The best "Mind FAK" and visually enthralling films!

by Yua-119-789427 | created - 29 Jul 2011 | updated - 29 Jul 2011 | Public

A list of the movies that gave me goosebumps while watching, and pulled me into a total different world... These are all carefully seleced movies that left a deep impact, so you must see them, you won't regret it. Enjoy!

(Films are in no particular order.)

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1. The Fountain (2006)

PG-13 | 97 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

51 Metascore

As 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.

Director: Darren Aronofsky | Stars: Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz, Sean Patrick Thomas, Ellen Burstyn

Votes: 248,692 | Gross: $10.14M

Aronofsky at his best! It's best not too know too much about this film before watching it, for the greatest experience possible.

2. Dark City (1998)

R | 100 min | Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi

66 Metascore

A 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.

Director: Alex Proyas | Stars: Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, William Hurt

Votes: 212,175 | Gross: $14.38M

I can't believe this movie didn't crush the box office, and that I didn't hear about it untill recently. What visually pleased me the most, was the shape-shifting of the buildings. Amazing!

3. The Fall (I) (2006)

R | 117 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

64 Metascore

In 1920s Los Angeles, a bedridden patient in a hospital captivates a young girl with a fantastic tale of heroes, myths, and villains on a desert island.

Director: Tarsem Singh | Stars: Lee Pace, Catinca Untaru, Justine Waddell, Kim Uylenbroek

Votes: 116,652 | Gross: $2.28M

The colours! And the storyline! This film became one of my top favourites. It takes me back to the time that I could just let my imagination go wild and go on an amazing adventure!

4. Mr. Nobody (2009)

R | 141 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

63 Metascore

A 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.

Director: Jaco Van Dormael | Stars: Jared Leto, Sarah Polley, Diane Kruger, Linh-Dan Pham

Votes: 245,740 | Gross: $0.00M

What if?... What if we could see what any of our decisions would have as an an outcome? And we could see all the possibilities? What would you choose?

5. District 9 (2009)

R | 112 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

81 Metascore

Violence ensues after an extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth finds a kindred spirit in a government agent exposed to their biotechnology.

Director: Neill Blomkamp | Stars: Sharlto Copley, David James, Jason Cope, Vanessa Haywood

Votes: 716,500 | Gross: $115.65M

This is not your typical alien movie. Filmed documentary like at the beginning, you slowly change from an outsider to someone that is actually "experiencing" the movie. The aliens were made so understandable and you really pitied them, eventhough they looked so creepy. A really well done movie.

6. Children of Men (2006)

R | 109 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

84 Metascore

In 2027, in a chaotic world in which women have somehow become infertile, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea.

Director: Alfonso Cuarón | Stars: Julianne Moore, Clive Owen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Caine

Votes: 529,144 | Gross: $35.55M

What if noone could have any children anymore? And you know that humanity is on the brink of extinction? And everyone is desperate to survive....but then suddenly there is hope?

7. Oldboy (2003)

R | 120 min | Action, Drama, Mystery

78 Metascore

After being kidnapped and imprisoned for fifteen years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must track down his captor in five days.

Director: Park Chan-wook | Stars: Choi Min-sik, Yoo Ji-tae, Kang Hye-jeong, Kim Byeong-Ok

Votes: 635,211 | Gross: $0.71M

This movie left me speechless... I couldn't believe the end.

8. Donnie Darko (2001)

R | 113 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

88 Metascore

After 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.

Director: Richard Kelly | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Mary McDonnell, Holmes Osborne

Votes: 849,610 | Gross: $1.48M

When your mind doesn't always do what you wish it would do.... Jake Gyllenhaal is amazing as always.

9. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

R | 108 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi

89 Metascore

When their relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a medical procedure to have each other erased from their memories forever.

