2026·Adventure·2h 53m
8.6
★
Odysseus, the legendary King of Ithaca, embarks on a long and perilous journey home following the Trojan War. Throughout his voyage, he is forced to confront the whims of gods, mythological monsters, and trials that stretch both his cunning and his humanity to the breaking point.
Directed by Christopher Nolan
ship
trojan war
greek mythology
historical fiction
ancient world
period drama
based on song, poem or rhyme
greek history
voyage
peplum
ancient
trojan horse
mediterranean sea
bronze age
mythical
odyssey
sword and sandal
epic fantasy
Rank
#2 in 2026·#71 overall
Trailer
IMDB
N/A
Cast
Matt Damon
Odysseus
Tom Holland
Telemachus
Anne Hathaway
Penelope
Robert Pattinson
Antinous
Himesh Patel
Eurylochus
Charlize Theron
Calypso
John Leguizamo
Eumaeus
Travis Scott
Bard
Corey Hawkins
Polybus
Jarreth J. Merz
Leodes
Niko Nicotera
Peisander
Elliot Page
Sinon
Crew
Christopher Nolan
Director
Christopher Nolan
Writer
Ludwig Göransson
Original Music Composer
Jennifer Lame
Editor
Hoyte van Hoytema
Director of Photography
Christopher Nolan
Producer
Emma Thomas
Producer
Thomas Hayslip
Executive Producer
Ellen Mirojnick
Costume Design
George Cottle
Stunt Coordinator
Nilo Otero
First Assistant Director
John Papsidera
Casting
Popular Reviews
10383 reviews
Michael JecmenPRO
6.5★ · 07/17/26
at the end of the day, it’s the odyssey. by homer
do you know the odyssey already? does christopher nolan have anything new to add?
this is a very literal telling, save the fact that so much is cut (as it has to be) — so expect… the odyssey, by homer
in the literature we can make inferences on theme and meaning
in this movie telling we don’t really get that privilege, by nature of the medium. the messaging has to be more heavy handed, because we can’t read between the lines — again, it’s a movie
i respect the hell out of the story of the odyssey, and maybe one day will read it in full
this is an OG plot, like ever. one of the first plots. pretty sure it invented the hero’s journey flavor of story
but yeah, it’s from 1 billion years ago. please take a more creative spin on a story / messaging when adapting a story from 1 billion years ago
seriously, this thing is outclassed by epic the musical, a more interesting movie telling of this story
do you know the odyssey already? does christopher nolan have anything new to add?
this is a very literal telling, save the fact that so much is cut (as it has to be) — so expect… the odyssey, by homer
in the literature we can make inferences on theme and meaning
in this movie telling we don’t really get that privilege, by nature of the medium. the messaging has to be more heavy handed, because we can’t read between the lines — again, it’s a movie
i respect the hell out of the story of the odyssey, and maybe one day will read it in full
this is an OG plot, like ever. one of the first plots. pretty sure it invented the hero’s journey flavor of story
but yeah, it’s from 1 billion years ago. please take a more creative spin on a story / messaging when adapting a story from 1 billion years ago
seriously, this thing is outclassed by epic the musical, a more interesting movie telling of this story
at the end of the day, it’s the odyssey. by homer
do you know the odyssey already? does christopher nolan have anything new to add?
this is a very literal telling, save the fact that so much is cut (as it has to be) — so expect… the odyssey, by homer
in the literature we can make inferences on theme and meaning
in this movie telling we don’t really get that privilege, by nature of the medium. the messaging has to be more heavy handed, because we can’t read between the lines — again, it’s a movie
i respect the hell out of the story of the odyssey, and maybe one day will read it in full
this is an OG plot, like ever. one of the first plots. pretty sure it invented the hero’s journey flavor of story
but yeah, it’s from 1 billion years ago. please take a more creative spin on a story / messaging when adapting a story from 1 billion years ago
seriously, this thing is outclassed by epic the musical, a more interesting movie telling of this story
do you know the odyssey already? does christopher nolan have anything new to add?
