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)

  • 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.