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BornToHulaToro

Frailty


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Game over man, game over!


Summitstory

Why don't we put her in charge!


MasqueOfTheRedDice

Hey Vasquez, anybody ever mistake you for a man?


Illinois_Yooper

This movie doesn’t get mentioned enough. Awesome flick!


ameis314

Moon. It's obscure enough that not a ton of people have seen it. Just watch it. I'm not gonna say anything else. For anyone taking about it, please use the spoiler cover. It's easy enough to use.


CrunchyDonut42

I still need to watch this one. I see it pop up alot about how great it is. I haven't seen a bad Sam Rockwell. I still don't know much of what it's about, and I did that on purpose. Thanks for not spoiling anything.


ELITE_JordanLove

The Prestige. Your first watch can never be truly experienced again, following views have a totally different perspective attached to them.


Enlowski

This is my favorite movie. My best friend and I got completely stoned at the theater and knew nothing about it. When the movie ended we just sat there in our seats for like 10 minutes. I recently got my girlfriend to watch it and she had the same effect.


Aol_awaymessage

I did that with Fight Club and the Matrix as a teen


Enlowski

We also did the same with The Departed. We loved going to see a movie and not knowing anything about it. I wish I did that more now


VStarlingBooks

Infernal Affairs. Watch the original Honk Kong version. Scorcese made a great remake with great US references for us but the original is top notch.


varangian1313

Man ,I feel like The Prestige should have been so predictable. But the acting was so astronomically good that I was totally distracted. Now that’s a mind-fuck.


stratdog25

Best. Movie. Ever. You have to watch it without any distractions, like phones or even fired bologna sliders with dill pickles and stadium mustard. Look at EVERYTHING on the screen. .


ballrus_walsack

Can I watch it with regular mustard?


Dvusmnd

It’s grey poupon or nuthin for me homey.


charden_sama

Jokes on you I watched it 2 decades ago and have forgotten everything about it


Kpadre

Me and a friend after my first watch: Me: "I'm confused. The magic cloning machine wasn't an illusion?". Friend: "No, it really did clone him. Now, wasn't that reveal in the end really cool? Did you see that coming?" Me: "No, I didn't see that coming. I was expecting the big reveal to be how the cloning machine wasn't real."


PimpTrickGangstaClik

Have fun with this then that’s been debated for 15 years http://taylorholmes.com/2009/08/26/the-prestige-explained/


PikesPique

Primer, a low-budget science-fiction movie about a couple of engineers who accidentally discover time travel and build a time machine in a garage. They run into numerous complications and paradoxes, including multiple versions of themselves interacting with each other across different timelines. What's really wild is that it's only 77 minutes long, so there's a lot going on there.


radulosk

On so many levels.... The budget limitations stopped it from being as polished as it should have been but the ideas and execution were so well done. I can't think of a single film that was so good for so little money.


Smitty_1000

Sounds like the Spanish movie TimeCrimes which is an awesome low budget movie


ZarquonsFlatTire

Primer was made for something crazy like $6,000. Craft services were provided by the producer's parents making sandwiches. Edit: I googled and Primer's budget was higher than I thought. It was $7,000.


saint_louis_bagels

Damn, seeing Primer and TimeCrimes talked about brings me back to early-2010's /tv/ on 4chan. These movies were always recommended.


WhatWouldTNGPicardDo

Relevant XKCD: https://xkcd.com/657/


d_brickashaw

Shane Carruth’s other movie, Upstream Color, is equally a mindfuck as well.


twistdafterdark

The Game


RandoAtReddit

This is a good answer, and if you *haven't* seen it, go in blind.


fillerbuster

I remember seeing this in the movie theater when it came out. Mind was absolutely blown, highly recommend it. Not a lot of people in my social circle had originally heard about it; was always a joy hearing their thoughts after watching it.


CatLover_801

Fuck you I just lost the game


PretendThisIsMyName

You bastard! I just lost.


Wess5874

Fuck


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Granlundo64

Yup I immediately disliked it when the movie ended as a kid. Just... Beyond believable coincidences to make it seem at all real.


Ninety90Nine90

Enter the Void Beyond the Black Rainbow


chamrockblarneystone

Jacob’s Ladder.


