Top 10 Movies Where it Was All a Lie

[@WatchMojo]

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[@whitleysdollhouse877]

In some of the movies, they were all 1000%, a lie

[@AdrianRodriguez-fb9bt]

You forgot the thirteen floor, the others, inception, (may or may not be a lie) Oblivian, Memento , usual suspects 6th sense, Jacob ladder

[@trinaq]

"And in case I don't see ya, "Good afternoon, good evening and good night." To this day, "The Truman Show" is one of Jim Carrey's finest performances, and he was robbed of an Oscar nomination.

[@winters-ghost89]

Very well said friend

[@elmaster27428]

He would have been the first of 2 In Living Color cast members to win an Academy Award

[@michaelmonthey5974]

The Academy has always hated Carrey for some petty reason.

[@michaelmyers2327]

Never seen it

[@michellepalmiter2220]

That movie was his best performance

[@takemeandrun]

The French film A La Folie Pas Du Tout (He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not) needs to be on this list! I have never felt so betrayed by a film before! I felt so much compassion for the main character before learning the truth that she was completely off her rocker!

[@ladyofthedrgns]

The Others is right up there with The Sixth Sense for it's insane plot twist at the end.

[@alm2187]

Except "they don't even know that they're dead" in either case. So what would the lie be?

[@watsomd]

I completely disagree, if you had seen Haunted from 1995 this movie held no twist or surprises. I thought is was a remake / scam without the edge.

[@jasongunther1929]

You forgot about the LEGO movie, where the world is just a guy’s LEGO models!

[@joshuaserrato3495]

That’s not a lie, it’s more of a reveal.

[@nicoletoni3176]

Shocked that Memento didn't make the list because that's an ultimate elaborate deception movie! I think you need a top 10 part two cuz you're also missing The Game, The Usual Suspects, and The Sixth Sense, to name a few...

[@edmonddoug]

I forgot about The Game; it was great. Memento should have been on this list, but I'm guessing it's on the different list she spoke of that focused on Mental Deception.

[@martinwhitfield1362]

The gent said at the start that if it's all in your head, it will be in another vid.

[@vbeard5887]

Memento is definitely forgotten when it comes to this kind of movie since it jumps all over. But great flick and deserves to be on this list

[@JeremyGlenesk]

The Game feels like it would be right at home on this list, with the twist reveal at the end that the entire film was just a luxury package birthday gift.

[@Loch1210]

First thing I thought of

[@CoolEnginesChristytrekkie]

yeah that was wild.

[@Jeremiah_Rivers76]

_The Cabin in the Woods_ is the last it’s-all-a-lie film I want to watch with a group of friends. Not because it’s bad-it’s a great horror movie-but because of the apocalyptic twist.

[@katstaples3264]

I agree, I did not see that coming. 😊

[@joester4life]

@@katstaples3264 I don't think anyone did...

[@truthspreader1996]

Talk about creepy and hope draining...

[@PaulRezaei]

10. The Island 0:24 9. The Cabin in the Woods 1:45 8. Vanilla Sky 2:50 7. The Stepford Wives 3:58 6. The Village 5:18 5. Free Guy 6:17 4. Dark City 7:39 3. Don’t Worry Daring 8:38 2. The Truman Show 9:58 1. The Matrix 11:20

[@Jamietheroadrunner]

The Island is the best Michael Bay movie but it bombed so he’s made nothing but trash guaranteed to be hits ever since.

[@accidentallyamy1063]

What about Shutter Island?!? That was a pretty great attempt at this concept in my opinion!

[@mattdemers3163]

Was all in his head - doesn't fit the criteria

[@accidentallyamy1063]

@ Didn’t the head psychiatrist create a massive role play scenario for him to like “act out” that we don’t know about until the end? Or did I miss the concept of that movie entirely lol

[@alm2187]

It fits better than Cabin In the Woods since, iirc, no one actually lies to the subjects in it. WM goofed big time by listing it, then reinforced that goof with one of their usual errors in copy for the announcer. ​@@mattdemers3163 makes an interesting point, though. Almost everyone on Shutter Island is in on the lie to Daniels. Means it's not ALL in his head by a longshot (same as Fight Club), but arguably any delusion disqualifies it from this list.

