What makes something a quality mindfuck movie? Sometimes, it’s a twist ending that seems to come out of nowhere and truly shocks you, because the reveal means you have to go back and rethink everything that happened during the course of the entire movie. Other times, a movie fucks with your head from beginning to end. It leads you one way, then swerves sharply to the left. The plot isn't remotely linear, although it appeared to be (ahem, Triangle). Or you can’t even figure out what’s going on at all.
# The Shining (1980)Starring: Jack Nicholson, Shelly Duvall
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
Written by: Stanley Kubrick, Diane Johnson
# The Skin I Live In (2011)Starring: Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya
Directed by: Pedro Almodóvar
Written by: Pedro Almodóvar
# Sound Of My Voice (2012)Starring: Brit Marling, Christopher Denham, Nicole Vicious
Directed by: Zal Batmanglij
Written by: Brit Marling, Zal Batmanglij
# Blade Runner (1982)Starring: Harrison Ford
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Written by: Hampton Fancher and David Peoples, based on a novel by Phillip K. Dick
# The Lobster (2016)Starring: Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz
Directed by: Yorgos Lanthimos
Written by: Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthymis Filippou