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10 somewhat similar movies - Rubber Reality Movies

posted 17 years ago by Imdb11168
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I would define these movies as 'Rubber Reality' Movies - a genre in which the main characters mind is all mixed up ) ill suggest some more for you

Jacobs ladder
Butterfly Effect ( only part 1 )
Fountain
Jacket
Stay
Donnie Darko
Sixth Sense
12 Monkeys
Vanilla Sky
Unbreakable
The Others

Any similar you have seen that can be added to this list ?

2 years later, Thanks everyone - i saw everythng you all reccomended. Ive added to the list. Remember, there are many genres here, sci fi, drama, thriller, madness, time travel, disturbing, reincarnation, mystery even Romance - ..... but they have one thing in common - a dark emotion which haunts your mind with questions.

A Beautful mind
Open Your eyes
Blade runner
Carnival Of Souls
Danika
Door out of the Dark
Dreams
Elephant
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
First Snow
For all Time
Forever Young
Frequency
If Only
Lost Highway
Moon
Mulholland Drive
One flew over the cuckoos nest
Paperhouse
Passion of mind
Premonition
Repulsion
Seconds
Siesta
Slaughterhouse - five
Slipstream
Somewhere in time
Special
Spider
The Cell
The Dead Zone
The i Inside
The invisible
The Lake House
The Lathe of heaven
The life before her eyes
The Machinest
The time travellers wife
The Village
Till human voices wake us up
Tomorrows memoir
Waltz with Bashir
Vana Espuma ( idle mist )
Waking Life
What dreams amy come

[–] Mr_Saxon 15 years ago

Definitely SILENT HILL

Possibly SESSION 9

"What this country needs right now... is a Doctor."

[–] duckyduke 15 years ago

Boe's Reconstruction has a different subject matter, but it still comes to mind. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0366943/

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[–] daffy_duck 15 years ago

Donnie Darko is my favorite movie! I like to call these "Movies that Mess with your Mind" although I prefer your term for it. I would also recommend:

The Fall
Identity
Memento
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Mulholland Drive/ Lost Highway
Waking the Dead (the one w/ Billy Crudup & Jennifer Connelly)
Swimming Pool
Being John Malkovich
A Clockwork Orange
Truman Show
Dark City
Existenz

The following movies are in a similar vein(If you like any of these movies you may like European movies in general as they seem to love making these films.)

Sweet Hereafter
Amores Perros
Neverending Story
Closer

[–] Frogfisher 15 years ago

Since I cant see it and some people have already stretched the subject of "Rubber reality films" quit alot... I will too...

L'apartment
Wicker Park

Strangely enough they are the same and I didnt realise until I read it somewhere... just shows how much Hollywood mistreats their sources.

Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.

[–] krakanova 15 years ago

There is a lot of new films in the rubber reality genre. These weren't mentioned:

Ben X (2007) - I enjoyed this
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0953318/

Franklyn (2008) - disappointing
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0893402/

S. Darko (2009) - forgettable Donnie Darko sequel
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1231277/

The Butterfly Effect 3 (2009) - not bad
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1234541/

and the film on the marquee in Donnie Darko:
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095497/

[–] Gerber15 15 years ago

the 12 monkeys sucks ,the ending says thanx for wasting time on my movie

there,s one angel that sort of looks like you and... you,ll laugh once you see their not good

[–] tricklebrook 15 years ago

La rivière du hibou (An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge), 1964
Final Approach, 1991
Una pura formalità (A Pure Formality), 1994
Dead Man, 1995
The Others, 2001
Primer, 2004

[–] weyss 15 years ago

Do not watch those stupid movies like Ben-X, Dark city, S darko.

Here is what you must see :

Fight Club (my fav.)
Memento
Identity
Donnie Darko
Stay
The Machinist ( El maquinista ) * Nobody mentioned this great movie huh!
Jacob's Ladder
The Others

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[–] lulabell420 15 years ago

Identity was another good one although most didn't like it...

[–] CheezCayke 15 years ago

Danika
Premonition

an old one:

The Fisher King

and I suppose:

Neverwas (kinda sorta)

[–] meininky 15 years ago

I just saw Mulholland Dr. for the first time, and it's a lot like Stay. I'm in the minority, though, as I prefer Stay. It's easier to understand. Both are great movies, though

[–] anca26 15 years ago

Anybody seen The Broken(2008)? Like it a lot!

[–] suavehermanita 15 years ago

Secret Window with Johnny Depp sorta fits this too :)

[–] murmuriu 15 years ago

Abre Los Ojos
Big Fish
The Village