If you know this blog at all – you know that we here at THiNC. enjoy movies that mess with your mind. MindJob movies that rearrange your grey matter, cause you to reevaluate everything you thought you knew at the beginning of the film. And now, I have put together the definitive list of a 166(?!) mindfuck movies to add to your watchlist.
We have arrived at installment number ten! 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: #76 of 166
Jacob’s Ladder (1990)
IMDB Rating: ★ 7.4 | Director: Adrian Lyne
Genre: Horror / Drama
Mind Fuck Categories: Reality Untrustworthy, Ending Recontextualizes, Psychological Dread
Synopsis: Reminiscing about his dead son, a Vietnam War veteran attempts to uncover his past while suffering from a severe case of dissociation. To do so, he must decipher reality and life from his own dreams, delusions, and perceptions of …
Mind Fuck Ranking: #75 of 166
Nocturnal Animals (2016) • Read My Review
IMDB Rating: ★ 7.4 | Director: Tom Ford
Genre: Thriller / Drama
Mind Fuck Categories: Reality Untrustworthy, Ending Recontextualizes, Psychological Dread, Moral Inversion
Synopsis: A wealthy art gallery owner is haunted by her ex-husband’s novel, her memories of their relationship, and her regrets about her life.
Mind Fuck Ranking: #74 of 166
Predestination (2014) • Read My Review
IMDB Rating: ★ 7.4 | Director: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig
Genre: Sci-Fi / Thriller
Mind Fuck Categories: Reality Untrustworthy, Ending Recontextualizes, Identity Unstable, Time Fractured, Psychological Dread
Synopsis: As his last assignment, a temporal agent is tasked to travel back in time and prevent a bomb attack in New York in 1975. The hunt, however, turns out to be beyond the bounds of possibility.
Mind Fuck Ranking: #73 of 166
The Lighthouse (2019) • Read My Review
IMDB Rating: ★ 7.4 | Director: Robert Eggers
Genre: Drama / Horror
Mind Fuck Categories: Reality Untrustworthy, Identity Unstable, Psychological Dread
Synopsis: Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.
Mind Fuck Ranking: #72 of 166
The Orphanage (2007)
IMDB Rating: ★ 7.4 | Director: J.A. Bayona
Genre: Horror / Drama
Mind Fuck Categories: Reality Untrustworthy, Ending Recontextualizes, Psychological Dread
Synopsis: A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage for handicapped children. Before long, her son starts to communicate with an invisible new friend.
Mind Fuck Ranking: #71 of 166
The Wailing (2016)
IMDB Rating: ★ 7.4 | Director: Na Hong-jin
Genre: Horror / Mystery
Mind Fuck Categories: Reality Untrustworthy, Ending Recontextualizes, Psychological Dread
Synopsis: Soon after a stranger arrives in a little village, a mysterious sickness starts spreading. A policeman, drawn into the incident, is forced to solve the mystery in order to save his daughter…
Mind Fuck Ranking: #70 of 166
We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011) • Read My Review
IMDB Rating: ★ 7.4 | Director: Lynne Ramsay
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Mind Fuck Categories: Reality Untrustworthy, Psychological Dread, Moral Inversion
Synopsis: Kevin’s mother struggles to love her strange child despite the increasingly dangerous things he says and does as he grows up. But Kevin is just getting started, and his final act will be beyond anything anyone imagined.
Mind Fuck Ranking: #69 of 166
Weapons (2025) • Read My Review
IMDB Rating: ★ 7.4 | Director: Zach Cregger
Genre: Horror / Mystery
Mind Fuck Categories: Reality Untrustworthy, Ending Recontextualizes, Psychological Dread
Synopsis: When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.
Mind Fuck Ranking: #68 of 166
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) • Read My Review
IMDB Rating: ★ 7.5 | Director: Terry Gilliam
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Mind Fuck Categories: Reality Untrustworthy, Psychological Dread
Synopsis: An oddball journalist and his psychopathic lawyer travel to Las Vegas for a series of psychedelic escapades.
Mind Fuck Ranking: #67 of 166
Funny Games (1997) • Read My Review
IMDB Rating: ★ 7.5 | Director: Michael Haneke
Genre: Thriller / Drama
Mind Fuck Categories: Psychological Dread, Moral Inversion
Synopsis: Two violent young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic “games” with one another for their own amusement.
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
- Mindfuck Movie List #9
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.
