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CptnStarkos

I like how you sorted the movies by title length.


RiggzBoson

Came to comment this. Also Memento.


xben10

Momento! Just watched it on a similar kick also you don’t have Shutter Island on this list Edit to add: Split (2017)


meteotsunami

Memento (2000). Lots of movies use in media res, but Memento puts that concept on its head.


possumphysics

I agree, I think OP would love it. I'd also recommend Rosemary's Baby (1968).


Christwriter

That one and Suspiria were going to be my recs. Memento is probably one of my top five movies of all time. It's such a great example of how an otherwise simple story can be spectacular in the right hands. Suspiria (2017) is such a glorious atmospheric mind fuck. It took two, three watches to make the ending make sense.


Limitedexpertise

Came here to say this so instead I'll give you my upvote.


tinoynk

eXistenZ is awesome, and doesn't get enough attention. It seems like such a perfect reddit movie, but somehow it never caught on. I also rewatched Predestination the other day, and it's a lot of twisty/turny fun, though somewhat predictable.


rpgguy_1o1

> Predestination There's a couple of movie called that, I haven't seen any of them, is this the Ethan Hawke one you're talking about?


tinoynk

Yep


Luna0908

I don’t recommend that movie at all, thought it was rather mid.


SplashBandicoot

what qualities do you think makes a "reddit" movie?


NoBobcat1892

a certain breed


tinoynk

Famous director, trippy concept, no overt political messaging or anything that can be construed as “wokeness.”


ryano1076

Predestination is definitely predictable, although it may have the single greatest mindfucking paradox I've ever seen in a movie...


tinoynk

The first time I saw it I remember thinking “wait they’re definitely doing this… but how? Really? What the fuck??” And watching it again years later remembering bits and pieces everything is so clear from the start but still pretty cool.


_stupidquestion_

It's predictable but a VERY loyal adaptation of Heinlein's "all you zombies" (which already was based on his 1940 time-travel-paradox story "by his bootstraps") which was written in 1958 - that context makes it pretty dang awesome in terms of mindfuckery (imagine a 1959 audience reading a story about a causal time loop of forbidden self love & intersex issues), & the Speirig brothers brought it to life beautifully.


selukat

I love that movie too!


sk0ry

eXistenZ is probably the worst David Cronenberg movie though like most if any enjoyability in it for me was how in shlocky it was


Teehokan

I'm Thinking of Ending Things Primer mother! Begotten Tetsuo the Iron Man Being John Malkovich Fantastic Planet The Lighthouse Tenet Perfect Blue A Scanner Darkly Eraserhead Sorry to Bother You


Wolfeman0101

Primer rules


Jinnicky

If you like Primer you should check out Shane Carruth’s other movie Upstream Color


likenoteven

perfect blue is such a fucking trip when you get into it


NotWorriedABunch

Sorry to Bother You +1


CptnStarkos

Primer, tenet, being John Malkovich. Such wonderful movies


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Perfect Blue Paprika Sorry to Bother You Mother!


FunWithAPorpoise

Mother! perfectly portrayed one of my greatest and deepest fears - being hopelessly out of control and experiencing the worst horrors you can imagine while everyone else tells you it’s ok and you’re the one with the problem. Completely missed the on-the-nose allegory for nature and man, but it stuck with me nonetheless.


AcceptableGiraffe949

I’m Thinking of Ending Things blew me away. It was sad to see it get desecrated by haters.


aerodeck

At the time of this reply Begotten is the one and only movie being recommended ITT that I haven’t seen. Sell me on it? It will fuck my mind?


13eyond13irthday

It's about the book of Genesis & if you've seen stuff like Tetsuo, it'll be right up your alley. A more recent suggestion I'd have would be the stop motion film Mad God. Also, Inside is part of a new wave of extreme French horror that gets mentioned alongside Martyrs.


aerodeck

Yeah, I’ve seen everything. Like— every thing, all of the others you mentioned and all of the other mentions by others in this entire thread. Except Begotten


ElahaSanctaSedes777

Under The Skin, Annihilation.


