magnum opus

His magnum opus was Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,” widely agreed upon as the bestselling album of all time.

Miller’s magnum opus, “Fury Road” is at once the apotheosis of his cinematic genius — it’s one of the great movies of the last decade — and a departure narratively and tonally from the previous films.

It ended as he was trying to finish writing “Comic Book Wars,” his eagerly awaited magnum opus about the industry.

Referred to as Serra’s magnum opus, with its vast and wavy, ribbon-like pattern and 183 tons of steel, “Band” took more than two years to create and install.

Tom Shone, writing in The Times of London, said that Nolan’s “magnum opus” was an instant classic.