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. 17 -2

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  2. 92 -2

    Mulholland Dr.

    2001 — a.k.a. Mulholland Drive, in 26 top lists Check
  3. 128 -2

    Se7en

    1995, in 29 top lists Check
  4. 93 -2

    Memento

    2000, in 27 top lists Check
  5. 111 -2

    Oldeuboi

    2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 34 top lists Check
  6. 119 -2

    Persona

    1966, in 25 top lists Check
  7. 41 -2

    Donnie Darko

    2001, in 21 top lists Check
  8. 27 -2

    Black Swan

    2010, in 12 top lists Check
  9. 120 -2

    The Prestige

    2006, in 15 top lists Check
  10. 129 -2

    The Sixth Sense

    1999, in 20 top lists Check
  11. 153 -2

    Twelve Monkeys

    1995 — a.k.a. 12 Monkeys, in 14 top lists Check
  12. 144 -2

    Shutter Island

    2010, in 8 top lists Check
  13. 87 -2

    Lost Highway

    1997, in 10 top lists Check
  14. 110 -2

    Ôdishon

    1999 — a.k.a. Audition, in 11 top lists Check
  15. 69 -2

    Inland Empire

    2006, in 10 top lists Check
  16. 113 -2

    Pi

    1998, in 6 top lists Check
  17. 169 -1

    Wild at Heart

    1990, in 6 top lists Check
  18. 112 -2

    Primer

    2004, in 6 top lists Check
  19. 31 -2

    Cube

    1997, in 5 top lists Check
  20. 62 -2

    The Game

    1997, in 3 top lists Check
  21. 150 -2

    Source Code

    2011, in 0 top lists Check
  22. 19 -2

    The Butterfly Effect

    2004, in 0 top lists Check
  23. 91 -2

    The Machinist

    2004, in 1 top list Check
  24. 8 -

    A Scanner Darkly

    2006, in 3 top lists Check
  25. 191 new

    THX 1138

    1971, in 5 top lists Check
  26. 37 -2

    Los cronocrímenes

    2007 — a.k.a. Timecrimes, in 1 top list Check
  27. 176 new

    Cosmopolis

    2012, in 2 top lists Check
  28. 42 -2

    Dead Man's Shoes

    2004, in 4 top lists Check
  29. 51 -2

    Das Experiment

    2001 — a.k.a. The Experiment, in 1 top list Check
  30. 72 -2

    Identity

    2003, in 1 top list Check
  31. 26 -2

    Bug

    2006, in 1 top list Check
  32. 102 -2

    The Ninth Gate

    1999, in 1 top list Check
  33. 105 -2

    The Ninth Configuration

    1980, in 3 top lists Check
  34. 152 -2

    The Thirteenth Floor

    1999, in 0 top lists Check
  35. 106 -2

    The Number 23

    2007, in 0 top lists Check
  36. 30 -2

    Cypher

    2002 — a.k.a. Brainstorm, in 0 top lists Check
  37. 172 -1

    13 Tzameti

    2005, in 0 top lists Check
  38. 54 -2

    Exam

    2009, in 0 top lists Check
  39. 185 new

    Kalifornia

    1993, in 1 top list Check
  40. 131 -2

    Stay

    2005, in 0 top lists Check
  41. 74 -2

    Intacto

    2001, in 0 top lists Check
  42. 12 -1

    Awake

    2007, in 0 top lists Check
  43. 71 -2

    Impostor

    2001, in 0 top lists Check
  44. 52 -2

    The Escapist

    2008, in 0 top lists Check
  45. 39 -2

    The Dark Hours

    2005, in 0 top lists Check
  46. 77 -2

    The I Inside

    2004, in 0 top lists Check
  47. 147 -2

    Butterfly on a Wheel

    2007 — a.k.a. The Butterfly, in 0 top lists Check
  48. 104 -2

    November

    2004, in 0 top lists Check
  49. 179 new

    Final Approach

    1991, in 0 top lists Check
  50. 44 -2

    Deepwater

    2005, in 0 top lists Check
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