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Mind-Bending Movies

Name: Mind-Bending Movies
Creator: TMDB / IMDB

Movies that bend reality and challenge perception — prepare for twists, loops, and shattered expectations.

Mind-bending Movies is a structured movies dataset with 37 entries. Its fields include Title, Year, Director. Community voting appears as a separate signal beside eligible rows and does not replace the source values.

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Source:TMDB / IMDB

Updated:3/8/2026

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Dataset details

Table scope: All 37 rows
Fields: 8 columns
Source: TMDB / IMDB
Data updated: Mar 8, 2026

Included fields: Title, Year, Director, IMDB Rating, Genre, and 3 more.

The table contains every record in this dataset; the same records are available in each download format.

Preview observations

Year span: 1966 to 2022; Across 37 preview rows
IMDB Rating range: 6.2 to 8.5; Across 37 preview rows

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Title↕	Year↕	Director↕	IMDB Rating↕	Genre↕	Country↕	Runtime (min)↕	Overview↕
Pulp Fiction	1994	Quentin Tarantino	8.5	Thriller, Crime, Comedy	United States of America	154	A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion	1997	Hideaki Anno	8.3	Animation, Science Fiction, Drama, Fantasy	Japan	87	SEELE orders an all-out attack on NERV, aiming to destroy the Evas before Gendo can advance his own plans for the Human Instrumentality Project. Shinji is pushed to the limits of his sanity as he is forced to decide the fate of humanity.
The Prestige	2006	Christopher Nolan	8.2	Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction	United Kingdom	130	A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.
Memento	2000	Christopher Nolan	8.2	Mystery, Thriller	United States of America	113	Leonard Shelby is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty of locating his wife's killer, however, is compounded by the fact that he suffers from a rare, untreatable form of short-term memory loss. Although he can recall details of life before his accident, Leonard ca...
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind	2004	Michel Gondry	8.1	Science Fiction, Drama, Romance	United States of America	108	Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realises that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his mistake.
Mulholland Drive	2001	David Lynch	7.8	Thriller, Drama, Mystery	France	147	Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second woman's identity, filmmaker Adam Kesher runs into ominous trouble while casting his latest project.
Mr. Nobody	2009	Jaco Van Dormael	7.8	Science Fiction, Drama, Romance	Belgium	141	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.
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time	2006	Mamoru Hosoda	7.8	Fantasy, Animation, Drama, Science Fiction	Japan	98	When 17-year-old Makoto Konno gains the ability to 'leap' backwards through time, she immediately sets about improving her grades and preventing personal mishaps. However, she soon realises that changing the past isn't as simple as it seems, and eventually, will have to rely on her new powers to ...
Everything Everywhere All at Once	2022	Daniel Scheinert	7.7	Action, Adventure, Science Fiction	United States of America	140	An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save what's important to her by connecting with the lives she could have led in other universes.
Brazil	1985	Terry Gilliam	7.7	Comedy, Science Fiction	United Kingdom	143	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 ...
Twelve Monkeys	1995	Terry Gilliam	7.6	Science Fiction, Thriller, Mystery	United States of America	129	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 ar...
Blue Velvet	1986	David Lynch	7.6	Mystery, Thriller, Crime	United States of America	120	The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.
Amores Perros	2000	Alejandro González Iñárritu	7.6	Drama, Thriller	Mexico	154	A fatalistic car crash in Mexico city sets off a chain of events in the lives of three people: a supermodel, a young man wanting to run off with his sister-in-law, and a homeless man.
The Skin I Live In	2011	Pedro Almodóvar	7.5	Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller	Spain	120	A brilliant plastic surgeon creates a synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.
Lost Highway	1997	David Lynch	7.5	Drama, Thriller, Mystery	France	134	A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, gangsters, doppelgängers, and an impossible transformation inside a prison cell.
After Hours	1985	Martin Scorsese	7.5	Comedy, Thriller, Drama	United States of America	97	Desperate to escape his mind-numbing routine, uptown Manhattan office worker Paul Hackett ventures downtown for a hookup with a mystery woman.
Source Code	2011	Duncan Jones	7.3	Thriller, Science Fiction, Mystery	United States of America	93	When decorated soldier Captain Colter Stevens wakes up in the body of an unknown man, he discovers he's part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train.
Eraserhead	1977	David Lynch	7.3	Horror, Science Fiction	United States of America	89	First-time father Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.
