Exam 2009

Psychological thriller
Thriller psicologico
Time Travel
Viajes en el tiempo
Loop
Bucles
Unexpected endings
Finales Inesperados

Every year there are a huge number of movies that fly right under the radar of the average movie fan. movies that are great but just not that well known.

There are plenty of movie gems out there and hopefully this list will help you find some.

Feel free to submit new movies in the comments below.

This list contains movies/documentaries and short films. The list was originally created on IMDb. http://goo.gl/gHles

What’s a mindfuck? A movie that plays with your mind, confuses you, and leads you on. It’s not just a movie with a twist ending. Mindfucks are borderline-incoherent, dreamlike, and surreal.

Ontology is the philosophical study of being, existance, becoming and reality. In simple terms it seeks to classify and explain entities.

In movies and tv show ontology usually comes in the flavor of an ontological mystery at the center of the plot with several of the following elements: the characters do not know who they are, where they are, how they got to the place there are in, and the central conflict is to get out of there and find answers to the above questions.

In the most common version of the trope, the characters are locked into a strange room or find themselves at a strange place with no contact to the outside. They have no idea how they got there, why they are there or how to get out, nor do they know who is behind their predicament, if anyone at all.

The main idea behind such stories is the investigation of a restricted environment in which the characters find themselves with the goal of mastering the environment, revealing secrets, and ultimately escape.

This list focuses on such stories. I added a few edge cases for good measure, like pure escape room, death game or timeloop movies that have a strong ontological undertone, even though they are not ontological mysteries per se.

If you think something shouldn't be on this list, or if I missed something that should be on here please leave a comment.

Last Updated: 2023/02/03

A disturbing or extremely confusing experience, in particular one that is caused by deliberate psychological manipulation.

Collection of psychological thrillers, avoiding too many horror and sci-fi crossovers.

Brace yourself for mind-altering twists, mind-warping enigmas, and an unrelenting assault on your senses. It's an audacious celebration of dark, cerebral pleasure that will leave you exhilarated, mystified, and begging for more. So grab your popcorn, dim the lights, and let the mindfuckfest begin!

‣ Play a game to survive
‣ Fight against time
‣ Puzzles/Escape room-esque

(Haven't seen them all and a bunch of them are bad lol)

Thrillers and anxiety inducing flicks.

Bottle movies are films set in a single location. Like a single room or vehicle. (ship in a bottle metaphor)

Movies

Mindbending horror. Updated weekly.

Slow burn horror. Updated weekly.

Dramatic horror. Updated regularly.

Psychological Thrillers

(Seemlingy random) people dropped together surviving / figuring things out

Movies that put a group of strangers together at first, whether drugged or kidnapped without any clear reason. Upon wakeup, the strangers must band together to figure out why they are brought there, and how they can get out alive, either by completing challenge or killing until last one survive, one way or another...