Best mind-bending English movies on Netflix in India
By the KyaDekhu team · Updated · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb
281 movies on Netflix in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 6.4. Newest addition: UNABOMBER, added to Netflix on 25 Sep. Ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating and popularity; showing the top 30.
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1. The Godfather (1972)
Movie · English · 2h 55m · Drama, Crime · IMDb 9.2 (22.7L votes)
Visually stunningMatureTwistyDark & gritty
Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.
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2. The Godfather Part II (1974)
Movie · English · 3h 22m · Drama, Crime · IMDb 9.0 (15.2L votes)
TwistyVisually stunningMatureDark & gritty
In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.
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3. Fight Club (1999)
Movie · English · 2h 19m · A · Drama, Thriller · IMDb 8.8 (26.8L votes)
TwistyMatureCold & detachedVisually stunning
A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion.
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4. The Prestige (2006)
Movie · English · 2h 10m · U · Drama, Mystery · IMDb 8.5 (16.4L votes)
TwistyVisually stunningEdge-of-seatCold & detached
A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.
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5. Dune: Part Two (2024)
Movie · English · 2h 47m · Science Fiction, Adventure · IMDb 8.4 (8.0L votes)
Visually stunningEdge-of-seatTwistyDark & gritty
Follow the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a path of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, Paul endeavors to prevent a terrible future only he can foresee.
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6. Joker (2019)
Movie · English · 2h 2m · A · Crime, Thriller · IMDb 8.3 (17.3L votes)
TwistyMatureDark & grittyVisually stunning
During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.
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7. Bo Burnham: Inside (2021)
Movie · English · 1h 28m · U/A 16+ · Comedy · IMDb 8.6 (60.4K votes)
FunnyFast-pacedTwistyLow-stakes
Stuck in COVID-19 lockdown, US comedian and musician Bo Burnham attempts to stay sane and happy by writing, shooting and performing a one-man comedy special.
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8. The Truman Show (1998)
Movie · English · 1h 43m · Comedy, Drama · IMDb 8.2 (14.1L votes)
TwistyFunnyVisually stunning
In a picture-perfect seaside town, an insurance salesman begins to realize that his entire existence may be staged and observed by a vast unseen audience as part of a long-running real-time reality TV show.
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9. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
Movie · English · 1h 51m · Action, Crime · IMDb 8.2 (13.3L votes)
MatureVisually stunningTwistyFast-paced
An assassin is shot by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives to plot her vengeance.
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10. No Country for Old Men (2007)
Movie · English · 2h 2m · Crime, Thriller · IMDb 8.2 (12.2L votes)
MatureEdge-of-seatCold & detachedVisually stunning
Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the violent pursuit of money and justice collide.
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11. Taxi Driver (1976)
Movie · English · 1h 54m · Crime, Drama · IMDb 8.2 (10.5L votes)
Slow-burnMatureCold & detachedDark & gritty
Suffering from insomnia, disturbed loner Travis Bickle takes a job as a New York City cabbie, haunting the streets nightly, growing increasingly detached from reality as he dreams of cleaning up the filthy city.
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12. Dune (2021)
Movie · English · 2h 35m · UA · Science Fiction, Adventure · IMDb 8.0 (11.0L votes)
Visually stunningEdge-of-seatTwistyDark & gritty
Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in e
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13. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
Movie · English · 2h 16m · Action, Crime · IMDb 8.0 (8.8L votes)
MatureVisually stunningEdge-of-seatDark & gritty
The Bride unwaveringly continues on her roaring rampage of revenge against the band of assassins who had tried to kill her and her unborn child. She visits each of her former associates one-by-one, checking off the victims on her Death List Five until there's nothing left to do … but kill Bill.
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14. Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
Movie · English · 1h 54m · Action, Science Fiction · IMDb 7.9 (8.2L votes)
Visually stunningTwistyFast-pacedEdge-of-seat
Major Bill Cage is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously demoted and dropped into combat. Cage is killed within minutes, managing to take an alpha alien down with him. He awakens back at the beginning of the same day and is forced to fight and die again... and again - as physical cont
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15. The Batman (2022)
Movie · English · 2h 57m · UA · Crime, Mystery · IMDb 7.8 (9.5L votes)
Visually stunningTwistyEdge-of-seatCold & detached
In his second year of fighting crime, Batman uncovers corruption in Gotham City that connects to his own family while facing a serial killer known as the Riddler.
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16. Dunkirk (2017)
Movie · English · 1h 47m · UA · War, Action · IMDb 7.8 (8.3L votes)
Visually stunningTwistyEdge-of-seatFast-paced
The story of the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk between May 26th and June 4th 1940 during World War II.
