Christopher Nolan still uses quite a few practical effects in his movies.
The Dark Knight Trilogy and Interstellar used quite a few large miniatures.  Heck, the new Star Wars films all make pretty heavy use of practical creature effects.  CGI is almost certainly used as a crutch too often, but practical effects aren’t dead yet.





As for the last GREAT practical effects film? I just don’t know. Based on the examples above, I think they’re still making them!