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Movies that mess with your head from Superant

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5.5

5.2

Yo-Yo Girl Cop (2006)

She is a sexy girl cop who uses deadly yo-yos to defend herself. No, I am not kidding.

Tags: Action, Japanese, WTF, Action/adventure, Suicide, Violence, Asia, Bullying, Foreign. Wikipedia

I'll show you what pain is Youtube

steven aka superant's rating:

1039

7.3

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)

A mystery is sometimes better left unsolved.

821

8.1

7.9

The Wild Bunch (1969)

This movie, like most Peckinpah movies, also put images in mind that I would like to erase. But, overall I enjoyed the movie, and have watched it many times.

Tags: Western, Action, Heist, USA, Violence, Death, Blood, Epic, Drama, Frontier, Slow Motion, Mexico, Gun, Outlaw, Robbery, Bloodshed.

steven aka superant's rating:

6.7

6.3

The Tit and the Moon (1994)

He asks the moon for a breast for himself alone?

6610

8.2

8.6

The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Fava beans and a fine chianti.

Tags: Thriller, Horror, Crime, Serial Killer, Cannibalism, Murder, Hannibal Lecter, FBI, Suspense, Prison, Mystery, Drama, Based On Novel, Psychology, Detective, Escape, Anthony Hopkins, Police.

steven aka superant's rating:

2568

7.4

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

But it messes with your head in a good way.

Tags: Musical, Comedy, Horror, Sci-fi, Cult, Cult Classic, Dancing, Bisexuality, Aliens, Music, Cannibalism, USA, Drag, Transvestism, Homosexuality.

steven aka superant's rating:

148

7.9

The Raven

We live with a thin veneer of civility in society, that can be torn way with lies, or truths.

Tags: France, Jesus Christ, Informant, Friend, Mob Violence, Postal Theft, Thief, Medical Dictionary, French Noir, Bursar, Village, Morality, Cupping Glass, Festival, Death Of Baby, Cuckold, Keyhole, Chase, Rumor. Wikipedia

steven aka superant's rating:

109

6.1

6.3

The Rapture (1991)

Stay away from the crazy lady.

tags: Christianity, end of the world, infanticide. Wikipedia

Trailer at: Youtube

steven aka superant's rating:

256

5.6

5.2

The Order (2003)

A sin eater can remove sin from a person's soul. WTF!

Movie info at: Wikipedia

6.2

5.6

The Lost Continent (1968)

This Hammer film has it all. Ancient soldiers, giant scorpions and crabs, lost princesses and suspended balloon walking on seaweed.

Tags: Horror, Fantasy, Adventure, Hammer Films, UK, Classic Horror, Hammer Horror, Classic. Wikipedia

steven aka superant's rating:

159

5.8

5.7

The Keep (1983)

I think the devil is locked up there.

Trailer at: Youtube

steven aka superant's rating:

554

5.8

6.3

The General's Daughter (1999)

Disturbing crime and story, but get the soundtrack, it is great.

Tags: Military, Thriller, Drama, Crime, Murder, Rape, John Travolta, Investigation, General, Mystery, Father Daughter Relationship, War, Action. Movie info at: Wikipedia
Trailer at: Youtube
Title music at: Youtube music

steven aka superant's rating:

1233

5.9

6.4

The Cell

Beautiful movie visually, and ugly movie psychologically.

4900

8.2

Taxi Driver (1976)

Is he good? Is he bad? A hero or a villian?

steven aka superant's rating:

934

7.4

Straw Dogs (1971)

There are sights you sometimes wish you could erase from your mind after seeing a movie. There are scenes like that, for me, in this Peckinpah movie. I wish I had never seen it.

Tags: Revenge, Drama, Thriller, Rape, Brutality, Sexual Abuse, Homicide, Home, Shot In The Foot, Curtain, Villager, Cornish Village, Giggling, Room.

steven aka superant's rating:

730

6.9

7.2

Strange Days (1995)

Great movie that I would watch over and over again, if it weren't so disturbing.