[@alm2187]

​It fits better than Cabin In the Woods since, iirc, no one actually lies to the subjects in it. WM goofed big time by listing it, then reinforced that goof with one of their usual errors in copy for the announcer. ​@@mattdemers3163​ makes an interesting point, though. Almost everyone on Shutter Island is in on the lie to Daniels. Means it's not ALL in his head by a longshot (same as Fight Club), but arguably any delusion disqualifies it from this list.

[@najmussaqib7055]

@@mattdemers3163 nop. It was all a ruse created by the psychiatrists.

[@turtleant87wilson74]

I give an honorable mention to They Live. Using sunglasses to see that aliens have taken over your world and seeing billboards of messages telling people to obey them.

[@BadWebDiver]

That movie's on my bucket list.

[@nobodynoonenowhere5609]

The Truman Show hit a nerve while I was growing up in the early 90s..😢

[@Coyotek4]

I would include "The Game"

[@gingaddict]

That made me laugh- the whole thing was a game 😂

[@shawne2681]

Hell yea, that movie was so crazy 😳😳😳

[@ericnamikas3386]

I was thinking the same thing...

[@jasontodd1896]

Yes

[@sallyannchappell5671]

If the Matrix didn’t make number one, I would have been disappointed ! Others of note, Total Recall, Lego Movie, The Game starring Michael Douglas.

[@Pulpos999]

Is insane how "The Truman Show", a movie made 24 years ago, speaks volumes about the effed up society we live in now...

[@It-is-me...Melsie]

For all the children who are unwilling participants in reality shows, often put up by insane and vain parents.

[@Yeniphur]

Underrated actual horror movie

[@Jamietheroadrunner]

How about The Stepford Wives? I saw the Nicole Kidman one with my feminist mom and Aunt when I was young and my mom said something like ‘no way men would really be into robots instead of flesh and blood women.’ Oops, was she ever wrong!

[@It-is-me...Melsie]

@@Jamietheroadrunner Some men, sure. Decent and good men, no.

[@ericalvarado1228]

The thirteenth floor! I can’t believe you didn’t include that one.

[@judithstrachan9399]

I loved The Thirteenth Floor. I thought it was brilliant from idea to presentation.

[@jakenkid]

"We are excluding ones where it's all in their head..." Vanilla Sky is literally entirely in his head... So... HUH?

[@brendenwright7957]

Glad that Free Gut got a mention, though it would have made sense to include the clip with Guy standing on the beach and looking into the sea where the barrier was, where he literally shouts "It's All... a LIE!"

[@richardhoehn9922]

"Let's get this party started." *Hits giant system purge button. OH C'MON!" *Dies by merman. 😆

[@alm2187]

Showing that the supernatural forces weren't all a lie and it doesn't quite fit this list, @@richardhoehn9922 :-)

[@Terahnee]

Particularly funny since he bets on the Merman being the chosen monster because he really wants to see it, hah.

[@Kneedragon1962]

The Usual Suspects, yes, that was brilliant.

[@RockBandVlds]

The first thing I thought of was the movie 'Paycheck' with Ben Affleck. I wonder if it's on the list.

[@CarolHardesty]

I only watched "The Matrix" once when I was around 12 years old. The only thing I knew about it was the "bullet time" scene. By the time the movie was finished, I was afraid to go to bed that night. IT SCARED THE SH*T OUT OF ME.

[@ClassicCinema-ThenAndNow]

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[@wishfulthinkingthe2nd966]

The thing is regarding the last one with the matrix, people do actually believe that nonsense and don't realise how stupid that is.

[@laurenregnier3710]

NPC : I like your shorts. X3 Main character: I think I'll talk to someone else . 😂😊

[@kalebwieland4938]

Honorable Mention: Red Notice. Turns out the mission was staged by Bishop and John, and Nolan was just dragged into it. Killed the entire movie, it was honestly going to be my favorite movie that year.

[@xenomom6379]

“Oblivion” was a pretty good movie that should have made this list.

