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title: 'Memento (2000)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Christopher Nolan'
released: '2000-09-05'
runtime_minutes: 113
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Horror'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Thriller'
  - 'Mystery'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/memento-2000'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0209144/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Memento (2000)

2000 · R · 113 min · Drama, Horror, Crime, Thriller, Mystery · United States

Part of: BBC's 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century

## Synopsis

Memento is a 2000 American neo-noir psychological thriller film written for the screen and directed by Christopher Nolan, based on the 2001 short story "Memento Mori" by his brother, Jonathan Nolan. The film stars Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Joe Pantoliano. It follows Leonard Shelby (Pearce), a man who has anterograde amnesia—resulting in the inability to form new long-term memories—and uses an elaborate system of photographs, handwritten notes, and tattoos sprawled across his body in an attempt to uncover the perpetrator who killed his wife and caused him to sustain the condition.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Christopher Nolan](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-nolan)
- **Screenplay:** [Christopher Nolan](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-nolan)
- **Original Music Composer:** [David Julyan](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-julyan)
- **Producer:** [Jennifer Todd](https://cinepixo.com/people/jennifer-todd), [Suzanne Todd](https://cinepixo.com/people/suzanne-todd)
- **Director of Photography:** [Wally Pfister](https://cinepixo.com/people/wally-pfister)
- **Editor:** [Dody Dorn](https://cinepixo.com/people/dody-dorn)

## Cast

- [Carrie-Anne Moss](https://cinepixo.com/people/carrie-anne-moss)
- [Callum Keith Rennie](https://cinepixo.com/people/callum-keith-rennie)
- [Marianne Muellerleile](https://cinepixo.com/people/marianne-muellerleile)
- [Thomas Lennon](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-lennon)
- [Jorja Fox](https://cinepixo.com/people/jorja-fox)
- [Guy Pearce](https://cinepixo.com/people/guy-pearce) as Leonard Shelby
- [Larry Holden](https://cinepixo.com/people/larry-holden)
- [Harriet Sansom Harris](https://cinepixo.com/people/harriet-sansom-harris)
- [Joe Pantoliano](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-pantoliano)
- [Mark Boone Junior](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-boone-junior)
- [Stephen Tobolowsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-tobolowsky)

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