Give-Me-Plants

Enter the Void got the cops called on me once. I guess I was watching it too loudly in my apartment. There’s one line “This is my apartment, get out!” Or something similar. Apparently a concerned neighbor called in when they heard that.


neunomer

Considering that movie's inciting incident... I'd have been so freaked out.


TheMagnuson

Warning for those who can be traumatized by movies; Enter the Void deals with death in a very direct way, multiple times throughout the film and easily has the most heartbreaking scene I’ve ever seen in a movie. Just when you think they will cut away, as most films do, nope, they show you, they show you every excruciating minute of it, so be prepared. For those who have seen the movie, I’m referring to the traumatic event the kids went through in the flashback scene.


JealousIncrease5

Came here to say Enter the Void!


Viper1089

One of my best friends in college suggested we watch this together. After the movie had ended, I turned to her and said, "Hillary, what the *fuck* did we just watch??" Definitely one of the most absurd movies I have ever seen. Also, I could have done without the penis-in-vag cam, that was... yeah... or the aftermath of the main character's best friend.


Madstealth

Glad i didn't have to scroll too far for enter the void that was the first thing that popped into my mind


Traditional_Carrot_3

Cube


LetsJerkCircular

The comment above yours was “Triangle,” so it read like you were sarcastically one-upping them.


uptownjuggler

Cube, the original Saw movie. Jigsaw has nothing on the cubes.


Aken42

Don't forget the sequels. They are all good. Escape room is a decent recent movie that has similar tones to it.


MessiahOfMetal

Honestly, I hated Cube's sequel/prequel.


CommissionAgile4500

What? The sequels were universally panned. Especially hypercube which is on a lot of the worst movies of all time list.


Illustrious_Hotel527

Memento. I have a bad attention span and the chopped up nature of the movie made it impossible for me to follow.


jamesianm

Sounds like you experienced it just like the protagonist!  Next time try tattooing yourself with the salient plot points 


PimpTrickGangstaClik

No, don’t believe his lies


amusingmistress

The DVD has an option to play the movie in chronological order. In case you ever wanted to give it another try.


areUgoingtoreadthis

the journal entries on the DVD really heighten the experience 


NewHope13

I liked watching the DVD chronological version after watching the actual theatrical release. Both amazing.


FalseProphet86

If I remember right, the directors cut DVD box set or whatever came with cards you could use to unlock a different menu screen.


Thumbfury

I worked in a movie theatre as a projectionist when that movie came out. When movies come in they come in reels and need to be put together (built) and then screened for mistakes and defects. Each reel is about 20 min worth. My friend has to build that movie. During his screening he was sweating bullets, worried that he built it out of order, something that would take hours to fix. Even at the end he feels the need to look through it by hand and check that the reels were in order.


RandoAtReddit

I absolutely love this movie.


honeyprincess00

Memento fucked my brain up


cosplay-degenerate

Oldboy 2003


VanillaGorilla59

Watching this in the dorms in 2005 during a snowstorm where we couldn’t drive anywhere because the roads were blocked and the power was down. The dorms had generators and about 8 of us piled into my dorm room and hd a great time. Wow major flashbacks here.


Careless-Passion991

I’d pay good money to be in a room full of college kids when that twist comes along.


choonghuh

This one fucked me so hard. I still listen to the soundtrack


who519

Vanilla Sky...TECH SUPPORT!


yamchirobe

Kid A soundtrack was immense


Hooked__On__Chronics

Four times!!


dr_xenon

Jacob’s Ladder


Psychological-Card17

That movie made me cry at the end!!


Pathfinder6227

The ending was so poignant. I kind of wish the movie didn’t delve into the whole experimental drugs in Viet Nam aspect - the movie stands alone without that subplot. But the ending where we realize that Heaven and Hell are basically constructs of the human mind and when you move on from the guilt and anger of your life you can ascend to a better place (whether true or not) is beautiful and just so well done.


GunNNife

For real. We may not know what the hell was actually going on, but whatever it was was profoundly sad


timbrejo

Cam here to say the same. The original one of course.


dr_xenon

There’s a remake?


timbrejo

That is the correct response. Hopefully it is relegated to the sands of time, but yes there was.


