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. 78 -2

    Inception

    2010, in 21 top lists Check
  2. 55 -2

    Fight Club

    1999, in 19 top lists Check
  3. 128 -2

    Se7en

    1995, in 29 top lists Check
  4. 192 new

    The Truman Show

    1998, in 14 top lists Check
  5. 129 -2

    The Sixth Sense

    1999, in 20 top lists Check
  6. 48 -2

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004, in 28 top lists Check
  7. 93 -2

    Memento

    2000, in 27 top lists Check
  8. 41 -2

    Donnie Darko

    2001, in 21 top lists Check
  9. 120 -2

    The Prestige

    2006, in 15 top lists Check
  10. 144 -2

    Shutter Island

    2010, in 8 top lists Check
  11. 27 -2

    Black Swan

    2010, in 12 top lists Check
  12. 183 new

    Groundhog Day

    1993, in 22 top lists Check
  13. 125 -2

    Requiem for a Dream

    2000, in 21 top lists Check
  14. 17 -2

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  15. 173 -1

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  16. 153 -2

    Twelve Monkeys

    1995 — a.k.a. 12 Monkeys, in 14 top lists Check
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    American Psycho

    2000, in 12 top lists Check
  18. 15 -2

    Being John Malkovich

    1999, in 14 top lists Check
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    Oldeuboi

    2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 34 top lists Check
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    The Butterfly Effect

    2004, in 0 top lists Check
  21. 108 -2

    The Others

    2001, in 9 top lists Check
  22. 92 -2

    Mulholland Dr.

    2001 — a.k.a. Mulholland Drive, in 26 top lists Check
  23. 100 -2

    Moon

    2009, in 5 top lists Check
  24. 154 -2

    Total Recall

    1990, in 8 top lists Check
  25. 57 -2

    Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

    1998, in 6 top lists Check
  26. 164 -2

    Vanilla Sky

    2001, in 2 top lists Check
  27. 63 -2

    GATTACA

    1997 — a.k.a. Gattaca, in 5 top lists Check
  28. 150 -2

    Source Code

    2011, in 0 top lists Check
  29. 16 -2

    Brazil

    1985, in 23 top lists Check
  30. 21 -2

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
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    Adaptation.

    2002, in 11 top lists Check
  32. 89 -2

    Lola rennt

    1998 — a.k.a. Run Lola Run, in 9 top lists Check
  33. 31 -2

    Cube

    1997, in 5 top lists Check
  34. 91 -2

    The Machinist

    2004, in 1 top list Check
  35. 62 -2

    The Game

    1997, in 3 top lists Check
  36. 59 -2

    The Fountain

    2006, in 4 top lists Check
  37. 113 -2

    Pi

    1998, in 6 top lists Check
  38. 175 new

    Cloud Atlas

    2012, in 1 top list Check
  39. 49 -2

    Eraserhead

    1977, in 20 top lists Check
  40. 40 -2

    Dark City

    1998, in 6 top lists Check
  41. 25 -2

    Brick

    2005, in 8 top lists Check
  42. 116 -2

    Pink Floyd: The Wall

    1982, in 8 top lists Check
  43. 96 -2

    Melancholia

    2011, in 10 top lists Check
  44. 149 -2

    Sucker Punch

    2011, in 0 top lists Check
  45. 112 -2

    Primer

    2004, in 6 top lists Check
  46. 177 new

    Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari

    1920 — a.k.a. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, in 30 top lists Check
  47. 14 new

    Barton Fink

    1991, in 8 top lists Check
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    A Scanner Darkly

    2006, in 3 top lists Check
  49. 46 -2

    Dogville

    2003, in 14 top lists Check
  50. 106 -2

    The Number 23

    2007, in 0 top lists Check
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