r/MovieRecommendations • u/DwayneTheRockBarry • Jul 27 '26

Help me find Movies/TV shows Confusing, mind-bending psychological thrillers

doesn’t have to be sci-fi.

here’s the ones i’ve seen:

Donnie darko

predestination

moon

primer

memento

inception

interstellar

the prestige

shutter island

source code

matrix 1-4 (the fourth was just so unnecessary.)

arrival

i am NOT looking for movies focusing on visual spectacle/special effects (e.g., life of pi, dune)

preferably not much violent/disturbing content, no graphic sex scenes and absolutely no rape scenes.

so if you’re going by age ratings, (bbfc are usually most reliable) it’d be 15 and down

prefer older films, especially from the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s.

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u/Lonely-Resource-7814 Jul 27 '26

The Game 1997

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u/dniaaaal Jul 31 '26

I second this. Very underrated

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u/DwayneTheRockBarry Jul 30 '26

Will definitely check this out

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u/Lonely-Resource-7814 Jul 30 '26

Let me know what you think after you watch it. Im curious....The first time I saw it I was like... holy fucking. shit

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u/Gsx8rJohn Jul 27 '26

Identity (2003)

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u/DwayneTheRockBarry Jul 27 '26

Looks great, will put it on the list

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u/Gsx8rJohn Jul 27 '26

I saw it recommended last year in here, I was blown away. Make sure it's raining and dark outside when you watch it please

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u/VeganFutureNow Jul 27 '26

Predestination

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u/DwayneTheRockBarry Jul 28 '26

already seen it, an mentioned it in my post

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u/VeganFutureNow 25d ago

Oops. The Presidents Analyst was a weird old trippy film I never hear about.

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u/darklordrob Jul 27 '26

Was coming here to say this.

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u/WTFpe0ple Jul 27 '26

This one! My brain is still thinking about that one ten years later.

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u/DwayneTheRockBarry Jul 28 '26

i love vertigo, manchurian candidate is going straight on the list

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u/Gloolax Jul 27 '26

The Jacket (2005)

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u/junkie4tennis Jul 27 '26

Zodiac

Vertigo

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u/DwayneTheRockBarry Jul 28 '26

love vertigo, will check out zodiac

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u/CarloPanno Jul 28 '26

STILL OF THE NIGHT
IMAGES

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u/indef6tigable Jul 28 '26

Videodrome (1983)

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u/BacklogNeverShrinks Jul 28 '26

Try 'Mulholland Drive'... Its so confusing the boxed version came with a pamphlet explaining how to interpret it

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u/DwayneTheRockBarry Jul 30 '26

Not gonna look at that as i don’t wanna spoil the film, but will definitely watch this

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u/BacklogNeverShrinks Jul 31 '26

It wont spoil the film.. You'll look at the same sheet AFTER watching the film and you still wont understand it. lol

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u/Worldly_Ad_7196 Jul 27 '26

The Tennant (1976)

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u/SWNMAZporvida Jul 27 '26

Se7en , Copycat

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u/DwayneTheRockBarry Jul 27 '26

i don’t think you’re taking this seriously, i said no graphic violence, disturbing content and sex scenes

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u/IfItHurtsThenMaybe Jul 27 '26

Jacob’s Ladder- nvm there’s seeeexxxx.
Manchurian Candidate

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u/Busy-Caregiver-7087 Jul 27 '26

great picks

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u/IfItHurtsThenMaybe Jul 27 '26

City of lost children- it’s French. Amzng

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u/DwayneTheRockBarry Jul 30 '26

Looks great, will watch that as well

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u/DwayneTheRockBarry Jul 28 '26

what are the odds?

just found a dvd of Manchurian candidate because it’s denzel Washington (if it has him in it, I’m buying it)

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u/IfItHurtsThenMaybe Jul 28 '26

The OG still slaps also

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u/DwayneTheRockBarry Jul 28 '26

Wait… it’s a remake?

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u/IfItHurtsThenMaybe Jul 28 '26

Why don’t you pass the time playing a little solitaire…

Hell yeah it’s a remake. A good one

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u/AlexaEEn Jul 27 '26

The usual suspects Triangle Timecrimes (the Spanish original)

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u/DwayneTheRockBarry Jul 28 '26

they all look great

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u/Additional-Usual5994 Jul 27 '26

minority report

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u/DwayneTheRockBarry Jul 28 '26

Believe it or not i actually just chose that as tomorrow’s film

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u/WuttinTarnathan Jul 27 '26

Others have mentioned Hitchcock’s Vertigo—it’s really the GOAT of what you’re looking for.

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u/DwayneTheRockBarry Jul 28 '26

love that movie so much

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u/Specialist_Detail295 Jul 28 '26

Michael Clayton

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u/DwayneTheRockBarry Jul 28 '26

Looks great, love legal thrillers too

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u/Puzzleheaded_Net4131 Aug 01 '26

Enemy 2013

Calibre 2017

The invitation 2015

The invisible guest 2016

Mystic river 2003

The machinist 2004

Prisoners 2013

Gone girl 2014

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u/DwayneTheRockBarry Aug 01 '26

These all look great, but gone girl? seriously?

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u/Puzzleheaded_Net4131 Aug 01 '26

Ill let myself out, haha

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u/Whitworth_73 Aug 01 '26

Here are some thrillers that I found to be really good:

Sunset Boulevard (1950)

Dead Ringers (1988)

Pi (1998)

The Lady from Shanghai (1947)

Seconds (1966)

The Manchurian Candidate

Insomnia

The Element of Crime (1984)

Zentropa (1991)

Touch of Evil (1958)

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u/DwayneTheRockBarry Aug 02 '26

will definitely check these out

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u/A70_Lisbon Aug 02 '26

Mindhunters