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Dunkirk

Tough Draw Below average in every round
2017 · War, Action, Drama · Christopher Nolan

Dunkirk loses more than it wins in every round — and 30% across 219 matchups is well below the 50% that would mean just holding even. Nolan stripped out backstory, dialogue, and character names to build a war film on Zimmer's ticking clock and IMAX-scale dread. The ballot question is whether pure craft intensity counts when there's nothing to hold onto after it's over. It ranks among the weakest 2010s performers on the platform.

Synopsis

The story of the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk between May 26th and June 4th 1940 during World War II.

Round 1
26.9%
The ceiling
Semifinals
40.5%
Finals
35.3%
6/17

27%, 41%, 35%. Every round is below 50%, and the gap between best and worst is only 14 points. Dunkirk doesn't have a weak round because it doesn't have a strong one.

The Prestige at 50% is as close to a dead heat as the platform produces. Every vote matters in this one. Oppenheimer at 27% is the toughest opponent in Dunkirk's bracket life. The Dark Knight causes similar problems at 27%.

Closest Rival
Kryptonite

The path through Best of Nolan always ends the same way for Dunkirk: a final against The Dark Knight, a 73% loss rate. So close and so consistent.

Dunkirk sits at #6 of Christopher Nolan's 7 films. The filmography spans from The Dark Knight (59%) down to Tenet (21%) — a 38% range that shows how differently voters treat the same director's work.

Oppenheimer 57.8%
Interstellar 56.8%
Inception 55.6%
The Prestige 48.4%
Tenet 20.6%
BingeBracket Record
30%
Win Rate
#10 of 10 in War #32 of 34 from the 2010s #6 of 7 Christopher Nolan films
Scores based on real fan votes in head-to-head brackets. 50% = wins as often as it loses — perfectly average.
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Dead last in Best of Nolan.

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The Dark Knight #1
Inception #2
Interstellar #3
Oppenheimer #4
The Prestige #5
Memento #6
Dunkirk #7
Tenet #8
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