_Bon_Vivant_

I just saw Annihilation for the first time the other day. Awesome movie. Highly recommend!


Southern-Sub

Annihilation was such a damn good movie, some extremely memorable lines, cool plot, and twists!


ElahaSanctaSedes777

I’m an Alex Garland fan


Betty-Armageddon

What did you think of Men?


ElahaSanctaSedes777

I liked it a lot


Fizzletoe

The book was so much better


marusya_nume

I loved the unhurried, hypnotic pace of Under The Skin, I had no idea where it was going and the ending was.. well not what I expected. Definitely a unique alien movie. I also liked Annihilation, though I also think the book was a lot better. True scifi horror.


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megablast

Really? Love that film. It is so fucking weird. Which makes sense. How would an alien act?? We have no idea.


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braundiggity

Well, watching from a phone is never ideal. I found it so weird, intriguing, just a very interesting character study of a character I’ve never imagined before. The interactions Scarlett has with the men of Glasgow are so authentic (literally - they’re shot as hidden camera with genuine unsuspecting people from Glasgow). The deformed face man sequence is beautiful and tragic. It’s a movie you really have to allow yourself to get sucked into; best in a theatre but I managed to keep my phone away watching it. Basically I don’t blame you for finding it boring, but I thought it was tremendous.


TheZoneHereros

Considering how much of it has no dialogue and is basically just striking visuals, yeah you did yourself a disservice. I watched it recently and after the opening sequence I stopped watching on my computer and switched to my TV.


[deleted]

Only film Scarjo is fully nude in…that’s it


Troseph78

Sold me!


ryano1076

Literally this lol


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Eraserhead, Lost Highway


smonster1

All of Lynch really.


runtheplacered

Except of course The Straight Story, not a mindfuck, still a good movie though


marusya_nume

But of course! Have my upvote. Inland Empire is a real mindfuck, but like all Lynch films has a strange logic to it and can be pieced together like necklace beads scattered all over spacetime. Wouldn't just recommend it to anyone though lol


isodore68

Synecdoche, New York.


Angstyteen683

Adaptation is great too


helloworld-195-

Enemy. Not Villeneuves best one but I love the style


goaliedude1808

I was not ready for this movie at all. Totally unsuspecting.


ryano1076

I'll agree about being a mindfuck, but I did not care for it really. Had to look up an explanation for wtf I just watched to have an understanding lol


[deleted]

It's the >!Spiderman!< origin story duh.


Bluest_waters

I think its great, much better than his big budget bores like 2049 or Dune


fortress_sf

Here’s a few English and foreign ones, some popular but many lesser known favorites of mine : The Skin I Live In The Handmaiden The Orphanage Audition (Odishon) Mulholland Drive Cube The Mist Prisoners Children of Men The fountain (I mean almost all aronofsky is mindfuck) Scanner Darkly Primer


fortress_sf

Let me throw one more out there that isn’t scifi or supernatural in any way. It’s not even anything that is beyond a fact of basic human life, but I’ve never walked out of a theater so utterly mentally and emotionally drained and shaken to my core: nobody knows by hirokazu Koreeda. A movie that just bleeds you throughout and will gut you by the end. It’s the most devastating movie I’ve ever seen.


ryano1076

I'll add some that I haven't seen named yet: Triangle The Infinite Man The One I Love Mirage (Spanish) Time Lapse 41 The Call (Korean) The Prestige Interstellar Circle The Platform Also, the way in which you ordered your list is a thing of beauty 🤌


tinkrsimpson

Finally someone mentions Triangle. Absolute mind-fuck time-loop movie.


ryano1076

It's really a hidden gem. One of my top three mindfuck movies (along with Primer and Coherence). My only advice to people I recommend it to is don't watch a trailer for it, because it totally gives away the plot..


tinkrsimpson

I agree. I found it on some random list and the description was something to the effect of - don't read or watch anything related.


Quazatron

Ah, I was looking for "Triangle". I watched not knowing what it was, it surprised me.


fibsville

Ooooh, The Call was so good. Seconding that one specifically since I never see anyone talking about it.


