we still don’t get it so we’re not
supposed to tell anyone what nobody
knows welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’re counting down our picks for the
top 10 movies that people still don’t
understand
before we begin we publish new content
every day so be sure to subscribe to our
channel and ring the bell to get
notified about our latest videos for
this list we’re going over the films
with confusing plots or that involves
specific events that continue to puzzle
viewers even years after the fact and I
can hardly wait
number 10 under the skin the story of a
woman or something masquerading as one
abducting men in Scotland under the skin
has gotten under many of its viewers
skin because of how ambiguous it is
little explanation is given for the
woman’s actions or even who or what she
is though she’s clearly otherworldly the
dialogue is sparse and the characters
don’t even have names under the skin
definitely has thematic messages though
as most critics seem to agree that it’s
about inverted predation the lustful
desirous and usually predatory male
becoming the victim and that it also
addresses the larger concerns of purely
number nine American Psycho did you know
I’m utterly insane
American Psycho follows Patrick Bateman
a superficial businessman whose veneer
of normality hides a twisted depraved
and murderous monster when he’s not
envying his colleagues business cards
Bateman unleashes his repressed rage on
women animals and one of his rivals
however the ending throws us a sharp
left turn when it’s revealed that
Batemans rival who we saw him
graphically kill it’s supposedly alive
and I like that our doubts are
reinforced by the discovery of Batemans
notebook which is filled with violent
imagery suggesting that some if not all
of his deeds may have been in his head
but where do we draw the line between
reality and fantasy audiences are still
wondering my pain is constant and sharp
and I do not hope for a better world for
anyone number eight Synecdoche New York
everything is more complicated than you
think
you only see a tenth of what is true
filmmaker / writer Charlie Kaufman is
known for unusual stories but arguably
his most confusing is Synecdoche New
York the film depicts a playwright whose
physical and emotional turmoil are
offset by his play which begins to blend
in with his real life yeah here we are
for the moment alive each of us knowing
when we’re gonna die
thank you mrs. really believe me we want
this setting as well as which actor is
playing which character changes
throughout the play and the film which
makes keeping track of it all difficult
however part of the title
Synecdoche means a part that represents
the whole so interchangeability is kind
of the point
everyone is everyone and everywhere is
everywhere at least that’s what we think
it means you tell us I won’t settle for
anything less than the brutal truth
number seven Donnie Darko
you can’t just lump everything into
these two categories and then just deny
everything else well some point to
Richard Kelly’s ambitious sprawling film
south of tales as the most
incomprehensible in the directors
repertoire Donnie Darko is arguably more
accessible and it’s confusing this if
that makes any sense the movie follows
the eponymous protagonist over the
course of a month as he’s guided by a
man in a rabbit suit to avert the
world’s end why are you worried
while the interactions Donnie has with
his friends and family are fairly
straightforward the explanation for why
everything is happening is not spelled
out at least not in the theatrical cut
of the film the director’s cut makes the
time travel element more explicit and if
you want to understand it definitely
watch that version I just don’t see the
point in crying over a dead rabbit you
know who never even feared death to
begin with number 6 PI everything around
us can be represented and understood
through numbers psychological thrillers
are prone to intricate plots that can be
hard to understand but even by the
standards of the genre pi is incredibly
difficult to pin down the debut of
director Darren Aronofsky PI follows max
a number theorist whose obsession with
an apparently divine number leads him on
a convoluted journey max suffers from
paranoia and hallucinations making the
line between delusion and reality very
ambiguous right down to its rather vague
ending something’s going on
it has to do with that number the film
explores several religious and
existential themes which when added to
all the mathematic stuff culminates in a
film that goes over most viewers heads
it’s to 6 do you know this is insanity
max well maybe it’s genius
number 5 Cloud Atlas yeah I believe is
the only thing I have done in my life
that has value the Wachowskis aren’t
exactly known for clarity when it comes
to their work but this adaptation makes
their other stuff seemed simple an
ambitious sci-fi story told across
centuries Cloud Atlas follows several
groups of characters whose lives seem
connected especially since actors play
multiple characters across the tales our
lives are not our own from womb to tomb
we are bound to others whether they’re
reincarnation of one another is somewhat
unclear and the fact that some of the
stories are referred to as fictional in
the context of other segments leaves
many uncertain as to what’s real
interconnectedness seems to be the major
theme though so real or not they and we
are all a part of the same story one
24-hour cycle in episodes I tend to call
to every other number for primer we blow
something nobody really understands time
travel
all we have are theories really and even
those can be difficult to wrap our
brains around primer depicts two friends
who invent time travel and the fallout
of their attempts at manipulate
past typical time-travel weirdness
ensues and with multiple versions of the
