{"id":703310,"date":"2026-07-21T12:08:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T12:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/703310\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T12:08:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T12:08:11","slug":"christopher-nolans-13-movies-ranked-where-does-the-odyssey-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/703310\/","title":{"rendered":"Christopher Nolan&#8217;s 13 movies, ranked: Where does &#8216;The Odyssey&#8217; land?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">If there was ever any doubt that The Odyssey is the movie of the summer, its impressive opening weekend put that to rest. Christopher Nolan&#8217;s adaptation of Homer&#8217;s ancient Greek poem launched with an estimated <a data-ylk=\"slk:$264.1 million worldwide;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:1;pos:1;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/film\/box-office\/the-odyssey-box-office-christopher-nolan-opening-weekend-shatters-expectations-1236815861\/\" class=\"link\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">$264.1 million worldwide<\/a>, cementing the film as <a data-ylk=\"slk:Nolan&#039;s biggest opening weekend box office success;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:2;pos:1;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;outcm:mb_qualified_link;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/uk.finance.yahoo.com\/news\/every-christopher-nolan-movie-ranked-090000490.html\" class=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nolan&#8217;s biggest opening weekend box office success<\/a> since 2012&#8217;s The Dark Knight Rises.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Clearly, the <a data-ylk=\"slk:2-hour 52-minute runtime;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:3;pos:1;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;outcm:mb_qualified_link;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/movies\/article\/the-odyssey-is-2hr-52mins-long-is-christopher-nolans-epic-worth-the-runtime-153359705.html\" class=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2-hour 52-minute runtime<\/a> didn&#8217;t deter audiences \u2014 and neither did the fact that only<a data-ylk=\"slk: 25 U.S. theaters;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:4;pos:1;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;outcm:mb_qualified_link;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/movies\/article\/only-24-us-theaters-can-show-the-odyssey-the-way-its-meant-to-be-watched-heres-where-they-are-080833476.html\" class=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> 25 U.S. theaters<\/a> are showing the epic specifically as Nolan intended, in all its IMAX 70mm glory.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The <a data-ylk=\"slk:stellar cast;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:5;pos:1;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;outcm:mb_qualified_link;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/movies\/article\/whos-in-the-odyssey-cast-matt-damon-zendaya-and-tom-holland-lead-the-all-star-lineup-143339450.html\" class=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">stellar cast<\/a> and crew added to the appeal. The cast included four Oscar winners \u2014 Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Lupita Nyong&#8217;o and Charlize Theron \u2014 and two Oscar acting nominees, Samantha Morton and Elliot Page. And that&#8217;s not even including Hollywood&#8217;s power couple <a data-ylk=\"slk:Zendaya;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:6;pos:1;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;outcm:mb_qualified_link;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/celebrity\/article\/zendaya-goes-full-greek-goddess-on-the-odyssey-press-tour-an-otherworldly-winged-gown-a-gilded-zuhair-murad-look-and-more-172817745.html\" class=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zendaya<\/a> and Tom Holland.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Jimmy Gonzales, Matt Damon and Himesh Patel in The Odyssey.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/https:\/\/d29szjachogqwa.cloudfront.net\/images\/user-uploaded\/the-odyssey_4927.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Jimmy Gonzales, Matt Damon and Himesh Patel in The Odyssey.<\/p>\n<p>(Melinda Sue Gordon\/Universal Pictures\/Everett Collection)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The reviews have been strong, too. <a data-ylk=\"slk:Yahoo&#039;s Brett Arnold;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:7;pos:1;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;outcm:mb_qualified_link;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/movies\/article\/the-odyssey-review-christopher-nolans-new-movie-is-an-unexpected-spiritual-sequel-to-oppenheimer-160017597.html\" class=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yahoo&#8217;s Brett Arnold<\/a> called it a &#8221;career-best&#8221; for Damon, saying it &#8221;delivers everything you&#8217;d want from an epic of this size and scale.&#8221; The <a data-ylk=\"slk:Associated Press;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:8;pos:1;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/odyssey-review-christopher-nolan-fceb80683c5ecdc627f8e9221b833ca0\" class=\"link\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Associated Press<\/a> called it an &#8221;earthy, existential epic&#8221; and awarded it 3.5 out of four stars, while the film emerged from its opening weekend with a 95% critics&#8217; score on <a data-ylk=\"slk:Rotten Tomatoes;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:9;pos:1;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/the_odyssey_2026\" class=\"link\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Rotten Tomatoes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">So, how does it stack up against Nolan&#8217;s other films?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Christopher Nolan&#8217;s 13 feature films, ranked<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">We compiled score data from IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic to compare each of Nolan&#8217;s films. IMDb user ratings are measured on a scale of 1 to 10, Rotten Tomatoes shows the percentage of reviews from approved critics that were positive and Metacritic calculates a weighted average of selected critics&#8217; scores out of 100.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Scores were current as of publication and may change as additional ratings and reviews are submitted.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If there was ever any doubt that The Odyssey is the movie of the summer, its impressive opening&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":703311,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[2826,96,2828,2839,152729,18685,22546,56,54,55,205677],"class_list":["post-703310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-christopher-nolan","tag-entertainment","tag-matt-damon","tag-movies","tag-opening-weekend","tag-rotten-tomatoes","tag-the-odyssey","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-weekend-box-office"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=703310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703310\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/703311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=703310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=703310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=703310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}