We have arrived at installment number nine! As a reminder, here are our criteria for determining what a mind job movie even is… and our rule is, that each movie has to rank on at least two of these criteria:
- Reality is Untrustworthy
- The Ending Reconstitutes Everything
- Identity is Unstable
- Time is Fractured
- Psychological Dread
- Moral Inversion.
Fantastic. With all that said, let’s get to the reason why you are here… The movies!
Mind Fuck Ranking: #86 of 166
Caché (2005)
IMDB Rating: ★ 7.3 | Director: Michael Haneke
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
Mind Fuck Categories: Reality Untrustworthy, Psychological Dread, Moral Inversion
Synopsis: A married couple is terrorized by a series of surveillance videotapes left on their front porch.
Mind Fuck Ranking: #85 of 166
Hereditary (2018) • Read My Review
IMDB Rating: ★ 7.3 | Director: Ari Aster
Genre: Horror / Drama
Mind Fuck Categories: Reality Untrustworthy, Psychological Dread
Synopsis: A grieving family is haunted by tragic and disturbing occurrences.
Mind Fuck Ranking: #84 of 166
I, Origins (2014) • Read My Review
IMDB Rating: ★ 7.3 | Director: Mike Cahill
Genre: Drama / Sci-Fi
Mind Fuck Categories: Reality Untrustworthy, Ending Recontextualizes, Psychological Dread
Synopsis: A molecular biologist and his laboratory partner uncover evidence that may fundamentally change society as we know it.
Mind Fuck Ranking: #83 of 166
Identity (2003)
IMDB Rating: ★ 7.3 | Director: James Mangold
Genre: Thriller / Mystery
Mind Fuck Categories: Reality Untrustworthy, Ending Recontextualizes, Identity Unstable, Psychological Dread
Synopsis: Stranded at a desolate Nevada motel during a nasty rain storm, ten strangers become acquainted with each other when they realize that they’re being killed off one by one.
Mind Fuck Ranking: #82 of 166
Irreversible (2002) • Read My Review
IMDB Rating: ★ 7.3 | Director: Gaspar Noé
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Mind Fuck Categories: Time Fractured, Psychological Dread, Moral Inversion
Synopsis: Events over the course of one traumatic night in Paris unfold in reverse-chronological order.
Mind Fuck Ranking: #81 of 166
No Smoking (2007)
IMDB Rating: ★ 7.3 | Director: Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Mind Fuck Categories: Reality Untrustworthy, Ending Recontextualizes, Time Fractured, Psychological Dread
Synopsis: A heavily addicted smoker is unprepared for the true price he must pay when he asks a guru’s help to kick the habit.
Mind Fuck Ranking: #80 of 166
Pi (1998) • Read My Review
IMDB Rating: ★ 7.3 | Director: Darren Aronofsky
Genre: Thriller / Drama
Mind Fuck Categories: Reality Untrustworthy, Psychological Dread
Synopsis: A paranoid mathematician searches for a key number that will unlock the universal patterns found in nature.
Mind Fuck Ranking: #79 of 166
Tenet (2020) • Read My Review
IMDB Rating: ★ 7.3 | Director: Christopher Nolan
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi
Mind Fuck Categories: Reality Untrustworthy, Time Fractured
Synopsis: Armed with only the word “Tenet,” and fighting for the survival of the entire world, CIA operative, The Protagonist, journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a global mission that unfolds beyond real time.
Mind Fuck Ranking: #78 of 166
Bugonia (2025) • Read My Review
IMDB Rating: ★ 7.4 | Director: Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala
Genre: Comedy / Sci-Fi
Mind Fuck Categories: Ending Recontextualizes
Synopsis: Two conspiracy-obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.
Mind Fuck Ranking: #77 of 166
Forgotten (2017) • Read My Review
IMDB Rating: ★ 7.4 | Director: Jang Hang-jun
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
Mind Fuck Categories: Reality Untrustworthy, Ending Recontextualizes, Identity Unstable
Synopsis: Jin-seok, 21-year-old, moves into a new house with his family. One night, his beloved brother is kidnapped before his eyes. After long silence of 19 days, suddenly Yu-seok returns home. And soon Jin-seok feels Yu-seok is a total s…
Would you like to peruse the previous entries in this series:
- Mindfuck Movie List #1
- Mindfuck Movie List #2
- Mindfuck Movie List #3
- Mindfuck Movie List #4
- Mindfuck Movie List #5
- Mindfuck Movie List #6
- Mindfuck Movie List #7
- Mindfuck Movie List #8
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 next installment of this magical movie list. Make sure you keep coming back to get the entire list.