characters encountering one another and
themselves as well as branching
timelines little of the technical jargon
is dumbed down either so unless you’re
versed in engineering a lot of details
can be hard to follow I don’t know of
anything that’s not gonna leave a gap in
the field well we got to see what’s
going on in there
director shane carruth follow up
upstream color is weird too though for
entirely different reasons and
ultimately primary is the one you’ll
find yourself most often revisiting in
hopes of understanding okay but what’s
worse you know think you’re being
paranoid or knowing you should be number
three the tree of life ostensibly a
primarily visual story about a man named
Jack as well as his boyhood experiences
the tree of life is also interspersed
with imagery of the creation of the
universe and earth development with its
sparse dialogue and seemingly random but
beautifully shot footage The Tree of
Life is definitely an arthouse film and
those aren’t for everyone since they’re
often open to interpretation or accused
of being pretentious tell us the story
from before we can move whether it’s
pompous track or a brilliant cinematic
commentary on the universality of
existence or both will likely never have
a definitive answer
thank you bout it number two erase her
head as a baby it’s at the hospital we
could have easily filled our list with
David Lynch’s filmography the director
is the king of surreal filmmaking
however we don’t think he’s yet topped
his feature-length debut Eraserhead
at least when it comes to confusing
people the bizarre story of a wild
haired man contending with a threatening
industrial environment his girlfriend
and his horrifying mutant child
Eraserhead is a weird and often
upsetting film to watch and it’s one
that we’re not sure we want to
understand that being said it does
capture the stress of parenthood well in
its own weird way
[Music]
before we get to our topic here are a
few honorable mentions you know what
they say everything works out in the end
what if I can put it in front of you the
men that ruined your life I’m inquiring
about an accident that happened last
night on Mulholland Drive number one
2001 a Space Odyssey
a seminal science-fiction movie 2001 a
Space Odyssey is one trippy trip through
space the film is presented in three
sections first at the dawn of man next
on a man’s space flight and lastly in a
strange locale experienced by the last
surviving astronaut of the
aforementioned journey all are connected
by a mysterious monolith 2001 tells its
story primarily through music and
visuals so it’s very thematically driven
rather than story driven though the
middle portion is fairly straightforward
here are seven main levels whether you
understand it or not 2001 a Space
Odyssey is absolutely captivating from
its beginning – it’s surreal and
grandiose end this conversation can serve no purpose anymore goodbye
supposed to tell anyone what nobody
knows welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’re counting down our picks for the
top 10 movies that people still don’t
understand
before we begin we publish new content
every day so be sure to subscribe to our
channel and ring the bell to get
notified about our latest videos for
this list we’re going over the films
with confusing plots or that involves
specific events that continue to puzzle
viewers even years after the fact and I
can hardly wait
number 10 under the skin the story of a
woman or something masquerading as one
abducting men in Scotland under the skin
has gotten under many of its viewers
skin because of how ambiguous it is
little explanation is given for the
woman’s actions or even who or what she
is though she’s clearly otherworldly the
dialogue is sparse and the characters
don’t even have names under the skin
definitely has thematic messages though
as most critics seem to agree that it’s
about inverted predation the lustful
desirous and usually predatory male
becoming the victim and that it also
addresses the larger concerns of purely
number nine American Psycho did you know
I’m utterly insane
American Psycho follows Patrick Bateman
a superficial businessman whose veneer
of normality hides a twisted depraved
and murderous monster when he’s not
envying his colleagues business cards
Bateman unleashes his repressed rage on
women animals and one of his rivals
however the ending throws us a sharp
left turn when it’s revealed that
Batemans rival who we saw him
graphically kill it’s supposedly alive
and I like that our doubts are
reinforced by the discovery of Batemans
notebook which is filled with violent
imagery suggesting that some if not all
of his deeds may have been in his head
but where do we draw the line between
reality and fantasy audiences are still
wondering my pain is constant and sharp
and I do not hope for a better world for
anyone number eight Synecdoche New York
everything is more complicated than you
think
you only see a tenth of what is true
filmmaker / writer Charlie Kaufman is
known for unusual stories but arguably
his most confusing is Synecdoche New
York the film depicts a playwright whose
physical and emotional turmoil are
offset by his play which begins to blend
in with his real life yeah here we are
for the moment alive each of us knowing
when we’re gonna die
thank you mrs. really believe me we want
this setting as well as which actor is
playing which character changes
throughout the play and the film which
makes keeping track of it all difficult
however part of the title
Synecdoche means a part that represents
the whole so interchangeability is kind
of the point
everyone is everyone and everywhere is
everywhere at least that’s what we think
it means you tell us I won’t settle for
anything less than the brutal truth
number seven Donnie Darko
you can’t just lump everything into
