Inception has one of the most intriguing and talked-about endings of all time, but the biggest clue to solving its mystery isn’t the spinning top. In 2010, Christopher Nolan explored the complexity of dreams in Inception , though without leaving behind his common themes of identity, time, and more.

Inception follows Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio), who specializes in infiltrating dreams to either extract information or implant an idea. Cobb has been on the run for years, but when he’s offered the chance to have his criminal record erased in exchange for implanting an idea into a target’s subconscious, he puts together a team of experts.

The process turns out to be more challenging than he expected, with Cobb’s subconscious also getting in the way. Inception was a critical and commer

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