Director: Michel Gondry | Stars: Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Tom Wilkinson, Gerry Robert Byrne

Votes: 1,077,320 | Gross: $34.40M

One thing about this movie; it begins really slow. I almost turned it off while watching, cause I got annoyed of the mundanity of the first half an hour. You have to give it time to sooth you in, it's worth it! When the film really starts rolling, it keeps you on the end of your chair. It's also one of the only few movies I could take Jim Carrey seriously.

10. K-PAX (2001)

PG-13 | 120 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

49 Metascore

PROT 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.

Director: Iain Softley | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges, Mary McCormack, Alfre Woodard

Votes: 192,953 | Gross: $50.34M

A different way to tell the story about an extra-terrestrial visiting earth. Throughout the movie you're kept wondering if he's telling the truth, or just mad. I believe him, do you?

11. Source Code (2011)

PG-13 | 93 min | Action, Drama, Mystery

74 Metascore

A soldier wakes up in someone else's body and discovers he's part of an experimental government program to find the bomber of a commuter train within 8 minutes.

Director: Duncan Jones | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga, Jeffrey Wright

Votes: 549,467 | Gross: $54.71M

Another film that truly made me appreciate the acting gift Jake Gyllenhaal has. This movie takes a total different approach on how memories and time works! Really well done. The ending was perfect!

12. Memento (2000)

R | 113 min | Mystery, Thriller

83 Metascore

A man with short-term memory loss attempts to track down his wife's murderer.

Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, Mark Boone Junior

Votes: 1,322,111 | Gross: $25.54M

I've seen this movie as a 7 year old girl, and I remember that eventhough I couldn't really follow what was happening, (I understood the he was backtracing his memory, going backwards) I really was impressed and tied to the screen. My brother was even younger when he saw this and he had a similiar experience. Now, I recently resaw this and fell in love with it all over again.

13. Big Fish (2003)

PG-13 | 125 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

58 Metascore

A frustrated son tries to determine the fact from fiction in his dying father's life.

Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange

Votes: 458,718 | Gross: $66.26M

An absolute classic! The story of a man who made the most he could about his life. And the son who slowly starts to understand the actual meaning of the stories his father was telling him all these years.

14. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

PG-13 | 166 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

70 Metascore

Tells the story of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with consequences.

Director: David Fincher | Stars: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Tilda Swinton, Julia Ormond

Votes: 695,373 | Gross: $127.51M

It's in this movie that I started to understand the whole fuss about Brad Pitt. He showed that he was indeed the charming chap he always was praised to be. And the story was absolutely fantastic. A man who was born old, and dies young. And meets the love of his life inbetween.

15. Requiem for a Dream (2000)

R | 102 min | Drama

71 Metascore

The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island people are shattered when their addictions run deep..

Director: Darren Aronofsky | Stars: Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans

Votes: 898,006 | Gross: $3.64M

I never realised that this movie was made by the same guy as Black Swan, untill recently. Aronofsky truly is a marvelous director.

In this film we see how hard everyone fights for their dreams, and how easily that same dream is destroyed by ourselves. A real eye-opener!

16. The Illusionist (2006)

PG-13 | 110 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

68 Metascore

In turn-of-the-century Vienna, a magician uses his abilities to secure the love of a woman far above his social standing.

Director: Neil Burger | Stars: Edward Norton, Jessica Biel, Paul Giamatti, Rufus Sewell

Votes: 389,547 | Gross: $39.87M

Ed Norton, one of my absolute favourite actors.

And in this movie he shows you magic, keeps you in awe, and you'll realise he's the greatest Illusionist of all time, not only as the character in the movie, but as an actor aswell. If you truly love someone, not even death can keep you apart.

17. 12 Monkeys (1995)

R | 129 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller

75 Metascore

In a future world devastated by disease, a convict is sent back in time to gather information about the man-made virus that wiped out most of the human population on the planet.

Director: Terry Gilliam | Stars: Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, Brad Pitt, Joseph Melito

Votes: 646,433 | Gross: $57.14M

Can we escape fate? Can we change what's already happened? This movie will give you some insight and will open a new world to you!

