Who am I? Movie Amnesia
The incidence of amnesia amongst movie characters is far greater than that of the 'real-life' population, but then that goes for murders and crazy scrapes too. If movies are about telling stories - and let’s hope they are - then getting amnesia is a pretty darn good story.
Film Amnesia represents a loss of self; complete collapse of the ego. The character is a naive and vulnerable newborn, learning right from wrong all over again, either for comic ('Finding Nemo') or tragic ('Memento') effect. Consequently some of cinema's most interesting, funny, intriguing, exciting and enchanting stories have started with the proverbial bump on the head. 'Memento', 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind', 'A Very Long Engagement' and the brutal, 'The Machinist' spring to recent mind; but what about, 'Paris, Texas', 'Angel Heart', Hitchcock's 'Spellbound', 'The English Patient', 'Robocop' even the 1987 Kurt and Goldie comedy classic, 'Overboard'.
Scroll down and check out some of these unforgettable titles…
Pictured: Ronald Colman tries hard to remember Greer Garson in 'Random Harvest'
Cube / Cypher ( Blu-ray ) (1997)
Director: Vincenzo Natali
Starring: David Hewlett, Jeremy Northam, Nicky Guadagni, Nicole de Boer, Maurice Dean Wint...
A blu-ray double feature from director Vincenzo Natali. 'Cube' (1997, 92 mins) - Six strangers wake up inside a three-dimensional maze of interlocking... Read more
Cypher (2002)
6.8/10
Director: Vincenzo Natali
Starring: Jeremy Northam, Lucy Liu
Morgan Sullivan (Jeremy Northam) is an out of work accountant, stuck in an unhappy suburban life. Seeking an escape, he joins the multinational corpor... Read more
Dark City ( Blu-ray ) (1997)
7.7/10
Director: Alex Proyas
Starring: Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, William Hurt, Richard O'Brie...
A Kafkaesque slice of sci-fi noir from director/co-writer Alex Proyas ("The Crow"), this haunting thriller stars Rufus Sewell as a man who awakens to... Read more
Dark City (Director's Cut) (1997)
7.7/10
Director: Alex Proyas
Starring: Jennifer Connelly, William Hurt, Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Richard O'Brie...
A Kafkaesque slice of sci-fi noir from director/co-writer Alex Proyas ("The Crow"), this haunting thriller stars Rufus Sewell as a man who awakens to... Read more
Dead Again (1991)
7/10
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Derek Jacobi, Robin Williams, Hanna Schygulla
A stylish, witty, imaginative psychological thriller starring Kenneth Branagh as an L.A. private detective who tries to help a beautiful amnesia victi... Read more
Delta State: Volume 1 (2004)
7.7/10
Director: Pascal David, Wayne Moss
Based on a comic book this Canadian animated series features four amnesiacs who can enter the 'Delta State', an ethereal realm where they must piece t... Read more
Delta State: Volume 2 (2004)
7.7/10
Director: Pascal David, Wayne Moss
Claire, Luna, Philip and Martin continue their battle against the Rifters on all fronts. They have infiltrated politics, video games, they are influe... Read more
Delta State: Volume 3 (2004)
7.7/10
Director: Pascal David, Wayne Moss
The Rifter apocalypse has begun...the series continues with four more episodes: 'Mind Over Matter'; 'Blast from the Past'; 'Curse of the Undead' and '... Read more
Diminished Capacity (2008)
5.7/10
Director: Terry Kinney
Starring: Matthew Broderick, Alan Alda, Virginia Madsen, Dylan Baker, Bobby Cannavale, Lou...
A delightfully bittersweet comedy with Matthew Broderick as a newspaper editor who finds himself rotated from the political section to the comic strip... Read more
Dude, Where's My Car? (2000)
5.5/10
Director: Danny Leiner
Starring: Ashton Kutcher, Seann William Scott, Marla Sokoloff, Kristy Swanson, Jennifer Ga...
For stoned slacker buds Jesse (Anton Kutcher) and Chester (Sean William Scott), it was the best night of their lives... if only they could remember it... Read more