Cloud Atlas

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madnessrode some immense concepts for a superhero film , and while it was pulled off well , the multiverse movie left a deal of fans confound . But that does n’t mean the flick was n’t exciting and so much fun . The new Marvel Cinematic Universe moving-picture show is n’t the first to confuse the audience but still deal to think about .

Redditors have debated which is the full movie that does n’t make much sense or is too equivocal . Between a typically bizarre David Lynch picture , a micro - budget flick about a parasite , and a time travel picture show that hate the musical phrase " time travel , " these loss left an impression on viewers even though they ’re completely incomprehensible .

Mulholland Drive (2001)

David Lynch ’s closed book thriller classic , Mulholland Drive , does n’t make a mountain of sense . In typical Lynch style , the moving-picture show ’s eccentric events are get out unanswered and by choice ambiguous . Wbaumnuss300calls the movie ,   " From get down to terminate one crazy drive into uncertainty . Interpretation is not a question of this or that . It ’s a inquiry of what is happening and what is the movie about . "

The 2001 pic is so confusing that David Lynch included10 clues toMulholland Drive ’s meaning , or as the director puts it , to " unlocking"Mulholland Drive , in the DVD tone ending . However , those clues are n’t exactly helpful , and it likely confused fans even more , butMulholland Drive’smystique is all part of the allurement . The motion-picture show is visually sensational and has a weird ora about it that draw in audiences . And even though   it does n’t have a exonerated narration and nobody bang what it ’s really about except for its creator , it often makes mass ’s " greatest of all time " lists .

Identity (2003)

Identityis an unsung swell   slasher movie of the 2000s , and it does something unique with the whodunnit musical genre . The moving-picture show fundamentally unfolds likeKnives OutorMurder on the Orient Express , only it ’s completely terrifying . S_N_Macsings the moving-picture show ’s praises and thinks everybody should see it , despite its intentionally off - putting and impenetrable premiss .

The Redditor claims ,   " I loved that as a kid . blur the   f * * * out of me the first time I saw it , but I love it anyway . " The first two deed of the film are so confusing , but the center - open final number forces audiences to rethink everything they ’ve just seen . Identityis one of the most original thrillers of the twenty-first hundred , and   it ’s one of thelate , dandy Ray Liotta ’s best movies .

Upstream Color (2013)

The_Starter_Captainthinks the idea - bogglingUpstream Colorneeds to be watched at least once .   The motion picture is about two stranger who are separately drugged and have their life-time ruined without lie with how or why . These unknown encounter and easy start to piece together what happened to them .

But the scenario does n’t become any clear once the reference start to project out what ’s going on . The pic becomes more confusing the more they learn about the traumatic experience . Between parasites in their arms , being emotionally connected with pigs , and orchid turn blue , the film makes almost no sentiency , but it ’s still fascinating and like a romantic andvery low - budget attempt at a Lynchian story .

12 Monkeys (1995)

Timmaahhyyy64posits ,   " 12 Monkeysmelted my brain . One of my favorite movies ever . Terry Gilliam is an mad genius . " Gilliam has send some of the most provocative sci - fi flicks , and12 Monkeysis one of the most engaging and exciting of them all , but it ’s also the most baffling .

Enemy (2013)

While Denis Villeneuve has become the sci - fi elder statesman withArrival , Blade Runner 2049 , andDune , he was an extremely fertile thriller director in the 2010s , directing a new pic every twelvemonth . 2014 saw the vent of his weirdest thriller task to date . Enemyis about a college prof , Adam , who let on he has a doppelganger , and it leads to some unusual occurrences about gender and tarantulas .

IronSorrowsis a big fan of the puzzling movie , noting ,   " Enemyis a fantastical moving-picture show , though , with mass to unpack after watch . " The movie ends with the professor walk in on his married woman , who is n’t his wife but a tarantula , and Adam simply suspire . The ending is so confusing and ambiguous , but it makes for a great talking point .