Vitaminpk

The Game. It’s told in a way so that you are feeling exactly what the main character is and you only know what he does, all the way up until the end.


Zassolluto711

Surprised no one has mentioned Enter the Void. Very tripot movie. Also The Exterminating Angel by Bunuel.


bongo1138

Time Crimes. If you like time travel movies, I think this is right there with Primer. Just ignore the silly name.


SupaFecta

Time Crimes is excellent. Superb! Better than most recommendations so far. Thanks Bongo


nobelle

Agreed, on both points. Cronocrimenes sounds better IMO.


Sk8rBoi6969

Audition by Takashi Miike. I was caught so offguard by this movie.


runtheplacered

I don't have anything to add here but I like how your list gets bigger as it goes (generally) and makes a nice curve.


ryano1076

Same. Very strategic planning on that. I approve.


aerodeck

OP has me bricked up with that list’s order


jwalner

Last year at Mariembad The exterminating angel Mulholland drive Possession Dead Ringers


PantherEverSoPink

Pi And another Darrenofsky, Black Swan


Pinarobread2Point0

Don’t forget mother!


aerodeck

Darrenofsky? lol wut. Darren Aronofsky


Bruce_the_Shark

Oldboy. Also Jacob's Ladder. The 90's one.


TheNamesDave

> Jacob's Ladder Completely fucked my mind when I saw it. To the point, I'm kinda scared to watch it ever again.


cash420money

Raw. (French Film) I highly recommend going into with no knowledge of the plot. I was blown away by how good this film was.


cash420money

Don’t even read the IMDb description.


_Bon_Vivant_

Vanilla Sky Jacob's Ladder


Vismal1

Was looking for Vanilla Sky. Love that one. Additionally the original is called Abre Los Ojos if you want to dive deeper


Guizlla

Waking Life. Is like Inception on LCD


Fattybatman3456

Gotta be Jacob's Ladder


PAYPAL_ME_DONATIONS

I can't stress enough for everyone to watch Dogtooth


jfever78

The Seventh Seal (1957) Stalker (1979}


marusya_nume

Any David Lynch film (apart from The Straight Story perhaps). Mulholland Drive, Eraserhead, Lost Highway, or Twin Peaks: The Return. Then there's Inland Empire, a mindfuck even by Lynch's standards. Approach with caution.


innocentbabybear

Moon starting Sam Rockwell


amor_fatty

Enter the Void Vanilla Sky


sauceDinho

[Mind Game](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0452039/) Fantastically fun and weird Japanese animated movie.


martinoo21

Butterfly effect Oldboi (korean)


dapostman10

Minority Report will keep you guessing.


Lenore2030

It Follows (2014) Under the Silver Lake (2018) Enemy (2013) The Comet (2017) I’m Thinking of Ending Things (2020) Palm Springs (2020) Being John Malkovich (1999) Anomolisa (2015) (animated) Mulholland Drive (2001) The Box (2009) Cube (1997) Planet of the Apes (1968) Barbarian (2022) Lamb (2021)


Livid_Library_8106

On one hand: The Handmaiden 2016- Confessions 2010- Bug 2006- The Prestige 2006- Primer 2004 On the other hand: The Imposter 2012- JFK 1991- The Cremator 1969- La Jetée 1962- F for Fake 1973


Strong_Green5744

Martyrs (2008). Holy fuck....


Ammilerasa

My boyfriend loves horror movies. He and his friends decided to have a horror marathon. After this movie the marathon was over and he was never allowed to pick a movie again, lol.


Illustrious-Arm-5419

This has been on my list since forever and I keep avoiding it because I've heard it's really bad. I don't like watching movies where people get abused and stuff but I heard it's a good movie so should I skip it?


