7 Highly Conceptual Movies

Most movies these days have a pretty set pattern to them: main character runs into problem, main character is down on their luck, main character conquers problem and reaches goals. It’s a tried-and-true formula that can adapt itself to any genre.

Some movies decided to go above that, however. They may stick to the general plot layout, but they bring a conceptual story with them that makes you think a lot more than you were planning to. Let’s take a look at some highly conceptual movies.

The Truman Show

This is probably the first movie (at least the first big one) to illustrate the concept of a false reality. And while it is a classic Jim Carrey comedy movie, you can’t help but wonder at the end of the movie why you were laughing in the first place.

Donnie Darko

If you’ve never heard of Tangent universe theory like normal mortals, this movie is exactly about that. A Tangent universe is a parallel universe that pauses the main universe until it ceases to exist, after which the main universe will unpause. It’ll make more sense once you’ve seen the movie. I hope.

The Butterfly Effect

The main character – played by Ashton Kutcher – in this movie has the ability to go back in time and change events as they unfold. In doing so, he can change the future. You can probably guess at this point that the effects of his actions don’t always have the outcome he hoped for, and it really becomes a deep rabbit hole very fast.