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Plot Summary:
A computer hacker's goal to discover the reason for human existence continually finds his work interrupted thanks to the Management; this time, they send a teenager and lusty love interest to distract him.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 49000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Romania, France, USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: surreal, thought provoking, philosophical, psychedelic, cerebral, offbeat, meditative, mindfuck, semi serious, futuristic
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The Brand New Testament (2015)
Plot Summary:
God lives in Brussels. On earth though, God is a coward, with pathetical morals and being odious with his family. His daughter, Ea, is bored at home and can't stand being locked up in a small apartment in ordinary Brussels, until the day she decides to revolt against her dad.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Belgium, France, Luxembourg
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: philosophical, surreal, dark comedy, meditative, sentimental, talky, cynical, stylized, funny, touching
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Kin-dza-dza! (1986)
Plot Summary:
The story takes place on the desert planet "Pluke" in the "Kin-dza-dza" galaxy, where two Soviet humans previously unknown to each other ("Uncle Vova", a gruff construction foreman from Moscow, and "The Fiddler", a student from Georgia) are stranded due to an accidental encounter with an alien teleportation device. The movie describes their long quest to find a way back home.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: surreal, philosophical, humorous, offbeat, enigmatic, cult classic, psychedelic, apocalyptic, parody, mind bending
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Sorry to Bother You (2018)
Plot Summary:
In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, black telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success – which propels him into a macabre universe.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 87000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: black comedy, dark comedy, surreal, mindfuck, funny, philosophical, humorous, captivating, semi serious, absurd
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The Double (2013)
Plot Summary:
An awkward office drone becomes increasingly unhinged after a charismatic and confident look-alike takes a job at his workplace and seduces the woman he desires.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 53000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: psychological, surreal, mindfuck, bleak, mind bending, art house, mysterious, dark comedy, psychological thriller, humorous
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Alphaville (1965)
Plot Summary:
An American private-eye, arrives in Alphaville, a futuristic city on another planet which is ruled by an evil scientist named Von Braun, who has outlawed love and self-expression.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: neo noir, atmospheric, futuristic, cerebral, detective, philosophical, experimental, surreal, absurd, apocalyptic
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The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)
Plot Summary:
A traveling theater company gives its audience much more than they were expecting.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 153000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, France, Canada
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: surreal, dark fantasy, fairy tale, offbeat, stylized, cerebral, enigmatic, absurd, atmospheric, psychedelic
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The Bothersome Man (2006)
Plot Summary:
Forty-year-old Andreas arrives in a strange city with no memory of how he got there. He is presented with a job, an apartment - even a wife. But before long, Andreas notices that something is wrong. Andreas makes an attempt to escape the city, but he discovers there's no way out. Andreas meets Hugo, who has found a crack in a wall in his cellar. Beautiful music streams out from the crack. Maybe it leads to "the other side"? A new plan for escape is hatched.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Norway, Iceland
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: surreal, enigmatic, psychological, psychedelic, philosophical, mindfuck, art house, suspenseful, dark comedy, dark
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Stalker (1979)
Plot Summary:
Near a gray and unnamed city is the Zone, a place guarded by barbed wire and soldiers, and where the normal laws of physics are victim to frequent anomalies. A Stalker guides two men into the Zone, specifically to an area in which deep seeded desires are granted.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 142000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 162 min
Plot tags: philosophical, atmospheric, bleak, art house, cerebral, thought provoking, meditative, psychological, gloomy, mind bending
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Solaris (1972)
Plot Summary:
A psychologist is sent to a space station orbiting a planet called Solaris to investigate the death of a doctor and the mental problems of cosmonauts on the station. He soon discovers that the water on the planet is a type of brain which brings out repressed memories and obsessions.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 97000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 167 min
Plot tags: art house, atmospheric, cerebral, mind bending, enigmatic, psychedelic, intellectual, futuristic, surreal, psychological
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Melancholia (2011)
Plot Summary:
Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with Earth.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 193000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Denmark, Sweden, France, Germany
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: psychological, bleak, atmospheric, surreal, art house, philosophical, apocalyptic, psychedelic, depressing, art film
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I Origins (2014)
Plot Summary:
I Origins follows a molecular biologist studying the evolution of the human eye. He finds his work permeating his life after a brief encounter with an exotic young woman who slips away from him. As his research continues years later with his lab partner, they make a stunning scientific discovery that has far reaching implications and complicates both his scientific and and spiritual beliefs. Traveling half way around the world, he risks everything he has ever known to validate his theory.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 132000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, spiritual, mind bending, enigmatic, philosophical, cerebral, atmospheric, psychological, romantic, mindfuck
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The Man from Earth (2007)
Plot Summary:
An impromptu goodbye party for Professor John Oldman becomes a mysterious interrogation after the retiring scholar reveals to his colleagues he never ages and has walked the earth for 14,000 years.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 197000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: philosophical, psychological, sincere, serious, reflective, spiritual, cerebral, mindfuck, mind blowing, mind bending
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The Quiet Earth (1985)
Plot Summary:
After a top-secret experiment misfires, a scientist may be the only man left alive in the world.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: philosophical, mindfuck, mind bending, surreal, apocalyptic, atmospheric, cerebral, existential, mind twisting, minimal cast
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The Science of Sleep (2006)
Plot Summary:
A man entranced by his dreams and imagination is lovestruck with a French woman and feels he can show her his world.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 71000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: surreal, psychedelic, psychological, philosophical, mind bending, intellectual, meditative, visually appealing, cerebral, mindfuck
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Being John Malkovich (1999)
Plot Summary:
