150 Mindfuck Movies - Grouped by Genre, Sorted Alphabetically
Horror
- The Alchemist Cookbook (2016)
- Antichrist (2009)
- The Babadook (2014)
- Borgman (2013)
- A Dark Song (2016)
- Ernest & Celestine (1977)
- Get Out (2017)
- High Tension (2003)
- In the Mouth of Madness (1995)
- Jacob's Ladder (1990)
- Martyrs (2008)
- Mid90s (2018)
- The Mist (2007)
- The Orphanage (2007)
- Rosemary's Baby (1968)
- The Shining (1980)
- Suspira (2018)
- The Thing (1982)
- Tusa (2019)
- Underwater (2020)
- Videodrome (1983)
- The Wailing (2016)
- We Are What We Are (2013)
- The Witch (2015)
Drama
- 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)
- Black Swan (2010)
- The Butterfly Effect (2004)
- Coherence (2013)
- Donnie Darko (2001)
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
- Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
- The Fountain (2006)
- The Handmaiden (2016)
- The Jacket (2005)
- The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
- The Lobster (2015)
- Melancholia (2011)
- Mr. Nobody (2009)
- Mystic River (2003)
- Paranoid Park (2007)
- Requiem for a Dream (2000)
- The Seventh Seal (1957)
- Synecdoche, New York (2008)
- The Truman Show (1998)
- Waking Life (2001)
- The Zero Theorem (2013)
Science Fiction
- 12 Monkeys (1995)
- Arrival (2016)
- Brazil (1985)
- Coherence (2013)
- Cube (1997)
- Ex Machina (2014)
- eXistenZ (1999)
- The Fourth Kind (2009)
- Interstellar (2014)
- Looper (2012)
- The Matrix (1999)
- Moon (2009)
- Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
- Primer (2004)
- Signs (2002)
- Sphere (1998)
- Sunshine (2007)
- The Thirteenth Floor (1999)
- Timecrimes (2007)
- Under the Skin (2013)
- Upsream Color (2013)
Mystery
- Donnie Darko (2001)
- Enemy (2013)
- The Game (1997)
- Identity (2003)
- Inland Empire (2006)
- Last Night (1998)
- Memento (2000)
- Mulholland Drive (2001)
- One Point O (2004)
- Pi (1998)
- Primer (2004)
- The Prestige (2006)
- Shutter Island (2010)
- Vanilla Sky (2001)
Action / Crime
- American Psycho (2000)
- A Clockwork Orange (1971)
- Fight Club (1999)
- Memento (2000)
- Oldboy (2003)
- Prisoners (2013)
- Pulp Fiction (1994)
- Run Lola Run (1998)
- Se7en (1995)
- The Usual Suspects (1995)
Thriller
- Arlington Road (1999)
- Enemy (2013)
- Frailty (2001)
- The Gift (2015)
- Gone Girl (2014)
- The Machinist (2004)
- Memento (2000)
- Shutter Island (2010)
- The Sixth Sense (1999)
- Triangle (2009)
- Vertigo (1958)
Comedy
- Adaptation (2002)
- Being John Malkovich (1999)
- Dr. Strangelove (1964)
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
- Groundhog Day (1993)
- Happiness (1998)
- Story to Better You (2018)
- Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
Fantasy / Anime
- Akira (1988)
- The End of Evangelion (1997)
- Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
- Perfect Blue (1997)
- The Holy Mountain (1973)
Key
Action - 🎬
Crime - 🔍
Drama - 🎭
Fantasy - 🧙
History - ⏳
Mystery - 🕵️
Romance - 💕
Sci-Fi - 🚀
Thriller - 😱
War - ⚔️
Numbers XXXY - IMDB rating / Metacritic Rating
Q&A
Q: Why did you include [movie]? It's a great mindfuck!
Q: Why did you include [movie] if it's not a mindfuck? Based on various lists, it’s considered one by the community.
Q: What’s with these genres? They’re wrong! Even if I think the initial movie genres are incorrect, they’re based on community insight.
Sources
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