Teaser trailer at: Youtube

Tags: Sci-fi, Future, Virtual Reality, Rape, Action, Cyberpunk, Ralph Fiennes, Dystopia, Murder, Thriller, Sleaze, Erotica, Futuristic, Police Brutality, Chaos, Drama.

steven aka superant's rating:

120

6.4

6.3

Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997)

The are many types of snow. Wikipedia

Tags: Thriller, Copenhagen, Denmark, Crime, Drama, Action, Foreign Language, Greenland, Conspiracy, Spiritual Cinema, Book

steven aka superant's rating:

482

6.2

6.4

Single White Female (1992)

We learned to never trust our roommates.

Tags: Obsession, Jealousy, Insanity, Stiletto Heels, Stalker. Wikipedia

steven aka superant's rating:

427

6.4

6.7

Return to Oz

Who stole the sweet children's story I remember?

Tags: Fantasy, Adventure, Monsters, Family, Magic, Odd, Wizard, Nel Fantastico Mondo Di Oz.

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Purgatory House

Suicide, loneliness and limbo. This will cheer you up ;-)

501

6.1

6.3

Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)

Did Peggy Sue get married? Can she change the past? Or is it all a dream?

steven aka superant's rating:

152

6.4

Pacific Heights

Don't trust your neighbors.

Trailer at: Metacafe

5.8

5.9

Mixed Blood

Mixed Blood has racism, police corruption, junkies, drug dealing and competing youth gangs.

205

7.1

Miracle Mile (1988) (1989)

Who knew the end of the world could be so interesting?

steven aka superant's rating:

383

6.2

6.4

Lord of the Flies (1990)

Sometimes the children should not be in charge.

steven aka superant's rating:

7.1

Limbo (1999)

Who stole the ending of this movie? And can they bring it back? No, seriously.

Tags: Alaska, Searching, Spiritual. Wikipedia

steven aka superant's rating:

2266

7.8

7.9

Let the Right One In (2008)

I understand it was not a sweet children's film, but I found it more disturbing than I expected.

steven aka superant's rating:

6.9

Last of the Dogmen

Can we live as primitive natives in the modern world? Wikipedia

Tags: Adventure, Western, Wilderness, Murder, Death, Love Story, Action, Spiritual Cinema, Native American

steven aka superant's rating:

149

6.6

6.5

Just One of the Guys (1985)

She is not one of the guys, but she passes as one.

steven aka superant's rating:

1942

7.7

8.1

Hotel Rwanda (2004) (2005)

Remember the bumps on the road in the dark?

Tags: War, Drama, Africa, Genocide, Rwanda, History, Historical, True Story, Racism, Political, Hotel, Escape, Thriller, Tribal, IMDb Top250, Orphan, Corpse

Trailer at: Youtube

steven aka superant's rating:

2176

6.9

Hard Candy (2005)

While this movie is a child movie, it is not for children.

Tags: Thriller, Drama, Revenge, Mystery, Pedophilia, Psychological, Torture, USA, Photographer, Pedophile, Computer, Sexual Torture, Chatting, Table, Internet.
Trailer at: Youtube

steven aka superant's rating:

2116

8.3

8.5

Grave of the Fireflies (1988)

Brother and sister trying to live on their own in wartorn Japan.

Tags: Anime, Animation, Drama, Japanese, Japan, War, WWII, Historical, Studio Ghibli, Hunger, Animated, Foreign, IMDb Top250, Family, World War 2, History
Scenes with music at: Youtube

2362

7.2

7.8

Gattaca

It is not what you do, but who you are that matters. Wikipedia

Tags: Sci-fi, Romance, Thriller, Future, Futuristic, Genetics, Suicide, Suspense, Dystopia, Mistaken Identity, Space Travel, Wheelchair, Perfection, Brother Brother Relationship, Swimming.

steven aka superant's rating:

154

6.4

5.8

Flesh for Frankenstein (1973)

Scary and funny.

3.7

Finale (2009)

What can you say about occult rituals, murder, suicide, paranoia and madness. Enjoy!

