 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekushanda semugadziri mukuru pamwe naThomas paZack Snyders 2016 uye Justice League 2017, Nolan akadzokera kunotungamira ne Dunkirk 2017. Zvichibva pachinyorwa chake chaicho uye chakabudiswa pamwe chete naThomas, nhau yacho yakaiswa mukati meHondo Yenyika II uye kubviswaVarwi veAllied pamhenderekedzo dzegungwa dzeDunkirk, France, muna 1940. Achirondedzera firimu racho senhoroondo yokupona ine chimiro chetriptych, Nolan aida kugadzira firimu rinonzwa, rinenge rekuedza rine hurukuro shoma. Akati akamirira kuita Dunkirk kutozosvikira awana chivimbo cheimwe studio huru yokumubvumira kuiita sefirimu reBritain, asi nebhajeti reAmerica. Asati atora firimu, Nolan akatsvaka mazano kuna Spielberg, uyo akazotaura mubvunzurudzo ne Variety, kuziva uye kuremekedza kuti Chris Nolan ndiye mumwe wevanyori vemafirimu vane fungidziro yenyika, zano rangu kwaari raive rekusiya fungidziro yake, sezvandakaita pa Ryan, munzvimbo yechipiri kutsvakurudza kwaaive achiita kuti anyatsobudisa mutambo uyu wenhoroondo. Starring Fionn Whitehead, Jack Lowden, Aneurin Barnard, Harry Styles, Tom Hardy, Mark Rylance, Cillian Murphy, naKenneth Branagh, Dunkirk yakabudiswa mumitambo munaJuly 2017 kuti iwane mukurumbira mukuru uye yakasimba bhokisi rehofisi. Yakawana mari inodarika 526million munyika yose, iyo yakaita kuti ive firimu reHondo Yenyika II rakawana mari yakawanda zvikuru kupfuura mamwe ose. Mukudzokorora kwake, Mick LaSalle weSan Francisco Chronicle akanyora kuti: Ndiimwe yamafirimu ehondo akanakisisa ati amboitwa, akasiana mukutaridzika kwayo, mukusvika kwayo uye mukubata kwainayo pavatariri. Kune mafirimu - ayo asingawanzoitiki - anokusimudza mumamiriro ako ezvinhu aripo ndokukuita kuti unyatsonyura mune chimwe chiitiko zvokuti unochitarisa uchishamiswa. Dunkirk rudzi irworwo rwefirimu. Iyi firimu yakagamuchira mibairo mizhinji, kusanganisira Nolans yekutanga Oscar kusarudzwa kweMutungamiriri Akanakisa. 