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Vol. 1 · Mind-Bending
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The Mind-Bending Files

Movies that challenge perception and twist reality.


These 40 films have been quietly catalogued into a collection the editors call, simply, “Mind-Bending.” They are not ranked by box office. They are not sorted by release. They are arranged by something harder to measure — a shared emotional frequency, a kinship of mood. What follows is the reading list. Begin where you like. Read until you find the one that looks back.

  1. 01.
    Parasite

    Parasite

    2019·Dir. Bong Joon Ho·133 min·8.5

    All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.

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  2. 02.
    Your Name.

    Your Name.

    2016·Dir. Makoto Shinkai·106 min·8.4

    High schoolers Mitsuha and Taki are complete strangers living separate lives. But one night, they suddenly switch places. Mitsuha wakes up in Taki’s body, and he in hers. This bizarre occurrence continues to happen randomly, and the two must adjust their lives around each other.

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  3. 03.
    Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie

    Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie

    2026·Dir. Matt Johnson·100 min·7.9

    When their plan to book a show at the Rivoli goes horribly wrong, Matt and Jay accidentally travel back to the year 2008.

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  4. 04.
    Get Out

    Get Out

    2017·Dir. Jordan Peele·104 min·7.8

    Chris and his girlfriend Rose go upstate to visit her parents for the weekend. At first, Chris reads the family's overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter's interracial relationship, but as the weekend progresses, a series of increasingly disturbing discoveries lead him to a truth that he never could have imagined.

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  5. 05.
    Everything Everywhere All at Once

    Everything Everywhere All at Once

    2022·Dir. Daniel Scheinert·140 min·7.7

    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.

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  6. 06.
    Sore: A Wife from the Future

    Sore: A Wife from the Future

    2025·Dir. Yandy Laurens·119 min·7.5

    A young man living alone in Croatia encounters a woman who claims to be his wife from the future, sent on a mission to help him correct his bad habits and improve his lifestyle.

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  7. 07.
    A Quiet Place

    A Quiet Place

    2018·Dir. John Krasinski·91 min·7.5

    A family is forced to live in silence while hiding from creatures that hunt by sound.

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  8. 08.
    Sinners

    Sinners

    2025·Dir. Ryan Coogler·138 min·7.5

    Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.

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  9. 09.
    Inception

    Inception

    2010·Dir. Christopher Nolan·148 min·8.8

    Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious.

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  10. 10.
    Burning

    Burning

    2018·Dir. Lee Chang-dong·148 min·7.4

    Deliveryman Jong-su is out on a job when he runs into Hae-mi, a girl who once lived in his neighborhood. She asks if he'd mind looking after her cat while she's away on a trip to Africa. On her return, she introduces to Jong-su an enigmatic young man named Ben, who she met during her trip. One day Ben tells Jong-su about his most unusual hobby.

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  11. 11.
    Ready Player One

    Ready Player One

    2018·Dir. Steven Spielberg·140 min·7.4

    When the creator of a popular video game system dies, a virtual contest is created to compete for his fortune.

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  12. 12.
    Palm Springs

    Palm Springs

    2020·Dir. Max Barbakow·90 min·7.4

    When carefree Nyles and reluctant maid of honor Sarah have a chance encounter at a Palm Springs wedding, things get complicated when they find themselves unable to escape the venue, themselves, or each other.

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  13. 13.
    Weapons

    Weapons

    2025·Dir. Zach Cregger·129 min·7.4

    When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.

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  14. 14.
    The Lighthouse

    The Lighthouse

    2019·Dir. Robert Eggers·109 min·7.4

    Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.

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  15. 15.
    Tenet

    Tenet

    2020·Dir. Christopher Nolan·150 min·7.3

    Armed with only one word - Tenet - and fighting for the survival of the entire world, the Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real time.

