10 Movies That Mock You For Paying Attention

7. Mulholland Drive

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Hollywood's reigning king of utter weirdness David Lynch has an undeniable talent for messing with his audience.

However, unlike many entries on this list, his mind screwing antics are more trippy than funny. But rest assured, this one still makes fun of any viewer hoping to gleam some new clues and make sense of things from a close re-watch.

The only difference is that almost anyone who watches Mulholland Drive will need to re-watch it at least once to even understand what they're seeing, so a gag making fun of over-enthusiastic viewers is pretty rich coming from Lynch.

The trippy head-melter of a film follows an actor who befriends a woman suffering amnesia, only for later byzantine twists to prove that they are the same person, or possibly not. It's a right headf***, and one whose surreal tone and strange structure leave many viewers carefully re-watching to uncover some new interpretation.

Take for example the scene where the amnesiac woman reads from a script which the viewer barely even glimpses.

Freeze frame and you'll be able to see it's a real script page... From Mulholland Drive, the very film she's starring in.

Wait, what?!

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