One half of Summer 2023's Barbenheimer, the two blockbusters that brought people back to cinema in huge numbers, Oppenheimer is the Cillian Murphy-starring biopic of epic proportions. Following the story of paradoxical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his direction of the Manhattan Project, Oppenheimer has been highly praised for its historical accuracy in depicting the development of the atomic bomb and Oppenheimer’s eventual fall from grace. A compelling drama that grapples with themes of ethics, moral responsibility and the pursuit of science.during World War II. Oppenheimer takes charge of a team of scientists at the Los Alamos Laboratory, leading up to the testing of the nuclear bomb in 1945, while also portraying his 1954 security hearing and his turbulent personal life.