mindfucks

[TMartin442]

i love mindfucks (a movie that makes you say "wow that shit just fucked my mind"). examples: donnie darko, the fountain, primer, eternal sunshine, etc. so i was wondering if anyone out there could recommend me some mindfucks.

[sdbrown]

Momento, Usual Suspects, From Dusk til Dawn (I still have no fucking clue what happened at the end, I refuse to watch it because it scared the shit out me the first time)

[Bob Payne]

Un chien andalou, arguably the first mindfuck ever filmed. (screenplay by none other than salvador dali)

[TMartin442]

memento is a good one, idk why i forgot to include that in my examples, its one of my favorite movies.

[softhands]

Luck Number Sleven..that was the worst I have been caught off gaurd..

[RichoTB]

Luck Number Sleven..that was the worst I have been caught off gaurd..

Yes, definitely, Lucky Number Slevin (entitled The Wrong Man in Australia and other countries) is a great one for those who love a good plot twist. The Prestige is excellent too, although heaps of people would have already seen it. Also, if you liked Donnie Darko, chances are you'll find something to enjoy in The Invisible. It was directed by the guys behind The Sixth Sense, so if you consider that a good one than you might want to check that one out. Hot Fuzz has a pretty good twist too, but thats more of an action/satirical comedy than a thriller.

[ReadyForAction]

Well if no one is going to say it then I will
Requiem For A Dream fucking my head up big time
and hot fuzz isnt a mindfuck its just amazing

[goodarmcindy]

The Prestige is excellent too, although heaps of people would have already seen it. Hot Fuzz has a pretty good twist too, but thats more of an action/satirical comedy than a thriller.

Yes the Prestige is excellent. Great film with a great twist that doesn't feel like a cop out.

Hot Fuzz is a comedy, not really a mindfuck. And it isn't even that good. There are better British comedians around than Pegg and Wright.

[Stupendous_Man]

I didn't feel The Invisible was a good movie whatsoever. The trailer was extremely misleading about the premise of the movie and there was little to no suspense during the entire movie. I also called the ending from miles away.

[Jessooker]

I really enjoyed The Jacket, but I haven't seen that in years, and Stay (but I was a bit disappointed with the ending).

[popdisaster00]

Watch The Machinist with Christian Bale.

And Naked Lunch.

[Jessooker]

Watch The Machinist with Christian Bale.

And Naked Lunch.

I completely forgot about the machinist. great movie.

[shinedown114]

I really enjoyed The Jacket, but I haven't seen that in years, and Stay (but I was a bit disappointed with the ending).

Kudos for both of those, them and Momento where the films I was going to list, Lucky # Sleven as well.

Sixth Sense :)

[popdisaster00]

I completely forgot about the machinist. great movie.
Bale was downright frightening in that movie and I love him for it.

[jonny4star]

Blow, with johnny depp has a couple twists,idk about a mindfuck though

[Jessooker]

Bale was downright frightening in that movie and I love him for it.

Yes. He was very hard to look at, which is saying something.

[bluecrunchy]

I Heart Huckabees?

[Jessooker]

eXistenZ
Fight Club
Spider
Twelve Monkeys

[Ailite]

Am I the only one that hate Donnie Darko?

[jonny4star]

you should watch "wicker park" its known as a chick flick but i thought it kicked ass,its kindof a mindfuck

[shinedown114]

eXistenZ
Fight Club
Spider
Twelve Monkeys

I just saw that around 3 weeks ago and it was just crazy, definatly loved it though.

[mutualaddiction]

Blue Velvet
Mulholland Dr. (Lynch is one seriously fucked up individual.)
eXistenZ
American Beauty (kinda)
Waking Life
Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas

This list could also be called "favorite movies to watch while on drugs."

[popdisaster00]

Am I the only one that hate Donnie Darko?
No. Fuck that movie. It's overrated as fuck.

[popdisaster00]

So basically we know that any DAVID LYNCH or DAVID CRONENBERG film is a mind fuck.

