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Can anyone recommend a movie similar to The Fall or The Father that has a theme of spiraling confusion? (leminal.space)
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It's a bit hard to describe but I felt like both had moments of spiraling confusion with the protagonist watching their worlds fall apart around them that I found really captivating.

I'm trying to think of other examples but The Fall and The Father are ones that came to mind. They are both fantastic films I'd highly recommend.

frefi@lemmy.dbzer0.com mentioned mother! (2017) which was the other example that was on the tip of my tongue.

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[–] frefi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I haven't seen the example you've listed (The Fall is already on my watchlist and I'm now adding The Father to it too), but I'll try to recommend some that I hope are relevant:

  • Possession (1981)
  • Eraserhead (1977)
  • Perfect Blue (1997)
  • Paprika (2006)
  • mother! (2017)
  • House (1977)
  • Mulholland Drive (2001)
  • Videodrome (1983)
  • eXistenZ (1999)
  • The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973)
  • Beau Is Afraid (2023)
  • Dream Scenario (2023)
  • Dementia (1955)
  • Annihilation (2018)
  • Donnie Darko (2001)
  • The Wolf House (2018)
  • The Lighthouse (2019)
  • The Third Part of the Night (1971)
  • The Devil (1973 or 1988 depending where you look)
[–] Flumpkin 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I loved Annihilation (2018). I even read the book before watching the movie, still good.

[–] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The author's written a few other books outside of the Southern Reach trilogy that are pretty good as well

[–] Flumpkin 2 points 9 months ago

Thanks! I'll check out Borne by Jeff Vandermeer

[–] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

mother! (2017)

Thank you! That was the third example that on the tip of my tongue. I have been meaning to watch Perfect Blue and Paprika. I own a copy of both so I'll definitely check them out.

Not so fun fact for you: I didn't know what The Lighthouse was about and watched it one night when I was visiting my dad

[–] frefi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 9 months ago

Oof, that reminds me of the first time I watched Mulholland Drive, I watched it with my parents 🫥 I didn't know what it was about either when I picked it out