

Shutter Island evokes the sort of visceral response that its title suggests and is quite a bit darker than Inception. RELATED: Why ‘Inception’ Is Christopher Nolan’s Masterpiece So, if you liked the mind-trip that is Inception, buckle up for 12 more cerebral movies to watch next. Whether it's recurring actors and other behind-the-scenes people, or that plots and concepts that question the nature of reality, the movies here are similar to each other in some form or another. Of course, they're not all Nolan, but each of these films is visually interesting, has that overall slickness factor – the thing that makes Inception so darn cool. The movies on this list also bend and manipulate the limits of reality, and that might even set audiences off on some existential pondering of their own - and existential pondering is a Christopher Nolan specialty, so you shouldn't be surprised to find so many of his films made it onto the list.

Cobb agrees to take on this final job – a job that will push him to the limits of sanity, with memories projected from his own mind threatening to jeopardize the entire mission and the very lives of his team. This is a highly sought-after skill among the wealthy elite, and the ability to manipulate the mind’s interpretation of its dreamed reality comes with a big payout, but perhaps even bigger consequences. Leonardo Dicaprio is Don Cobb, an expert in corporate espionage who is tasked with assembling a team that can achieve inception – the infiltration of a person’s dream-state to plant an idea for organic growth within the mind. With mind-blowing cerebral concepts and visuals, along with well-delivered explanations to describe said concepts and visuals, Inception takes viewers on a detailed tour through the world of our own mind – an unconscious world that affects our conscious reality.

Over a decade later and Inception is still one of the coolest movies ever.
