A team of analysts at I’m a puzzle looked at how often the movie‘s titles and the word “explained” were searched on the internet to find which films confused audiences the most.
15. “2001: A Space Odyssey” (1968) – Stanley Kubrick’s film reaches 4,200 searches per month
14. “Inception” (2010) – Christopher Nolan’s film reaches 4,500 searches per month
13. “Memento” (2000) – Nolan’s second film on the list reaches 4,600 searches per month
12. “The Matrix” (1999) – The Wachowski sisters reach 5,200 searches per month
11. “Predestination” (2014) – The Spierig brothers-directed sci-fi thriller reaches 5,900 searches per month
10. “Fight Club” (1999) – David Fincher’s adaptation reaches 5,900 searches per month
9. “Arrival” (2016)- Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi drama reaches 6,000 searches per month
8. “The Shining” (1980) – Kubrick’s second film on the list reaches 6,300 searches per month
7. “Nocturnal Animals” (2016) – Tom Ford’s dramatic thriller achieves 6,600 searches per month
6. “Interstellar” (2014) – Nolan’s third film on the list reaches 7,100 searches per month
5. “Mulholland Drive” (2001) – David Lynch’s notoriously confusing thriller reaches 9,700 searches per month
4. “Donnie Darko” (2001) – Richard Kelly’s film doubles “Mulholland Drive” with 18,000 searches per month
3. “Shutter Island” (2010) – Martin Scorsese’s psychological thriller nearly doubles “Donnie Darko” with 31,000 searches per month
2. “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” (2020) – Charlie Kaufman’s Netflix movie reaches 50,000 searches per month
1. “Tenet” (2020) – Nolan’s latest film reaches an astronomical high totaling 70,000 searches per month
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You want confusing, watch something like Primer. If you understand what happened in less than 3 viewing you're probably a genius, masochist, and watch too much TV.
Totally agree, Primer is the most complicated movie ever released.
Hows an army of donkeys related to the earth not being flat?
Derp.