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17. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Movie · English · 2h 46m · Drama, Fantasy · IMDb 7.8 (7.6L votes)
TwistyVisually stunningSlow-burnHeartwarming
Born under unusual circumstances, Benjamin Button springs into being as an elderly man in a New Orleans nursing home and ages in reverse. Twelve years after his birth, he meets Daisy, a child who flits in and out of his life as she grows up to be a dancer. Though he has all sorts of unusual adventures over the course o
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18. The Irishman (2019)
Movie · English · 3h 29m · Crime, Drama · IMDb 7.8 (4.8L votes)
TwistySlow-burnMatureDark & gritty
Pennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accidentally meets mobster Russell Bufalino. Once Frank becomes his trusted man, Bufalino sends him to Chicago with the task of helping Jimmy Hoffa, a powerful union leader related to organized crime, with whom Frank will main
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19. Zodiac (2007)
Movie · English · 2h 37m · UA · Crime, Mystery · IMDb 7.7 (6.9L votes)
TwistyCold & detachedSlow-burnMature
Police conduct a manhunt for the Zodiac Killer, a serial killer who terrorized the San Francisco Bay Area during the late 1960s and early 1970s, taunting police with letters, bloodstained clothing, and ciphers mailed to newspapers.
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20. Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)
Movie · English · 2h 27m · Action, Adventure · IMDb 7.7 (4.3L votes)
Visually stunningFast-pacedEdge-of-seatCold & detached
When an IMF mission ends badly, the world is faced with dire consequences. As Ethan Hunt takes it upon himself to fulfill his original briefing, the CIA begin to question his loyalty and his motives. The IMF team find themselves in a race against time, hunted by assassins while trying to prevent a global catastrophe.
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21. Icarus (2017)
Movie · English · 2h 1m · Documentary · IMDb 7.9 (58.8K votes)
TwistyDark & grittyEdge-of-seatFast-paced
While investigating the furtive world of illegal doping in sports, director Bryan Fogel connects with renegade Russian scientist Dr. Grigory Rodchenkov—a pillar of his country’s “anti-doping” program. Over dozens of Skype calls, urine samples, and badly administered hormone injections, Fogel and Rodchenkov grow closer
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22. American Psycho (2000)
Movie · English · 1h 42m · Thriller, Drama · IMDb 7.6 (8.6L votes)
TwistyMatureDark & grittyCold & detached
A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies.
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23. Inside Man (2006)
Movie · English · 2h 9m · Crime, Drama · IMDb 7.6 (4.3L votes)
TwistyEdge-of-seatCold & detachedDark & gritty
When an armed, masked gang enter a Manhattan bank, lock the doors and take hostages, the detective assigned to effect their release enters negotiations preoccupied with corruption charges he is facing.
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24. Hannah Gadsby: Nanette (2018)
Movie · English · 1h 9m · Comedy · IMDb 8.1 (14.1K votes)
Dialogue-drivenSlow-burnLow-stakesFunny
The Australian comedian Hannah Gadsby is taking an anti-comedy stance in her newest special.
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25. Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022)
Movie · English · 1h 57m · U/A 7+ · Animation, Fantasy · IMDb 7.6 (1.7L votes)
Visually stunningDark & grittyTwistyHeartwarming
During the rise of fascism in Mussolini's Italy, a wooden boy brought magically to life struggles to live up to his father's expectations.
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26. Sinners (2025)
Movie · English · 2h 18m · A · Horror, Action · IMDb 7.5 (5.3L votes)
Dark & grittyMatureVisually stunningTwisty
Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.
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28. The Devil's Advocate (1997)
Movie · English · 2h 24m · Horror, Drama · IMDb 7.5 (4.5L votes)
TwistyDark & grittyMatureCold & detached
Aspiring Florida defense lawyer Kevin Lomax accepts a job at a New York law firm. With the stakes getting higher every case, Kevin quickly learns that his boss has something far more evil planned.
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29. Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
Movie · English · 2h 39m · Drama, Thriller · IMDb 7.5 (4.4L votes)
Slow-burnTwistyMatureVisually stunning
After Dr. Bill Harford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their meetings -- and quickly discovers that he is in over his head.
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30. Sleepers (1996)
Movie · English · 2h 27m · Crime, Drama · IMDb 7.5 (2.6L votes)
MatureDark & grittyCold & detachedTwisty
Two gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually abused them. A sensational court hearing takes place to charge him for the crimes.
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