The Cinema Ledger

Collection

Mind-benders

Films that rewrite their own rules: time loops, unreliable minds, puzzle plots.

41 films28 ratedmy average 7.62 / 10
Inception poster 10
Inception
2010
Memento poster 9.2
Memento
2000
Shutter Island poster 9.6
Shutter Island
2010
The Prestige poster 8.2
The Prestige
2006
Primer poster 6.6
Primer
2004
Donnie Darko poster
Donnie Darko
2001
Mulholland Drive poster 10
Mulholland Drive
2001
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind poster 5.6
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004
The Matrix poster 10
The Matrix
1999
Fight Club poster 6.2
Fight Club
1999
Interstellar poster 9
Interstellar
2014
Arrival poster 7
Arrival
2016
Tenet poster 6.6
Tenet
2020
Predestination poster 8.4
Predestination
2014
Coherence poster 6.8
Coherence
2014
eXistenZ poster
eXistenZ
1999
Dark City poster
Dark City
1998
Twelve Monkeys poster 7.2
Twelve Monkeys
1995
Being John Malkovich poster 8.6
Being John Malkovich
1999
Synecdoche, New York poster
Synecdoche, New York
2008
Lost Highway poster 7.2
Lost Highway
1997
The Game poster 6.2
The Game
1997
Black Swan poster 8.2
Black Swan
2010
Identity poster
Identity
2003
Enemy poster 8.8
Enemy
2014
Vanilla Sky poster
Vanilla Sky
2001
The Machinist poster 7.2
The Machinist
2004
Adaptation. poster
Adaptation.
2002
Cloud Atlas poster 5.6
Cloud Atlas
2012
Triangle poster 6.6
Triangle
2009
Source Code poster 8.2
Source Code
2011
Looper poster 4.6
Looper
2012
The Fountain poster 7
The Fountain
2006
Perfect Blue poster
Perfect Blue
1998
Paprika poster
Paprika
2006
Pi poster 6.8
Pi
1998
Mr. Nobody poster
Mr. Nobody
2009
Upstream Color poster
Upstream Color
2013
Run Lola Run poster
Run Lola Run
1998
Timecrimes poster
Timecrimes
2007
The Usual Suspects poster 8
The Usual Suspects
1995