List of mind-bending movies

Amogh | Jul 21, 2023

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.

  1. Inception
  2. Interstellar
  3. Identity (2003)
  4. Mr.Nobody (2009)
  5. Mulholland Drive
  6. Knock at the Cabin
  7. Memento (2000)
  8. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
  9. Groundhog Day
  10. Black Swan (2010)
  11. Pi (1998)
  12. Shutter Island (2010)
  13. The Butterfly Effect (2004)
  14. Triangle (2009)
  15. Confessions (2010) [Japanese]
  16. Donnie Darko (2001)
  17. 3-Iron (2004) [Korean]
  18. Be With You (2018) [Korean]
  19. Fight Club
  20. The Man from Earth (2007)
  21. Source Code (2011)
  22. Birdman (2014)
  23. The Fountain (2006)
  24. Timecrimes (2007) [Spanish]
  25. Paprika (2006) [Anime]
  26. Mirage (2018) [Spanish]
  27. The Double (2013)
  28. Predestination (2014)
  29. Synecdoche, New York (2008)
  30. Primer (2004)
  31. Enemy (2013)
  32. Vanilla Sky (2001)
  33. Looper (2012)
  34. The Others (2001)
  35. Mother! (2017)
  36. Magnolia (1999)
  37. The Machinist (2004)
  38. A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
  39. Minority Report (2002)
  40. The Game (1997)
  41. Twelve Monkeys (1995)
  42. Jacob’s Ladder (1990)
  43. Significant Other (2022)
  44. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
  45. Lucia (2013) [Kannada]
  46. Coherence
  47. 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)
  48. Her
  49. Black Mirror: Bandersnatch
  50. Tenet
  51. The Illusionist
  52. The Lobster (2015)
  53. Moon
  54. Unbreakable (2000), Split (2016), Glass (2019)
  55. Men (2022)
  56. The Invitation (2015)
  57. The Gift (2015)
  58. The Skin I Live In [Spanish]
  59. Rosemary’s Baby (1975)
  60. Cypher (2002)
  61. Lucy (2014)
  62. Transcendence
  63. The Happening (2008)
  64. No Smoking [Hindi]
  65. Deja Vu (2006)
  66. The Time Machine (2002)
  67. Dogtooth [Polish]
  68. Old (2021)
  69. Under the Skin
  70. Vivarium (2019)
  71. Eyes Wide Shut
  72. Upstream Color (2013)
  73. ARQ (2016)
  74. Synchronic (2019)
  75. In the Shadow of the Moon (2019)
  76. The Signal (2014)
  77. Knowing (2009)
  78. Back To The Future (I,II,III)
  79. Videodrome (1983)
  80. Contact (1997)
  81. Martyrs [French]
  82. Incendies [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?