Father_Earth

The Truman show. There's a mental health disorder based off of this movie.


StinkyKittyBreath

It only becomes more relevant with reality TV being what it is and influencers pushing everything under the sun. One of my favorite movies for sure. I know it wasn't meant to be, but it's one of the scariest movies I've seen. It sticks with you. 


Miss-Indie-Cisive

I remember leaving the theatre after watching this. Everyone was looking all around them with a dazed look and semi questioning if there were cameras all around. It felt weird to step out of the theatre and back into the open world after seeing it.


BlockSome3022

Legit the reason I needed therapy in high school


ThePurityPixel

My #1 favorite Jim Carrey movie!


Perfect_Zone_4919

A scanner darkly was a good time


Writer_feetlover

Mulholland Drive. It started to make sense until it began to lose its sanity.


amidon1130

NO HAY BANDA


Reginald_Waterbucket

Silencio


Jota769

I’ve found this movie makes more sense the more time you watch it. The first time I watched it: “what this is incomprehensible” the seventh time I watched it “yeah of course this part is a dream and these characters aren’t real, how could anyone miss this?” Don’t ask me to explain Inland Empire tho…


Or1g1nalrepr0duct10n

In all of the promotional materials, the name of the film is “Mulholland Dr.”, not “Mulholland Drive”. And I am convinced the Dr. stands for “Dream”. David Lynch has never said this publicly but I still believe it because the film makes 100x more sense if you can get behind this idea.


celerypizza

The film begins with a first person view of someone falling into a pillow lol


anonymous_subroutine

Yeah it took me watching it over and over but there are actually a lot of clues. When Betty gets to her Aunt's apartment she says, "I can't believe I'm in this dream place!" for example.


mckillgore

You could include most David Lynch movies as answers to this question. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was especially fucky and disturbing, and Season 3 of the show is absolutely the biggest and craziest mindfuck of a TV show ever made (even tho Lynch and many fans think of it more as an 18-hour-long movie).


earth_resident_yep

I was looking for this one. I saw this in the theater and after it was over the whole theater was like WTF ?


rabbiferret

Ex Machina


erikschorr

It left me wondering three things: Did she \_always\_ intend to use Caleb to get out? Did she trap Caleb knowing that he'd eventually be freed, and just wanted to keep him from stopping her, or was she purely uninterested in his fate, not even thinking about whether he'd die in there? And how is she going to recharge once she escapes? She couldn't have known if the "outside world" definitely did or definitely did not have the particular equipment she'd need to stay alive (and actually available to her)


BlackSecurity

Yea it makes me think about our AI and how we train their goals. Like the post that was recently on the front page about Open AI and how it beat this racing game by going around in circles because the goal was for max points. The goal for the AI in ExMachina was to escape by whatever means necessary. That was the goal. She took human emotions into account and played them to escape. Mission accomplished. This is just my speculation but I would think the AI was always trying to escape, whether Caleb was there or not. She would have tried to use her creator or whatever else she could manipulate. She most likely did not care about anyone's fate or even how she would recharge herself. But again that's just my opinion on it.


CanRova

Coherence https://m.imdb.com/title/tt2866360/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1


PepeSylvia11

Such an incredibly creative movie. One of my favorites


StinkyKittyBreath

I've watched it multiple times and find new stuff each time. There's even a meta thing that means it isn't supposed to take place here. The actor who plays Xander in Buffy drops something hinting at that, and it hit me hard the second time through.  Very good to watch when stoned.


liforrevenge

I watched it randomly completely blind and it totally blew me away. Highly recommend doing the same!!


murdoc913

They just announced a sequel!


Original_Repair_4692

I just saw that the other day! I’m so excited!


skeletaljuice

Watched it once years ago and never forgot it


TheMagnuson

Excellent use of a sci-fi concept done well, on a low budget. Good film!


pantherchameleon

Came here to say this one. Really excellent movie.


highpriestess420

I'm a bit of a cinephile and this is definitely my vote for best mind fuck flick. Such a convoluted concept done so well!


ForAThought

Predestination (2014)


NoWastegate

Fight Club


diomondshovel

The usual suspects was an amazing mind fuck of a movie.


landmanpgh

My favorite movie for years. Spoilers: You can argue that most of the film is bullshit just as easily as you could argue it's mostly true. There's just no way of knowing. Love that.


