Inception
Inception is a 2010 film directed by Christopher Nolan. It stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and others.
Synopsis
Inception is a 2010 science fiction thriller and heist film written and directed by Christopher Nolan. Instead of vaults and jewels, the targets here are ideas, and the place where the crime happens is the mind of a sleeping person.
Leonardo DiCaprio plays Dominick Cobb, a skilled thief who specialises in entering other people's dreams to extract secrets. His talent has made him valuable, but it has also left him unable to return home. A powerful businessman named Saito, played by Ken Watanabe, offers him a way back. The job is the reverse of what Cobb usually does. Rather than taking something out of a mind, he must plant a thought so convincingly that the target believes it was his own.
To attempt it, Cobb assembles a team. Arthur, played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, handles planning and logistics. Eames, played by Tom Hardy, is a forger who can take on other identities. Ariadne, played by Elliot Page, is a young architect who designs the dream landscapes. Their subject is Robert Fischer, played by Cillian Murphy, heir to a large company. Cobb's late wife Mal, played by Marion Cotillard, keeps haunting his memories as the preparations begin.
Crew & production
- Director
- Christopher Nolan
- Screenwriter
- Christopher Nolan
- Producers
- Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas
- Director of photography
- Wally Pfister
- Composer
- Hans Zimmer
- Editor
- Lee Smith
- Production companies
- Legendary Pictures, Syncopy Inc., Warner Bros. Entertainment, Warner Bros. Pictures
- Original languages
- English, French, Japanese
- Filming locations
- Alberta, California, Commodore Schuyler F. Heim Bridge, Farnborough Airport, Fortress Mountain Resort, Japan, Malibu, Morocco and 7 more
- Budget
- $160 million
- Box office
- $837 million (worldwide)
Trailer
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Top cast
21 people
Leonardo DiCaprio
Ken Watanabe
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Marion Cotillard
Elliot Page
Tom Hardy
Cillian Murphy
Tom Berenger
Michael Caine
Dileep Rao
Pete Postlethwaite
Lukas Haas
More cast
- Claire Geare
- Taylor Geare
- Tohoru Masamune
- Yuji Okumoto
- Earl Cameron
- Talulah Riley Eames
- Silvie Laguna
- Virgile Bramly
- Michael Gaston
Sources
- Wikidata (Q25188), accessed October 2026
- Cast photos: Wikimedia Commons, credited on each profile
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