Inception

Leonardo DiCaprio is a particularly unique agent, according to the story. He has the ability to take something that no one else has: dreams and thoughts. He's known as the idea extractor, and he's one of the most sought guys in the industrial espionage world. This time, he's on a new mission: inception rather than extraction.

Ken Watanbe, the CEO of a multibillion-dollar corporation, hires him to bring down a billion-dollar competitor by instilling an idea in the young turk Robert Fischer Jr (Cillian Murphy), who is obliged to stand up to his father. Will our hapless science-fiction sorcerer deliver? He has to, especially if he wants to return home to his two children and put his troublesome past behind him.

Christopher Nolan may wind up becoming the most seductive and intriguing filmmaker of our time. Memento, The Prestige, The Dark Knight, and Inception: Christopher Nolan's career is without a doubt one of the most inventive outpourings in cliche-ridden Hollywood. If you thought Memento was mind-bending, wait till you see Inception. With its mindgame, it will tease, torment, tickle, and tantalise you. And if you believe you can solve this conundrum in one sitting, you're wishing for the moon. It will make you wish for one more dekko to complete the vision.... There are too many levels of reality, too many things happening, and a notion that is too creative!

In Shutter Island, Leonardo DiCaprio lately shown his unfettered ability to skate in and out of the deepest caves of the mind. He enters people's minds when they are sleeping and walks out with their thoughts while they are still sleeping. But, not content with just extracting concepts, he attempts to push science's boundaries even farther. He asks himself, "How about planting ideas?" and ends up destroying his own family idyll by using his lovely wife as a naive guinea pig. The experiment backfires, resulting in a catastrophe that not only renders him a wanted man, but also tampers with his psyche, creating a parallel reality that refuses to let go. Inception is not simply one of the most innovative films in recent memory, but it is also utterly captivating. The chases, the crashes, the explosions, the extractions, the interrogations, the grief, the desire, and the despair all take place in the world of dreams, just as they did in The Matrix. After the success of Shutter Island, Leonardo continues to impress. A particular mention goes to cinematographer Wally Pfister, who seamlessly blends the real with the strange, ensuring that you are never confused and always aware of the slick terrain you are walking on. Go ahead, get curious, and test your mental limits.