[shinedown114]

Blue Velvet
Mulholland Dr. (Lynch is one seriously fucked up individual.)
eXistenZ
American Beauty (kinda)
Waking Life
Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas

This list could also be called "favorite movies to watch while on drugs."

Is that worth buying, ive never seen it before but its been posted twice here, so i was thinking about it. Its only $7 on Amazon, so im just wondering if its worth it.

[Jessooker]

Is that worth buying, ive never seen it before but its been posted twice here, so i was thinking about it. Its only $7 on Amazon, so im just wondering if its worth it.

It's strange but I like it.

[mutualaddiction]

So basically we know that any DAVID LYNCH or DAVID CRONENBERG film is a mind fuck.

Yes!

Except Cronenbergs most recent films were a bit of a disappointment to me, and not much in the "mind fuck" area.

[mutualaddiction]

Is that worth buying, ive never seen it before but its been posted twice here, so i was thinking about it. Its only $7 on Amazon, so im just wondering if its worth it.

It's one of my favorites, mostly because I wrote a term paper on it, but if you liked the Matrix, this is a similar concept that I think is a much much better movie.

[shinedown114]

It's strange but I like it.

Alright, it has a 6.7 on imdb so thats why im still considering it.

I just bought The Machinist, definatly cant wait to get that.

[shinedown114]

It's one of my favorites, mostly because I wrote a term paper on it, but if you liked the Matrix, this is a similar concept that I think is a much much better movie.

Ahh, alrighty, ill have to pick it up then.

[shinedown114]

Just looking around, is Spider any good?

It came up as one of the movies they recommended and just wondering if anyone had any thoughts on it.

[Jessooker]

Just looking around, is Spider any good?

It came up as one of the movies they recommended and just wondering if anyone had any thoughts on it.

I saw it a few years ago so I don't remember it all that well. I remember it being good, but kinda slow. Ralph Fiennes was excellent though. I think I need to see it again.

[shinedown114]

I saw it a few years ago so I don't remember it all that well. I remember it being good, but kinda slow. Ralph Fiennes was excellent though. I think I need to see it again.

Alrighty, it has a 6.9 on imdb so i know its probably good and only like $5 on Amazon, ill have to see about it.

[Jessooker]

Alrighty, it has a 6.9 on imdb so i know its probably good and only like $5 on Amazon, ill have to see about it.

Yeah. What I remember of it, I liked. It's just been a long time.

[shinedown114]

Yeah. What I remember of it, I liked. It's just been a long time.

Gotcha.

I have a problem with buying movies and such, so i might just back off for now...

[Jessooker]

Gotcha.

I have a problem with buying movies and such, so i might just back off for now...

Ha really? I'm the opposite I buy movies all the time, mostly on impulse.

[shinedown114]

Ha really? I'm the opposite I buy movies all the time, mostly on impulse.

Haha, I ment i have a problem with buying too many movies and buying them on impulse, sometimes i just have to tell myself to back down from a certain movie and such.

[Jessooker]

Haha, I ment i have a problem with buying too many movies and buying them on impulse, sometimes i just have to tell myself to back down from a certain movie and such.

Ahhh yeah. I'm definitely the same but I have no will power.

[popdisaster00]

Harvard Man could be spoken of.

[TMartin442]

I just remembered Vanilla Sky. That movie kind of had me thinking about it for a while.

[CubbyNick42]

Hot Fuzz is a comedy, not really a mindfuck. And it isn't even that good. There are better British comedians around than Pegg and Wright.
Then tell them to make movies so we can laugh at them too.

[Tanya Marie]

Blow, with johnny depp has a couple twists,idk about a mindfuck though
the ending was so messed up, such a good movie though.
i own it i actually watched it last week.
i wonder if the real guy finally got to see his daughter, like if she ever forgave him.

