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. 173 -1

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  2. 17 -2

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  3. 55 -2

    Fight Club

    1999, in 19 top lists Check
  4. 78 -2

    Inception

    2010, in 21 top lists Check
  5. 48 -2

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004, in 28 top lists Check
  6. 92 -2

    Mulholland Dr.

    2001 — a.k.a. Mulholland Drive, in 26 top lists Check
  7. 128 -2

    Se7en

    1995, in 29 top lists Check
  8. 93 -2

    Memento

    2000, in 27 top lists Check
  9. 111 -2

    Oldeuboi

    2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 34 top lists Check
  10. 21 -2

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  11. 119 -2

    Persona

    1966, in 25 top lists Check
  12. 41 -2

    Donnie Darko

    2001, in 21 top lists Check
  13. 125 -2

    Requiem for a Dream

    2000, in 21 top lists Check
  14. 183 new

    Groundhog Day

    1993, in 23 top lists Check
  15. 151 -2

    Stalker

    1979, in 22 top lists Check
  16. 16 -2

    Brazil

    1985, in 23 top lists Check
  17. 27 -2

    Black Swan

    2010, in 12 top lists Check
  18. 177 new

    Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari

    1920 — a.k.a. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, in 30 top lists Check
  19. 49 -2

    Eraserhead

    1977, in 20 top lists Check
  20. 192 new

    The Truman Show

    1998, in 14 top lists Check
  21. 120 -2

    The Prestige

    2006, in 15 top lists Check
  22. 129 -2

    The Sixth Sense

    1999, in 20 top lists Check
  23. 130 -2

    Solyaris

    1972 — a.k.a. Solaris, in 27 top lists Check
  24. 15 -2

    Being John Malkovich

    1999, in 14 top lists Check
  25. 163 -2

    Videodrome

    1983, in 18 top lists Check
  26. 153 -2

    Twelve Monkeys

    1995 — a.k.a. 12 Monkeys, in 14 top lists Check
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    American Psycho

    2000, in 12 top lists Check
  28. 144 -2

    Shutter Island

    2010, in 8 top lists Check
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    Adaptation.

    2002, in 11 top lists Check
  30. 46 -2

    Dogville

    2003, in 14 top lists Check
  31. 35 -2

    Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie

    1972 — a.k.a. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, in 21 top lists Check
  32. 83 -2

    La jetée

    1962 — a.k.a. La Jetée, in 19 top lists Check
  33. 96 -2

    Melancholia

    2011, in 10 top lists Check
  34. 100 -2

    Moon

    2009, in 5 top lists Check
  35. 53 -2

    El ángel exterminador

    1962 — a.k.a. The Exterminating Angel, in 18 top lists Check
  36. 87 -2

    Lost Highway

    1997, in 10 top lists Check
  37. 146 -2

    Synecdoche, New York

    2008, in 9 top lists Check
  38. 45 -2

    Dead Man

    1995, in 12 top lists Check
  39. 14 new

    Barton Fink

    1991, in 8 top lists Check
  40. 154 -2

    Total Recall

    1990, in 8 top lists Check
  41. 110 -2

    Ôdishon

    1999 — a.k.a. Audition, in 11 top lists Check
  42. 79 -2

    Irréversible

    2002 — a.k.a. Irreversible, in 10 top lists Check
  43. 89 -2

    Lola rennt

    1998 — a.k.a. Run Lola Run, in 9 top lists Check
  44. 69 -2

    Inland Empire

    2006, in 10 top lists Check
  45. 187 new

    Pâfekuto burû

    1997 — a.k.a. Perfect Blue, in 13 top lists Check
  46. 184 new

    Holy Motors

    2012, in 11 top lists Check
  47. 43 -2

    Delicatessen

    1991, in 15 top lists Check
  48. 170 -1

    Werckmeister harmóniák

    2000 — a.k.a. Werckmeister Harmonies, in 12 top lists Check
  49. 11 -1

    Antichrist

    2009, in 8 top lists Check
  50. 108 -2

    The Others

    2001, in 9 top lists Check
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Last updated on Dec 28, 2011; source