incredible film My family still teases my father who always struggled to follow even the simplest of films. He was so confused in the final scenes and asked "Who's Teddy?" Quite ironic considering the topic of the film and the fact that this character was introduced at least 3 times

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BeyondPositive1431 Apr 3, 2026 +1

I’m Jelly!

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Ok-Alarm7257 Apr 3, 2026 +1

This movie took many rewatches for me to catch what was going on

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cyanide4suicide Apr 3, 2026 +1

The Nolan brothers are GOATed. Christopher Nolan is the GOAT

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Existing-Industry-31 Apr 3, 2026 +1

His best film

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Famous_Abrocoma_1335 Apr 3, 2026 +1

What the article gets right is that Memento isn't just a trick film. The structure mirrors Leonard's condition so precisely that you experience the same disorientation he does. Most directors would have explained that in an interview. Nolan just built it into the architecture and let you figure it out. The Cobb parallel is the most underrated connection in his filmography. Both men choose a comfortable lie over an unbearable truth and the film refuses to judge them for it.

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aldoktor Apr 3, 2026 +1

Great movie to go in blind. Have I told you this before? Only every time I see you Johnny.

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AbyssalKultist Apr 3, 2026 +1

>OK, so what am I doing? >Oh, I'm chasing this guy. >No... he's chasing me. I love this movie.

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deecee_ Apr 2, 2026

Menu screen hidden easter Egg opens a new can of worms. Timings gotta be juuust right

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clmoore1 Apr 3, 2026

Loved the movie, but could only watch once.

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BlackBricklyBear Apr 3, 2026

I'll admit that this was a seminal film for Christopher Nolan, but I don't like how >!inconclusive the ending was. What exactly happens to the protagonist after the opening shot is finished?!<

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MattyKatty Apr 3, 2026 +1

Leonard closes his eyes and the world just disappears

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WardenEdgewise Apr 2, 2026 -12

After a while I just got pissed off. Come on! I don’t want to work that f****** hard trying to figure out what the f*** is going on. Ok, I get it! You can make a convoluted story that jumps back and forth on a timeline. Great. Now go make a movie that’s enjoyable to watch.

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nicless Apr 2, 2026 +8

Not every movie is for everyone, sounds like this one was solidly in the "not for you" camp.

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UmberJamber Apr 2, 2026 +5

I found it really enjoyable to watch. To each their own, I guess

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