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Movies by Lists - Mind Opening Movies (75 [77])
TitleYearDirectorGenreRatingRuntimeAdded
Adjustment Bureau, TheThe affair between a politician and a contemporary dancer is affected by mysterious forces keeping the lovers apart.2011George NolfiRomance, Sci-Fi, Thriller7.0 (253.3K votes)10620211228
Another EarthOn the night of the discovery of a duplicate Earth in the Solar system, an ambitious young student and an accomplished composer cross paths in a tragic accident.2011Mike CahillDrama, Romance, Sci-Fi6.9 (94.3K votes)9220211228
ArrivalA linguist works with the military to communicate with alien lifeforms after twelve mysterious spacecraft appear around the world.2016Denis Villeneuve (*)Drama, Sci-Fi7.9 (656.6K votes)11620211228
AvatarA paraplegic Marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home.2009James Cameron (*)Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi7.8 (1.2M votes)16220211228
AwakeningsThe victims of an encephalitis epidemic many years ago have been catatonic ever since, but now a new drug offers the prospect of reviving them.1990Penny Marshall (*)Biography, Drama7.8 (135.9K votes)12120211228
Beautiful Mind, AAfter John Nash, a brilliant but asocial mathematician, accepts secret work in cryptography, his life takes a turn for the nightmarish.2001Ron HowardBiography, Drama8.2 (897.8K votes)13520211228
Bothersome Man, The [Den brysomme mannen]In a strange city where every person seems content beyond reason a new man arrives in town and stirs up trouble by asking too many questions.2006Jens LienComedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi7.2 (17.3K votes)9520220731
BugAn unhinged war veteran holes up with a lonely woman in a spooky Oklahoma motel room. The line between reality and delusion is blurred as they discover a bug infestation.2006William Friedkin (*)Drama, Horror, Thriller6.1 (34.7K votes)10220211228
Butterfly Effect, TheEvan Treborn suffers blackouts during significant events of his life. As he grows up, he finds a way to remember these lost memories and a supernatural way to alter his life by reading his journal.2004Eric Bress, J. Mackye GruberDrama, Sci-Fi, Thriller7.6 (474.4K votes)11320211228
City of GodIn the slums of Rio, two kids' paths diverge as one struggles to become a photographer and the other a kingpin.2002Fernando Meirelles, Kátia LundCrime, Drama8.6 (733.1K votes)13020211228
Cloud AtlasAn exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution.2012Tom Tykwer, Lana Wachowski, Lilly WachowskiDrama, Mystery, Sci-Fi7.4 (356.9K votes)17220211228
CoherenceStrange things begin to happen when a group of friends gather for a dinner party on an evening when a comet is passing overhead.2013James Ward ByrkitDrama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller7.2 (121.2K votes)8920211228
CometSet in a parallel universe, Comet bounces back and forth over the course of an unlikely but perfectly paired couple's six-year relationship.2014Sam EsmailComedy, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi6.8 (18.3K votes)9120211228
Dark CityA man struggles with memories of his past, which include a wife he cannot remember and a nightmarish world no one else ever seems to wake up from.1998Alex ProyasFantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller7.6 (196.1K votes)10020211228
Dead ManOn the run after murdering a man, accountant William Blake encounters a strange aboriginal American man named Nobody who prepares him for his journey into the spiritual world.1995Jim Jarmusch (*)Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Western7.6 (94.8K votes)12120211228
Deja VuAfter a ferry is bombed in New Orleans, an A.T.F. agent joins a unique investigation using experimental surveillance technology to find the bomber, but soon finds himself becoming obsessed with one of the victims.2006Tony Scott (*)Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller7.1 (304.7K votes)12620211228
DemolitionA successful investment banker struggles after losing his wife in a tragic car crash. With the help of a customer service rep and her young son, he starts to rebuild, beginning with the demolition of the life he once knew.2015Jean-Marc ValléeComedy, Drama7.0 (97.9K votes)10120220415
DemonA bridegroom is possessed by an unquiet spirit in the midst of his own wedding celebration, in this clever take on the Jewish legend of the dybbuk.2015Marcin WronaComedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller6.1 (5.6K votes)9420211228
