13 Best Zero Gravity Scenes In Movie History

Most audiences probably don't think of Christopher Nolan as a science fiction director, but step back and you'll see he's helmed some of the best sci-fi films of the last decade. This includes the outer space drama "Interstellar" and the time-twisted "Tenet," but his best is almost certainly the mind-bending "Inception." Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Elliot Page, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, the film centers on a group of mercenary dream-hunters who can enter people's subconscious and steal information. But this time, they're tasked with entering the dreams of a powerful tycoon to implant an idea rather than take one.

In what is easily the film's most unforgettable scene, set within the confines of a dreamscape where the laws of physics don't always apply, mind thief Arthur (Gordon-Levitt) is confronted by security agents in a hotel hallway. But in the real world, Arthur is actually asleep in the back of a van, and when the vehicle gets involved in a dangerous chase and tumbles off the roadway, the hotel in his mind begins to tumble as well. 

Now, with gravity pulling him from floor to ceiling to wall to back again, Arthur must battle the enemy agents in his mind, all while his life in the real world hangs in the balance too. With jaw-dropping practical effects that required the construction of a rotating hallway, it's also one of the most impressive achievements in a Christopher Nolan film.