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=== 2020–present: ''Tenet'' and ''Oppenheimer'' ===
Nolan's next film was the science fiction film ''[[Tenet (film)|Tenet]]'' (2020), described by [[Tom Shone]] of ''[[The Sunday Times]]'' as "a globe-spinning riff on all things Nolanesque".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Shone |first=Tom |author-link=Tom Shone|date=23 August 2020a |title=Film review: ''Tenet'' |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/film-review-tenet-2q6btbzrl |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200823183242/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/film-review-tenet-2q6btbzrl |archive-date=23 August 2020 |access-date=23 August 2020 |work=[[The Sunday Times]]|url-access=subscription}} {{subscription required}}</ref> Nolan had worked on the screenplay for more than five years after deliberating about its central ideas for over a decade.<ref name="Maytum-Jun2020">{{Cite magazine |last=Maytum |first=Matt |date=June 2020 |title=Time to Spy |magazine=[[Total Film]] |issue=299 |pages=30–35}}</ref> Delayed three times due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], ''Tenet'' was the first Hollywood [[Tent-pole (entertainment)|tent-pole]] to open in theatres after the pandemic shutdown.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pamela, McClintock |date=6 September 2020 |title=Box Office: ''Tenet'' Debuts to $20M as U.S. Theaters Reopen, Nears $150M Globally |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-tenet-opens-to-20m-as-u-s-theaters-reopen-nears-150m-globally |url-status=live |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200906220921/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-tenet-opens-to-20m-as-u-s-theaters-reopen-nears-150m-globally |archive-date=6 September 2020 |access-date=7 September 2020}}</ref> The film tells the story of an unnamed protagonist (played by [[John David Washington]]) who travels through time to stop a world-threatening attack.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Nate |title=A Beat-by-Beat Explanation of What Happens in ''Tenet'' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/09/tenet-explained-whats-going-on-in-the-plot-of-this-movie.html |access-date=13 December 2022 |work=[[New York (magazine)|Vulture]] |date=4 September 2020 |archive-date=13 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213164958/https://www.vulture.com/2020/09/tenet-explained-whats-going-on-in-the-plot-of-this-movie.html |url-status=live }}</ref> It grossed $365363{{nbsp}}million worldwide on a production budget of $205200{{nbsp}}million,<ref>{{Citation |last=Nolan |first=Christopher |title=Tenet |date=2020-09-03 |type=Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6723592/ |access-date=2024-09-24 |others=John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki |publisher=Warner Bros., Syncopy, Warner Bros.}}</ref> becoming Nolan's first to underperform at the box-office.{{sfn|Nathan|2022|p=199}} ''Tenet'' was described as his most polarising film; critics praised the ambition and technical aspects but found its story confusing.<ref>{{cite web |title=''Tenet'' |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/tenet |publisher=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=15 December 2022 |archive-date=26 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200826154802/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/tenet |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Sharf-2020">{{Cite web |last=Sharf |first=Zack |date=21 August 2020 |title=''Tenet'' Divides Critics: Nolan's Latest Called a 'Monumental Spectacle' and 'Head-Scratching' Dud |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2020/08/tenet-critics-divided-christopher-nolan-1234581611/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109175125/https://www.indiewire.com/2020/08/tenet-critics-divided-christopher-nolan-1234581611/ |archive-date=9 January 2021 |access-date=9 January 2020 |publisher=[[IndieWire]]}}</ref> [[Peter Bradshaw]] of ''The Guardian'' awarded it five out of five, calling it "a cerebral [[cadenza]], a deadpan flourish of crazy implausibility—but supercharged with steroidal energy and imagination".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bradshaw |first=Peter |date=25 August 2020 |author-link=Peter Bradshaw|title=''Tenet'' review – supremely ambitious race against time makes for superb cinema |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/aug/25/tenet-review-christopher-nolan-head-scratchingly-ambitious?CMP=twt_a-culture_b-gdnculture |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925095024/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/aug/25/tenet-review-christopher-nolan-head-scratchingly-ambitious?CMP=twt_a-culture_b-gdnculture |archive-date=25 September 2020 |access-date=25 August 2020 |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> Leslie Felperin of ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' described it as "a chilly, cerebral film—easy to admire, especially since it's so rich in audacity and originality, but almost impossible to love, lacking as it is in a certain humanity".<ref name="Felperin-2020">{{Cite news |last=Felperin |first=Leslie |date=21 August 2020 |title=''Tenet'': Film Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tenet-film-review |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200822003115/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tenet-film-review |archive-date=22 August 2020 |access-date=8 September 2020 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> At the [[93rd Academy Awards]], the film won Best Visual Effects and was nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Best Production Design]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hipes |first=Patrick |date=15 March 2021 |title=Oscar Nominations: The Complete List |url=https://deadline.com/2021/03/2021-oscars-nominations-full-list-of-nominees-1234714432/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210315130637/https://deadline.com/2021/03/2021-oscars-nominations-full-list-of-nominees-1234714432/ |archive-date=15 March 2021 |access-date=15 March 2021 |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> Following the release of ''Tenet'', Nolan joined the Advisory Board of the [[Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Giardina |first=Carolyn |date=10 November 2020 |title=Christopher Nolan, Rob Legato Join SMPTE Engineers Advisory Board |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/behind-screen/christopher-nolan-rob-legato-join-smpte-engineers-advisory-board |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111023619/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/behind-screen/christopher-nolan-rob-legato-join-smpte-engineers-advisory-board |archive-date=11 November 2020 |access-date=10 November 2020 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> He served as an executive producer on ''[[Zack Snyder's Justice League]]'' (2021), a [[director's cut]] of 2017's ''Justice League''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Guerrasio |first=Jason |date=10 March 2021 |title=Deborah Snyder says Christopher Nolan supported her husband Zack in his quest to make the 'Snyder cut' |url=https://www.insider.com/christopher-nola-encouraged-zack-snyder-justice-league-snyder-cut-2021-3 |access-date=15 March 2021 |publisher=[[Insider Inc.]] |archive-date=29 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210829223812/https://www.insider.com/christopher-nola-encouraged-zack-snyder-justice-league-snyder-cut-2021-3 |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:ChrisNolanBFI150224 (10 of 12) (53532289710) (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|left|Nolan at [[BFI Southbank]] in 2024]]
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