[Tanya Marie]

feeling minnesota, the dialogue in my opinion is different from every movie ive ever seen and vincent d'onofrio is an amazing and cooky actor i loved him in this film. Its got a few twists as well.
also american beauty id say.

[Ravenna]

Oldboy.

That shit is insane.

[notoaststereo]

Magnolia
The Prestige
Seven

[Mirrorsandfevers]

The Illusionist.

[Mirrorsandfevers]

Eh, fuck it, let's go crazy. The first Saw.

[MADSTA]

I really enjoyed The Jacket, but I haven't seen that in years, and Stay (but I was a bit disappointed with the ending).
Definite mindfuck. I had to converse with my friends about it for around twenty minutes before any of us kind of understood what actually went down.

Watch The Machinist with Christian Bale.

And Naked Lunch.
I wanted to rent that the other night, but my friends insisted on getting Candy Man. I fell asleep.

you should watch "wicker park" its known as a chick flick but i thought it kicked ass,its kindof a mindfuck
I'd say that was kind of weird, but no mindfuck.

I just remembered Vanilla Sky. That movie kind of had me thinking about it for a while.
The whole time I was watching that movie, I was just thinking, "What...the...fuck."
But then again, I was also thirteen at the time. I may understand it better if I watch it again.

[Chris Fallon]

Blow, with johnny depp has a couple twists,idk about a mindfuck though

I don't see how that movie could be considered a "mindfuck".

Am I the only one that hate Donnie Darko?

I'm not a big fan. It's just too into itself.

feeling minnesota, the dialogue in my opinion is different from every movie ive ever seen and vincent d'onofrio is an amazing and cooky actor i loved him in this film. Its got a few twists as well.
also american beauty id say.

American Beauty has a very simple twist, but still something you aren't expecting.

My obvious choices (and I'm going by films when I first saw them) would be The Sixth Sense, Memento, The Usual Suspects, Fight Club and Vertigo. The worst? The Forgotten, The Village and Next. God, I hated those films.

[Jessooker]

I don't see how that movie could be considered a "mindfuck".




Not even close to a mindfuck at all.

[CubbyNick42]

My obvious choices (and I'm going by films when I first saw them) would be The Sixth Sense, Memento, The Usual Suspects, Fight Club and Vertigo. The worst? The Forgotten, The Village and Next. God, I hated those films.
Closest thing I've seen to actual feces on a movie screen.

[sdbrown]

The worst? The Forgotten, The Village and Next. God, I hated those films.
Haha, oh man. I wanted my 2 hours back after that one. I like to imagine this scenario:
writer 1: Okay, well we're 2/3rds of the way done, how do we end this thing?
writer 2: Hmm, I got nothing
writer 1: How about you, writer 3?
writer 3: no clue
writer 4: I'm hungry, let's let my 5 year old finish the script while we get lunch

[CubbyNick42]

Haha, oh man. I wanted my 2 hours back after that one. I like to imagine this scenario:
writer 1: Okay, well we're 2/3rds of the way done, how do we end this thing?
writer 2: Hmm, I got nothing
writer 1: How about you, writer 3?
writer 3: no clue
writer 4: I'm hungry, let's let my 5 year old finish the script while we get lunch
"Aliens? That's awfully ballsy, Tyler. I like it. Have a Fun Dip."

[drudo182]

The ending to 25th Hour took me be surprise. I loved it.

[Jessooker]

The ending to 25th Hour took me be surprise. I loved it.

Yeah I loved that. It was done so well.

[mutualaddiction]

I think there's more to a good mindfuck that a twist ending.

[CubbyNick42]

I think there's more to a good mindfuck that a twist ending.
Agreed. Unless you consider Atonement a mindfuck.

[sdbrown]

Yeah I loved that. It was done so well.

Your avatar *swoon* Lee Pace is the only reason I kept watching that show :P

[CubbyNick42]

Nice Land of Lincoln triple post

[Jessooker]

Your avatar *swoon* Lee Pace is the only reason I kept watching that show :P


Ha yes I love him, as many people on this site have learned.
Yes, he was the best part of it. So funny.