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  16. 16.
    Hoppers

    Hoppers

    2026·Dir. Daniel Chong·105 min·7.3

    Scientists have discovered how to 'hop' human consciousness into lifelike robotic animals, allowing people to communicate with animals as animals. Animal lover Mabel seizes an opportunity to use the technology, uncovering mysteries within the animal world beyond anything she could have imagined.

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  17. 17.
    Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale

    Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale

    2017·Dir. Tomohiko Ito·119 min·7.3

    In 2026, a new machine called the Augma is developed to compete against the NerveGear and its successor, the Amusphere. A next-gen wearable device, the Augma doesn't have a full-dive function like its predecessors. Instead, it uses Augmented Reality to get players into the game. It is safe, user-friendly and lets users play while they are conscious, making it an instant hit on the market. The most popular game on the system is “Ordinal Scale” an ARMMORPG developed exclusively for the Augma. Asuna and the gang have already been playing OS for a while, by the time Kirito decides to join them. They’re about to find out that Ordinal Scale isn’t all fun and games…

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  18. 18.
    Split

    Split

    2017·Dir. M. Night Shyamalan·117 min·7.3

    Though Kevin has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher, there remains one still submerged who is set to materialize and dominate all the others. Compelled to abduct three teenage girls led by the willful, observant Casey, Kevin reaches a war for survival among all of those contained within him — as well as everyone around him — as the walls between his compartments shatter apart.

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  19. 19.
    Arco

    Arco

    2025·Dir. Ugo Bienvenu·89 min·7.3

    10-year-old Arco lives in a far future. During his first flight in his rainbow suit, he loses control and falls into the past. Iris, a girl his age from 2075, comes to his rescue and tries by all means to help send him back to his era.

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  20. 20.
    Hereditary

    Hereditary

    2018·Dir. Ari Aster·128 min·7.3

    Following the death of the Leigh family matriarch, Annie and her children uncover disturbing secrets about their heritage. Their daily lives are not only impacted, but they also become entangled in a chilling fate from which they cannot escape, driving them to the brink of madness.

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  21. 21.
    The Prestige

    The Prestige

    2006·Dir. Christopher Nolan·130 min·8.5

    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.

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  22. 22.
    Whiplash

    Whiplash

    2014·Dir. Damien Chazelle·107 min·8.5

    Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.

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  23. 23.
    A Quiet Place Part II

    A Quiet Place Part II

    2021·Dir. John Krasinski·96 min·7.2

    Following the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that lurk beyond the sand path.

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  24. 24.
    Sword Art Online the Movie - Progressive - Aria of a Starless Night

    Sword Art Online the Movie - Progressive - Aria of a Starless Night

    2021·Dir. Ayako Kono·97 min·7.2

    Asuna Yuuki had never played online games until accidentally putting on the NerveGear for Sword Art Online, the world’s first VRMMORPG. She soon finds herself and other players trapped inside a game, where if a player dies in the game, they die in the real world. As she continues to live on in this world where death is always a step away, a solitary swordsman named Kirito appears before her.

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  25. 25.
    The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes

    The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes

    2022·Dir. Tomohisa Taguchi·83 min·7.2

    Urashima Tunnel – Once you enter that tunnel, you can get whatever you want, but at a price. Kaoru Tohno, who seems to have an elusive personality and traumatic past, and Anzu Hanashiro, who is struggling to reconcile her ideal image and true-to-heart attitude, team up to investigate the Urashima Tunnel and get what they want. This is an unforgettable summer story of nostalgia and sprinting in a remote countryside.

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  26. 26.
    The Outfit

    The Outfit

    2022·Dir. Graham Moore·105 min·7.2

    Leonard is an English tailor who used to craft suits on London’s world-famous Savile Row. After a personal tragedy, he’s ended up in Chicago, operating a small tailor shop in a rough part of town where he makes beautiful clothes for the only people around who can afford them: a family of vicious gangsters.

