Oppenheimer

Why watch

Starlit Cine editors

• Best for fans of dialogue-heavy biography and history, directed by Christopher Nolan.
• Cillian Murphy plays Robert Oppenheimer, the physicist who helped develop the atomic bomb.
• Exactly 3 hours long, so watch when you have an uninterrupted evening.

Synopsis

Oppenheimer is a 2023 epic biographical thriller film written, co-produced, and directed by Christopher Nolan. It follows the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American theoretical physicist who led the development of the first nuclear weapons during World War II. Based on the 2005 biography American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, the film dramatizes Oppenheimer's studies, his direction of the Los Alamos Laboratory and his 1954 security hearing. Cillian Murphy stars as Oppenheimer, alongside an ensemble supporting cast that includes Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr., Florence Pugh, Josh Hartnett, Casey Affleck, Rami Malek, and Kenneth Branagh.

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Director & cast

• C

  Christopher Nolan

  Director

• C

  Cillian Murphy

  J. Robert Oppenheimer

• M

  Matt Damon

  Leslie Groves

• E

  Emily Blunt

  Katherine Oppenheimer

• F

  Florence Pugh

  Jean Tatlock

• R

  Rami Malek

  David L. Hill

• B

  Benny Safdie

  Edward Teller

• J

  Josh Hartnett

  Ernest Lawrence