Memento (2000)

Director: Christopher Nolan

Starring: Guy Pearce, Carrie-Ann Moss

A man juggles searching for his wife’s murderer and keeping his short-term memory loss from being an obstacle.

Memento – what an amazingly different, unique film! Although every scene moves forward (to a certain point), the film itself is moving backwards, yet it all makes perfect sense as if the film is moving forward. Pure genius! Guy Pearce gives and incredibly convincing performance.

‘Memento’ won 13 awards for Best Screenplay and five awards for Best Picture from various film critic associations and festivals, including the Chicago Film Critics Association and the Sundance Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award. Christopher Nolan was nominated for three Best Director awards including the Directors Guild of America Award and was awarded one from the Independent Spirit Awards. Pearce was accorded Best Actor from the San Diego Film Critics Society and the Las Vegas Film Critics Society. The film was also nominated for the prestigious Grand Prix of the Belgian Syndicate of Cinema Critics. • AFI Awards: AFI Story of the Year (Christopher Nolan). • Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films: Saturn Award for Best Action or Adventure Film. • BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards: Enhancement of Linear Media • Boston Society of Film Critics: Best Screenplay (Christopher Nolan). • Bram Stoker Awards: Best Screenplay (Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan). • British Independent Film Awards: BIFA Award for Best Foreign Independent Film. • Broadcast Film Critics Association: Best Script (Christopher Nolan). • Casting Society of America: Best casting (John Papsidera). • Chicago Film Critics Association: Best Script (Christopher Nolan). • Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association: Russell Smith Award (Christopher Nolan). • Deauville American Film Festival: CinéLive Award (Christopher Nolan). Critics Awards (Christopher Nolan). Special Jury Prize (Christopher Nolan). • Edgar Allan Poe Awards: Best Motion Picture (Christopher Nolan). • Florida Film Critics Circle: Best Screenplay (Christopher Nolan). • Golden Trailer Awards: Best drama, originality. • Independent Spirit Awards: Best supporting actress (Carrie-Anne Moss), Best director (Christopher Nolan). Best Screenplay (Christopher Nolan). • Las Vegas Film Critics Society: Best film. Best actor (Guy Pearce). Best script (Christopher Nolan). • London Film Critics’ Circle: British Director of the Year (Christopher Nolan). • Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Best script (Christopher Nolan). • MTV Movie Awards: Best New Filmmaker (Christopher Nolan). • Online Film Critics Society: Best film. Best Director (Christopher Nolan). Best Adapted Screenplay (Christopher Nolan). • San Diego Film Critics Society: Best Actor (Guy Pearce). • Southeastern Film Critics Association: Best Film. Best adapted Screenplay (Christopher Nolan). • Sundance Film Festival: Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award (Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan). • Toronto Film Critics Association: Best Film. Best Screenplay (Christopher Nolan). • Vancouver Film Critics Circle: Best Film.