The Prestige (2006) The prestige is a mystery thriller based on the book by Christopher Priest's book under the same name. The film was adapted from the novel to movie by Christopher Nolan and his brother Jonathan Nolan, using the nonlinear narrative that Nolan has used in past projects it enhances the films mysterious storyline. The film stars Christian Bale as Alfred Borden and Hugh Jackmen as Robert Angier, both start out in the film as learning magicians, who are plants for the chinese water tourture cell, but when a mistake is made the two become bitter rivals leading them both down the path of revenge, love, obsession, sacrifice, deceit and secrecy as both try to out do each other and be known for being the best magician. Set in Victoria London and starring David Bowie as Nikola Tesla and Michael Caine, Scarlett Johansson and Andy Serkis, The Prestige is one of Nolan's best work and should be a must see for anyone who's a fan of any of his other films. The film won awards for Best Cinematography and Best Art Direction.
The Dark Knight (2008) The sequal to Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins and brings the cape crusader against his most fearsome and deadly foe The Joker. The film is based around batman trying to take down the mob in Gotham city but later discovers theres a bigger threat who goes by the name of The Joker who wants Batman to break his one rule of killing someone (The Joker) and until he does he will kill and murder random people or untill he shows his real identity . When Nolan decided to cast The Joker as the main villian there was a wide range of actors showing interest, but Nolan had wanted to work with Heath Ledger in some of his past films, and so he cast Ledger as the Joker. While trying to get himself into the role of the Joker, Ledger was given a copy of the DC Comic Batman: The Killing Joke and Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth to revise his role as The Joker, he also citied influences from Clockwork Orange. The films cast has Christian Bale reprising his role as Bruce Wayne/Batman, Micheal Caine as Alfred, Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox and Gary Oldman as Sgt James Gordon and also Cillian Murphy reprises his role as the Scarecrow for a minor role, and the new cast members include Heath Ledger as The Joker, Aaron Eckhart as Harvey Dent and Maggie Gyllenhaal replacing Katie Holmes as Rachel Dawes. The film was under media spotlight due to after the filming, Heath Ledger had died due to accidental prescripted drug overdose. The film has won awards for Best Supporting Actor for Heath Ledger and Best sound editing, Ledger also recieved nominations for over 20 awards for his role as the Joker.