Demon Inside, TheA bridegroom is possessed by an unquiet spirit in the midst of his own wedding celebration, in this clever take on the Jewish legend of the dybbuk.2015Marcin WronaComedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller6.1 (5.7K votes)9420220415
Departures [Okuribito]A newly unemployed cellist takes a job preparing the dead for funerals.2008Yôjirô TakitaDrama, Music8.1 (51.1K votes)13020211228
DogvilleA woman on the run from the mob is reluctantly accepted in a small Colorado community in exchange for labor, but when a search visits the town she finds out that their support has a price.2003Lars von Trier (*)Crime, Drama8.0 (145.4K votes)17820211228
Donnie DarkoAfter narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a man in a large rabbit suit who manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.2001Richard KellyDrama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller8.0 (774.8K votes)11320211228
Enter the VoidAn American drug dealer living in Tokyo is betrayed by his best friend and killed in a drug deal. His soul, observing the repercussions of his death, seeks resurrection.2009Gaspar Noé (*)Drama, Fantasy7.3 (76.9K votes)16120211228
EraserheadHenry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.1977David Lynch (*)Fantasy, Horror7.4 (111.9K votes)8920211228
Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless MindWhen their relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a medical procedure to have each other erased from their memories.2004Michel GondryDrama, Romance, Sci-Fi8.3 (966.2K votes)10820211228
Ex MachinaA young programmer is selected to participate in a ground-breaking experiment in synthetic intelligence by evaluating the human qualities of a highly advanced humanoid A.I.2014Alex GarlandDrama, Sci-Fi, Thriller7.7 (515.3K votes)10820211228
Eye for Beauty, An [Règne de la Beauté, Le]A young programmer is selected to participate in a ground-breaking experiment in synthetic intelligence by evaluating the human qualities of a highly advanced humanoid A.I.2014Alex GarlandDrama, Sci-Fi, Thriller7.7 (512.9K votes)10820211228
Fateless [Sorstalanság]14-year-old György's life is torn apart in WWII Hungary, as he is deported first to Auschwitz and then to Buchenwald, where he is forced to become a man in the midst of hatred, and what it really means to be Jewish.2005Lajos KoltaiDrama, Romance, War6.9 (6.8K votes)14020211228
Fight ClubAn insomniac office worker and a devil-may-care soap maker form an underground fight club that evolves into much more.1999David Fincher (*)Drama8.8 (2M votes)13920211228
FilthA corrupt, junkie cop with bipolar disorder attempts to manipulate his way through a promotion in order to win back his wife and daughter while also fighting his own inner demons.2013Jon S. BairdAction, Comedy, Crime, Drama7.1 (106.7K votes)9720211228
Fountian, TheAs a modern-day scientist, Tommy is struggling with mortality, desperately searching for the medical breakthrough that will save the life of his cancer-stricken wife, Izzi.2006Darren Aronofsky (*)Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi7.2 (238.1K votes)9720220723
GerryA friendship between two young men is tested when they go for a hike in a desert and forget to bring any water or food with them.2002Gus Van Sant (*)Adventure, Drama, Mystery6.1 (18.6K votes)10320211228
Gift, TheA fortune teller with extrasensory perception is asked to help find a young woman who has mysteriously disappeared.2000Sam Raimi (*)Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery6.7 (67K votes)11120211228
Gift, TheA married couple, Simon and Robyn, run into Gordo, an old classmate. Things take a turn when Gordo begins to drop in unannounced at their house and inundates them with mysterious gifts.2015Joel EdgertonDrama, Mystery, Thriller7.0 (150.1K votes)10820211228
Gran TorinoDisgruntled Korean War veteran Walt Kowalski sets out to reform his neighbor, Thao Lor, a Hmong teenager who tried to steal Kowalski's prized possession: a 1972 Gran Torino.2008Clint Eastwood (*)Drama8.1 (753.5K votes)11620211228
HerIn a near future, a lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with an operating system designed to meet his every need.2013Spike Jonze (*)Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi8.0 (580.4K votes)12620211228
I OriginsA molecular biologist and his laboratory partner uncover evidence that may fundamentally change society as we know it.2014Mike CahillDrama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi7.4 (122.2K votes)10620211228
In The Mouth of MadnessAn insurance investigator begins discovering that the impact a horror writer's books have on his fans is more than inspirational.1994John Carpenter (*)Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller7.2 (67K votes)9520211228
