Rotten Tomatoes Score: 96%

After winning best director and best picture at the 2024 Academy Awards, Christopher Nolan decided to tackle one of the most iconic stories in human history: “The Odyssey,” the epic poem that tells the story of Odysseus (Matt Damon) and his journey home after the Trojan War.

Hathaway plays Penelope, his loyal wife in their Ithaca home.

Reviews of the film were almost universally positive, with David Sims of The Atlantic writing: “Nolan delivers that rarest kind of blockbuster with ‘The Odyssey’: a visual spectacle shot entirely in IMAX and best viewed projected on a screen the size of a mountain. Yet the film also manages to be a challenging and personal work.”

Note: All scores were current as of the date of publication and are subject to change. Films without critical scores were not included.

This story was originally published on March 21, 2020 and was last updated on July 16, 2026.