Most of these movies are called psychological movies, but searching under this category I have not found anything that comes close to what I am looking for, movies like memento, 12 monkeys and primer are characterized by something, a person who knows information (Be good or bad), and is in a situation isolated from the rest of the population, no one other than the protagonist or a very small group of people knows what is happening and what it implies, that is the type of movies I am looking for, movies with isolated stories, if you know of any movie that makes you feel that I don't know what it is with the 3 movies I mentioned, please leave me the name and synopsis. (I had forgotten to mention donnie darko)

  • ReadFanon [any, any]
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    3 months ago

    Get Out

    Now that Chris and his girlfriend, Rose, have reached the meet-the-parents milestone of dating, she invites him for a weekend getaway upstate with her parents, Missy and Dean. At first, Chris reads the family's overly accommodating behaviour as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter's interracial relationship, but as the weekend progresses, a series of increasingly disturbing discoveries leads him to a truth that he never could have imagined.

    Us

    Accompanied by her husband, son and daughter, Adelaide Wilson returns to the beachfront home where she grew up as a child. Haunted by a traumatic experience from the past, Adelaide grows increasingly concerned that something bad is going to happen. Her worst fears soon become a reality when four masked strangers descend upon the house, forcing the Wilsons into a fight for survival. When the masks come off, the family is horrified to learn that each attacker takes the appearance of one of them.

    Shutter Island

    The implausible escape of a brilliant murderess brings U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his new partner (Mark Ruffalo) to Ashecliffe Hospital, a fortress-like insane asylum located on a remote, windswept island. The woman appears to have vanished from a locked room, and there are hints of terrible deeds committed within the hospital walls. As the investigation deepens, Teddy realizes he will have to confront his own dark fears if he hopes to make it off the island alive.

    The Machinist

    Trevor, an insomniac lathe operator who has not slept for months, experiences unusual occurrences at work and home. A strange man follows him everywhere, but no one else seems to notice him.

    Hereditary

    When the matriarch of the Graham family passes away, her daughter and grandchildren begin to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about their ancestry, trying to outrun the sinister fate they have inherited.

    Midsommar

    A couple travel to Sweden to visit their friend's rural hometown for its fabled midsummer festival, but what begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.

    The Lighthouse

    Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.

    The Witch

    In 1630 New England, panic and despair envelops a farmer, his wife and their children when youngest son Samuel suddenly vanishes. The family blames Thomasin, the oldest daughter who was watching the boy at the time of his disappearance. With suspicion and paranoia mounting, twin siblings Mercy and Jonas suspect Thomasin of witchcraft, testing the clan's faith, loyalty and love to one another.

    In the movies mentioned above, most of them don't have the protagonist with the knowledge but it lies elsewhere.

    It Follows, The Revenant, Suspiria (the old one or the remake), The Neon Demon, and The Revenant might also fit the bill.

    • ChicagoCommunist [none/use name]
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      3 months ago

      Great list, and since you already mention 2/3rds of the movies by two of my favorite directors, I'd personally add Nope by Jordan Peele and Beau is Afraid by Ari Aster.

      Idk how well they apply to OP's criteria but I think they're great

      • ReadFanon [any, any]
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        3 months ago

        I actually haven't seen those two you mentioned but I'm gonna take them as a recommendation.

        I was also gonna mention The Wall (Die Wand) because it's a very lonely movie to the point of being bleak, and only the protagonist "knows" what's going on but it's not a man-on-a-mission type of narrative so I'm not sure if it fits the vibe. Also the pacing is kinda ponderous which I think suits the story well but it really doesn't have the same feel as a movie like Memento or The Machinist, which have a sort of urgency to them that The Wall lacks.

    • delirious_owl@discuss.online
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      3 months ago

      I really didn't like the whole celebrating the TSA thing of Get Out. Like, they are security theater and only cause harm to brown people.