InceptionA thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a C.E.O., but his tragic past may doom the project and his team to disaster.2010Christopher Nolan (*)Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller8.8 (2.2M votes)14820211228
Inland EmpireAs an actress begins to adopt the persona of her character in a film, her world becomes nightmarish and surreal.2006David Lynch (*)Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller6.9 (56.2K votes)18020211228
InterstellarA team of explorers travel through a wormhole in space in an attempt to ensure humanity's survival.2014Christopher Nolan (*)Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi8.6 (1.7M votes)16920211228
Into The WildAfter graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, C2007Sean PennAdventure, Biography, Drama8.1 (604.2K votes)14820211228
Jacket, TheA Gulf war veteran is wrongly sent to a mental institution for insane criminals, where he becomes the object of a doctor's experiments, and his life is completely affected by them.2005John MayburyDrama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller7.1 (113.3K votes)10320220723
K-PAXPROT is a patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from a faraway planet named K-PAX. His psychiatrist tries to help him, only to begin to doubt his own explanations.2001UnknownDrama, Mystery, Sci-Fi7.4 (180.6K votes)12020211228
LucyA woman, accidentally caught in a dark deal, turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic.2014Luc Besson (*)Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller6.4 (476K votes)8920211228
Man From Earth, TheAn impromptu goodbye party for Professor John Oldman becomes a mysterious interrogation after the retiring scholar reveals to his colleagues he has a longer and stranger past than they can imagine.2007Richard SchenkmanDrama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi7.9 (183.1K votes)8720211228
MartyrsA young woman's quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tormented her as a child leads her and a friend, who is also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity.2008Pascal LaugierHorror7.1 (90.1K votes)9920211228
Matrix, TheWhen a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence.1999Lana Wachowski, Lilly WachowskiAction, Sci-Fi8.7 (1.8M votes)13620211228
MelancholiaTwo sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with Earth.2011Lars von Trier (*)Drama, Sci-Fi7.2 (177.4K votes)13520211228
MementoA man with short-term memory loss attempts to track down his wife's murderer.2000Christopher Nolan (*)Mystery, Thriller8.4 (1.2M votes)11320211228
Men Who Stare at Goats, TheA reporter in Iraq might just have the story of a lifetime when he meets Lyn Cassady, a guy who claims to be a former member of the U.S. Army's New Earth Army, a unit that employs paranormal powers in their missions.2009Grant HeslovComedy, War6.2 (130.8K votes)9420211228
Mr. NobodyA boy stands on a station platform as a train is about to leave. Should he go with his mother or stay with his father? Infinite possibilities arise from this decision. As long as he doesn't choose, anything is possible.2009Jaco Van DormaelDrama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi7.8 (227.6K votes)14120211228
Only God ForgivesJulian, a drug-smuggler thriving in Bangkok's criminal underworld, sees his life get even more complicated when his mother compels him to find and kill whoever is responsible for his brother's recent death.2013Nicolas Winding RefnAction, Crime, Drama5.7 (111K votes)9020211228
Peaceful WarriorDan, a college student and a world-champion gymnast, is disturbed and wants to add some meaning to his life. A chance encounter leads him to discover an enlightened way ahead.2006Victor SalvaDrama, Romance, Sport7.2 (29.9K votes)12020240511
PossessionA woman starts exhibiting increasingly disturbing behavior after asking her husband for a divorce. Suspicions of infidelity soon give way to something much more sinister.1981Andrzej ZulawskiDrama, Horror7.4 (29.8K votes)12420211228
PowderAn off the charts genius who is home schooled and shunned after his last relative dies shows the unconscious residents of his town about connection awareness and the generosity of the spirit.1995Victor SalvaDrama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller6.6 (29.8K votes)11120211228
PredestinationFor his final assignment, a top temporal agent must pursue the one criminal that has eluded him throughout time. The chase turns into a unique, surprising and mind-bending exploration of love, fate, identity and time travel taboos.2014Michael Spierig, Peter SpierigAction, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller7.5 (271.9K votes)9720211228
