Inception ending explained: Does buried clue in movie answer question once and for all?

Inception fans still, to this day, debate whether or not the final moments of the movie are set in reality or in the dream world. The film closes with Cobb (played by Leonardo DiCaprio) returning home to his family, finally being reunited with his two young children. After years spent several levels down in the dream world, however, he’s still suspicious about what’s reality and what isn’t.

The first thing Cobb does when he gets back to his home is to spin his totem spinning top which, if it fails to topple, indicates he’s in a dream.

But the movie cuts off just as it begins to falter, making it uncertain whether or not it falls, thereby leaving fans unsure about the truth about the ending.

While Michael Caine has claimed Christopher Nolan told his any scene where he appears is reality, the director has maintained the end is “subjective”.

However, one Reddit user previously unearthed a clue from earlier in the film which could cement things.

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“At the end, we see Cobb on a plane, then getting off, collecting his luggage, then he gets in car and drives to his family’s home.

“According to the film’s logic, if it were a dream, Cobb would spawn at the front door,” they added.

“Think about it, we gain no information from the airport terminal scene, it’s pointless. So what’s the point of having it in the movie? This, this is why.”

In Inception, when Cobb and Saito (Ken Watanabe) finally bring themselves out of the deepest level of the dream world, they awake on the plane surrounded by their associates.

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Viewers see details of how he ends up at his house, a flight attendant asking him if wants a hot towel and announcing: “We’ll be landing in Los Angeles in about 20 minutes.”

After a moment’s confusion, Cobb processes things, realising where he is and that the venture worked, sharing glances with his fellow passengers and dream companions, 

He’s waved through security at the airport after landing, the security agent telling him: “Welcome home, Mr Cobb.”

Walking out, he sees his father-in-law Miles (Michael Caine) waiting for him.