Movies with deluded protagonists?

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  • #16
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    These are all so great -- thanks everybody!

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    • #17
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      Originally posted by Mac H. View Post
      "Griff the Invisible".
      oh my god I effing love this movie. what a holy-****in-great film.

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      • #18
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        Identity.
        Quack.

        Writer on a cable drama.

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        • #19
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          Syriana
          Primal Fear
          The Parallax View
          Planet of the Apes
          Conspiracy Theory
          The Empire Strikes Back
          "Write every day. Don't quit. The rest is all bullshit." - Brian Koppelman

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          • #20
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            3rd act of Repo Men.


            Vanilla Sky.


            Trance.
            "Only nothing is impossible."
            - Grant Morrison

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            • #21
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              Since the OP didn't specify whether the films had to be good or not, I'll throw in Identity.

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              • #22
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                The Last Temptation of Christ
                Scrooged
                Enter the Void
                The Hangover 2, tacitly, unless you think of ZG as the villain...

                I think the OP and responses (including mine) have been mostly about protagonists who are illuded rather than deluded. There is literally something built into the structure of the movie's world external to the hero that is causing the perception of a false reality. I come from a sci-fi background, so I don't think I'll ever get tired of these.

                But it turns out that convincingly deluded heroes are much more difficult to pull off than illuded ones, so I find as I get older these types of stories are more fulfilling in the long run.

                Think of almost any protagonist in a Todd Solondz film. Think Travis Bickle (or Rupert Pupkin). These characters are just fundamentally detached from reality in dramatically fascinating ways, and that's what drives their story.

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                • #23
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                  He Was a Quiet Man (if I'm not mistaking)

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                  • #24
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                    Vertigo
                    The Others

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                    • #25
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                      -- and maybe Taxi Driver. I'm not sure if Scorsese meant for it all to be some nightmare delusion in Travis Bickle's head.

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                      • #26
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                        Caligula

                        Nixon

                        MacBeth

                        Memento

                        Total Recall
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                        • #27
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                          The Fisher King
                          Frosties are just Cornflakes for people who can't face reality.

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                          • #28
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                            I forgot Aguirre the Wrath of God.
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