[@TheFamousFile-US]

And that's the way the cookie crumbles." To this day, Bruce Almighty remains one of Jim Carrey's most iconic performances, showcasing his comedic genius, and it deserved far more recognition than it received.

[@amyleyshon9013]

What about Shutter Island? That was a very surprising plot twist

[@martinwestern3334]

Jim Carey should have won an Oscar for the Truman Show

[@Fixxer315]

One movie I'm a bit surprised didn't make the list is Total Recall, although there are multiple interpretations. 1. Douglas Quaid was really a secret agent and thus his normal life was a lie. 2. The implant itself created the lie, of Quiad actually being a secret agency. In reality he would become lobotomized by this memory as he would be unable/unwilling to escape. And perhaps either interpretation might be under the "it's all in his head" category and thus be ineligible for this list. Nonetheless, I feel compelled to point out this film as a possibility.

[@tylergoodman3560]

Me, looking at this list: Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality. 🎉

[@tylergoodman3560]

@AndyHouse-v1m The only desperate one here is you, Android. 🎉

[@darthvader527]

​@AndyHouse-v1m If anyone is desperate for attention. You are because you harass others in the comments

[@judithstrachan9399]

Are you just a poor boy from a poor family?

[@matteoinocencio9702]

​@AndyHouse-v1m Maybe you should open your eyes and look up to the sky and see I'm just a poor boy, and I need no sympathy.

[@TwilightxKnight13]

The Usual Suspects is one of the greatest movies of all time!

[@mikall1]

If the list was about the lead character being mistaken I Am Legend would apply. Though book would be more apt.

[@bryanesbertgo4718]

Also: -Escape Room Franchise: They thought it's just a game for fun, only it's a game of survival, for real. -Maze Runner: The woman told them the world is in apocalyptic status, only to reveal a greater plan is on going. -Repo Man: At first, the rest of the movie was real, only to reveal the twisted truth on someone's mind. -Antebellum: At first setting was pre-Civil War era, only to reveal it's a sick reenactment. -Inception: We will never know if they are still in the dream world or truly awake.

[@TheCarnaGeYT]

The village plot twist was one of the greatest plot twists of all time.

[@katstaples3264]

To you it was, to me it was a surprise but not the greatest plot twist of all time lol. 😂

[@Loch1210]

@@katstaples3264terrible movie

[@RightURKen7]

Not even in the running. You think it belongs with Planet Of The Apes or Soylent Green? No.

[@zqxzqxzqx1]

The Island was a reboot of Logan's Run.

[@Terahnee]

Yes, it definitely has the same feel. I remember when The Island came out I definitely associated it with Logan's Run. Logan's run the lie is that the outside world is still there and rebirth on Carousel is just dying, not that they're organ donors though 🙂

[@jasontodd1896]

The movie “The game” should be on the list

[@kyleboulanger170]

The Devil's Advocate was all a lie as Keanu Reeves was staring at himself in the bathroom mirror the entire time.

[@michellepalmiter2220]

But, that’s because of the steps he took at the end there. It could have turned out exactly as the movie showed

[@Loch1210]

No he wasn’t.He was in a time loop until he did what the devil wanted

[@veinsxvi]

dark city inspired the matrix, and what about alice's premonition in breaking dawn part 2?

[@kidslatethegreat]

“Fallen” with Denzel Washington is still one of my favorite “Oh Shit, he’s still alive!!” Movies to watch 🔥🔥

[@amlaaaa479]

It's such a good movie, massively underrated but has his cult followers

[@kidslatethegreat]

@@amlaaaa479 Facts!! It’s crazy cuz I’ve never met anyone else, personally, that has seen it 😅.. I always end up putting someone on to it.

[@whocares9033]

TiiiiIIIIiiiime is on my side

[@markelabanks4808]

Where's the lie in that movie??

[@alm2187]

Who doesn't love that line in The Island where Steve Buscemi is setting up the lead couple to infiltrate normal society? They check out each other's personal effects tryin'a learn the norms about stuff like wallets and purses. Then he tells Ewan McGregor the important rule "never give a woman your credit card" and the heroine nods like a good pupil, as if it's medical advice or something. 😂

[@It-is-me...Melsie]

So enjoyed that movie.

