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Inception
2010
· Movie
· 148 min
A
MEANRANK
86/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #70
- IMDb #9
- Google retired #66
- Rotten Tomatoes #696
- Metacritic #427
- Letterboxd #170
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1406
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #401
- Metacritic Critics #1088
- Metacritic Audience #32
- Criticker #168
- Douban #9
- Kinopoisk #12
- AlloCiné #6
- Trakt #12
Every rating
71–96
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 71, highest is Google on 96.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A skilled thief specializes in the dangerous art of extraction: stealing valuable secrets from deep within the subconscious during the dream state. He is offered a chance at redemption but must perform the seemingly impossible task of inception: planting an idea into a target's mind. Assembling a team, he ventures through layered and unstable dreamscapes where memories and reality blur, all while being hunted by his own haunted past.
Details
- Director
- Christopher Nolan
- Writer
- Christopher Nolan
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Released
- 15 July 2010
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English, Japanese, French
- Runtime
- 148 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $160.0M
- Box office
- $839.0M
- Awards
- 84 wins, 121 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (52) →
Awards & nominations
See all 205 →13 major awards won · 84 wins from 205 nominations across 71 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 2011 | Best Visual Effects | Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb | Winner |
| Academy Awards 2011 | Best Sound Mixing | Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick | Winner |
| Academy Awards 2011 | Best Sound Editing | Richard King | Winner |
| Academy Awards 2011 | Best Cinematography | Wally Pfister | Winner |
| Art Directors Guild Awards 2011 | Excellence in Production Design for a Fantasy Film | Guy Hendrix Dyas | Winner |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2011 | Best Visual Effects | Inception | Winner |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2011 | Best Editing | Lee Smith | Winner |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2011 | Best Action Movie | Inception | Winner |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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Critics' Choice Movie Awards
10 nominations, 6 won
| Best Action Movie | Inception | Winner |
| Best Art Direction | Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, and Doug Mowat | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Wally Pfister | Winner |
| Best Editing | Lee Smith | Winner |
| Best Sound | Inception | Winner |
| Best Visual Effects | Inception | Winner |
| Best Director | Christopher Nolan | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Christopher Nolan | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Inception | Nominee |
| Best Score | Hans Zimmer | Nominee |
Academy Awards
8 nominations, 4 won
| Best Cinematography | Wally Pfister | Winner |
| Best Sound Editing | Richard King | Winner |
| Best Sound Mixing | Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick | Winner |
| Best Visual Effects | Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb | Winner |
| Best Art Direction | Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias and Doug Mowat | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | Hans Zimmer | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Christopher Nolan | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan | Nominee |
Art Directors Guild Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Excellence in Production Design for a Fantasy Film | Guy Hendrix Dyas | Winner |
Screen Actors Guild Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture | Inception | Winner |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Original Screenplay | Christopher Nolan | Winner |
Golden Globe Awards
4 nominations
| Best Director | Christopher Nolan | Nominee |
| Best Motion Picture - Drama | Inception | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | Hans Zimmer | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Christopher Nolan | Nominee |
César Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Film | Inception | Nominee |
Directors Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film | Christopher Nolan | Nominee |
Grammy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media | Hans Zimmer | Nominee |
Producers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Best Theatrical Motion Picture | Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas | Nominee |
Scream Awards
15 nominations, 6 won
| Best Breakout Performance - Male | Tom Hardy | Winner |