this is a very literal telling, save the fact that so much is cut (as it has to be) — so expect… the odyssey, by homer
in the literature we can make inferences on theme and meaning
in this movie telling we don’t really get that privilege, by nature of the medium. the messaging has to be more heavy handed, because we can’t read between the lines — again, it’s a movie
i respect the hell out of the story of the odyssey, and maybe one day will read it in full
this is an OG plot, like ever. one of the first plots. pretty sure it invented the hero’s journey flavor of story
but yeah, it’s from 1 billion years ago. please take a more creative spin on a story / messaging when adapting a story from 1 billion years ago
seriously, this thing is outclassed by epic the musical, a more interesting movie telling of this story
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12Michael JecmenPRO
7.5★ · 07/30/26
enjoyed it more for what it was this time around, rather than as an adaptation i wanted something different from
i don’t mind the zeus’s law theme, at the end of the day. that’s a more than good enough throughline to take through this movie
but even there…
to refine my first musings a bit — it just feels like it bites off more than it can chew. too wide and too shallow. i wish we’d spent more time at every major location and more time in odysseus’s head
and i wish we’d gotten a more consistently applied theme — even that zeus’s law throughline we could tie multiple things into feels… forgotten for most of the movie, applied largely at the end to tie things together
would rather have seen a deeper trilogy than this standalone epic, i think. still can’t help but feel like i want something more like villeneuve’s dune from this story than what we got
the action feels clunky (not sure if this is the imax camera effect), and the hyper darkness isn’t my favorite style
but it was good. i enjoyed myself. it’s overall a fun story, and the climax largely hits
robert pattinson is a standout and jon bernthal is underwhelming for how much screen time he has
i don’t mind the zeus’s law theme, at the end of the day. that’s a more than good enough throughline to take through this movie
but even there…
to refine my first musings a bit — it just feels like it bites off more than it can chew. too wide and too shallow. i wish we’d spent more time at every major location and more time in odysseus’s head
and i wish we’d gotten a more consistently applied theme — even that zeus’s law throughline we could tie multiple things into feels… forgotten for most of the movie, applied largely at the end to tie things together
would rather have seen a deeper trilogy than this standalone epic, i think. still can’t help but feel like i want something more like villeneuve’s dune from this story than what we got
the action feels clunky (not sure if this is the imax camera effect), and the hyper darkness isn’t my favorite style
but it was good. i enjoyed myself. it’s overall a fun story, and the climax largely hits
robert pattinson is a standout and jon bernthal is underwhelming for how much screen time he has
enjoyed it more for what it was this time around, rather than as an adaptation i wanted something different from
i don’t mind the zeus’s law theme, at the end of the day. that’s a more than good enough throughline to take through this movie
but even there…
to refine my first musings a bit — it just feels like it bites off more than it can chew. too wide and too shallow. i wish we’d spent more time at every major location and more time in odysseus’s head
and i wish we’d gotten a more consistently applied theme — even that zeus’s law throughline we could tie multiple things into feels… forgotten for most of the movie, applied largely at the end to tie things together
would rather have seen a deeper trilogy than this standalone epic, i think. still can’t help but feel like i want something more like villeneuve’s dune from this story than what we got
the action feels clunky (not sure if this is the imax camera effect), and the hyper darkness isn’t my favorite style
but it was good. i enjoyed myself. it’s overall a fun story, and the climax largely hits
robert pattinson is a standout and jon bernthal is underwhelming for how much screen time he has
i don’t mind the zeus’s law theme, at the end of the day. that’s a more than good enough throughline to take through this movie
but even there…
to refine my first musings a bit — it just feels like it bites off more than it can chew. too wide and too shallow. i wish we’d spent more time at every major location and more time in odysseus’s head
and i wish we’d gotten a more consistently applied theme — even that zeus’s law throughline we could tie multiple things into feels… forgotten for most of the movie, applied largely at the end to tie things together
would rather have seen a deeper trilogy than this standalone epic, i think. still can’t help but feel like i want something more like villeneuve’s dune from this story than what we got
the action feels clunky (not sure if this is the imax camera effect), and the hyper darkness isn’t my favorite style
but it was good. i enjoyed myself. it’s overall a fun story, and the climax largely hits
robert pattinson is a standout and jon bernthal is underwhelming for how much screen time he has
13
3Kourosh PRO
10.0★ · 07/25/26
Christopher Nolan truly is one of one, oh my god this was so fucking good.
Telling it through stories was a fantastic way to put it and it wouldn’t be a Nolan flick without it being non linear.
This is definitely Nolan’s most action heavy film since the dark knight trilogy and that final act is one of the most locked in I’ve been in a long time.
All of the performances are great, I know it’s the easiest to say but Matt Damon is comfortably my favourite.
When they stabbed the cyclops in the eye was so loud holy shit.
Telling it through stories was a fantastic way to put it and it wouldn’t be a Nolan flick without it being non linear.
This is definitely Nolan’s most action heavy film since the dark knight trilogy and that final act is one of the most locked in I’ve been in a long time.
