
Inception
2010 · Movie · PG-13 · 148 min · ★ 8.4 · 81% critics
A skilled thief who steals secrets by entering people’s dreams is offered a shot at getting his life back. To earn it, he must pull off an almost impossible job: planting an idea in someone’s mind instead of taking one out.
Also known as Dechreuad y Creu
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Details
- Years
- 2010
- Release date
- 2010-07-15
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 148 min
- Critic score
- 81/100
- TMDB rating
- 8.4/10 (39,382 votes)
- Box office
- $836,848,102
- Budget
- $160,000,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like big, brainy sci-fi thrillers such as The Matrix or Tenet and don’t mind piecing things together; Not for you if dense plotting and frequent explanations quickly wear you out.
Pros: inventive dream premise; striking visuals; tense action | Cons: can be confusing; lots of explanation; long runtime
Themes
- mission
- dreams
- kidnapping
- spy
- allegory
- intellectual
- manipulation
- heist
- memory
- dream world
- subconscious
- high concept
- +1 more
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Cinematography · 2011
- Academy Award — Best Sound · 2011
- Academy Award — Best Visual Effects · 2011
- Academy Award — Best Sound Editing · 2011
- Hugo Award — Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form · 2011
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- Saturn Award — Best Science Fiction Film · 2011
- National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
- Academy Award — Best Sound Editing · 2011 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 2011 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Production Design · 2011 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 2011 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 2011 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Visual Effects · 2011 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Cinematography · 2011 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Sound · 2011 · nominated
Cast & crew

Leonardo DiCaprio
as Dom Cobb

Joseph Gordon-Levitt
as Arthur

Ken Watanabe
as Saito

Tom Hardy
as Eames

Elliot Page
as Ariadne

Dileep Rao
as Yusuf

Cillian Murphy
as Robert Fischer, Jr.

Tom Berenger
as Peter Browning

Marion Cotillard
as Mal Cobb

Pete Postlethwaite
as Maurice Fischer
Directed by Christopher Nolan