| Best Science Fiction Actor | Leonardo DiCaprio | Winner |
| Best Science Fiction Movie | Inception | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Winner |
| Fight Scene of the Year | Inception (for "Anti-Gravity Hotel Fight") | Winner |
| The Ultimate Scream | Inception | Winner |
| Best Cameo | Michael Caine | Nominee |
| Best Director | Christopher Nolan | Nominee |
| Best Ensemble | Inception | Nominee |
| Best F/X | Inception | Nominee |
| Best Science Fiction Actress | Elliot Page | Nominee |
| Best Scream-play | Christopher Nolan | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Marion Cotillard | Nominee |
| Holy Sh*t Scene of the Year | Inception (for "Freight train drives through city street") | Nominee |
| Holy Sh*t Scene of the Year | Inception (for "Paris street folds over onto itself") | Nominee |
Saturn Awards
9 nominations, 5 won
| Best Director | Christopher Nolan | Winner |
| Best Music | Hans Zimmer | Winner |
| Best Science Fiction Film | Inception | Winner |
| Best Special Effects | Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley, and Peter Bebb | Winner |
| Best Writing | Christopher Nolan | Winner |
| Best Actor | Leonardo DiCaprio | Nominee |
| Best Actress | Elliot Page | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Guy Hendrix Dyas | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Tom Hardy | Nominee |
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards
7 nominations, 4 won
| Best Art Direction | Guy Hendrix Dyas, Luke Freeborn, Brad Ricker and Dean Wolcott | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Wally Pfister | Winner |
| Best Original Screenplay | Christopher Nolan | Winner |
| Best Score | Hans Zimmer | Winner |
| Best Acting Ensemble | Inception | Nominee |
| Best Director | Christopher Nolan | Nominee |
| Best Film | Inception | Nominee |
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
4 nominations, 4 won
| Best Art Direction/Production Design | Brad Ricker and Guy Hendrix Dyas | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Wally Pfister | Winner |
| Best Original Screenplay | Christopher Nolan | Winner |
| Best Visual Effects | Inception | Winner |
Visual Effects Society Awards
4 nominations, 4 won
| Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture | Astrid Busser-Casas, Scott Pritchard, Jan Maroske and George Zwier | Winner |
| Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture | Bruno Baron, Dan Neal, Graham Page, Per Mork-Jensen (for "Paris Dreamscape") | Winner |
| Outstanding Models & Miniatures in a Feature Motion Picture | Ian Hunter and Scott Beverly, Forest Fischer, Robert Spurlock (for "Hospital Fortress Destruction") | Winner |
| Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture | Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Mike Chambers and Matthew Plummer | Winner |
Satellite Awards
11 nominations, 3 won
| Best Art Direction & Production Design | Guy Hendrix Dyas, Luke Freeborn, Brad Ricker and Dean Wolcott | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Wally Pfister | Winner |
| Best Original Score | Hans Zimmer | Winner |
| Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama | Leonardo DiCaprio | Nominee |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Marion Cotillard | Nominee |
| Best Director | Christopher Nolan | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Lee Smith | Nominee |
| Best Motion Picture, Drama | Inception | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Christopher Nolan | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Richard King, Ed Novick, Lora Hirschberg and Gary A. Rizzo | Nominee |
| Best Visual Effects | Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb | Nominee |
British Academy Film Awards
9 nominations, 3 won
| Best Production Design | Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias and Doug Mowat | Winner |
| Best Sound | Richard King, Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick | Winner |
| Best Special Visual Effects | Chris Corbould, Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Wally Pfister | Nominee |
| Best Director | Christopher Nolan | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Lee Smith | Nominee |
| Best Film | Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan | Nominee |
| Best Original Music | Hans Zimmer | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Christopher Nolan | Nominee |
Russian National Movie Awards
4 nominations, 3 won
| Best Foreign Action Film | Inception | Winner |
| Best Foreign Actor | Leonardo DiCaprio | Winner |
| Filmz.ru True Movie – Reader's Choice | Inception | Winner |
| Best Foreign Drama Film | Inception | Nominee |
St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards
4 nominations, 3 won
| Best Visual Effects | Inception | Winner |
| Moving the Medium Forward | Inception | Winner |
| Special Merit | Inception (for "the zero-gravity hotel hallway fight scene with Joseph Gordon-Levitt ") | Winner |