Brazil (1985)

Gilliam is great at create confusing world that audience still lie with despite not understanding them . Along with12 Monkeys , Gilliam directed the just as strangeBrazil , a flick about a dystopian future that ’s full of capitalist economy , surveillance , and bureaucracy , but it ’s also completely absurd .

Moinatxthinks the film is unbelievable but suggest that they still ca n’t wrap their head around it . The Redditor notes ,   " Braziltook me several viewings and still … Terry Gilliam is a unique thinker . " The substance is extremely straightforward , as it’sa picture show that predicts the hereafter of humankind , and is a warning of where the reality is heading , but the story and phantasmagorical moment still feel disordered to many witness .

Cloud Atlas (2012)

While many film buffs might call the Wachowskis one - strike wonders , as they fail to repeat the success ofThe Matrix , 2012’sCloud Atlasproves otherwise . The film has six different storylines that all take place during different time periods , andTimmaahhyyy64loves the film despite it being laughably difficult to follow .

When it come to the several unlike plot line , the Redditor posit ,   " the movie just mingle them together , still a merriment vigil if you devote attention . " Cloud Atlas is an intense three - hour odyssey that ’s annoyingly hard to take after at certain points , but viewers who stick with it and compensate aid will be massively rewarded .

Being John Malkovich (1999)

MaybeItWas8IEtpoints to 1999’sBeing John Malkovichas being the most confusing but brilliant picture show ever . It ’s operose to explain the 1999 motion-picture show without falling into a whorl of confusion . The fantastical film play along an situation administrator who finds a portal into the intellect of literal - life actor John Malkovich , and he then exploit   that by charge masses to employ it , almost like a theme commons ride .

But beneath the raving mad construct is an evenstranger supernatural romanticism moviebrewing . Even despite the film ’s difficult - to - grasp construct , audiences still understand with Maxine and Lotte , and Craig learning to completely control John Malkovich is   one of the weirdest but enchanting storyline in a fancy movie .

Tenet (2020)

Tenetwas astandalone movie that   could   have been a huge franchise , as Neal explain to the Protagonist at the ending of the picture that it ’s the first of many adventures they go on together . However , even if author - conductor Christopher Nolan wanted to make a subsequence , it would plausibly never happen due to the audience ’s reception of the film . Jogoso2014puts it best , explain ,   " Tenetis really the only movie I care a fortune that I did n’t realise the mechanics of . "

There ’s so much expounding in the movie that still leaves audiences confuse , and it would have been so much well-situated to simply call it " time travel . " That room , audience would n’t get so confused , and the film would have been much short too . But Nolan apparently treats " fourth dimension travel " like a marked-up word , and he ’d much rather publish endless pages of confusing dialogue to avoid using it . But the pic is still a spectacle notwithstanding , and it has to be watched on the biggest silver screen possible .

Mr. Nobody (2009)

Gamerongamesargues that " Mr. Nobodyshould be on the lean . " Long beforeDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of MadnessandEverything Everywhere All at Once , Mr. Nobodyexplored the musical theme of multiverses in such neat detail . The skill fabrication picture show follow Nemo , the only non - immortal human being who live to 118 years old and narrate the loves of his life to a newsperson .

The film has a non - one-dimensional structure and it can be hard to keep up with which Nemo the   story   is following and at what age , but it ’s a vast remuneration - off for the viewers who pay up close attention . LikeBeing John Malkovich , Mr. Nobodyuses a huge concept to narrate a rather simple tale about love , loss , and heartbreak .

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Split image of Jake Gyllenhaal in Enemy, Jared Leto in Mr. Nobody, and Brad Pitt in 12 Monkeys

Betty and Rita sit in blue light in Mulholland Drive

A man looking down in Identity (2003)

Shane Carruth and Amy Seimetz lying in a bathtub in Upstream Color.

James wears a space suit in 12 Monkeys

Jake Gyllenhaal leaning on a blackboard in Enemy

A woman has her face stretched in Brazil

Zachry and Meronym in 2321 in Cloud Atlas

Cameron Diaz and John Cusack crouching in Being John Malkovich.

Robert Pattinson talking to John David Washington in Tenet.

Nemo’s in a straitjacket in Mr. Nobody

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