2010s

It takes a while for the humour, sensitivity, and detail of Taika Waititi’s Nazi satire Jojo Rabbit to settle in, but once it finds its footing, he effectively skewers the cowardice and superficiality of those hateful regimes which hide behind the trusting innocence of their children.

With one foot in the past and one in the future, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse reflects its own deconstruction of the hero in its visual artistry, examining the patterns and core values which transcend cultures and generations to bind together those who engage in a common fight for justice.

Christopher Nolan had already established himself as a master of experimental narrative form, but it wasn’t until he combined that with an epic, ambitious visual style in Inception that he became a generation-defining filmmaker.