| Best Film | Inception | Nominee |
Hollywood Film Awards
3 nominations, 3 won
| Cinematography Award | Wally Pfister | Winner |
| Film Composer Award | Hans Zimmer | Winner |
| Movie Award | Inception | Winner |
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
3 nominations, 3 won
| Best Original Screenplay | Christopher Nolan | Winner |
| Robert Altman Award for Best Director | Christopher Nolan | Winner |
| Vince Koehler Award for Best Science Fiction, Fantasy or Horror Film | Inception | Winner |
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
5 nominations, 2 won
| Best Cinematography | Wally Pfister | Winner |
| Best Original Screenplay | Christopher Nolan | Winner |
| Best Director | Christopher Nolan | Nominee |
| Best Film | Inception | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | Hans Zimmer | Nominee |
Houston Film Critics Society Awards
5 nominations, 2 won
| Best Cinematography | Wally Pfister | Winner |
| Best Original Score | Hans Zimmer | Winner |
| Best Director | Christopher Nolan | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Inception | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Christopher Nolan | Nominee |
Online Film Critics Society Awards
5 nominations, 2 won
| Best Editing | Lee Smith | Winner |
| Best Original Screenplay | Christopher Nolan | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Wally Pfister | Nominee |
| Best Director | Christopher Nolan | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Inception | Nominee |
Taurus World Stunt Awards
4 nominations, 2 won
| Best Fight | Andy Bradshaw, Rick English, Marvin Stewart-Campbell and Richard Wu | Winner |
| Best Stunt Coordinator And/Or 2nd Unit Director | Sy Hollands, Tom Struthers and Brent Woolsey | Winner |
| Best High Work | Brent Connolly and Jodi Stecyk | Nominee |
| Best Speciality Stunt | George Cottle, Marie Fink, Adam Hart, Terry Jackson and Mark Rayner | Nominee |
Golden Reel Awards
3 nominations, 2 won
| Best Sound Editing in Feature Film – Sound Effects & Foley | Richard King, Christopher Flick, John Roesch, Alyson Dee Moore, Michael Babcock, Paul Berolzheimer, Michael W. Mitchell, Bryan Watkins and Bruce Tanis | Winner |
| Best Sound Editing – Music in a Feature Film | Alex Gibson and Ryan Rubin | Winner |
| Best Sound Editing in Feature Film – Dialogue & ADR | Richard King, Hugo Weng, R.J and Kizer | Nominee |
Alliance of Women Film Journalists EDA Awards
9 nominations, 1 won
| Best Editing | Lee Smith | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Wally Pfister | Nominee |
| Best Director | Christopher Nolan | Nominee |
| Best Film | Inception | Nominee |
| Best Film Music or Score | Hans Zimmer | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Christopher Nolan | Nominee |
| Most Beautiful Film | Inception | Nominee |
| Movie You Wanted to Love But Just Couldn't | Inception | Nominee |
| Unforgettable Moment Award | Inception (for "Paris folds in on itself") | Nominee |
MTV Movie Awards
6 nominations, 1 won
| Best Scared-As-S**t Performance | Elliot Page | Winner |
| Best Fight | Joseph Gordon-Levitt vs. Hallway Attacker | Nominee |
| Best Jaw-Dropping Moment | Leonardo DiCaprio and Elliot Page | Nominee |
| Best Kiss | Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Elliot Page | Nominee |
| Best Line from a Movie | Tom Hardy (for "You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger darling.") | Nominee |
| Best Movie | Inception | Nominee |
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
6 nominations, 1 won
| Best Cinematography | Wally Pfister | Winner |
| Best Director | Christopher Nolan | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Lee Smith | Nominee |
| Best Film | Inception | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Christopher Nolan | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Guy Hendrix Dyas | Nominee |
Golden Trailer Awards
5 nominations, 1 won
| Best Standee for a Feature Film | Warner Bros. and Ignition (for "In Theatre Totems") | Winner |
| Best Action | Warner Bros. and BLT:AV (for "Control") | Nominee |
| Best Drama Poster | Warner Bros. and Ignition (for "Bus Shelter (Paris)") | Nominee |
| Best Thriller Poster | Warner Bros. and Ignition (for "Bus Shelter Folding City") | Nominee |
| Most Original Poster | Warner Bros. and Ignition (for "Mosaic Character" Posters) | Nominee |
Empire Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Film | Inception | Winner |
| Best Actor | Leonardo DiCaprio | Nominee |
| Best Director | Christopher Nolan | Nominee |
| Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy | Inception | Nominee |
Hollywood Post Alliance Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Outstanding Editing – Feature Film | Lee Smith | Winner |
| Outstanding Sound – Feature Film | Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Richard King | Nominee |