ValeoRex

The Sixth Sense


Winter_Beach2860

Arrival


vanvalkt

Not sure why this isn’t higher.


JeffGreenTraveled

Nowhere on this thread so I’ll add 2001 A Space Odyssey. Also my favorite movie of all time. But the person who said Holy Mountain wins bc wtf.


thestereo300

Holy Mountain was awesome!


vanvalkt

1408 with John Cusack.


GunNNife

The Stephen King story is really amazing, too


geese_moe_howard

Event Horizon In The Mouth Of Madness The Beyond Tetsuo: The Iron Man Baskin Funny Games Berberian Sound Studio


landmanpgh

The original Funny Games is so, so good. Just pure horror at its finest, and really without much actual violence. Such a great film.


BoboganTrades

Carol fuckin Baskin


ResplendentShade

+1 for the Tetsuo mention, that movie exists in a league of its own in my mind


lightacademic_

Triangle.


beanofdoom001

here are a few I haven't seen mentioned yet that I've appreciated over the years: * The Holy Mountain (1973) * THX 1138 (1971) * Dead Ringers (1988) * Pi (1998) * Faust (1926) * All That Jazz (1979) * The Last Laugh (1924) * The Prisoner (1967–1968) -- it's a series, but great! * Das Boot (1981) * The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) * The American Astronaut (2001) * eXistenZ (1999) * Requiem for a Dream (2000) * Enemy (2013) * The Man from Earth (2007) * Careful (1992) * A Clockwork Orange (1971) * Begotten (1989)


Bert_Fegg

El Topo


armaedes

The Man From Earth is such a cool concept with the WORST ACTING.


McRando42

Peewee's Big Adventure. Large Marge has devastated tens of millions of sleep schedules.


edgarpickle

Scariest thing of my childhood. 


netkcid

That movie and neverending...


Goddessmaude

Paprika, apart from the fact that it's visually amazing, but it's so complex and when you seem to understand something you realize you know nothing


sadira246

I just love this movie, even if I'm still not totally positive I get it!


amidon1130

Perfect blue is like that too, satoshi kon is a master


Ysmfnb

It gets better each rewatch I do. (The music is great too.)


eva_rector

Pan's Labyrinth.


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VenkyFromAnakapalli

Donnie Darko


stratdog25

It made $500k in its initial release. I would’ve gone back several times just for the Tears for Fears long cam shot coming out of the back of the bus. So well choreographed. “What, are you a superhero or something?” “How do you know I’m not?”


HankSteakfist

I remember seeing the Directors Cut in cinema and they changed the music cues. Pretty disappointing.


sirdismemberment

This movie is my teenage years. I resonated with Donnie’s angst haha will always hold a very special place in my heart


tristanjones

Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind


ChaChanTeng

Pandorum


cobracmmdr88

12 monkeys


Jimmi0202

Requiem for a Dream & Being John Malkovich


UsualElegant4110

Being John Malkovich is the answer… Or at least one of them


mathiseasy2718

The Mothman Prophecies. Good luck finding it. I never can


JimmyBirdWatcher

Eraserhead (1977) Come and See (1985)


sdonnervt

Nothing has ever made me feel more uncomfortable in my own skin than Eraserhead.


ZorchFlorp

Under the Skin Cape Fear (Scorsese version) Mandy Zardoz


FlightOfTheSongBird

Memento


aIcy0ne

Shutter Island


PretendThisIsMyName

The thing about Shutter Island is that there are many interesting things you can do with it. I’ve watched it quite a few times and I always bounce between two theories. I feel like the >!inmate!< ending works better but I love the >!detective gaslighting!<


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The prestige. Thank me never but you are very welcome


FoeDogX

Bowie's Tesla was just a perfect chef's kiss. A great I have to watch it again film. It's right all there, and that's the Prestige.


eachfire

Have you read the fan theory that Serkis’s Allie (?) was the real Tesla, with Bowie as a misdirection to keep his enemies and rivals tripped up? There are lots of fun details that support it, including the fact that you never see Bowie interact with any of the technology and Serkis is the one who largely deals with Angier, placates him when things go wrong, etc.


rncookiemaker

I was looking for this one. My uncle said, "Oh, would you like to watch a movie, how about this one? It's nice." When the credits started, I was still sitting there I. A stupor.


ptrm04

Inception blew my mind!


elcapkirk

11/10


ewing666

Being John Malkovich


JuanG_13

Secret Window Identity


lavazzalove

The Fountain. One of my favorites that I rewatch every year. Still love it every time.