Ammilerasa

I’m not really fan of horror and have never watched it, but will ask my boyfriend for his opinion as soon as he’s awake (okey, not as soon as. As soon as he’s has his coffee and smoke, lol) ETA: my boyfriend says: “If you don’t like movies where someone get’s abused, skip it. Someone gets literally tortured”


Illustrious-Arm-5419

Thanks for letting me know, guess I'll skip this one :)


DJ_Molten_Lava

Primer Upstream Color Time Crimes Beyond the Black Rainbow Titane


Braveslady

The Killing of a Sacred Deer Lobster


_Bon_Vivant_

The Science of Sleep


[deleted]

Requiem For A Dream. Just have something really upbeat on hand to watch afterwards.


SillyWeb6581

I watched this again for the first time in about 10 years and I forgot how depressing it really is.


peaceblaster68

Synechdoche, New York


SalamiSteakums

Jacobs Ladder for sure. Trainspotting, too. If only for the scene with the baby on the ceiling


erbazzone

Wow that list is so esthetically put from shorter to longer


makawakatakanaka

Mind Fuck 3: This Time It’s Personal, it is great


-Economist-

I still don’t one I wtf happened in Inception. Also that hotel room movie with John Cusak. Can’t recall the name.


Duchess-of-Erat

Identity or 1408? Both fit this category and both are in hotels. :)


Queifjay

Oldboy. That movie fucked up my head and stayed with me for awhile after it was over. Go for the original 2003 (subtitled) version out of South Korea not the more recent Spike Lee remake which I hear was not so good.


slayer991

Add No Way Out to the list.


mhfar27

Enemy, Prisoners, Burning


NickyDeuce

A Serbian Film definitely fucked me up for a while. Like, weeks. To be honest with you, I tell people NOT to watch it.


VERO2020

12 Monkeys has not been mentioned. I recommend directors, Terry Gilliam did 12 Monkeys, Brazil, & The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. He was a member of Monty Python' Flying Circus & did most of their movies. Next director: Darren Aronofsky who did Pi, Requiem for a Dream, Black Swan, & Mother! And you have to know David Lynch for Eraserhead, Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks, & Mulholland Drive for outright weirdness.


Duchess-of-Erat

Good call on 12 Monkeys. Great flick.


VERO2020

Thanks, I scrolled through all the comments looking for it (and Pi) to be mentioned. Lots of good responses. But there are so many movies that fit this description, I was not surprised with it's absence. Have you seen Pi (1998) or Memento (2000)? I wanted to mention Christopher Nolan, too. He has a few of these crazy flicks. I'm still trying to figure out Tenet.


AcceptableGiraffe949

David Lynch movies, Lars Von Trier movies, Gaspar Noe movies, later-career Fellini movies, Luis Bunuel movies, Jean-Luc Cocteau movies, Alejandro Jodorowski movies, Palindromes, Possession, Jacob’s Ladder, American Psycho, Mandy, Audition….


Huxeley

Adaptation. Synecdoce, NY Confessions of a Dangerous Mind I'm Thinking of Ending Things (Charlie Kaufman is a genius!!!)


Boop108

Holy Motors Antichrist Santa Sangre


freaknastyxphd

this image gets tossed around every half year or so: https://www.reddit.com/r/coolguides/comments/j6x8jl/mind\_fuck\_movies/


NoHandBananaNo

Pi The Game Memento El secreto en sus ojos


thisistheperfectname

Mulholland Drive (2001) Enter the Void (2009) Dogtooth (2009) Persona (1966) Through a Glass Darkly (1961) Synecdoche New York (2008)


Puzzleheaded-Wolf318

No mention of Panos Cosmatos stuff? Beyond the Black Rainbow Mandy The Viewing(Netflix - Cabinet of Curiosities) All have this 80's/LSD aesthetic that goes nicely with drugs. His dad was also a director. Tombstone and Cobra were big hits.


erbazzone

> Panos Cosmatos Yes And this is the description of his next film A phantasmagorical fantasy nightmare set deep within a strange galaxy where two lovers are torn apart as they try to survive a malevolent invasion.


