Mind-bending movies on HBO Max right now

Movies that bend your brain a little, streaming on HBO Max tonight. Picked by mood from Rex’s catalog and checked against HBO Max every day.

Updated October 13, 2026. Availability via JustWatch.

  1. Perfect Blue Movie · 1997 · Satoshi Kon
  2. The Usual Suspects Movie · 1995 · Bryan Singer
  3. 2001: A Space Odyssey Movie · 1968 · Stanley Kubrick
  4. Persona Movie · 1966 · Ingmar Bergman
  5. The Lighthouse (2019) ⭐ 7.4 | Drama, Fantasy, Horror Movie · 2019 · Robert Eggers
  6. Open Your Eyes Movie · 1997
  7. Rashomon Movie · 1950 · Akira Kurosawa
  8. Solaris Movie · 1972 · Andrei Tarkovsky
  9. The Lobster Movie · 2015 · Yorgos Lanthimos
  10. 8½ Movie · 1963 · Federico Fellini
  11. Stalker Movie · 1979 · Andrei Tarkovsky
  12. Eyes Wide Shut Movie · 1999 · Stanley Kubrick
  13. Funny Games Movie · 1997 · Michael Haneke
  14. Belle de Jour Movie · 1967 · Luis Buñuel
  15. Weekend Movie · 1967
  16. F for Fake Movie · 1973 · Orson Welles
  17. The Killing of a Sacred Deer Movie · 2017 · Yorgos Lanthimos
  18. Us Movie · 2019 · Jordan Peele
  19. The Last Wave Movie · 1977
  20. Eraserhead Movie · 1977 · David Lynch
  21. Men Movie · 2022 · Alex Garland
  22. The Boy and the Heron Movie · 2023 · Hayao Miyazaki
  23. Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Movie · 2014 · Alejandro González Iñárritu
  24. The Cabin in the Woods Movie · 2012 · Drew Goddard
  25. A Clockwork Orange Movie · 1971 · Stanley Kubrick
  26. Companion Movie · 2025 · Drew Hancock
  27. The Substance (2024) Movie · 2024 · Coralie Fargeat
  28. Picnic at Hanging Rock Movie · 1975 · Peter Weir
  29. Daisies Movie · 1966
  30. Infernal Affairs Movie · 2002 · Andrew Lau
  31. Saltburn (2023) Movie · 2023 · Emerald Fennell
  32. Millennium Actress Movie · 2001
  33. Orpheus Movie · 1950
  34. Reality Movie · 2023 · Tina Satter
  35. Heretic Movie · 2024 · Scott Beck, Bryan Woods
  36. Capturing the Friedmans Movie · 2003 · Andrew Jarecki
  37. Midsommar (2019) Movie · 2019 · Ari Aster
  38. Space Is the Place Movie · 1974
  39. Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles Movie · 1975
  40. The Tin Drum Movie · 1979
  41. Pierrot le Fou Movie · 1965
  42. The Shining (1980) Movie · 1980 · Stanley Kubrick
  43. Backrooms Movie · 2026 · Kane Parsons
  44. Weapons Movie · 2025 · Zach Cregger

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