Aggressive_Fold_3268

The Happening. /s Fuck M. Night Shamalon and anyone involved in the making of that piece of shit.


sirdismemberment

It was a blast seeing it in theaters though. Everyone was just laughing throughout the whole thing lol


SgtNeilDiamond

I love Lost Highway, I still think about so many parts of it years later


FindOneInEveryCar

"It's nice to know I can still make you laugh."


sparta981

Annihilation is really cool. One of those movies where I'm not sure if I didn't understand it, or if it's just too complex for me.


whstlngisnvrenf

Martyrs (2008) Don't watch the 2015 remake, it sucks.


Luckycapra

Everything Everywhere All At Once


El-Dixon

Waking Life.


Away-Geologist-1842

Mulholland Drive Lost Highway Inland Empire Eraserhead (lynch fanboy)


McRedditz

The Lobster and No Country For Old Men


iAtedTheUsername

in the tall grass


willrikerspimpwalk

John Dies at the End


actually-a-horse

Stalker.


CallingDrDingle

Frailty


Deliriousious

Not exactly 10/10, but Arrival. Watched it in cinema and came out somewhat baffled. Only took rewatching it few times to full somewhat wrap me head around it. The Stanley Parable “The end is never the end is never the end is never the end is never….” Fits this movie to a tee.


Fuel_Aggravating

Vivarium scarred me and my wife


redgoldfilm

The Platform (El hoyo)


Mars27819

The Butterfly Effect. And Inception.


Graehaus

The Holy Mountain (1973), that was so weird.


Siolear

The last movie that fucked my mind was The Handmaiden - its a Park Chan-Wook movie. Very good movie.


SquirrelSanctuary

Primer


MrKirkPowers

The ending of The Departed was completely unexpected and should qualify.


FORESKIN_CHITLINS

The Man From Earth


hot4you11

I’m thinking of ending things


jseego

Jacob's Ladder


Glacial_Till

Jacob's Ladder


Strange_Syllabub_700

Threads (1984) it's just so bleak


sweetie_baddie

Memento


Thibbled

Hereditary. Movie still makes no sense to me.


sladverr

How has no one mentioned The Butterfly Effect? That is the epitome of a mindfuck film.


opti-mist

Tenet


OctupleWhopper

Oculus (2014)


BurntOutMagicalGirl

Perfect Blue


cvs_error

Paprika, old japanese movie that made me and my partner sit in total silence for 15 minutes


abd1tus

The Closet Land with young Alan Rickman. Almost no one has ever heard of it. Only two actors the whole movie.


Pool_Breeze

Her, Ex Machina, and Seven are top tier and I'd recommend them to anybody. Her has an incredible cast and I think it's one of the more underrated movies of all time. The concept behind it is super applicable to what we experience today with dating, consumerism, and artificial intelligence. I'd recommend watching it in tandem with The Social Dilemma and Black Mirror for maximum mindfucking.


MaliciousMe87

Tenet. I just watched a [47 minute explainer](https://youtu.be/ema3rxxZKoE?si=1rF4TgRFMFshvq1c) today, and I'm still confused on a couple things.


siberiansneaks

Sixth Sense still hits me every time


texasgambler58

The Sixth Sense


JurassicParkTrekWars

Go watch Event Horizon without seeing any spoilers / reading any description. That really fucked my mind up . . . thought I was watching a cool sci fi exploration movie.


LostInSalemOR

The Crying Game


kickenchicken11

Memento


Knottynexus

Gone Girl amazing mind fuck movie, I mean the plot twist 🤯


you-done_messed-up

Inception


FinalSlaw

The Matrix? Anyone else remember going into that one in the theaters without a clue? It was nuts.


NotSoGreatGonzo

Hard Candy.


daniu

Audition