Get ready to have your perception of reality challenged with these mind-bending movies! We’ve scoured Netflix, Amazon Prime, and HBO Max to find the craziest, most thought-provoking films that will leave you questioning everything.
| SR. NO. | MOVIE NAME |
| 1 | Primer (2004) |
| 2 | Mulholland Drive (2001) |
| 3 | Donnie Darko (2001) |
| 4 | Parasite (2019) |
| 5 | Coherence (2013) |
| 6 | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) |
| 7 | Inception (2010) |
| 8 | Shutter Island (2010) |
| 9 | Predestination (2014) |
| 10 | Being John Malkovich (1999) |
1. Primer (2004)
IMDb Rating: 6.8
Director: Shane Carruth
Story: Two engineers accidentally invent a device that can manipulate time, leading to a series of mind-boggling paradoxes.
Cast: Shane Carruth, David S. Dawson
Where to Watch: HBO Max
Movie Theme: time travel movie, confusing movie, independent sci-fi
2. Mulholland Drive (2001)
IMDb Rating: 8.0
Director: David Lynch
Story: A young actress arrives in Los Angeles chasing a dream, but the lines between reality and fantasy blur as she encounters a mysterious woman.
Cast: Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Justin Theroux
Where to watch: Netflix
Movie Theme: David Lynch movie, neo-noir, hollywood mystery
3. Donnie Darko (2001)
IMDb Rating: 8.0
Director: Richard Kelly
Story: A troubled teenager named Donnie sees a giant, glowing rabbit who tells him the world will end in 28 days.
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Drew Barrymore
Where to Watch: HBO Max
Movie Theme: cult classic, coming of age movie, time travel movie
4. Parasite (2019)
IMDb Rating: 8.6
Director: Bong Joon-ho
Story: A poor family schemes to become employed by a wealthy family, but their plan takes a dark and unexpected turn.
Cast: Song Kang-ho, Choi Woo-shik, Park So-dam
Where to Watch: Hulu (not included in our list, but worth mentioning)
Movie Theme: korean movie, social thriller, dark comedy
5. Coherence (2013)
IMDb Rating: 7.5
Director: James Ward Byrkit
Story: A group of friends gather for a dinner party during a strange astronomical event, but they soon realize reality is unraveling in bizarre ways.
Cast: Emily Baldwin, Nicholas Brendon, Elizabeth Gracen
Where to Watch: Amazon Prime
Movie Theme: low budget sci-fi, reality bending movie, indie thriller
6. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
IMDb Rating: 8.3
Director: Michel Gondry
Story: A heartbroken man decides to erase his memories of his ex-girlfriend, but the process is not as simple as it seems.
Cast: Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Elijah Wood
Where to Watch: Hulu (not included in our list, but worth mentioning)
Movie Theme: mind bending romance, sci-fi romance, jim carrey movie
7. Inception (2010)
IMDb Rating: 8.8
Director: Christopher Nolan
Story: A professional thief who steals corporate secrets through use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a C.E.O.
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Elliot Page (formerly Ellen Page), Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Where to Watch: HBO Max
Most Searched Keywords: christopher nolan movie, dream heist, sci-fi action
8. Shutter Island (2010)
IMDb Rating: 8.2
Director: Martin Scorsese
Story: Two U.S. marshals are sent to an island in search of a missing patient, but they uncover a sinister truth about the asylum located there.
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley
Where to Watch: Netflix
Movie Theme: psychological thriller, leonardo dicaprio movie, martin scorsese movie
9. Predestination (2014)
IMDb Rating: 7.4
Director: The Spier Brothers (Josh & Ethan Spier)
Story: A temporal agent tasked with preventing a series of bombings uncovers a shocking truth about their own identity and the nature of time travel.
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Noomi Rapace, Sarah Snook
Where to Watch: Hulu (not included in our list, but worth mentioning)
Movie Theme: time travel paradox, sci-fi thriller, mind bending movie
10. Being John Malkovich (1999)
IMDb Rating: 7.3
Director: Spike Jonze
Story: A puppeteer discovers a portal that allows him to enter the mind of actor John Malkovich for a short period of time.
Cast: John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, John Malkovich
Where to Watch: HBO Max
Movie Theme: weird movie, charlie kaufman movie, existential comedy