The mindfuck movie list

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Created by mawbey.

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Many definitions exist for defining what makes any given movie a 'mindfuck'. At Class Real we look for movies which have the following elements and themes:
-Surreal atmosphere
-Identity surprises
-Reality surprises
-Existentialism
-Postmodernism
-Time Travel


(updated 25/3/14)

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  1. 55 -2

    Fight Club

    1999, in 19 top lists Check
  2. 48 -2

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004, in 28 top lists Check
  3. 128 -2

    Se7en

    1995, in 29 top lists Check
  4. 41 -2

    Donnie Darko

    2001, in 21 top lists Check
  5. 120 -2

    The Prestige

    2006, in 15 top lists Check
  6. 192 new

    The Truman Show

    1998, in 14 top lists Check
  7. 125 -2

    Requiem for a Dream

    2000, in 21 top lists Check
  8. 27 -2

    Black Swan

    2010, in 12 top lists Check
  9. 111 -2

    Oldeuboi

    2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 34 top lists Check
  10. 129 -2

    The Sixth Sense

    1999, in 20 top lists Check
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    American Psycho

    2000, in 12 top lists Check
  12. 92 -2

    Mulholland Dr.

    2001 — a.k.a. Mulholland Drive, in 26 top lists Check
  13. 100 -2

    Moon

    2009, in 5 top lists Check
  14. 21 -2

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  15. 63 -2

    GATTACA

    1997 — a.k.a. Gattaca, in 5 top lists Check
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    Adaptation.

    2002, in 11 top lists Check
  17. 61 -2

    The Fall

    2006, in 6 top lists Check
  18. 151 -2

    Stalker

    1979, in 22 top lists Check
  19. 119 -2

    Persona

    1966, in 25 top lists Check
  20. 108 -2

    The Others

    2001, in 9 top lists Check
  21. 46 -2

    Dogville

    2003, in 14 top lists Check
  22. 98 -2

    Mr. Nobody

    2009, in 4 top lists Check
  23. 59 -2

    The Fountain

    2006, in 4 top lists Check
  24. 96 -2

    Melancholia

    2011, in 10 top lists Check
  25. 25 -2

    Brick

    2005, in 8 top lists Check
  26. 146 -2

    Synecdoche, New York

    2008, in 9 top lists Check
  27. 62 -2

    The Game

    1997, in 3 top lists Check
  28. 91 -2

    The Machinist

    2004, in 1 top list Check
  29. 175 new

    Cloud Atlas

    2012, in 1 top list Check
  30. 130 -2

    Solyaris

    1972 — a.k.a. Solaris, in 28 top lists Check
  31. 14 new

    Barton Fink

    1991, in 8 top lists Check
  32. 95 -2

    The Man from Earth

    2007, in 1 top list Check
  33. 112 -2

    Primer

    2004, in 6 top lists Check
  34. 87 -2

    Lost Highway

    1997, in 10 top lists Check
  35. 116 -2

    Pink Floyd: The Wall

    1982, in 8 top lists Check
  36. 83 -2

    La jetée

    1962 — a.k.a. La Jetée, in 19 top lists Check
  37. 45 -2

    Dead Man

    1995, in 12 top lists Check
  38. 167 -1

    Waking Life

    2001, in 9 top lists Check
  39. 79 -2

    Irréversible

    2002 — a.k.a. Irreversible, in 10 top lists Check
  40. 157 -2

    Les triplettes de Belleville

    2003 — a.k.a. The Triplets of Belleville, in 11 top lists Check
  41. 11 -1

    Antichrist

    2009, in 8 top lists Check
  42. 53 -2

    El ángel exterminador

    1962 — a.k.a. The Exterminating Angel, in 19 top lists Check
  43. 81 -2

    Jacob's Ladder

    1990, in 3 top lists Check
  44. 35 -2

    Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie

    1972 — a.k.a. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, in 21 top lists Check
  45. 161 -2

    Underground

    1995, in 9 top lists Check
  46. 138 -2

    La science des rêves

    2006 — a.k.a. The Science of Sleep, in 2 top lists Check
  47. 184 new

    Holy Motors

    2012, in 11 top lists Check
  48. 65 -2

    La montaña sagrada

    1973 — a.k.a. The Holy Mountain, in 9 top lists Check
  49. 110 -2

    Ôdishon

    1999 — a.k.a. Audition, in 11 top lists Check
  50. 69 -2

    Inland Empire

    2006, in 10 top lists Check
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