[Jessooker]

Agreed. Unless you consider Atonement a mindfuck.

I wouldn't consider that a mindfuck, more like a stab through the heart.

[Stupendous_Man]

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg225/MovieScript_Ending/mindfuck2.jpg

[CubbyNick42]

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg225/MovieScript_Ending/mindfuck2.jpg
Ahhhhahahahahahaha

[mutualaddiction]

Nice Land of Lincoln triple post

Represent.

[TMartin442]

I think there's more to a good mindfuck that a twist ending.

I agree. Movies with twists are cool, but I wouldnt call them mindfucks. When I think of mindfucks, I think of movies that I have to actually sit down and think about and have a good brainstorming session that usually just leaves me more tangled up in the mess that movie that the movie intended for me to be in than before. But that doesnt mean it cant have a twist too. For example, when I saw The Sixth Sense in 7th grade it really kind of messed with for a while. I would just sit there and think, "Am I dead? How would I know if Im dead? How did I die?" But I was only in 7th grade, and I have seen far more complicated movies since then, I just think The Sixth Sense was the first movie to give me that feeling that a mindfuck usually leaves me with.

[TMartin442]

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg225/MovieScript_Ending/mindfuck2.jpg

I dont understand what is going on with this picture. Am I trying to see too much? or is it just trying to say Wisconsin is lame?

[CubbyNick42]

I dont understand what is going on with this picture. Am I trying to see too much? or is it just trying to say Wisconsin is lame?
Keep looking at the two pictures. You'll see it eventually.

[matt_bergeron]

you should watch "wicker park" its known as a chick flick but i thought it kicked ass,its kindof a mindfuck

that movie was fucking terrible

[TMartin442]

Keep looking at the two pictures. You'll see it eventually.

The black kid. Who is he?

[CubbyNick42]

The one on the right is the original picture. The one on the left is the doctored version for the cover of the admissions application.

[mutualaddiction]

I just think The Sixth Sense was the first movie to give me that feeling that a mindfuck usually leaves me with.


For me it was Fight Club, and everyone obsesses about the twist in that movie, which is a good one, but it wasn't what made that movie so mindblowing to me at the time.

[TMartin442]

The one on the right is the original picture. The one on the left is the doctored version for the cover of the admissions application.

lol. busted.

[JakeOff946]

that movie was fucking terrible

i disagree...had a variety of elements to it. i don't think it could be classified as a mind fuck cause you kind of know whats going on.

mind fucks are movies like requiem of a dream when you feel like you just did a bunch of heroine and are depressed at the end of the movie. and make look back on the movie with your own questions.

donnie darko is not over rated, its a trendy cult movie (yes oxy moron i know) in fact when i watched it was just from word of mouth, and then i had to watch again...i just didn't understand. it wasn't until the directors cut came out and i had done some research on the movie that i began to understand the smaller things. if you know what the director was going for with the story of the movie its not over rated, its just that such smalll amount of people actually get the movie and what kind of story that richard kelly was trying to tell.

[radiofriendly]

all the good ones are on here already. i kind of enjoyed Identity, and it had a very wierd unique plot twist at the end that was at the very least and original. It's better than most horror movies these days i'd say.

[matt_bergeron]

i disagree...had a variety of elements to it. i don't think it could be classified as a mind fuck cause you kind of know whats going on.

mind fucks are movies like requiem of a dream when you feel like you just did a bunch of heroine and are depressed at the end of the movie. and make look back on the movie with your own questions.

donnie darko is not over rated, its a trendy cult movie (yes oxy moron i know) in fact when i watched it was just from word of mouth, and then i had to watch again...i just didn't understand. it wasn't until the directors cut came out and i had done some research on the movie that i began to understand the smaller things. if you know what the director was going for with the story of the movie its not over rated, its just that such smalll amount of people actually get the movie and what kind of story that richard kelly was trying to tell.


fail.

