Oppenheimer

Physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer is recruited by General Leslie Groves to direct the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos. Interwoven hearings examine his later security clearance and political relationships, while Lewis Strauss's public confirmation process reveals a parallel contest over legacy.

IMAX close-ups, practical abstract imagery, black-and-white procedural scenes, overlapping dialogue, equations, security files, and Ludwig Göransson's score make thought physically urgent—Cillian Murphy's stillness absorbs both ambition and dread.