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title: Memory movies
date: "2005-07-19T12:00:00Z"
categories:
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wp_id: 603
description: I'm exploring my growing addiction to memory-lapse and alternate-reality films. I’ve compiled a list of favorites like Memento and Donnie Darko, while adding mind-bending titles like Being John Malkovich and David Lynch's surreal works to my watchlist.
keywords: [memory loss, alternate reality, psychological thrillers, time loops, david lynch, cinema]
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I'm getting addicted to memory-lapse related / alternate reality-based movies, like:

- [Total Recall](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100802/),
- [12 Monkeys](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114746/),
- [The Bourne Identity](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0258463/),
- [Memento](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0209144/),
- [The Butterfly Effect](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0289879/),
- [50 First Dates](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0343660/),
- [Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338013/),
- [Groundhog Day](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107048/),
- [The Matrix](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133093/),
- [Frequency](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0186151/),
- [The Usual Suspects](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114814/), and
- [Donnie Darko](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0246578/).
- [Twin Peaks](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105665/) too, I guess. But that was too extreme for me.

Next on my list are:

- [Being John Malkovich](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120601/),
- [Paycheck](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338337/),
- [Adaptation](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0268126/),
- [The Cell](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0209958/),
- [The Long Kiss Goodnight](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116908/), and
- [The Manchurian Candidate](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056218/).

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## Comments

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- **Dhar** _20 Jul 2005 10:13 am_:
  How about Mulholland Drive? I really dont know what category to put it into. Wierd Mind Fuck is certainly one possibility. In fact all David Lynch movies can come under this category.
- **S Anand** _20 Jul 2005 3:28 pm_:
  Mulholland Drive, yes. What others, though?
- **Dhar** _21 Jul 2005 1:02 am_:
  The other movies that you can try are Blue Velvet, The Elephant Man, Lost Highway, The Eraserhead etc.
- **Dhar** _21 Jul 2005 1:06 am_:
  Of the Lynch movies mentioned, I have so far seen only Mulholland Drive and Blue Velvet. The others are on the wishlist. :)

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