A Scanner Darkly
2006 · Science fiction · Richard Linklater · 1h 40m
An undercover narcotics officer in a surveilled near-future America is assigned to spy on himself, while the drug he takes pulls his mind apart. Animated over live action, and hard to follow on purpose.
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- Clearly complicated
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2017 · Science fiction
Two brothers go back for a day to the camp they escaped as teenagers, where nobody has aged and something is wrong with the sky. Made cheaply, and the rules take a while.
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Donnie Darko
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2001 · Science fiction
A teenager in 1988 sleepwalks out of his bedroom, and a jet engine falls through the roof into it. A figure in a rabbit suit tells him the world ends in 28 days, and the film is in no hurry to explain.
- Clearly complicated
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2021 · Drama
A Scottish general meets three witches who tell him he will be king, and goes home to his wife with the news. Black and white, bare sets, and the original language kept word for word.
- Strongly heavy
- Strongly complicated
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