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Movies like Memento

Not everyone loves Memento for the same reason. Pick the one that was yours, and the picks follow.

The 3 reasons people love Memento

Read them all. One will sound more like you than the others.

  1. You like assembling a story in reverse.

  2. You like a man investigating his wife's murder with Polaroids and tattoos.

  3. You like a film you need to see twice.

Picks that share your reasons

Which reasons were yours?

Tick them here or with “That’s me” above. The picks re-sort by how many of your reasons they share.

  • Shutter Island2010

    • a film you need to see twice

    Good for you if you like a film you want to restart as soon as it ends.

  • Perfect Blue1998

    • assembling a story in reverse

    Good for you if you like a story where dream, filming and reality blur.

  • The Usual Suspects1995

    • a man investigating his wife's murder with Polaroids and tattoos

    Good for you if you like trying to work out who's behind it all.

  • Mr. Robot2015

    • assembling a story in reverse

    Good for you if you like piecing together a hacking plot against the giant E Corp.

  • Severance2022

    • assembling a story in reverse

    Good for you if you like piecing together what Lumon really does.

  • Dark2017

    • assembling a story in reverse
    • a film you need to see twice

    Good for you if you like a family tree you need to draw on paper.

  • Inception2010

    • assembling a story in reverse
    • a film you need to see twice

    Good for you if you like a plot you have to hold in your head, layer by layer.

  • Westworld2016

    • assembling a story in reverse
    • a film you need to see twice

    Good for you if you like a plot you have to piece together across timelines.

  • Twelve Monkeys1995

    • assembling a story in reverse

    Good for you if you like a time loop you piece together.

  • Prisoners2013

    • a man investigating his wife's murder with Polaroids and tattoos

    Good for you if you like collecting clues and trying to get ahead of the detective.

Reasons taken from Memento's card. Picks from the Ipsomap catalogue. This application uses TMDB and the TMDB APIs but is not endorsed, certified, or otherwise approved by TMDB.

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