6.1

Far North (2007)

Three people is too many for a yurt.

Wikipedia

1067

6.6

6.8

eXistenZ (1999)

One picture is worth a thousand disturbing moments.

Tags: Sci-fi, Game, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Horror, Romance, Drama, Weird, Trippy, Twist, Murder.

Trailer at: Youtube

steven aka superant's rating:

818

7.3

7.2

Enter the Void

Drugs, death, life and weirdness.

759

7.4

7.2

El Topo (1970)

Please erase this film from my mind!

Tags: Mexico, Western, Surrealism, Cult, Massacre, Surreal, Spanish, Religion, Mass Hanging, Nihilism, Boxing Gloves, Adventure, Midnight Movie, Mirror, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Boxing. Wikipedia article

steven aka superant's rating:

1412

6.2

6.3

Dune (1984)

Giant sand worms and positive messages about taking drugs. Wikipedia

Tags: Sci-fi, Fantasy, Adventure, Worms, Space, Surrealism, Epic, Cult, Steampunk, Underwear.

steven aka superant's rating:

191

6.6

7.1

Dune (2000)

Funny hats and costumes steal the show.

tags: Drama, Sci-fi, Frank Herbert, Fantasy, Movie, Spiritual Cinema, MMG, Dune, Supernatural, TV Movie, Based On A Novel.

steven aka superant's rating:

2781

7.3

Dogma (1999)

You will question all your Catholic beliefs.

steven aka superant's rating:

156

7.1

6.5

Danger: Diabolik (1968)

A wild ride with John Phillip Law flashing his steely blues.

Tags: Action, Crime, Thriller, Comedy, Mario Bava, Gold, Train, Robbery, Criminal, Haaste, Eurocult, D.T.

steven aka superant's rating:

820

7.8

Breaking the Waves (1996)

Be careful what you wish for.

Tags: Drama, Religion, Disability, Oil Rig, Romance, Nurse, Depressing, Love, Sexuality, Sacrifice, Faith, Sex, Scottish, Cannes Winner

2303

7.8

7.9

Brazil (1985)

Is it a happy ending?

Tags: .

steven aka superant's rating:

1150

6.5

Blindness (2008)

Would the government really do this?

Tags: Drama, Mystery, Epidemic, Murder, Discrimination, Rape, Infidelity, Blindness, Suicide, Based On Book, Illness, Corpse, Nudity, Living Conditions
Trailer at: Youtube

steven aka superant's rating:

6.7

6.6

Beyond Rangoon

So beautiful, but too many guns pointed at you. Wikipedia

Trailer at: Youtube

steven aka superant's rating:

586

6.5

5.9

Barbarella (1968)

Most of this movie messed with your head!

Tages: Sci-fi, Betrayal, Sex, Torture, Alien, Revolution, Space, Escape, Adventure, Spacecraft, Fur, Tyrant, Invisibility, Teleportation, Flying, Suicide.

steven aka superant's rating:

6.8

7.5

Bandit Queen (1994)

Too much violence to women and small girls! Don't watch this if you want to sleep soundly.

Tags: Caste, Violence, Village, Corruption, Sexual Violence, Rape, Indian, Bandit, Avenge, Woman, True Story. Wikipedia

steven aka superant's rating:

6263

8.2

8.3

A Clockwork Orange (1971)

This is a disturbing film.

Tags: Drama, Crime, Violence, Rape, Murder, Drugs, Thriller, Prison, Dystopia, Cult, Sex, Future, Revenge, UK, Sci-fi, Beethoven.

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Fictional movies that made me feel disturbed or confused while watching. I want to focus on psychological movies with minimal amounts of violence. I don't seek movies for violence or killing. But if I saw one and it was disturbing, I will add it to this list. For similar lists see Favorite Disturbing Movies and Disturbing Movies and Top 50 dystopian Movies and Movies that linger in your mind and Movie Gifs and Creepy Movie Gifs. A different list is at: Mind-Blowing (True) Facts about Movies