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  27. 27.
    The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion

    The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion

    2018·Dir. Park Hoon-jung·126 min·7.2

    Ja-yoon is a high school student who struggles with memory loss after she endured some unknown trauma during her childhood. While trying to uncover the truth, she is unwittingly dragged into a world of crime and finds herself on a journey that will awaken many secrets hidden deep within.

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  28. 28.
    Doraemon: Nobita's New Dinosaur

    Doraemon: Nobita's New Dinosaur

    2020·Dir. Kazuaki Imai·111 min·7.1

    Nobita accidentally finds a fossil dinosaur egg mixed with rocks in the dinosaur fossil exhibition site that he had visited before. He returns it to its original state with the 'time blanket'.

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  29. 29.
    Cosmic Princess Kaguya!

    Cosmic Princess Kaguya!

    2026·Dir. Shingo Yamashita·141 min·7.1

    Iroha's life gets knocked off its orbit when Kaguya, a carefree runaway from the Moon, moves in and convinces her to perform in a virtual world together.

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  30. 30.
    Black Mirror: Bandersnatch

    Black Mirror: Bandersnatch

    2018·Dir. David Slade·90 min·7.1

    In 1984, a young programmer begins to question reality as he adapts a dark fantasy novel into a video game. A mind-bending tale with multiple endings.

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  31. 31.
    Free Guy

    Free Guy

    2021·Dir. Shawn Levy·115 min·7.1

    A bank teller discovers he is actually a background player in an open-world video game, and decides to become the hero of his own story. Now, in a world where there are no limits, he is determined to be the guy who saves his world his way before it's too late.

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  32. 32.
    Midsommar

    Midsommar

    2019·Dir. Ari Aster·147 min·7.1

    Several friends travel to Sweden to study as anthropologists a summer festival that is held every ninety years in the remote hometown of one of them. What begins as a dream vacation in a place where the sun never sets, gradually turns into a dark nightmare as the mysterious inhabitants invite them to participate in their disturbing festive activities.

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  33. 33.
    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004·Dir. Michel Gondry·108 min·8.3

    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.

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    Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die

    Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die

    2026·Dir. Gore Verbinski·134 min·7.0

    A 'Man from the Future' arrives at an LA diner where he must recruit the precise combination of disgruntled patrons to join him on a one-night quest to save the world from the terminal threat of a rogue artificial intelligence.

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    Late Night with the Devil

    Late Night with the Devil

    2024·Dir. Cameron Cairnes·93 min·7.0

    A live broadcast of a late-night talk show in 1977 goes horribly wrong, unleashing evil into the nation's living rooms.

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  36. 36.
    The Blue Trail

    The Blue Trail

    2025·Dir. Gabriel Mascaro·86 min·7.0

    In the name of economic recovery, the Brazilian Government created a perennial system of compulsory vertical isolation for seniors over 80 to be confined in a colony. Teca is 77 and lives in the village of Muriti, in the Amazon, when she is surprised by the announcement of the age reduction, including her age group. Cornered, Teca makes an intriguing journey hidden from the officers amidst rivers, boats and the underworld to clandestinely try to fulfill her last dream, to take a plane ride.

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  37. 37.
    Last Night in Soho

    Last Night in Soho

    2021·Dir. Edgar Wright·117 min·7.0

    A young girl, passionate about fashion design, is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s where she encounters her idol, a dazzling wannabe singer. But 1960s London is not what it seems, and time seems to be falling apart with shady consequences.

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  38. 38.
    Shutter Island

    Shutter Island

    2010·Dir. Martin Scorsese·138 min·8.2

    World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by troubling visions and a mysterious doctor.

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  39. 39.
    The Black Phone

    The Black Phone

    2022·Dir. Scott Derrickson·103 min·6.9

    Finney Blake, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy, is abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of little use. When a disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, Finney discovers that he can hear the voices of the killer’s previous victims. And they are dead set on making sure that what happened to them doesn’t happen to Finney.

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  40. 40.
    Gone Girl

    Gone Girl

    2014·Dir. David Fincher·149 min·8.1

    With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.

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