Prestige, TheAfter a tragic accident, two stage magicians in 1890s London engage in a battle to create the ultimate illusion while sacrificing everything they have to outwit each other.2006Christopher Nolan (*)Drama, Mystery, Thriller8.5 (1.3M votes)13020211228
PrimerFour friends/fledgling entrepreneurs, knowing that there's something bigger and more innovative than the different error-checking devices they've built, wrestle over their new invention.2004Shane CarruthDrama, Sci-Fi, Thriller6.9 (104.1K votes)7720211228
PrometheusFollowing clues to the origin of mankind, a team finds a structure on a distant moon, but they soon realize they are not alone.2012Ridley Scott (*)Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi7.0 (592.7K votes)12420211228
RevolverGambler Jake Green enters into a game with potentially deadly consequences.2005Guy Ritchie (*)Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller6.4 (93.9K votes)11120211228
Robot And FrankIn the near future, an ex-jewel thief receives a gift from his son: a robot butler programmed to look after him. But soon the two companions try their luck as a heist team.2012Jake SchreierComedy, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi7.1 (63.5K votes)8920211228
Shutter IslandIn 1954, a U.S. Marshal investigates the disappearance of a murderer who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane.2010Martin Scorsese (*)Mystery, Thriller8.2 (1.2M votes)13820211228
Solaris [Solyaris]A psychologist is sent to a station orbiting a distant planet in order to discover what has caused the crew to go insane.1972Andrei Tarkovsky (*)Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi8.0 (88.3K votes)16720211228
StayA psychiatrist attempts to prevent one of his patients from committing suicide while trying to maintain his own grip on reality.2005Marc ForsterDrama, Mystery, Thriller6.8 (78.3K votes)9920211228
Synecdoche, New YorkA theatre director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he creates a life-size replica of New York City inside a warehouse as part of his new play.2008Charlie KaufmanDrama7.6 (88.8K votes)12420211228
Thirteenth Floor, TheA computer scientist running a virtual reality simulation of 1937 becomes the primary suspect when his colleague and mentor is murdered.1999Josef RusnakMystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller7.1 (70.3K votes)10020211228
TranceAn art auctioneer becomes mixed up with a group of criminals partners with a hypnotherapist in order to recover a lost painting.2013Danny Boyle (*)Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller6.9 (112.8K votes)10120211228
TranscendenceA scientist's drive for artificial intelligence takes on dangerous implications when his own consciousness is uploaded into one such program.2014Wally PfisterAction, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller6.2 (224.5K votes)11920211228
Truman Show, TheAn insurance salesman discovers his whole life is actually a reality TV show.1998Peter Weir (*)Comedy, Drama8.1 (1M votes)10320211228
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives [Loong Boonmee raleuk chat]Dying of kidney disease, a man spends his last, somber days with family, including the ghost of his wife and a forest spirit who used to be his son, on a rural northern Thailand farm.2010Apichatpong Weerasethakul (*)Drama, Fantasy6.7 (15.9K votes)120220912
Under the SkinA mysterious young woman seduces lonely men in the evening hours in Scotland. However, events lead her to begin a process of self-discovery.2013Jonathan GlazerDrama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller6.4 (138.3K votes)10820211228
Upstream ColorA man and woman are drawn together, entangled in the life cycle of an ageless organism. Identity becomes an illusion as they struggle to assemble the loose fragments of wrecked lives.2013Shane CarruthDrama, Sci-Fi6.5 (33.3K votes)9620220414
Vanilla SkyA self-indulgent and vain publishing magnate finds his privileged life upended after a vehicular accident with a resentful lover.2001Cameron CroweFantasy, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller6.9 (259.3K votes)13620211228
Waking LifeA man shuffles through a dream meeting various people and discussing the meanings and purposes of the universe.2001Richard Linklater (*)Animation, Drama, Fantasy7.8 (63.1K votes)9920211228
Instinct2018nanCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller6.7 (Unkn) Excluded
Being There2011Filip ChristensenDocumentary, Adventure, Sport8.5 (Unkn) Excluded