Insomnia

The major flaw of Insomnia is that it’s the only Christopher Nolan movie not written by Christopher Nolan. It’s a remake of the 1997 Norwegian thriller Insomnia, and it unravels in the midnight sun of Alaska (the inverse setup of 2024’s True Detective: Night Country). It’s an examination of guilt cloaked as a daylight noir, and while Nolan films can be too complicated, we wish this one were a little more complicated.

It’s atmospheric and cool, but not Nolan’s best. Still, it did demonstrate his propensity for working with A-list actors: The stacked cast includes Robin Williams, Al Pacino, and Hilary Swank (above).

Nolan has called it the most underrated of his films.