Was it an illusion? Incredible films that their stories could happen in the minds of the protagonists

How many times have you wondered if everything you just saw really happened, or if it was all a hallucination of the protagonists. Well, that premise has been the perfect ingredient in many films, which put their plots into the protagonist’s mind and, moreover, play with it.

Jacob’s ladder

Inspiration for many later horror films, ‘Jacob’s ladder’ presents a story that could happen in the mind of its protagonist. The plot follows Jacob, a soldier who has returned from the Vietnam War and begins to suffer from post-traumatic stress.

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Director Christopher Nolan presented what is considered by many to be one of the best science fiction films of recent years, “Inception”, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy and others. The story of Cobb, a thief who has the ability to enter people’s dreams, and who has the task of implanting an idea in a victim of his client. Available on HBO Max.

I think about the end

Writer and director Charlie Kauffman, whom we’ll see later, presented one the best psychological thrillers as it is ‘I think about the end’. In it, a girl is about to meet her boyfriend’s family for the first time, but something goes wrong on the journey and her reality begins to fragment. Available on Netflix.

Eternal light of the pure mind

As we said in the previous post, Charli Kauffman, at the hands of director Michel Gondry, premiered “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”, a romantic and science fiction drama starring Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet. The story follows a couple who, after a few arguments, resort to a memory erasing method to remove it from their boyfriend’s mind. Available on Netflix and HBO Max.

Fighting club

One of David Fincher’s cinematic masterpieces is’Fighting club’, with a story that takes place entirely in the protagonist’s mind. The plot follows an employee, who, fed up with his job, starts a fight club with a man he met on a plane. Available on Netflix.

joker

And one of those that still continues to create the debate on whether everything was real or not, is ‘Joker’ with Joaquin Phoenix. The story follows Arthur Fleck, an aspiring comedian who wants to get on a TV show to show off his talent, but a series of unfortunate events worsen his mental health. Available on Amazon Prime Video.