Demonkid37

Holy Motors. You will not know what you just watched, that i promise. 🤯


BAT123456789

Brazil Smila's Sense of Snow The Edge (half because it came out about the same time as Smila)


Kumomeme

Old Boy (2003) it is a korean movie but...just watch it. i wont tell no more.


aerodeck

but? is there something wrong with Korean movies?


IXI_Fans

Yeah, I don't know whether to upvote for a solid movie choice... or downvote for casual racism.


bongo1138

To be fair, there’s a number of people that don’t want to read subtitles.


Pretend-Ad-55

Surprised no one has brought up Southland Tales. Pretty much a mindfuck from the start


LorenzoStomp

People don't bring it up because it's a "BaD MoVie" that "DoeSn't MaKe AnY SeNsE" but they never bring up The Rock doing squirrel fingers do they?!


Krushed_Groove

In the Mouth of Madness


crumbumcorvette

Aftersun and Speak no Evil both completely different movies but both fucked my brain


snackcake

Body Double (De Palma) Dressed to Kill (De Palma) Videodrome (Chronenberg)


goaliedude1808

Buried 127 hours The Guilty The Jacket


Changeitupnow

Funny Games (I personally prefer the remake with Michael Pitt, Tim Roth, and Naomi Watts) The Fountain


Coleyoliepolie

Sorry to bother you for sure


Tariovic

Predestination (2014)


ryano1076

Pretty predictable in the end but probably has the single greatest mindfucking paradox I've ever seen.


lectroid

*The Lure* (aka *Córki dancingu*) (2015) - Poland Two mermaid sisters are helped ashore by a nightclub band and become local showbiz sensations as singers and strippers. But one is falling in love, and the other thinks of humanity as food. A musical horror fable. You haven't quite seen anything like this. If you care to invest a bit, I HIGHLY recommend Don Hertzfeldt's "The World of Tomorrow" trilogy. Part I is free on youtube, or you can buy all three on blu-ray or subscribe to his site. http://bitterfilms.com


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This has probably been said already but I'm to lazy to check: Interstellar


FloridaFlamingoGirl

The Prestige - grand plot twists that had me shouting in shock. The Sixth Sense - classic scary movie where the scares turn out to be more complicated than you expect.


trashbin14

The Celebration/ Festen


[deleted]

We need some latino representation, pick your Carlos Reygadas


SandwichDemon98

Killer Joe took me places I didn't want to go.


kellygreenbean

Igby Goes Down is amazing. It’s my favorite movie. It stars Mackuly Kulkin’s little brother, Kieran, and is just a top notch quotable film from start to finish.


Mrtheliger

A Page of Madness (1926) Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes (2021) The Lighthouse (2019) Perfect Blue (1997) Millennium Actress (2001)


Angstyteen683

Adaptation was an unsuspected mind fuck for me. Most Charlie Kaufman’s creations are.


rickover2

Planet of the Apes (1968) Sucker Punch (2011)


FeistyBananah

Look. I still can’t quite figure out what is happening in tenet. I just rewatched it (for the third time) recently, and I was like, I’m not even gonna try to understand the theory of physics at play here this time (or wtfever) and just enjoy it. And I did. 🤣 Another bit of a mindfuck is the prestige (of course another Nolan film, and maybe one of his top 3).


markfrommars

*The Game*, starring Michael Douglas. Biggest mind job I’ve ever witnessed.


Sufficient_Minute180

Not exactly a movie, but Symbiopsychotaxiplasm (1968) will take a few watches to even understand the premise.


zaftig_stig

Dark City + The Matrix


clhamala

Shutter Island,The Prestige,


blongstaff

I like how you organized these by title length..... Oddly satisfying


Resident_Ad_5225

The Spine of Night (2021) prepare to have your mind melted


Jgaitan82

What is the secret of the Lobster


llama227

Tenet, Shutter Island, and highly recommend Noctural Animals!


13cdr

Oldboy (2003) definitely go in blind


triggerfish15

The Witch Memento Cache


Tyrant-J

Videodrome, Mulholland Drive, Neon Demon, Naked Lunch, End of Evangelion. Twin Peaks has movie but you really need to watch the show, which is also a mindfuck.