All of the performances are great, I know it’s the easiest to say but Matt Damon is comfortably my favourite.
When they stabbed the cyclops in the eye was so loud holy shit.
Christopher Nolan truly is one of one, oh my god this was so fucking good.
Telling it through stories was a fantastic way to put it and it wouldn’t be a Nolan flick without it being non linear.
This is definitely Nolan’s most action heavy film since the dark knight trilogy and that final act is one of the most locked in I’ve been in a long time.
All of the performances are great, I know it’s the easiest to say but Matt Damon is comfortably my favourite.
When they stabbed the cyclops in the eye was so loud holy shit.
Telling it through stories was a fantastic way to put it and it wouldn’t be a Nolan flick without it being non linear.
This is definitely Nolan’s most action heavy film since the dark knight trilogy and that final act is one of the most locked in I’ve been in a long time.
All of the performances are great, I know it’s the easiest to say but Matt Damon is comfortably my favourite.
When they stabbed the cyclops in the eye was so loud holy shit.
14
imskinny
9.1★ · 07/20/26
Let me tell you somethin
Let me tell you somethin
12
Jacob LucibelloPRO
10.0★ · 07/18/26
Not sure that there has ever been a film that I personally have been anticipating more and for as long as than The Odyssey.
Since tickets dropped for the opening night IMAX 70MM screenings over a year ago, I have been counting down the days for the next installment of Christopher Nolan’s filmography. And let me tell you, I was not let down in the slightest.
The film is truly monumental in every single way. Online you are reading about the scale of the film reel, the ingenuity of IMAX to build a rig where the camera is quiet enough for dialogue to be audible, or just the insanity of acquiring tickets. I always try to block the noise of the online discourse because it is typically just noise and it’s a waste of time to let others form opinions for you.
Hopefully if you are reading this you followed a similar route and waited to watch before reading too much. If you did you would agree with what I am about to say…
This film meets the mark on every single ounce of praise it has gotten and will receive. It will be the film that brings movies back to the mainstream. It will be a moment in film history that will be discussed decades from now.
I actively avoided learning the story ahead of time (because I am a snob for pure first watches). The first hour or so did feel a bit rocky as I got my bearings of the characters and overall theme. Once the jigsaw pieces started aligning though I was bouncing back and forth from a cheek to cheek smile to tears dribbling down the same cheeks.
The story is incredibly pure. It encapsulates humanity, our relationships to each other, to our family, and even to animals. I was not expecting to cry at all but found myself bawling upon his return and his dog finding the spark inside itself.
I am among the fortunate few who was blessed to beat AMC’s version of the Eras Tour Ticketmaster war and hold a ticket to glorious Auditorium 13 at Lincoln Square. As I state every time I’m in attendance for an IMAX 70MM screening, there’s few words to describe the sheer scale of the screen and the picture that is displayed. I’ve seen 4 nolan movies in this format now (big flex I know) and while others carry a different effect which the transitions in aspect ratio, the unprecedented nature of nearly 3 hours of full aspect ratio glorious film is just hard to fathom that it was possible.
I am so grateful I fought the AMC ticket war and came out the other side. Truly my own odyssey. Could not be more excited for a rewatch.
Since tickets dropped for the opening night IMAX 70MM screenings over a year ago, I have been counting down the days for the next installment of Christopher Nolan’s filmography. And let me tell you, I was not let down in the slightest.
The film is truly monumental in every single way. Online you are reading about the scale of the film reel, the ingenuity of IMAX to build a rig where the camera is quiet enough for dialogue to be audible, or just the insanity of acquiring tickets. I always try to block the noise of the online discourse because it is typically just noise and it’s a waste of time to let others form opinions for you.
Hopefully if you are reading this you followed a similar route and waited to watch before reading too much. If you did you would agree with what I am about to say…
This film meets the mark on every single ounce of praise it has gotten and will receive. It will be the film that brings movies back to the mainstream. It will be a moment in film history that will be discussed decades from now.
I actively avoided learning the story ahead of time (because I am a snob for pure first watches). The first hour or so did feel a bit rocky as I got my bearings of the characters and overall theme. Once the jigsaw pieces started aligning though I was bouncing back and forth from a cheek to cheek smile to tears dribbling down the same cheeks.
The story is incredibly pure. It encapsulates humanity, our relationships to each other, to our family, and even to animals. I was not expecting to cry at all but found myself bawling upon his return and his dog finding the spark inside itself.