[Chris Fallon]

Closest thing I've seen to actual feces on a movie screen.

Fuck that movie in all sorts of ways.

"Aliens? That's awfully ballsy, Tyler. I like it. Have a Fun Dip."

Seriously. "Great twist fellas! The audience will never see that one coming!"

The ending to 25th Hour took me be surprise. I loved it.

Oooh, good call! I forgot about that one!

The worst mindfucks are from films you know are gonna try to pull a fast one on you and it all winds up being lame and predictable. Those seem to be coming out a lot recently, but every once in awhile, you manage to score a movie that does everything properly. Flightplan was like that, and in the end ... it was just like, "What?" Same with Next, the Nicolas Cage film from last spring.

[JakeOff946]

fail.

sorry i was drunk when i wrote that...i still think it was a good flick tho. not a mindfuck in anyway.

i'm not sure if that was the fail or not. but apparently your not big fan of details.

[SockMonkeyRiot]

American Psycho

[B-Bones]

I liked the Illusionist more than The Prestige.

[stayillogical]

Primal Fear, Twelve Monkeys, Fight Club.

[stayillogical]

Oh, and The Machinist.

[JesusV2]

I hate Donnie Darko, mostly because everyone thinks I look just like Jake Gyllenhaal in that movie and they all call me Donnie.

[stayillogical]

I hate Donnie Darko, mostly because everyone thinks I look just like Jake Gyllenhaal in that movie and they all call me Donnie.

:inlove:

Sorry.

[From: Skulls]

Just saw the U.S. version of Funny Games that came out today.

Definitely a mindfuck.

[valencourt]

While we're talking about supposed 'mindfuck' movies that are terrible (like the Forgotten) I just want to say how godawful "White Noise" was. The best part of that movie was the end where they leave the cemetery and the chick in the wheelchair is just sitting there, like everyone forgot to wheel her ass away. I couldn't help but just laugh.

[IamTheINDUSTRY]

sorry i was drunk when i wrote that...i still think it was a good flick tho. not a mindfuck in anyway.

i'm not sure if that was the fail or not. but apparently your not big fan of details.

i lol'd at your admitting to being drunk

[JakeOff946]

i lol'd at your admitting to being drunk



yeah don't trust anything i say in the forums after midnight. i literally (figuratively) woke up to a that 'fail' quote. and didn't really remember posting.

[eraserhead]

This thread begins and ends with Mulholland Dr.

or any David Lynch film really.

[June_Bug]

eXistenZ
Fight Club
Spider
Twelve Monkeys


I love that movie so much but I don't know why because I don't get it. Another movie that was really odd would be Unbreakable. I didn't really understand it at all but it was still good though.

[Colorblind!]

Spider and Stay were both really cool.

[TMartin442]

Revolver (that Guy Richie movie)

[RichoTB]

I just saw Memento. Fantastic movie. These recommendations are awesome, keep em coming!!

[blckout20]

For me it was Fight Club, and everyone obsesses about the twist in that movie, which is a good one, but it wasn't what made that movie so mindblowing to me at the time.

I agree, it was definately a good mindfuck movie but any of Chuck Palahniuk's books would make similarly great movies. Just his stying equates to what can be turned into an awesome movie. Also, Edward Norton played the role phenomenally so you can't complain about that.

[Paulie4star]

Luck Number Sleven..that was the worst I have been caught off gaurd..

agreed, that's a hella mindfuck...

also, the last brawl in green street hooligans (dont wanna give away the ending) was a mindfuck, even though everyone at my school said "he had it coming" i refused to believe such a bad thing would happen to such a sweet character.

[Angry Promoter]

Akira left me meeh. It was like 2-3 hours of confusion.

But hey, would I do it again?

[IAPAI]

Oldboy.

That shit is insane.

Oldboy definitely takes the cake.