Spike Jonze’s debut feature film is a love story mix of comedy and fantasy. The story is about an unsuccessful puppeteer named Craig, who one day at work finds a portal into the head of actor John Malkovich. The portal soon becomes a passion for anybody who enters it’s mad and controlling world of overtaking another human body.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 349000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: surreal, psychological, cerebral, mind bending, offbeat, mindfuck, philosophical, dark comedy, disturbing, black comedy
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Mr. Nobody (2009)
Plot Summary:
Nemo Nobody leads an ordinary existence with his wife and 3 children; one day, he wakes up as a mortal centenarian in the year 2092.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 243000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Belgium, Germany, Canada, France, UK, Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 141 min
Plot tags: psychological, surreal, philosophical, mind bending, thought provoking, confusing, cerebral, mind blowing, reflective, offbeat
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Synecdoche, New York (2008)
Plot Summary:
A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 97000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: philosophical, psychological, depressing, surreal, mindfuck, confusing, art house, absurd, mind bending, cult classic
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Cloud Atlas (2012)
Plot Summary:
A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Action, mystery and romance weave through the story as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution in the distant future. Based on the award winning novel by David Mitchell. Directed by Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 371000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Hong Kong, Singapore, China, UK, Spain
Duration: 172 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, psychological, futuristic, mind bending, surreal, spiritual, enigmatic, non-linear, atmospheric, reflective
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The Fountain (2006)
Plot Summary:
Spanning over one thousand years, and three parallel stories, The Fountain is a story of love, death, spirituality, and the fragility of our existence in this world.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 247000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: surreal, melancholic, artsy, philosophical, atmospheric, thought provoking, emotional, cerebral, non-linear, touching
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Dark City (1998)
Plot Summary:
A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun and run by beings with telekinetic powers who seek the souls of humans.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 210000
Genere: Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: neo noir, psychological, mind bending, atmospheric, suspense, gothic, tech noir, dark fantasy, futuristic, philosophical
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Donnie Darko (2001)
Plot Summary:
After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 837000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: psychological, surreal, atmospheric, mind bending, philosophical, cult classic, clever, psychological thriller, cerebral, independent film
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Twelve Monkeys (1995)
Plot Summary:
In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground communities. But when Cole is mistakenly sent to 1990 instead of 1996, he's arrested and locked up in a mental hospital. There he meets psychiatrist Dr. Kathryn Railly, and patient Jeffrey Goines, the son of a famous virus expert, who may hold the key to the mysterious rogue group, the Army of the 12 Monkeys, thought to be responsible for unleashing the killer disease.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 639000
Genere: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: psychological, surreal, twist ending, atmospheric, cerebral, non-linear, mind bending, apocalyptic, confusing, twisted
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Brazil (1985)
Plot Summary:
Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent man instead of wanted terrorist Harry Tuttle, he meets the woman from his daydream, and in trying to help her gets caught in a web of mistaken identities, mindless bureaucracy and lies.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 209000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: surreal, futuristic, psychological, dark comedy, cerebral, atmospheric, disturbing, thought provoking, mindfuck, black comedy
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A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
Plot Summary:
A robotic boy, the first programmed to love, David is adopted as a test case by a Cybertronics employee and his wife. Though he gradually becomes their child, a series of unexpected circumstances make this life impossible for David. Without final acceptance by humans or machines, David embarks on a journey to discover where he truly belongs, uncovering a world in which the line between robot and machine is both vast and profoundly thin.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 319000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 146 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, philosophical, sentimental, fairy tale, intellectual, atmospheric, captivating, touching, futuristic, tech noir
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Ex Machina (2014)
Plot Summary:
Caleb, a 26 year old coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But when Caleb arrives at the remote location he finds that he will have to participate in a strange and fascinating experiment in which he must interact with the world's first true artificial intelligence, housed in the body of a beautiful robot girl.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 575000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: psychological, philosophical, futuristic, twist ending, mind bending, thought provoking, intellectual, tense, minimal cast, cerebral
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eXistenZ (1999)
Plot Summary:
A game designer on the run from assassins must play her latest virtual reality creation with a marketing trainee to determine if the game has been damaged.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 106000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK, France, USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: surreal, psychological, mind bending, psychedelic, twist ending, cerebral, disturbing, tense, philosophical, atmospheric
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The Thirteenth Floor (1999)
Plot Summary:
Computer scientist Hannon Fuller has discovered something extremely important. He's about to tell the discovery to his colleague, Douglas Hall, but knowing someone is after him, the old man leaves a letter in his computer generated parallel world that's just like the 30's with seemingly real people with real emotions.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 76000
Genere: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: mind bending, intellectual, twist ending, neo noir, atmospheric, psychedelic, philosophical, confusing, mind blowing, clever
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The City of Lost Children (1995)
Plot Summary:
A scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 71000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: France, Germany, Spain, Belgium, USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: surreal, atmospheric, art house, stylized, gothic, disturbing, mindfuck, visual, visually stunning, mind bending
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Upstream Color (2013)
Plot Summary:
A man and woman are drawn together, entangled in the lifecycle of an ageless organism. Identity becomes an illusion as they struggle to assemble the loose fragments of wrecked lives.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: surreal, psychological, art house, mindfuck, tense, mind bending, atmospheric, cerebral, experimental, stylized
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The Truman Show (1998)
Plot Summary:
Truman Burbank is the star of "The Truman Show", a 24-hour-a-day "reality" TV show that broadcasts every aspect of his life -- live and in color -- without his knowledge. His entire life has been an unending soap opera for consumption by the rest of the world. And everyone he knows -- including his wife and his best friend -- is really an actor, paid to be part of his life.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 12000000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: philosophical, thought provoking, psychological, touching, surreal, cerebral, clever, dramatic, motivational, spiritual