Thought provoking movies

[riseagainst]

I'm looking for movies that really gets you thinking, sort of like a "wtf just happened moment" and you need to pause everything and make sense of everything that just happened.

examples: Inception, Primer

[ZeN]

Waking Life - Mr Nobody - Dark City - 8 1/2 - The Fountain - Shutter Island - Jacobs Ladder - the Orphanage - The Others -

[outbreak]

cube
fight club
in the mouth of madness

[CeilingFan#1]

Shoot'Em Up

[Myth]

Enemy

[TheReal Kendall]

Snakes on a Plane
Black Snake Moan
Sharknado
I Got the Hook Up

[East_Stone_Ya]

Mulholland Drive

[Jailblazers7]

Tree of Life really stuck with me for a couple weeks after I watched it. Also, Place Beyond the Pines had some heavy themes in there along with a cool format that made me think.

The more I think about Inception now that it's older the more I think that it is pretty shallow. A lot less depth than it was aiming for I think.

I would sort of like to see Mr Nobody again because I saw it while my brain was scattered from a hangover so I basically didn't follow any of it. I doubt I'll get around to it tho.

[Timmy D for MVP]

It's not a WTF movie at all.

But to this day I love talking about The Matrix and the theories surrounding it. My cousin and I spent a full 2 hours one time just talking about it.

And I'm including the sequels. They were shit no doubt, and sort of ruined what I built in my head, but the laziness and ridiculousness of them actually opened up more questions for me. And in things like this with plot holes I actively try to fill them, and since I was such a big fan of the first film I go overboard with this series.

[knickballer]

It's not a WTF movie at all.

But to this day I love talking about The Matrix and the theories surrounding it. My cousin and I spent a full 2 hours one time just talking about it.

And I'm including the sequels. They were shit no doubt, and sort of ruined what I built in my head, but the laziness and ridiculousness of them actually opened up more questions for me. And in things like this with plot holes I actively try to fill them, and since I was such a big fan of the first film I go overboard with this series.

The original Matrix has alot of good theories surrounding it and it's basically up to the viewer to decide that.. For example what if we are living in a Matrix, some sort of controlled universe that has already happened and we are living it or if we are just a some type of experiment, etc. Great movie although I stopped watching after the second one.


OP, if you really want WTF movies watch movies made by David Lynch, possibly the GOAT director at WTF movies. When I watched Mulholland Drive I still didn't know wtf happened after reading the synopsis, spoilers and analysis of the movie for an hour.

[Shade8780]

Waking Life - Mr Nobody - Dark City - 8 1/2 - The Fountain - Shutter Island - Jacobs Ladder - the Orphanage - The Others -

I predicted the ending of Shutter Island. Thought provoking my ass.

[Myth]

I predicted the ending of Shutter Island. Thought provoking my ass.

I predicted it from the trailer.

[Bano114]

Memento and The Prestige. Both Nolan films like Inception. If you liked that you'll love these two.

Memento will have you thinking the whole time what the **** is going on while The Prestige is more of a build up...but if you pay attention very closely while watching you could piece some things together before they happen.

Edit: Also check out The Departed if you haven't seen it yet.

[Meticode]

Enemy

Hated it.

[Meticode]

I predicted the ending of Shutter Island. Thought provoking my ass.

It provoked you to think of the ending, did it not?