[Issaacc]

Certainly not all inclusive, but a few that twisted my noggin around in one way or another. I think it's important to note that some of the following probably wouldn't meet a lot of people's definitions of mindfucks, but they fit mine. But i saw that others feel as I do that a mindfuck isn't just a plot twist or two at the end. To me, it's something that gets in your head and makes you see the world a different way - even if you didn't enjoy the change. Enough diatribe . . .

2001 : A space odyssey (maybe overrated, but still a must see.)
Amelie (Fabuleux destin d'Amelie Poulain - Because my ex-gf says so)
Apocalypse Now
Barton Fink
The Big Lebowski (Ok, so I'm stretching the theme, but it should be on every list just because)
Bladerunner
Clockwork Orange
Fallen (not Falling down which I bought by mistake)
Gattaca
Glengary Glen Ross (Nothing too profound here, just so much talent on one screen)
Mindwalk (I swear someone wanted to name this "Mindfuck" and settled - not for the easily bored)
Oleanna
Pi
Run Lola Run
Sleuth (1972 - Don't rightly know about 2007
The Spanish Prisoner
Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi - a Mindfuck for the Kids)
Twin Falls Idaho

Honorable mention,

Being John Malkovich (this movie blows, but its still a mindfuck.)

[Jessooker]

lol at the big lebowski, that's beyond stretching dude.

amelie is a not a mindfuck.

[a speedo model]

Vanilla Sky?

[a speedo model]

Gattaca

How so?

[Issaacc]

As I said, . . .
I think it's important to note that some of the following probably wouldn't meet a lot of people's definitions of mindfucks, but they fit mine. But i saw that others feel as I do that a mindfuck isn't just a plot twist or two at the end. To me, it's something that gets in your head and makes you see the world a different way - even if you didn't enjoy the change.

Gattaca is a movie that got into my head for a long time. Of all the post-apocalyptic thrillers out there that people view as inevitable, Gattaca is pre-apocalyptic and less of an eventuality and more of a now. It made me think - probably too much - about the repercussions of a truly genetically aware society. And like I said, it made me see the world in a different way - at least for a while.

Amelie is much the same, though it made the list because I was talking to my old girlfriend on the phone while making the list and she insisted. I can see it, but only from a particular female perspective.

The Big Lebowski isn't that much of a stretch. The symbolism is there if you look for it (don't look for it, it'll ruin a great pothead movie). It's all about what you believe in. Are you "the dude" or is someone else? Do you bowl on Shomer Shabbos? Are you a nihilist? Would you bowl against Jesus?

* Alternate explanation * If you've got a mind, they've got the fuck . . . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqtgfjkB6Pg

[Jessooker]

:eyebrow:

[Issaacc]

Alright, you got me. I'm full of shit. I was looking through my old Blockbuster VHS stack of Previously viewed $4.99 movies when I made the list. I renounce Gattaca AND Amelie as mindfuck movies, but you gotta give me Lebowski.

So, Jess - have you already posted Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind? Is Hitchhiker's Guide a mindfuck movie?

[Jessooker]

Alright, you got me. I'm full of shit. I was looking through my old Blockbuster VHS stack of Previously viewed $4.99 movies when I made the list. I renounce Gattaca AND Amelie as mindfuck movies, but you gotta give me Lebowski.

So, Jess - have you already posted Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind? Is Hitchhiker's Guide a mindfuck movie?

hitchhiker's guide? seriously?

[slickwataris]

Perfect Blue
Paprika
Paranoia Agent
Dead Leaves
The End of Evangelion

[Issaacc]

hitchhiker's guide? seriously?

No, that was supposed to be a joke. Though I did think long and hard about the possibility of mice as more advanced life forms sent to be part of the Earth's operational matrix. Meh - the book was better.

[Jessooker]

No, that was supposed to be a joke. Though I did think long and hard about the possibility of mice as more advanced life forms sent to be part of the Earth's operational matrix. Meh - the book was better.

of course it was.