[@JaDangerz]

Does Alice in Wonderland and Bolt count?

[@alm2187]

Haven't seen Bolt. As to your Wonderland wonderment, does Alice get lied to in some major way?

[@JaDangerz]

@@alm2187 Alice thought all of wonderland was real when it turned out to be just a dream. All she had to do was wake up.

[@alm2187]

A dream isn't a lie, @@JaDangerz 🙂🐦‍⬛

[@Tomy_Yon]

​@alm2187 if the dream gets interpreted as a truth, it surely can be a lie.

[@kalebwieland4938]

The moment I clicked this video, Free Guy was the first movie that came to mind instantly.

[@beyondu77]

Dark City is amazing and we need a 4K release of the movie!

[@josh72456]

I've only seen The Island, The Cabin In The Woods, The Stepford Wives (2004), The Village, The Truman Show, and The Matrix. Number 1 and 2 are my favourites from the list.

[@Michael-bc2op]

You forgot total recall which you can say the red blue pill is based off

[@kathleenmcconaha5608]

Don't get me wrong, the stepford wives remake was good and I liked it, but it was in my opinion, it was too funny. The book and 1st movie were too disturbing for words

[@Lia-A-Eastwood]

Oh wait, wait! I have two other ones: Oooold classics: "Soylent Green" and "Logan's Run". Brilliantly told and disturbing to watch then and today. 50 years ago but it never gets old.

[@kokayinewsome9308]

Dark City is my favorite of all these! Truman Show close second.

[@WillieManga]

Top 10 unreliable narrators would be a possible spinoff. Like the Life of Pi one. The titular survivor's story of bonding with animals on an island Robinson Crusoe style is later shown to be a lot more somber. But hey, it is rated PG so it won't go that dark... right?

[@Lia-A-Eastwood]

"The Others" with Nicole Kidman was an interesting one! "The Sixth Sense" as well. I would count them in because it wasn't all just in their heads. "Total Recall" is also missing I think.

[@kamsismith]

Lucy. That movie confused the hell out of me to this day, especially the ending.

[@BlackHatCinephile]

🥉

[@mondengcukana5184]

Lucy is a sexy version of Powder. At some point we'll all be energy, and not need mass (to matter). Pun intended.

[@Reaper-3000]

What about that Matthew McConaughey movie Frailty?

[@whocares9033]

I really want to comment on this without spoilers, but let's just say it doesn't belong on this list

[@sam-v3c8p]

Yeah I forgot about that movie.

[@jamiemcandrew7504]

If you were to include Miniseries, Ascension should be right up there for "it's all a lie"

[@kris242]

Why is it so rarely acknowledged that The Matrix is basically a modern retelling of Plato’s Allegory of The Cave?

[@nos4a212sd]

Shutter Island ? Any takers ?

[@Zralock79]

There are more movies like this: Source Code (2011) The Signal (2014) ... and if I had more time I could name even some more.

[@Lia-A-Eastwood]

Oh! Heck, yeah! Source Code was brilliant.

[@stoogefest16]

Angel Heart? I mean come on, that and The Usual Suspects are textbook cases of this motif. Glaring omissions them both.

[@amlaaaa479]

Angel Heart is one of the shittiest movies I've ever seen

[@PrinceIsot]

Wow Hollywood really doesn't like Stay at home Moms 😂

[@jamespohl-md2eq]

Vanilla Sky is a remake of the Spanish Abre los ojos (Open Your Eyes). Vastly superior. Penelope Cruz reprised her role in Vanilla Sky.

[@jasongodwin1319]

Vanilla Sky, Dont Worry Darling, The Matrix were allin their head.

[@ryanperez1999]

John Carpenter's They Live.

[@BoatsnHelicopters]

"They Live" should have received an honorable mention.