Videodrome	1983	David Cronenberg	7.3	Horror, Science Fiction, Mystery	Canada	88	As the president of a trashy TV channel, Max Renn is desperate for new programming to attract viewers. When he happens upon "Videodrome," a TV show dedicated to gratuitous torture and punishment, Max sees a potential hit and broadcasts the show on his channel. However, after his girlfriend auditi...
Blow-Up	1966	Michelangelo Antonioni	7.3	Drama, Mystery, Thriller	United Kingdom	111	A successful mod photographer in London whose world is bounded by fashion, pop music, marijuana, and easy sex, feels his life is boring and despairing. But in the course of a single day he unknowingly captures a death on film.
Pi	1998	Darren Aronofsky	7.1	Mystery, Drama, Thriller	United States of America	84	A mathematical genius discovers a link between numbers and reality, and thus believes he can predict the future.
Wild at Heart	1990	David Lynch	7	Crime, Thriller, Romance	United States of America	125	Young lovers Sailor and Lula hit the road to start a new life together away from the wrath of Lula’s deranged, disapproving mother, who has hired a team of hitmen to cut the lovers’ surreal honeymoon short.
I See You	2019	Adam Randall	7	Horror, Thriller, Mystery	United States of America	98	When a 10-year-old boy goes missing, lead investigator Greg Harper struggles to balance the pressure of the investigation and troubles with his wife, Jackie. Facing a recent affair, great strain is put on the family that slowly gnaws away at Jackie's grip on reality. But after a malicious presenc...
The Thirteenth Floor	1999	Josef Rusnak	7	Thriller, Science Fiction, Mystery	United States of America	100	In Los Angeles, a wealthy man, known as Mr. Fuller, discovers a shocking secret about the world he lives in. Fearing for his life, he leaves a desperate message for a friend of his in the most unexpected place.
Timecrimes	2007	Nacho Vigalondo	7	Science Fiction, Thriller	Spain	92	A man accidentally gets into a time machine and travels back in time nearly an hour. Finding himself will be the first of a series of disasters of unforeseeable consequences.
Inland Empire	2006	David Lynch	7	Horror, Thriller, Mystery, Drama, Fantasy	United States of America	180	When actress Nikki Grace gets the lead role in a cursed film, her world becomes more and more surreal, blending realities and ideas of infidelity, reincarnation, and supernatural forces.
Enemy	2014	Denis Villeneuve	6.8	Thriller, Mystery	Canada	91	A mild-mannered college professor discovers a look-alike actor and delves into the other man's private affairs.
Vanilla Sky	2001	Cameron Crowe	6.8	Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction	United States of America	136	David Aames has it all: wealth, good looks and gorgeous women on his arm. But just as he begins falling for the warmhearted Sofia, his face is horribly disfigured in a car accident. That's just the beginning of his troubles as the lines between illusion and reality, between life and death, are bl...
Sorry to Bother You	2018	Boots Riley	6.8	Fantasy, Science Fiction, Comedy	United States of America	112	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.
Trance	2013	Danny Boyle	6.6	Thriller, Crime, Mystery	United Kingdom	101	A violent gang enlists the help of a hypnotherapist in an attempt to locate a painting which somehow vanished in the middle of a heist.
I'm Thinking of Ending Things	2020	Charlie Kaufman	6.6	Mystery, Thriller, Drama	United States of America	135	Nothing is as it seems when a woman experiencing misgivings about her new boyfriend joins him on a road trip to meet his parents at their remote farm.
The Village	2004	M. Night Shyamalan	6.5	Drama, Mystery, Thriller	United States of America	108	When a willful young man tries to venture beyond his sequestered Pennsylvania hamlet, his actions set off a chain of chilling incidents that will alter the community forever.
The Double	2014	Richard Ayoade	6.5	Thriller, Drama	United Kingdom	93	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.
Repo Men	2010	Miguel Sapochnik	6.3	Action, Science Fiction, Thriller, Crime	Canada	111	In the future, medical technology has advanced to the point where people can buy artificial organs to extend their lives. But if they default on payments, an organization known as the Union sends agents to repossess the organs. Remy is one of the best agents in the business, but when he becomes t...
The Cell	2000	Tarsem Singh	6.3	Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller	United States of America	107	A psychotherapist journeys inside a comatose serial killer in the hopes of saving his latest victim.
Synchronic	2020	Aaron Moorhead	6.3	Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller	United States of America	101	Two New Orleans paramedics' lives are ripped apart after encountering a series of horrific deaths linked to a designer drug with bizarre, otherworldly effects.
Sucker Punch	2011	Zack Snyder	6.2	Action, Fantasy, Thriller	Canada	110	A young woman, institutionalized by her abusive stepfather, retreats into a vivid fantasy world where she envisions a plan to escape. Gathering a group of fellow inmates, she embarks on a quest to collect five mystical items, blurring the lines between reality and imagination.

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Mind-Bending Movies

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