these two categories and then just deny
everything else well some point to
Richard Kelly’s ambitious sprawling film
south of tales as the most
incomprehensible in the directors
repertoire Donnie Darko is arguably more
accessible and it’s confusing this if
that makes any sense the movie follows
the eponymous protagonist over the
course of a month as he’s guided by a
man in a rabbit suit to avert the
world’s end why are you worried
while the interactions Donnie has with
his friends and family are fairly
straightforward the explanation for why
everything is happening is not spelled
out at least not in the theatrical cut
of the film the director’s cut makes the
time travel element more explicit and if
you want to understand it definitely
watch that version I just don’t see the
point in crying over a dead rabbit you
know who never even feared death to
begin with number 6 PI everything around
us can be represented and understood
through numbers psychological thrillers
are prone to intricate plots that can be
hard to understand but even by the
standards of the genre pi is incredibly
difficult to pin down the debut of
director Darren Aronofsky PI follows max
a number theorist whose obsession with
an apparently divine number leads him on
a convoluted journey max suffers from
paranoia and hallucinations making the
line between delusion and reality very
ambiguous right down to its rather vague
ending something’s going on
it has to do with that number the film
explores several religious and
existential themes which when added to
all the mathematic stuff culminates in a
film that goes over most viewers heads
it’s to 6 do you know this is insanity
max well maybe it’s genius
number 5 Cloud Atlas yeah I believe is
the only thing I have done in my life
that has value the Wachowskis aren’t
exactly known for clarity when it comes
to their work but this adaptation makes
their other stuff seemed simple an
ambitious sci-fi story told across
centuries Cloud Atlas follows several
groups of characters whose lives seem
connected especially since actors play
multiple characters across the tales our
lives are not our own from womb to tomb
we are bound to others whether they’re
reincarnation of one another is somewhat
unclear and the fact that some of the
stories are referred to as fictional in
the context of other segments leaves
many uncertain as to what’s real
interconnectedness seems to be the major
theme though so real or not they and we
are all a part of the same story one
24-hour cycle in episodes I tend to call
to every other number for primer we blow
something nobody really understands time
travel
all we have are theories really and even
those can be difficult to wrap our
brains around primer depicts two friends
who invent time travel and the fallout
of their attempts at manipulate
past typical time-travel weirdness
ensues and with multiple versions of the
characters encountering one another and
themselves as well as branching
timelines little of the technical jargon
is dumbed down either so unless you’re
versed in engineering a lot of details
can be hard to follow I don’t know of
anything that’s not gonna leave a gap in
the field well we got to see what’s
going on in there
director shane carruth follow up
upstream color is weird too though for
entirely different reasons and
ultimately primary is the one you’ll
find yourself most often revisiting in
hopes of understanding okay but what’s
worse you know think you’re being
paranoid or knowing you should be number
three the tree of life ostensibly a
primarily visual story about a man named
Jack as well as his boyhood experiences
the tree of life is also interspersed
with imagery of the creation of the
universe and earth development with its
sparse dialogue and seemingly random but
beautifully shot footage The Tree of
Life is definitely an arthouse film and
those aren’t for everyone since they’re
often open to interpretation or accused
of being pretentious tell us the story
from before we can move whether it’s
pompous track or a brilliant cinematic
commentary on the universality of
existence or both will likely never have
a definitive answer
thank you bout it number two erase her
head as a baby it’s at the hospital we
could have easily filled our list with
David Lynch’s filmography the director
is the king of surreal filmmaking
however we don’t think he’s yet topped
his feature-length debut Eraserhead
at least when it comes to confusing
people the bizarre story of a wild
haired man contending with a threatening
industrial environment his girlfriend
and his horrifying mutant child
Eraserhead is a weird and often
upsetting film to watch and it’s one
that we’re not sure we want to
understand that being said it does
capture the stress of parenthood well in
its own weird way
[Music]
before we get to our topic here are a
few honorable mentions you know what
they say everything works out in the end
what if I can put it in front of you the
men that ruined your life I’m inquiring
about an accident that happened last
night on Mulholland Drive number one
2001 a Space Odyssey
a seminal science-fiction movie 2001 a
Space Odyssey is one trippy trip through
space the film is presented in three
sections first at the dawn of man next
on a man’s space flight and lastly in a
strange locale experienced by the last
surviving astronaut of the
aforementioned journey all are connected
by a mysterious monolith 2001 tells its
story primarily through music and
visuals so it’s very thematically driven
rather than story driven though the
middle portion is fairly straightforward
here are seven main levels whether you
understand it or not 2001 a Space
Odyssey is absolutely captivating from
its beginning – it’s surreal and
grandiose end this conversation can serve no purpose anymore goodbye
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