Yet another recommendation thread to keep you away from the boredom
I’m starting with Mind F**** / Mind Screw movies to keep your mind sooooo occupied
some of these may be too much to think for a movie but it’s worthwhile!
Dark
When two children go missing in a small German town, its sinful past is exposed along with the double lives and fractured relationships that exist among four families as they search for the kids. The mystery-drama series introduces an intricate puzzle filled with twists that includes a web of curious characters, all of whom have a connection to the town’s troubled history – whether they know it or not. The story includes supernatural elements that tie back to the same town in 1986. “Dark” represents the first German original series produced for Netflix.
The Haunting of Hill House
This modern reimagining of the Shirley Jackson novel follows siblings who, as children, grew up in what would go on to become the most famous haunted house in the country… Now adults, they are forced back together in the face of tragedy and must finally confront the ghosts of their past. Some of those ghosts still lurk in their minds, while others may actually be stalking the shadows of Hill House. The ensemble cast includes Oscar winner Timothy Hutton, Carla Gugino and Henry Thomas. Mike Flanagan, a veteran of the horror genre, created the series.
No. of episodes: 10
This is mainly a horror genre but the mystery and the twists will keep your eyes open.
10 Movies to watch for the long weekend in no particular order, I have marked my favs with
1. Donnie Darko (2001)
A troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a man in a large rabbit suit who manipulates him to commit a series of crimes after he narrowly escapes a bizarre accident.
2. Timecrimes (2007)
A man accidentally gets into a time machine and travels back in time nearly an hour. Finding himself will be the first of a series of disasters of unforeseeable consequences.
3. Triangle (2009)
A group of friends suffer a yachting accident and take refuge on a cruise drifting on the open sea, but quickly realize they were better off on the upturned yacht.
4. The Man from Earth (2007)
An impromptu goodbye party for Professor John Oldman becomes a mysterious interrogation after the retiring scholar reveals to his colleagues he has a longer and stranger past than they can imagine.
5. Predestination (I) (2014)
For his final assignment, a top temporal agent must pursue the one criminal that has eluded him throughout time. The chase turns into a unique, surprising and mind-bending exploration of love, fate, identity and time travel taboos.
6. K-PAX (2001)
PROT is a patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from a faraway planet named K PAX. His psychiatrist tries to help him, only to begin to doubt his own explanations.
7. Exam (2009)
Eight candidates for a highly desirable corporate job are locked together in an exam room and given a final test with just one seemingly simple question. However, it doesn’t take long for confusion to ensue and tensions to unravel.
8. Cube (1997)
6 complete strangers of widely varying personality characteristics are involuntarily placed in an endless maze containing deadly traps.
Some awesome regional flicks
Telugu
Mathu Vadalara
In simple its a murder mystery movie with a new approach to the screenplay and the camera.
Babu is a delivery boy living with his friends Yesu and Abhi. Due to his meagre salary, he decides to quit, but then Yesu gives him an idea. The idea, however, soon spirals out of control and Babu finds himself deep in trouble. Will he survive the consequences of his own actions?
Hit (The First Case)
Vikram is a 30-year-old cop. While he is battling with his own traumatic past, the stakes get high when a girl called Preethi mysteriously disappears in Hyderabad and Vikram has to solve the case at any cost.
Kannada
Love Mocktail
After rescuing a woman, Adi reminisces about his love life and tells her about all the heartbreaks he endured in his quest to find his true love.
Spoiler - control yourself to not open this!
May leave you heart broken.
Kannum Kannum Kollaiyadithaal
Family, Suspense, Comedy
Siddharth and Kallis never seem to be short on money. However, when they meet the women of their dreams, they are pushed into reconsidering their career choices.
Watch it on: https://www.netflix.com/watch/81176205
The Alienist
18+, Dark, Slow-burn, Gruesome
The best-selling book by Caleb Carr is the basis for “The Alienist,” a psychological thriller set amidst the vast wealth, extreme poverty and technological innovation of 1896 New York. A never-before-seen ritualistic killer is responsible for the gruesome murders of boy prostitutes, and newly appointed police commissioner Theodore Roosevelt calls upon criminal psychologist Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, newspaper illustrator John Moore and police department secretary Sara Howard to conduct the investigation in secret. The brilliant, obsessive Kreizler is known as an alienist – one who studies mental pathologies and the deviant behaviors of those who are alienated from themselves and society. His job, along with his controversial views, makes him a social pariah in some circles. But helped by a band of outsiders, Kreizler’s tireless efforts eventually answer the question behind what makes a man into a murderer.
C/o Kancarapalem
Amazing movie, Family Genre, no big faces just a good story.
Four love stories spanning age, religion, and status unfold in a small Indian town, from a schoolboy’s crush to a middle-aged bachelor’s office romance.
Initial release: 7 September 2018 (India)
Director: Maha Venkatesh
Available on Youtube and https://www.netflix.com/watch/81113928
Agent Sai Srinivasa Athreya
Sai Sreenivas Athreya, a Nellore-based detective, faces trouble when he investigates the case of an unidentified body found near a railway track.
https://www.amazon.com/Agent-Srinivasa-Athreya-Naveen-Polishetty/dp/B07VWS8Q8F
Devs
on BBC iPlayer and FX on Hulu
“Devs” is an FX limited series that focuses on a young software engineer named Lily Chan who works for Amaya, a cutting-edge tech company based in Silicon Valley. After her boyfriend Sergei’s apparent suicide, Lily suspects foul play and begins to investigate. She quickly realizes that all roads lead to Forest, Amaya’s enigmatic CEO, and Devs, the company’s secret development division. In Lily’s quest to discover the truth, she uncovers a technology-based conspiracy that could change the world.
Watch on
Predestination (2015)
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Sarah Snook
Directed by: Peter Spierig, Michael Spierig
Written by: Peter Spierig, Michael Spierig, Robert A. Heinlein
This movie can give you a headache trying to watch it. But if you are in for a challenge and paradox this is it!
Ethan Hawke technically plays the movie’s hero — a temporal agent who’s trying to prevent an attack that will kill thousands of people. He runs up against the fact that he can’t change the event. Everything he does only contributes to it.
Finished watching the Season!
I can compare it to Transcendence in a way but not entirely. The use of current technology to show something was intriguing as it is possible and an everyday task to many in dev; the prediction algorithm! Worth the time!
Something you didn’t expect, A cartoon but not for kids! this was produced by Disney.
there’s nothing more to write better than the article on Forbes