[@ElicBehexan]

I saw an old movie where the woman lied about everything. Tells the doctor her husband doesn't want kids. Tell her husband the doctor says she can't have kids. I came in near the end, but I got the impression she had a different lie about stuff to her "friends." At the end, the husband runs into the doctor and the doctor tells him that she wants kids but he doesn't. He says something like "I do, she told me she can't have them." Then, he goes home, confronts her and tells her he's divorcing her. The movie ends with her on the stairs crying. I wish I could find it. I have tried.

[@alm2187]

Matrix will always be my movie. I even liked Reloaded. For a #1 spot, though, I'd say you need to specify in the list title that it's mainstream only. Matrix has profundity aplenty. Nonetheless, the Wachowskis & company made so many choices in favor of widespread accessibility OVER profundity. To put it another way, Matrix really makes you think, but (like a personal trainer going easy on you for your first week) it STOPS really making you think after a certain point. I haven't read Simulacra & Simulation, but I know it inspired The Matrix yet the author criticized The Matrix for its over-simplicity. I haven't read The Invisibles, but I know Grant Morrison boasts that it's better and that he seriously considered a lawsuit over elements of The Matrix that ripped it off. I've seen Dark City and Existenz once each only, but I know their fans would tell me about a lot of stuff in them that's over my head until I take another look. Far as making us contemplate the idea of fabricated realities, Matrix only showed us the door. Few of us have walked through it.

[@amlaaaa479]

Matrix is a rip of of philosophy books and articles since Descartes (at least)

[@alm2187]

I'm sure a lot of classical philosophy went into it, @@amlaaaa479 Can't it have that without being a ripoff, though?

[@alm2187]

I'll reply soon if I remember, @amlaaaa479

[@alm2187]

Can't it have elements of classical philosophy without being a ripoff of classical philosophy?

[@powerzwerg5566]

Soylent Green - would we really all eat veggie if we knew?

[@DukeHalliday-cv4fx]

Blair Witch Project Should Have Been On Here

[@Lalocaababy]

Best one yet !!!

[@DJGamingSmash]

Don't Worry Darling

[@kennethferrari5232]

The Star Wars Prequel Trilogy. Even though the audience knows all along what is happening everyone in the movie series doesn't realize until too late that everything was manipulated by Palpatine. For that matter so was the Sequel trilogy.

[@whocares9033]

Do you not understand the concept of the list?

[@DudeEnglish]

Jacob’s Ladder should have been on this list.

[@JasonC1969]

No mention of John Carpenter's THEY LIVE, guess it just wasn't a big enough hit to be remembered, what a pity

[@GayleColson]

I remember "They Live " I still find myself looking twice at printed material all around me.

[@leonielson7138]

The most amazing thing about "The Matrix" is that it's the kind of movie that the real Matrix would create to officiate its own existence.

[@bladedrummer3498]

You mentioned both new and old versions of stepford wives but don't mention that vanilla sky is also a remake of a Spanish movie...

[@ellieb.8137]

I cannot believe that Unknown, starring Liam Neeson, didn't make this list! In it, he wakes up after an accident to find that someone else has stolen his identity and that even his own wife doesn't recognize him. Eventually, he discovers that his identity was actually fake, and that he is a killer, lol.

[@edfelstein3891]

Seriously?? Look at the title of the video -- The Usual Suspects fits it to a T!! It employs one of the great gimmicks in both film and literature: The Unreliable Narrator. To include it as just a throwaway at the end of the video is ridiculous. It should be #1.

[@LemonsMissy]

I would have included The Others.

[@KarenEastman-y6e]

I love Dark City.,The Matrix,And The Stepford Wives.🙂

[@WillieManga]

I do like the last act of The Village because the horrors of being in a cult are more terrifying than the monster.

[@Nawalanasfictionaltools]

Total recall is missing

[@kelst75]

I was like, Memento better be on here.....oh.

[@olleselin]

"The Village" was a good movie up until the twist ending came

[@Hopkins0316]

There's a movie called Exam that fits this premise very well I feel like.

[@jamiethal1319]

But nothing is really a lie.

[@slimmccoy8863]

Wouldn't call it a lie, but an interesting film. When people are under pressure, their true colors come out.