18. Fight Club (1999)

R | 139 min | Drama

67 Metascore

An insomniac office worker and a devil-may-care soap maker form an underground fight club that evolves into much more.

Director: David Fincher | Stars: Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Meat Loaf, Zach Grenier

Votes: 2,321,559 | Gross: $37.03M

This movie will change you. It's very violent, but it's not violence to shock you, but to free you. Sometimes you need to fight to feel alive again.

This movie started a cult, and if you haven't seen it yet, shame on you.

19. Moon (2009)

R | 97 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

67 Metascore

Astronaut Sam Bell has a quintessentially personal encounter toward the end of his three-year stint on the Moon, where he, working alongside his computer, GERTY, sends back to Earth parcels of a resource that has helped diminish our planet's power problems.

Director: Duncan Jones | Stars: Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey, Dominique McElligott, Rosie Shaw

Votes: 376,564 | Gross: $5.01M

The man on the moon. You'll wonder, if he went mad all these years that he was alone up there?

20. Limitless (I) (2011)

PG-13 | 105 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller

59 Metascore

A mysterious pill that enables the user to access 100% of his brain's abilities transforms a struggling writer into a financial wizard, but it also puts him in a new world with many dangers.

Director: Neil Burger | Stars: Bradley Cooper, Anna Friel, Abbie Cornish, Robert De Niro

Votes: 612,065 | Gross: $79.25M

What would you do if you had a pill that would bring out the best of the best out of yourself?

What I loved about this movie, is how the sequences are shot when he's on the pill and when he's not. You really feel sought into the movie and its feeling of limitless possibilities. And then topped off with just the right amount of action.

21. Pi (1998)

R | 84 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

72 Metascore

A paranoid mathematician searches for a key number that will unlock the universal patterns found in nature.

Director: Darren Aronofsky | Stars: Sean Gullette, Mark Margolis, Ben Shenkman, Pamela Hart

Votes: 186,370 | Gross: $3.22M

A mathematician is on the brink of finding the number that ties the whole universe together. This movie is in black and white, and I usually am not a big fan of film noires, because I think they leave out the expression that colour could give... but in this one, the black and white UNDERLINES the story. You wouldn't believe on how low the budget was and still managed to pull of this masterpiece. I think you could guess by now who pulled this off?

22. The Adjustment Bureau (2011)

PG-13 | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

60 Metascore

The affair between a politician and a contemporary dancer is affected by mysterious forces keeping the lovers apart.

Director: George Nolfi | Stars: Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Lisa Thoreson, Florence Kastriner

Votes: 270,056 | Gross: $62.50M

I love movies like these, that can set up a love-story in a "believable" and original way. Believeable as in; the emotions these characters have for eachother, couldn't have been different. You really root for them. It's not the typical romance flick, it's touched with a bit of science-fantasy. They have to follow the road fate has set up for them, but luck is on their side.

23. Gattaca (1997)

PG-13 | 106 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

64 Metascore

A genetically inferior man assumes the identity of a superior one in order to pursue his lifelong dream of space travel.

Director: Andrew Niccol | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Jude Law, Gore Vidal

Votes: 323,042 | Gross: $12.34M

A man who has always been told that he was inferior and for whom it was impossible to achieve his dream, will fight to get where he always dreamt to be. By all means neccessary.

24. Paprika (2006)

R | 90 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy

81 Metascore

When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patients' dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist, Paprika, can stop it.

Director: Satoshi Kon | Stars: Megumi Hayashibara, Tôru Emori, Katsunosuke Hori, Tôru Furuya

Votes: 96,749 | Gross: $0.88M

An animation that did what inception was so scared of to do. Inception peeked into paprika's concept of dreams, but executed it so horribly. Dreams are the language of our subconsious, they have no limits, and no boarders. They are wild, mad, unrealistic and so confusing. (Don't tell me you never woke up wondering what the heck you just dreamt...) If you liked Inception, you'll love Paprika.



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