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= May 18 =

Movie about amnesia
What's the title of the sci-fi movie where a guy uses technology to erase his own memory, but then doesn't remember why he did it (duh!), and spends the movie trying to remember?

The movie is probably listed at Category:Films about amnesia. Thanks in advance. Daniel Carrero (talk) 17:11, 18 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Paycheck (film) seems to fit the bill. It's also not in that category.  -- Jayron 32 18:06, 18 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Total Recall is also not on that list and could conceivably fit, especially if the details were not well remembered. It's more about altered memories than strictly amnesia per se, though. Giving us details about the movie would help: do you have an idea of when it was made? American-made? Dystopia? Monsters or aliens? Matt Deres (talk) 12:22, 19 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Perhaps you're thinking about Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, which does feature technologically induced amnesia. Its plot isn't quite as you remember (sic), but as the film has a typically Kaufman non-linear structure, it's a plot that's rather easy to misapprehend. -- Finlay McWalter··–·Talk 15:00, 19 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Vanilla Sky ? StuRat (talk) 04:33, 22 May 2017 (UTC)


 * This is the most probable categoryPacostein (talk) 20:28, 24 May 2017 (UTC)