Films that f**k with your head! (16 titles)
I love films that make me think...sometimes a little too hard or too deep. But they mess with your emotions and leave you in a bit of a mess! You have to be brave to watch some of these but go for it! What have you got to lose?
67% from 10 members
Mysterious Skin
My favourite film. Hard to watch at times but a real eye opener and Joseph is an amazing actor bound for huge things!
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Mysterious Skin
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Brady Corbett, Elisabeth Shue
Director: Gregg Araki
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A teenage hustler and a young man obsessed with alien abductions cross paths, together discovering a horrible, liberating truth.
62%
from 11,142 members
The Nines
Wasn't given the best reviews but boy does it mess with your head. Underrated!!!
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The Nines
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Hope Davis, Melissa McCarthy
Director: John August
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A troubled actor, a television show runner, and an acclaimed videogame designer find their lives intertwining in mysterious and unsettling ways.
52%
from 7,736 members
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
Awesome mind f**k... And Kate is the best!
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Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Elijah Wood
Director: Michel Gondry
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ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND is an unconventional romance told in the abstract, inventive, and comedic storytelling style of screenwriter Charlie Kaufman. Like his scripts for ADAPTATION and BEING JOHN MALKOVICH, this plot works off of a relatively complex idea that is easier explained ..read more »
66%
from 91,849 members
Brick
Try learning some new vocab! Just very original...
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Brick
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Nora Zehetner, Lukas Haas
Director: Rian Johnson
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Brick follows the path of the hard-boiled noir mystery but wittily and bracingly immerses itself in a modern-day Southern California high school. Student Brendan Frye (Joseph Gordon-Levitt - Mysterious Skin) prefers being an outsider and he stays that way until the day that his ex-girlfriend Emily (..read more »
61%
from 22,139 members
Magnolia
A mess of emotions...
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Magnolia
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Jeremy Blackman, Tom Cruise, Melinda Dillon
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
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In a single day in Los Angeles, a number of interconnected lives are changed forever. A lonely police officer (John C. Reilly) falls in love with a disturbed cocaine addict (Melora Walters). Her father (Philip Baker Hall), the host of the game show "What Do Kids Know
66%
from 20,853 members
A Home At The End Of The World
Not enough people have seen this film. Really sweet story but with an edgy kick.
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A Home At The End Of The World
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Colin Farrell, Dallas Roberts, Robin Wright Penn
Director: Michael Mayer
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From the moment they met, Bobby and Jonathan were inseparable. For Jonathan, the unconventional Bobby is a connection to a larger world. For Bobby, Jonathan's family - and in particular Jonathan's mother Alice - represents a kind of stability that he hasn't known. As they grow up, the boys grow ..read more »
54%
from 5,775 members
Playing By Heart
No one has seen this! Amazing cast and the stories come together in a perfect tangle. All i can say is "Anger ball" !
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Playing By Heart
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Sean Connery, Gillian Anderson, Madeline Stowe
Director: Willard Carroll
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A sprawling cast come together to tell this tale of romance and love in the 90's. The ensemble players discuss love and relationships throughout the film, and by the end of the picture, everyone has learned a valuable lesson: never give up on love. A touching romantic drama with several ..read more »
61%
from 1,574 member
Donnie Darko
No need to comment!
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Donnie Darko
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Drew Barrymore, Noah Wyle
Director: Richard Kelly
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Writer-director Richard Kelly's bold debut film is a social satire, a dark comedy, a science fiction time-travelling fantasy, and a suburban nightmare about an extremely intelligent, depressive, self-destructive, narcoleptic, gun-toting, sex-crazed, teenaged arsonist: Donnie Darko (Jake Gyllenhaal)...read more »
71%
from 60,721 members
Into the Wild
Ultimately sad but just an unreal story that needed to be told.
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Into the Wild
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Emile Hirsch, Marcia Gay Harden, William Hurt
Director: Sean Penn
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After graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gave his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters that shape his life.
73%
from 45,002 members
Finding Neverland
Another sad one but Kate and Johnny have amazing chemistry ans should do more together.
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Finding Neverland
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Julie Christie
Director: Marc Forster
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It all begins as successful Scottish playwright J.M. Barrie watches his latest play open to a ho-hum reaction among the polite society of Edwardian England. A literary genius of his times but bored by the same old themes, Barrie is clearly in need of some serious inspiration. Unexpectedly, he finds ..read more »
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from 82,631 members
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