Man I love this series – sharing our community’s thoughts on the favorite, and the best mind fuck movies we’ve come across of the last decade or two. Let’s be clear, this is by no means the definitive list, or the perfect list, but it is a GREAT list of movies that you can trust. Every single movie on this list is worth your time.
We have arrived at installment number eleven! 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: #66 of 166
The Spinning Man (2016) • Read My Review
IMDB Rating: ★ 7.5 | Director: Paco Cabezas
Genre: Thriller / Drama
Mind Fuck Categories: Reality Untrustworthy, Ending Recontextualizes
Synopsis: A philosophy professor becomes the prime suspect in the disappearance of a local girl, forcing him to question his own memory, morality, and grip on truth.
Mind Fuck Ranking: #65 of 166
American Psycho (2000)
IMDB Rating: ★ 7.6 | Director: Mary Harron
Genre: Thriller / Drama
Mind Fuck Categories: Reality Untrustworthy, Identity Unstable, Psychological Dread, Moral Inversion
Synopsis: A wealthy New York City investment banking executive, Patrick Bateman, hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he delves deeper into his violent, hedonistic fantasies.
Mind Fuck Ranking: #64 of 166
Dark City (1998)
IMDB Rating: ★ 7.6 | Director: Alex Proyas
Genre: Sci-Fi / Thriller
Mind Fuck Categories: Reality Untrustworthy, Identity Unstable, Time Fractured, Psychological Dread
Synopsis: A man struggles with memories of his past, which include a wife he cannot remember and a nightmarish world no one else ever seems to wake up from.
Mind Fuck Ranking: #63 of 166
Lost Highway (1997)
IMDB Rating: ★ 7.6 | Director: David Lynch
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
Mind Fuck Categories: Reality Untrustworthy, Identity Unstable, Psychological Dread
Synopsis: Anonymous videotapes presage a musician’s murder conviction, and a gangster’s girlfriend leads a mechanic astray.
Mind Fuck Ranking: #62 of 166
The Butterfly Effect (2004)
IMDB Rating: ★ 7.6 | Director: Eric Bress, J. Mackye Gruber
Genre: Sci-Fi / Drama
Mind Fuck Categories: Reality Untrustworthy, Ending Recontextualizes, Time Fractured, Psychological Dread
Synopsis: Evan Treborn suffers blackouts during significant events of his life. As he grows up, he finds a way to remember these lost memories and a supernatural way to alter his life by reading his journal.
Mind Fuck Ranking: #61 of 166
The Machinist (2004) • Read My Review
IMDB Rating: ★ 7.6 | Director: Brad Anderson
Genre: Thriller / Drama
Mind Fuck Categories: Reality Untrustworthy, Ending Recontextualizes, Identity Unstable, Psychological Dread
Synopsis: An industrial worker who hasn’t slept in a year begins to doubt his own sanity.
Mind Fuck Ranking: #60 of 166
The Others (2001)
IMDB Rating: ★ 7.6 | Director: Alejandro Amenábar
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Mind Fuck Categories: Reality Untrustworthy, Ending Recontextualizes, Psychological Dread
Synopsis: In 1945, immediately following the end of Second World War, a woman who lives with her two photosensitive children on her darkened old family estate in the Channel Islands becomes convinced that the home is haunted.
Mind Fuck Ranking: #59 of 166
The Skin I Live In (2011)
IMDB Rating: ★ 7.6 | Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Genre: Thriller / Drama
Mind Fuck Categories: Reality Untrustworthy, Ending Recontextualizes, Identity Unstable, Moral Inversion
Synopsis: A brilliant plastic surgeon, haunted by past tragedies, creates a type of synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.
Mind Fuck Ranking: #58 of 166
Twelve Monkeys (1995) • Read My Review
IMDB Rating: ★ 7.6 | Director: Terry Gilliam
Genre: Sci-Fi / Thriller
Mind Fuck Categories: Reality Untrustworthy, Time Fractured, Psychological Dread
Synopsis: A convict is sent back in time to gather information about a man-made virus that wiped out most of the human population on Earth, but he can’t be sure what’s real.
Mind Fuck Ranking: #57 of 166
Waking Life (2001) • Taylor’s Pick
IMDB Rating: ★ 7.6 | Director: Richard Linklater
Genre: Animation / Drama
Mind Fuck Categories: Reality Untrustworthy, Psychological Dread
Synopsis: A man shuffles through a dream meeting various people and discussing the meanings and purposes of the universe.
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
- Mindfuck Movie List #10
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.
