Favorite difficult movies?
Some movies can be pretty ambiguous, undefined and/or hard to understand, but that doesn't mean they can't be great! Which one do you favor the most?
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- DirectorShane CarruthStarsShane CarruthDavid SullivanCasey GoodenFour friends/fledgling entrepreneurs, knowing that there's something bigger and more innovative than the different error-checking devices they've built, wrestle over their new invention.Full of scientific jargon and with a complicated plot, you sure as hell shouldn't watch this one while tired. But with the right mindset, this is a fascinating and nicely experimental picture.
- DirectorStanley KubrickStarsKeir DulleaGary LockwoodWilliam SylvesterAfter uncovering a mysterious artifact buried beneath the Lunar surface, a spacecraft is sent to Jupiter to find its origins: a spacecraft manned by two men and the supercomputer HAL 9000.While it's mostly the ending which some people don't know how to deal with, the film as a whole is not up everyone's alley because of the non-existent emotion and cold atmosphere.
- DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsRoman PolanskiIsabelle AdjaniMelvyn DouglasA bureaucrat rents a Paris apartment where he finds himself drawn into a rabbit hole of dangerous paranoia.Mystifying and strange, where it's hard to judge what we see is real or not. And if that wasn't enough, the ending is a true brain-scratcher!
- DirectorChristopher NolanStarsLeonardo DiCaprioJoseph Gordon-LevittElliot PageA thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a C.E.O., but his tragic past may doom the project and his team to disaster.With complicated plot-points and many hidden meanings, messages and subtle little clues leading to believe it could both be a dream and reality, it helps with many re-watches, as you can discover new things every time.
- DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsPeter WellerJudy DavisIan HolmAfter developing an addiction to the substance he uses to kill bugs, an exterminator accidentally kills his wife and becomes involved in a secret government plot being orchestrated by giant bugs in a port town in North Africa.Probably one of David Cronenberg's weirdest movies. Sometimes, you can not even be fully sure what you are watching.
- DirectorJeff RenfroeMarteinn ThorssonStarsRichard ReesJeremy SistoUdo KierAfter receiving mysterious empty packages inside his apartment, a young computer-programmer begins a personal investigation into their origins.While the plot is fairly simple, the twists and turns it takes can be hard to comprehend or understand the first time you watch it. However, you can still enjoy the cynical satire of overstructured modern society even if you don't understand the whole picture. It's a smart horror movie which tries to make you think while you are scared.
- DirectorDavid FincherStarsBrad PittEdward NortonMeat LoafAn insomniac office worker and a devil-may-care soap maker form an underground fight club that evolves into much more.By far the one of the most complex and surreal movies David Fincher has made in his career.
- DirectorMichel GondryStarsJim CarreyKate WinsletTom WilkinsonWhen their relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a medical procedure to have each other erased from their memories forever.While I love this movie, I found myself scratching my head intensely at some scenes. You feel just as confused as Jim Carrey's character.
- DirectorJohn WooStarsJohn TravoltaNicolas CageJoan AllenTo foil a terrorist plot, FBI agent Sean Archer assumes the identity of the criminal Castor Troy who murdered his son through facial transplant surgery, but the crook wakes up prematurely and vows revenge.The second time I watched it I understood everything, but the first time I did, I was SO *beep* CONFUSED.
- DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsAl PacinoRobert De NiroRobert DuvallThe early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York City is portrayed, while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on the family crime syndicate.Immediately after seeing it, I felt like I had missed quite a bit that I needed to go pick up on. There are many plot-threads and character arcs going on here, MUCH more so than the first movie, so while you might enjoy it anyway, it's not so easy to understand all of it at once.