Release Date: July 16, 2010

Just what exactly does Christopher Nolan have in store for us with Inception?

The Dark Knight director has kept his lips sealed on the movie's plot details, other than that it's a sci-fi thriller set in the architecture of the mind. Promotional material has been epically enigmatic: a droning teaser trailer featuring fist fights where the rules of gravity seem to keep changing, a poster showing Leonard DiCaprio standing tall as water rushes into the city.

Marketing efforts based on mystery have paid off for Nolan so far: he gets us curious, then follows through with some of the best movies of their respective years.