Man do I love a brilliantly crafted MindFuck movie. Just adore everything about it. Whether because it’s surprising, or super twisty, or unreliable… what have you, I just love a good Mind Job movie.
As I explained in our first entry in this installment of Mind Job movie list extravaganza-ness, I came up with six criteria that made a movie a Mind Fuck movie. And, I also, arbitrarily decided that in order for a movie to be on this list, it needed to land on at least two of these criteria…
- Reality is Untrustworthy
- The Ending Reconstitutes Everything
- Identity is Unstable
- Time is Fractured
- Psychological Dread
- Moral Inversion.
Make sense? Alright, with that out of the way, let’s get to what you came here for. Mind Job movies 156 – 147! Let’s gooooo.
Mind Fuck Ranking: #156 of 166
The Orphan (2009)
IMDB Rating: ★ 6 | Director: Jaume Collet-Serra
Genre: Thriller / Drama
Mind Fuck Categories: Ending Recontextualizes, Identity Unstable, Psychological Dread
Synopsis: A couple’s seemingly perfect adoption of a nine-year-old girl begins to unravel when disturbing events suggest their new daughter is not who she claims to be.
Mind Fuck Ranking: #155 of 166
The Signal (2007) • Read My Review
IMDB Rating: ★ 6.0 | Director: David Bruckner
Genre: Sci-Fi / Thriller
Mind Fuck Categories: Reality Untrustworthy, Psychological Dread
Synopsis: A horror film told in three parts, from three perspectives, in which a mysterious transmission that turns people into killers invades every cell phone, radio, and television.
Mind Fuck Ranking: #154 of 166
Buster’s Mal Heart (2015) • Read My Review
IMDB Rating: ★ 6.1 | Director: Sarah Adina Smith
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Mind Fuck Categories: Reality Untrustworthy, Identity Unstable, Psychological Dread
Synopsis: A family man’s chance encounter with a conspiracy-obsessed drifter leaves him on the run from the police and an impending event known as the Inversion.
Mind Fuck Ranking: #153 of 166
Color Out of Space (2020) • Read My Review
IMDB Rating: ★ 6.1 | Director: Richard Stanley
Genre: Horror / Sci-Fi
Mind Fuck Categories: Reality Untrustworthy, Psychological Dread
Synopsis: A secluded farm is struck by a strange meteorite which has apocalyptic consequences for the family living there and possibly the world.
Mind Fuck Ranking: #152 of 166
It Comes at Night (2017) • Taylor’s Pick
IMDB Rating: ★ 6.1 | Director: Trey Edward Shults
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Mind Fuck Categories: Reality Untrustworthy, Psychological Dread
Synopsis: Secure within a desolate home as an unnatural threat terrorizes the world, a man has established a tenuous domestic order with his wife and son. Then a desperate young family arrives seeking refuge.
Mind Fuck Ranking: #151 of 166
Neon Demon (2016)
IMDB Rating: ★ 6.1 | Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
Genre: Horror / Drama
Mind Fuck Categories: Reality Untrustworthy, Identity Unstable, Psychological Dread, Moral Inversion
Synopsis: An aspiring model, Jesse, is new to Los Angeles. However, her beauty and youth, which generate intense fascination and jealousy within the fashion industry, may prove themselves sinister.
Mind Fuck Ranking: #150 of 166
Operation Avalanche (2016) • Taylor’s Pick
IMDB Rating: ★ 6.1 | Director: Matt Johnson
Genre: Sci-Fi / Thriller
Mind Fuck Categories: Reality Untrustworthy, Moral Inversion
Synopsis: In 1967, four undercover CIA agents were sent to NASA posing as a documentary film crew. What they discovered led to one of the biggest conspiracies in American history.
Mind Fuck Ranking: #149 of 166
A Dark Song (2016) • A Dark Song
IMDB Rating: ★ 6.2 | Director: Liam Gavin
Genre: Horror / Drama
Mind Fuck Categories: Reality Untrustworthy, Psychological Dread
Synopsis: A determined young woman and a damaged occultist risk their lives and souls to perform a dangerous ritual that will grant them what they want.
Mind Fuck Ranking: #148 of 166
The Nines (2007)
IMDB Rating: ★ 6.2 | Director: John August
Genre: Sci-Fi / Drama
Mind Fuck Categories: Reality Untrustworthy, Ending Recontextualizes, Identity Unstable
Synopsis: A troubled actor, a television show runner, and an acclaimed videogame designer find their lives intertwining in mysterious and unsettling ways.
Mind Fuck Ranking: #147 of 166
Arq (2016) • Read My Review
IMDB Rating: ★ 6.3 | Director: Tony Elliott
Genre: Sci-Fi / Thriller
Mind Fuck Categories: Reality Untrustworthy, Time Fractured, Psychological Dread
Synopsis: Trapped in a lab and stuck in a time loop, a disoriented couple fends off masked raiders while harboring a new energy source that could save humanity.
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Alrighty! There you have it. Ten free movie recommendations from the world of Mind Jobs and Mind Fucks! All ten of these are an enjoyable watch, and all ten will have you thinking long after you finish them. Can’t wait to bring you the second installment of this magical movie list. Make sure you keep coming back to get the entire list.
