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.

[email protected] mentioned mother! (2017) which was the other example that was on the tip of my tongue.

  • whirledoutside@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Shutter Island, maybe?

    I saw it when it came out and didn’t think that much of it, then rewatched it a few months ago and really got taken along on its tide.

    • Corroded@leminal.spaceOPEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      Do you think Shutter Island relies heavily on a twist? I feel like I’ve heard how the movie ends

      • whirledoutside@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        10 months ago

        Yeah unquestionably it does. It certainly doesn’t build in the same way The Father does for instance, but I think on a rewatch (and therefore knowing the twist) it becomes more about a gradual unravelling of Leo’s perceptions.