The mindfuck movie list

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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. 41 -2

    Donnie Darko

    2001, in 21 top lists Check
  2. 78 -2

    Inception

    2010, in 21 top lists Check
  3. 173 -1

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  4. 48 -2

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004, in 28 top lists Check
  5. 17 -2

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  6. 19 -2

    The Butterfly Effect

    2004, in 0 top lists Check
  7. 59 -2

    The Fountain

    2006, in 4 top lists Check
  8. 175 new

    Cloud Atlas

    2012, in 1 top list Check
  9. 96 -2

    Melancholia

    2011, in 10 top lists Check
  10. 24 -2

    The Box

    2009, in 0 top lists Check
  11. 16 -2

    Brazil

    1985, in 23 top lists Check
  12. 192 new

    The Truman Show

    1998, in 14 top lists Check
  13. 153 -2

    Twelve Monkeys

    1995 — a.k.a. 12 Monkeys, in 14 top lists Check
  14. 113 -2

    Pi

    1998, in 6 top lists Check
  15. 112 -2

    Primer

    2004, in 6 top lists Check
  16. 31 -2

    Cube

    1997, in 5 top lists Check
  17. 150 -2

    Source Code

    2011, in 0 top lists Check
  18. 143 -2

    Southland Tales

    2006, in 1 top list Check
  19. 8 -

    A Scanner Darkly

    2006, in 3 top lists Check
  20. 100 -2

    Moon

    2009, in 5 top lists Check
  21. 151 -2

    Stalker

    1979, in 22 top lists Check
  22. 95 -2

    The Man from Earth

    2007, in 1 top list Check
  23. 89 -2

    Lola rennt

    1998 — a.k.a. Run Lola Run, in 9 top lists Check
  24. 154 -2

    Total Recall

    1990, in 8 top lists Check
  25. 63 -2

    GATTACA

    1997 — a.k.a. Gattaca, in 5 top lists Check
  26. 47 -2

    eXistenZ

    1999, in 3 top lists Check
  27. 130 -2

    Solyaris

    1972 — a.k.a. Solaris, in 28 top lists Check
  28. 148 -2

    Sphere

    1998, in 0 top lists Check
  29. 3 -

    Alphaville: Une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution

    1965 — a.k.a. Alphaville, in 13 top lists Check
  30. 163 -2

    Videodrome

    1983, in 18 top lists Check
  31. 40 -2

    Dark City

    1998, in 6 top lists Check
  32. 186 new

    The Lawnmower Man

    1992, in 0 top lists Check
  33. 191 new

    THX 1138

    1971, in 5 top lists Check
  34. 43 -2

    Delicatessen

    1991, in 15 top lists Check
  35. 156 -2

    Tetsuo

    1989 — a.k.a. Tetsuo, the Iron Man, in 10 top lists Check
  36. 33 -2

    La cité des enfants perdus

    1995 — a.k.a. The City of Lost Children, in 4 top lists Check
  37. 80 -2

    The Jacket

    2005, in 0 top lists Check
  38. 83 -2

    La jetée

    1962 — a.k.a. La Jetée, in 19 top lists Check
  39. 75 -2

    Ink

    2009, in 1 top list Check
  40. 29 -2

    Casshern

    2004, in 0 top lists Check
  41. 37 -2

    Los cronocrímenes

    2007 — a.k.a. Timecrimes, in 1 top list Check
  42. 117 -2

    Paprika

    2006, in 7 top lists Check
  43. 114 -2

    La planète sauvage

    1973 — a.k.a. Fantastic Planet, in 10 top lists Check
  44. 152 -2

    The Thirteenth Floor

    1999, in 0 top lists Check
  45. 88 -2

    Liquid Sky

    1982, in 4 top lists Check
  46. 23 -2

    Black Moon

    1975, in 3 top lists Check
  47. 121 -2

    The Quiet Earth

    1985, in 3 top lists Check
  48. 126 -2

    Renaissance

    2006, in 1 top list Check
  49. 30 -2

    Cypher

    2002 — a.k.a. Brainstorm, in 0 top lists Check
  50. 71 -2

    Impostor

    2001, in 0 top lists Check
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