I am among the fortunate few who was blessed to beat AMC’s version of the Eras Tour Ticketmaster war and hold a ticket to glorious Auditorium 13 at Lincoln Square. As I state every time I’m in attendance for an IMAX 70MM screening, there’s few words to describe the sheer scale of the screen and the picture that is displayed. I’ve seen 4 nolan movies in this format now (big flex I know) and while others carry a different effect which the transitions in aspect ratio, the unprecedented nature of nearly 3 hours of full aspect ratio glorious film is just hard to fathom that it was possible.
I am so grateful I fought the AMC ticket war and came out the other side. Truly my own odyssey. Could not be more excited for a rewatch.
Not sure that there has ever been a film that I personally have been anticipating more and for as long as than The Odyssey.
Since tickets dropped for the opening night IMAX 70MM screenings over a year ago, I have been counting down the days for the next installment of Christopher Nolan’s filmography. And let me tell you, I was not let down in the slightest.
The film is truly monumental in every single way. Online you are reading about the scale of the film reel, the ingenuity of IMAX to build a rig where the camera is quiet enough for dialogue to be audible, or just the insanity of acquiring tickets. I always try to block the noise of the online discourse because it is typically just noise and it’s a waste of time to let others form opinions for you.
Hopefully if you are reading this you followed a similar route and waited to watch before reading too much. If you did you would agree with what I am about to say…
This film meets the mark on every single ounce of praise it has gotten and will receive. It will be the film that brings movies back to the mainstream. It will be a moment in film history that will be discussed decades from now.
I actively avoided learning the story ahead of time (because I am a snob for pure first watches). The first hour or so did feel a bit rocky as I got my bearings of the characters and overall theme. Once the jigsaw pieces started aligning though I was bouncing back and forth from a cheek to cheek smile to tears dribbling down the same cheeks.
The story is incredibly pure. It encapsulates humanity, our relationships to each other, to our family, and even to animals. I was not expecting to cry at all but found myself bawling upon his return and his dog finding the spark inside itself.
I am among the fortunate few who was blessed to beat AMC’s version of the Eras Tour Ticketmaster war and hold a ticket to glorious Auditorium 13 at Lincoln Square. As I state every time I’m in attendance for an IMAX 70MM screening, there’s few words to describe the sheer scale of the screen and the picture that is displayed. I’ve seen 4 nolan movies in this format now (big flex I know) and while others carry a different effect which the transitions in aspect ratio, the unprecedented nature of nearly 3 hours of full aspect ratio glorious film is just hard to fathom that it was possible.
I am so grateful I fought the AMC ticket war and came out the other side. Truly my own odyssey. Could not be more excited for a rewatch.
Since tickets dropped for the opening night IMAX 70MM screenings over a year ago, I have been counting down the days for the next installment of Christopher Nolan’s filmography. And let me tell you, I was not let down in the slightest.
The film is truly monumental in every single way. Online you are reading about the scale of the film reel, the ingenuity of IMAX to build a rig where the camera is quiet enough for dialogue to be audible, or just the insanity of acquiring tickets. I always try to block the noise of the online discourse because it is typically just noise and it’s a waste of time to let others form opinions for you.
Hopefully if you are reading this you followed a similar route and waited to watch before reading too much. If you did you would agree with what I am about to say…
This film meets the mark on every single ounce of praise it has gotten and will receive. It will be the film that brings movies back to the mainstream. It will be a moment in film history that will be discussed decades from now.
I actively avoided learning the story ahead of time (because I am a snob for pure first watches). The first hour or so did feel a bit rocky as I got my bearings of the characters and overall theme. Once the jigsaw pieces started aligning though I was bouncing back and forth from a cheek to cheek smile to tears dribbling down the same cheeks.
The story is incredibly pure. It encapsulates humanity, our relationships to each other, to our family, and even to animals. I was not expecting to cry at all but found myself bawling upon his return and his dog finding the spark inside itself.
I am among the fortunate few who was blessed to beat AMC’s version of the Eras Tour Ticketmaster war and hold a ticket to glorious Auditorium 13 at Lincoln Square. As I state every time I’m in attendance for an IMAX 70MM screening, there’s few words to describe the sheer scale of the screen and the picture that is displayed. I’ve seen 4 nolan movies in this format now (big flex I know) and while others carry a different effect which the transitions in aspect ratio, the unprecedented nature of nearly 3 hours of full aspect ratio glorious film is just hard to fathom that it was possible.
I am so grateful I fought the AMC ticket war and came out the other side. Truly my own odyssey. Could not be more excited for a rewatch.
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