World Soundtrack Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Original Soundtrack of the Year | Hans Zimmer | Winner |
| Film Composer of the Year | Hans Zimmer | Nominee |
African-American Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Director | Christopher Nolan | Winner |
American Film Institute Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Top 10 Films of the Year | Inception | Winner |
American Society of Cinematographers Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases | Wally Pfister | Winner |
Crime Thriller Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Film of the Year | Inception | Winner |
Czech Lion Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | Inception | Winner |
Hollywood Music in Media Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Score in a Feature Film | Hans Zimmer | Winner |
Hugo Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form | Inception | Winner |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Production Design | Guy Hendrix Dyas | Winner |
National Board of Review Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Top 10 Films | Inception | Winner |
Nebula Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Ray Bradbury Award | Christopher Nolan | Winner |
New York Film Critics Online Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Top 10 Films of the Year | Inception | Winner |
Rembrandt Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | Inception | Winner |
Robert Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best American Film | Inception | Winner |
Irish Film & Television Awards
3 nominations
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Film | Cillian Murphy | Nominee |
| International Actor | Leonardo DiCaprio | Nominee |
| International Film | Inception | Nominee |
London Film Critics' Circle Awards
3 nominations
| British Actor in a Supporting Role | Tom Hardy | Nominee |
| British Director of the Year | Christopher Nolan | Nominee |
| Director of the Year | Christopher Nolan | Nominee |
People's Choice Awards
3 nominations
| Favorite Drama Movie | Inception | Nominee |
| Favorite Movie | Inception | Nominee |
| Favorite On-Screen Team | Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Elliot Page, Tom Hardy and Dileep Rao | Nominee |
Detroit Film Critics Society Awards
2 nominations
| Best Director | Christopher Nolan | Nominee |
| Best Film | Inception | Nominee |
International Cinephile Society Awards
2 nominations
| Best Editing | Lee Smith | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | Hans Zimmer | Nominee |
International Film Music Critics Association Awards
2 nominations
| Best Original Score for an Action/Adventure/Thriller Film | Hans Zimmer | Nominee |
| Film Score of the Year | Hans Zimmer | Nominee |
AFCA Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best Overseas Film | Inception | Nominee |
Amanda Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Feature Film | Inception | Nominee |
American Cinema Editors Eddie Awards
1 nomination
| Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic | Lee Smith | Nominee |
Artios Awards
1 nomination
| Big Budget Feature – Drama | John Papsidera | Nominee |
Bodil Awards
1 nomination
| Best American Film | Inception | Nominee |
British Society of Cinematographers Awards
1 nomination
| Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature Film | Wally Pfister | Nominee |
Camerimage Awards
1 nomination
| Golden Frog | Wally Pfister | Nominee |
Cinema Audio Society Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Motion Picture | Ed Novick, Lora Hirschberg, and Gary A. Rizzo | Nominee |
Costume Designers Guild Awards
1 nomination
| Excellence in Contemporary Film | Jeffrey Kurland | Nominee |
David di Donatello Awards
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| Best Foreign Film | Inception | Nominee |
Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards
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| Best Foreign Film – English Language | Inception | Nominee |
Gaudí Awards
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| Best European Film | Inception | Nominee |
Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro
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Huabiao Film Awards
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Japan Academy Film Prize
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| Outstanding Foreign Language Film | Inception | Nominee |
Nastro d'Argento
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Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards
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Teen Choice Awards
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Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards
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| Best Screenplay | Christopher Nolan | Nominee |