# Screw-with-the-mind movies? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 6, 2003, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-with-the-mind-movies/166827 "2003-04-06T06:09:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Riboflavin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Riboflavin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riboflavin)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-with-the-mind-movies/166827/1 "2003-04-06T06:09:15Z")
I’m looking for some more movies that deal with the theme of what happens if part of your mind is broken or altered. Rather than try to explain what I mean by that in detail, the two movies that prompted this were Memento and Dark City. Any suggestions for other movies that hit similar themes? I’m thinking of making a good but strange night of DVD-watching. ---
**Author:** ![rexnervous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9c0ed/32.png) [@rexnervous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rexnervous)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-with-the-mind-movies/166827/2 "2003-04-06T06:10:58Z")
I’d suggest either Memento, or Dark City. What? ---
**Author:** ![rexnervous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9c0ed/32.png) [@rexnervous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rexnervous)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-with-the-mind-movies/166827/3 "2003-04-06T06:17:22Z")
For real. Try Terry Gilliam’s **Brazil**. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-with-the-mind-movies/166827/4 "2003-04-06T06:26:05Z")
I am not sure if it is relevant but K-Pax is a brilliant film that… …deals with a dellusional. (or a catatonic posessed by an alien. The film leaves this choice open to the audience) I have a strange fascination for mental institutions (specifically the people in then) and films that depict them. It’s not a point and laugh fascination, more a deep curiosity fascination. I almost wish I became a psychiatrist. ---
**Author:** ![Roadwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@Roadwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadwalker)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-with-the-mind-movies/166827/5 "2003-04-06T06:31:34Z")
Try Jacob’s Ladder ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-with-the-mind-movies/166827/6 "2003-04-06T06:40:27Z")
Twelve Monkeys is good, another Terry Gilliam. ---
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-with-the-mind-movies/166827/7 "2003-04-06T06:47:58Z")
I had a really good one, but after reading through these very few posts, i seem to have lost the idea. Oh well, maybe it’ll come back to me. Damn short attention span. ---
**Author:** ![stuyguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@stuyguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuyguy)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-with-the-mind-movies/166827/8 "2003-04-06T06:55:55Z")
I never saw the movies mentioned in the OP, so I do not know if this applies, but how about “The Manchurian Candidate”? ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-with-the-mind-movies/166827/9 "2003-04-06T06:58:38Z")
**Donnie Darko**. ---
**Author:** ![Duncan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecc23a/32.png) [@Duncan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duncan)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-with-the-mind-movies/166827/10 "2003-04-06T10:49:28Z")
**Mulholland Drive** , like most David Lynch films, is guaranteed to screw with your mind. Of course, like most of his films again, you can interpret what happens in so many ways it’s not funny. ---
**Author:** ![NardoPolo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@NardoPolo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NardoPolo)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-with-the-mind-movies/166827/11 "2003-04-06T12:37:52Z")
**The Game.** ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-with-the-mind-movies/166827/12 "2003-04-06T13:42:40Z")
For a anime flick that will leave ya stunned get one called the professional aka glogo 13 The final 10 minutes of it will make the before part more shocking than it already is … Useless fact : the main character is notable for being probably the only console game “top secret episode” where the character has a active sex life ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-with-the-mind-movies/166827/13 "2003-04-06T13:47:49Z")
Oops misread the op kill my post heh … I didnt see he had some thing specific in mind … ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-with-the-mind-movies/166827/14 "2003-04-06T13:56:40Z")
Do **NOT** watch _Snake Eyes_. It tries to do exactly what you’re looking for, and fails miserably. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-with-the-mind-movies/166827/15 "2003-04-06T14:04:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Achernar \* > \*\*Do **NOT** watch _Snake Eyes_. It tries to do exactly what you’re looking for, and fails miserably. 🙂 \*\* Or, just watch the first 15 minutes for a terrific unbroken shot opening. It’s best not to pay for it though. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-with-the-mind-movies/166827/16 "2003-04-06T15:02:17Z")
**Eraserhead** ---
**Author:** ![cankerist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bc79bd/32.png) [@cankerist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cankerist)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-with-the-mind-movies/166827/17 "2003-04-06T15:13:31Z")
> [@](#): > > what happens if part of your mind is broken or altered altered by drugs - see ‘Naked Lunch’ (or ‘spice girls the movie’) ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-with-the-mind-movies/166827/18 "2003-04-06T16:02:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Riboflavin \* > I’m looking for some more movies that deal with the theme of what happens if part of your mind is broken or altered. \*\* Off the top of my head in no particular order: Vanilla Sky Fight Club The Matrix Unforgettable Total Recall 1984 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas that’s about all I can think of ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-with-the-mind-movies/166827/19 "2003-04-06T16:12:57Z")
[Pi](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0138704) is excellent and odd. I’ve watched it several times. [A Beautiful Mind](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0268978) is not so good. ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-with-the-mind-movies/166827/20 "2003-04-06T16:21:05Z")
Pi. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-with-the-mind-movies/166827.md?page=2)