How to Watch Every Christopher Nolan Movie Before 'Oppenheimer' – CNET
How to Watch Every Christopher Nolan Movie Before 'Oppenheimer' - CNET
It’s always an ideal time to take in a movie from Christopher Nolan, but the anticipation surrounding his 12th film, Oppenheimer, may have you reaching for the remote. The thriller about J. Robert Oppenheimer, often referred to as the “father of the atomic bomb,” debuts on July 21 (yes, alongside Greta Gerwig’s pink-adorned comedy Barbie), and there’s been plenty of buzz about its stunning list of stars (including maybe John Krasinski?) and favoring of practical effects over CGI.
If you want to fill the Oppenheimer-less stretch with Christopher Nolan’s prior projects, we’ve rounded up where you can find all 11. A good chunk are on streaming services you may already be subscribed to, and the rest you can rent for just a couple of bucks.
List of Christopher Nolan’s movies and how to watch them on streaming services
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Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy is streaming on Max in the US. The service unites the Discovery Plus and the former HBO Max libraries, so it’s packed with content that would be familiar to Max subscribers, like DC Comics movies.
Max has one ad-supported subscription, which costs $10 per month. Its ad-free and ultimate ad-free tiers are $16 and $20 per month, respectively. Max doesn’t have a free trial, but it costs less to pay for a whole year upfront than it does to pay for 12 months one month at a time. You might also want to use a VPN to watch.
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Harry Styles (left) acquits himself well as one of the soldiers awaiting deliverance.
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The World War II drama and best picture Oscar nominee is available on two big streamers, Netflix and Max, in the US.
Like Max, Netflix offers one subscription with ads and a couple without them. Plans start at $7 per month and go up to $20 per month (or more with an extra user).
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Little known non-fact:"Interstellar" is a sequel to "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days" (also starring Matthew McConaughey).
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A handful of streaming services carry the space epic in the US. The most notable option is Prime Video, but if you’re subscribed to Paramount Plus or MGM Plus, you can watch on those services too.
Prime Video comes with a $15 per month ($139 per year) Amazon Prime membership or is available on its own for $9 per month. Paramount Plus’ cheaper subscription is $6 per month and comes with ads. Its other subscription removes ads and throws in Showtime, among other perks, but it’s pricier at $12 per month.
Finally, MGM Plus is ad-free and costs $6 per month or $50 if you pay annually. You can take advantage of free trials with all of these streamers.
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Christopher Nolan’s first feature film is available on AMC Plus and Tubi, a free streaming service with ads. The 70-minute thriller is about a young man who spends his free time following strangers around and winds up going down a dark path.
AMC Plus’ ad-free service streams AMC as well as the complete collections of IFC Films Unlimited, Shudder and Sundance Now. A subscription costs $9 a month or $84 if you pay for a year upfront, and a 7-day free trial is available.
