10 Psychological Thrillers That Totally Messed With Your Head
2. Mulholland Drive
When the subject is movies that mess with your mind, one name that will always come up is that of David Lynch. The Twin Peaks auteur is responsible for many of the most confusing yet compelling cinematic works of the past 40 years.
However, 2001's Mulholland Drive has inspired even more widespread befuddlement and fascination than most of Lynch's filmography. This abstract tale of identity, insomnia and Hollywood glamour very much leaves thing open to interpretation without offering up any easy explanations.
Naomi Watts takes the lead as a chipper, sweet-natured young woman who arrives in Los Angeles intent on pursuing her dreams of an acting career, but gets caught up helping a Laura Elena Harring's mysterious stranger, who has completely lost her memory. Alas, nothing is as it seems...
Declared the greatest film yet made in the 21st century by a BBC critics poll in 2016, Mulholland Drive is hard to sum up in words, but a uniquely striking viewing experience - all of which makes it strange to think it began life as an aborted TV pilot episode.