“Inception” can very easily be read as a commentary on filmmaking. As Cobb and Ariadne (Ellen Page) work through the concept of dream construction, it echoes the way Nolan views his art, embedding each layer of the film with different ideas, maybe even working his own way into the viewer’s imagination.

The Inception ending sees Cobb pulling out his totem after returning home to his kids, yet cuts to black before it's confirmed whether the top stopped spinning. One of the most iconic movie endings of all time, the final scene of Inception confirmed director Christopher Nolan ’s unique approach to blockbuster storytelling.

[Warning: There are spoilers ahead!] Inception is one of those movies that most viewers have to watch more than once to understand it -- even on a base level. It has been on my personal list of films that I wanted to really dig into and analyze if only to unravel the mystery behind and complexity of the narrative and story structure.

Analysis Christopher Nolan 's Inception begins with a dream-within-a-dream—Saito's dream within Nash's dream, to be precise—and the film's every frame asks the viewer to question whether the events unfolding on screen are taking place in the external world or in a dreaming person's mind.