Mind-bending/non-linear/mind-twisting movies have a special place in my heart. So here’s a list of some non-linear movies that I’ve watched, those of which I can remember at the moment.
- Inception
- Interstellar
- Identity (2003)
- Mr. Nobody (2009)
- Mulholland Drive
- Knock at the Cabin
- Memento (2000)
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
- Groundhog Day
- Black Swan (2010)
- Pi (1998)
- The Butterfly Effect (2004)
- Triangle (2009)
- Confessions (2010) [Japanese]
- Donnie Darko (2001)
- 3-Iron (2004) [Korean]
- Be With You (2018) [Korean]
- The Man from Earth (2007)
- Birdman (2014)
- The Fountain (2006)
- Timecrimes (2007) [Spanish]
- Paprika (2006) [Anime]
- Mirage (2018) [Spanish]
- The Double (2013)
- Predestination (2014)
- Synecdoche, New York (2008)
- Primer (2004)
- Enemy (2013)
- Vanilla Sky (2001)
- Looper (2012)
- The Others (2001)
- Mother! (2017)
- Magnolia (1999)
- The Machinist (2004)
- A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
- Minority Report (2002)
- Twelve Monkeys (1995)
- Jacob’s Ladder (1990)
- Significant Other (2022)
- A Clockwork Orange (1971)
- Lucia (2013) [Kannada]
- 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)
- Her (2013)
- Black Mirror: Bandersnatch
- Tenet
- The Illusionist
- The Lobster (2015)
- Moon
- Unbreakable (2000), Split (2016), Glass (2019)
- Men (2022)
- The Invitation (2015)
- The Skin I Live In [Spanish]
- Rosemary’s Baby (1975)
- Cypher (2002)
- Lucy (2014)
- Transcendence
- The Happening (2008)
- No Smoking [Hindi]
- Deja Vu (2006)
- The Time Machine (2002)
- Dogtooth [Polish]
- Old (2021)
- Under the Skin
- Vivarium (2019)
- Eyes Wide Shut
- Upstream Color (2013)
- Spectral (2016)
- Synchronic (2019)
- In the Shadow of the Moon (2019)
- The Signal (2014)
- Knowing (2009)
- Back To The Future (I, II, III)
- Videodrome (1983)
- Contact (1997)
- Martyrs [French]
And the list continues…
I have listed down the movies that I think are mind-bending or thought-provoking. I might update this list often, so keep an eye on this post, to look inwards, maybe?