The 10 Most Confusing Movies Ever Made (4 of 6)

Inception

Nolan again (don’t worry, you’ll see him a lot), this time building a nesting doll out of dreams and spinning tops. Leonardo DiCaprio leads a heist crew into other people’s subconscious, which conveniently comes with excellent production design and terrible weather. There are rules about kicks, totems, and limbo, but the fun is watching them get bent like city blocks folding in half. Is the final scene real? Grab your totem (phone, coin, half-eaten cookie) and live with the uncertainty, like the rest of us.

Primer

Imagine two engineers in a garage accidentally invent time travel and then treat it like a dangerous spreadsheet. Shane Carruth’s microbudget mind-melter is all low voices, half-finished sentences, and whiteboards that need their own sequel. The timelines multiply like gremlins after midnight, ethics go fuzzy, and the film refuses to italicize anything for you. It’s a weird but fascinating ride till the end. Or was it the beginning?