[@MasterGeek-mk5ne]

Shutter Island is missing

[@mattdemers3163]

Was all in his head - doesn't fit criteria

[@brandonrobinson529]

the whole time it was all in his head was it or no?

[@mattdemers3163]

@brandonrobinson529 the reality he was living was all in his head, yes

[@brandonrobinson529]

@ okay

[@alm2187]

My reply is gone.

[@qtrust]

The Others should be on this list.

[@JimmyEatsFood]

What others? 😂

[@judithstrachan9399]

@@JimmyEatsFood, WW2 era wife & her 2 kids think their house is haunted. It is… But not the way they think.

[@fuzeshore1988]

Oblivion with Tom Cruise

[@indymom9232]

Maze runner was like that. Half the time we had no idea about what was really going on.

[@nellybee5799]

Don’t worry darling is a bad copy of the original stepford wives

[@JW0885]

Another movie that pulled this off really well was Source Code

[@benjamindeiss9840]

I am missing one of my favorites .... The thirteens floor

[@Lazysnake2024]

Jacob's Ladder

[@nellybee5799]

Love this movie but it was technically in his head and she said they are making another video for those movies

[@CandiceVidito32]

The Matrix is virtual so not really a lie just not real

[@NajarinPrime]

It was a lie because even the reason they thought the matrix existed wasn’t real. The prophecy of the one was fabricated. The human refuge of Zion was also designed by the machines

[@redwildrider]

Why do we always forget "Wild Things" in these lists? Scenes in the credits change the whole plot of the movie.

[@alm2187]

Uhhh, the way I remember it, the truth at 2:18 is they really are up against various supernatural forces, AND it's a means to appease Ancient Gods through sacrifice. The observation team spies on them in complete secrecy. Does that secrecy depend on ANY LIE AT ALL, though? 😮

[@mattdemers3163]

Nah - the team was controlling the situations, making sure the ancient ones were appeased. The victims were in turn "living a lie" while at the Cabin as they were manipulated through and through

[@alm2187]

Secrecy and lies aren't the same, @@mattdemers3163 Can you name even one lie told to those characters, spoken written, or alluded to?

[@alm2187]

You're making a decent case that the main characters lied to themselves collectively, @mattdemers3163 Can you think of even one line of dialogue in which the overseers (or anyone representing them) sells them on any falsehood at all, though?

[@alm2187]

I'm keeping it simple yet KZbin won't let me answer that, @mattdemers3163

[@alm2187]

Good case that the main characters were lying to themselves. Can you think of even one line of dialogue in which the admins or their reps lied to them, though?

[@multifunfunman3241]

"The Matrix" definitely comes to mind when watching this video.

[@theacousticelectriccompany530]

What about the Usual Suspects?

[@rwilson40]

Fight Club should've been included

[@kesknott1778]

Inception, Shutter Island and Tenet 😅

[@alm2187]

But what would the lie be in either of the Nolan films you mentioned?

[@kesknott1778]

Shutter Island he pretended to be a detective along side his pyc doctor investigating crimes.... Inception was alot of dreams vs reality and Tenet well Denzel son recruited himself 🤕

[@alm2187]

That's what I'm saying. Shutter Island fits perfectly since most onscreen characters conspire to lie to Daniels. That's UNLESS WM calls it non-applicable because elements were in Daniels's head. And dreams aren't lies, per se. In fact, in Inception, the protagonists knowingly undertake missions in dream realities. It kind of inverts things since the ultimate objective is implanting a lie in one mark's head. Lastly, I don't claim to understand Tenet perfectly. I don't recall Robert Pattinson's character saying to The Protagonist "you didn't recruit me" earlier in the film, nor did he say "[specific other person] recruited me." A secret isn't a lie.

[@crillcreatesclassicchaos3554]

New lists I hope to see Top 10 movie moments where the protagonist or hero was helpless to stop a catastrophe in front of them Top 10 historical figures whom if they were not born, certain world changing events would have not happened at all Top 10 movies that bend the laws of everything we believe in as humanity since day one Top 10 exact movie moments that made people nearly stand from the couch or living room in excitement or cry out in defeat Top 10 Cowboy Bebop anime moments that will make anyone cry