# Christopher Nolan confirms what we all suspected: there’s a bit of Oppenheimer in The Odyssey ending

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/christopher-nolan-confirms-what-we-all-suspected-theres-a-bit-of-oppenheimer-in-the-odyssey-ending/
- Published: 2026-11-12T12:01:34+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-12T12:24:04+00:00
- Original publisher: GamesRadar+
- Original article: https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/drama-movies/christopher-nolan-confirms-what-we-all-suspected-theres-a-bit-of-oppenheimer-in-the-odyssey-ending/
- Topics: Gaming

## Key points

- Nolan says *The Odyssey*’s ending echoes *Oppenheimer*.
- He sees connections across the endings of his films.
- Downey Jr. also linked its imagery to *Dunkirk*.

## Summary

Christopher Nolan says the ending of *The Odyssey* deliberately draws on ideas from *Oppenheimer* and other films in his work. He described finding those connections as he wrote, and noted in his notebooks that the ending felt like “the ending of all my films rolled into one”.

The article says Odysseus leaves Ithaca carrying memories of Troy’s destruction as social order appears to falter, while *Oppenheimer* ends with its lead confronting guilt and a changed world. Robert Downey Jr. also compared the films’ imagery with *Dunkirk*, pointing to the burning Trojan Horse and a burning plane. *The Odyssey* stars Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson, Zendaya and Tom Holland, and has grossed more than $1.8 billion.

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