10 Netflix Movies That Make No Sense At All

10. 365 Days (2020)

The premise alone is wild: a woman is kidnapped and given a year to fall in love with her captor. It’s over-the-top, ethically messy, and somehow takes itself completely seriously. It’s the kind of movie you watch half in disbelief, half in fascination, texting your friends, “Are we really watching this?”

9. How It Ends (2018)

A road trip through the apocalypse sounds epic. Instead, it builds a huge mystery and then… just stops. The title is almost too honest. The only thing you clearly remember is how suddenly it cuts off, like someone unplugged the movie mid-scene.

8. Fractured (2019)

This movie gaslights you so hard that by the time the twist hits, you don’t even remember the rules the story set up. You spend the final minutes mentally replaying everything, wondering if any of it was logically possible. The answer? Probably not — but you still sat through it.

7. Spiderhead (2022)

Watching Chris Hemsworth play a charming-but-creepy scientist experimenting on prisoners should’ve been amazing. Instead, it can’t decide if it’s a dark comedy, a psychological thriller, or a serious ethics debate. By the end, you’re just as confused about the moral message as the characters are.

6. The Cloverfield Paradox (2018)

You can’t just slap the Cloverfield name onto a random space script and hope it magically connects. Arms disappear into walls. Physics stops working. The “multiverse” explanation feels like the writers shrugging at you. It tries to tie into a bigger universe but ends up floating in space alone.

5. Demon City (2025)

Stylish? Yes. Easy to follow? Not at all. People come back from the dead with zero explanation, villains switch motives mid-fight, and the story feels like it’s sprinting without a map. It’s fun if you just want action scenes — but if you blink, you’ve lost the plot entirely.

4. Leave the World Behind (2023)

This one builds tension like it’s going somewhere huge… and then just doesn’t. The deer. The teeth. The constant Friends references. It absolutely nails the anxiety of not knowing what’s happening, but it never gives you the relief of actual answers. You finish it with more questions than when you started.

3. The Life List (2025)

It tries to be heartfelt and romantic, but the “life goals” feel oddly dramatic for things like reading Moby-D or getting a tattoo. The dream sequences don’t help. By the second half, you’re less invested in the journey and more confused about who the main character even is.

2. I’m Thinking of Ending Things (2020)

Classic Charlie Kaufman energy. It starts like a tense “meet the parents” thriller and slowly spirals into something that feels like a fever dream. A talking pig. A janitor. A full ballet sequence. If you love surreal cinema, you’ll call it genius. If not, you’ll sit there wondering if you accidentally skipped to a different movie.

1. The Electric State (2025)

You hear “$300 million,” the Russo Brothers, and Millie Bobby Brown, and you expect something massive and meaningful. Instead, it feels like someone blended ‘90s nostalgia, dystopia, and random robot mascots in a smoothie. One minute it’s deep and emotional; the next there’s a walking peanut and drone chaos. The “consciousness transfer” plot? Good luck explaining that to your group chat.