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Movies with Complex, Mind-Bending Plots: Summaries & Endings Explained
3,156 movies with complex, mind-bending plots, each with a full plot summary, timeline, character guide and the ending explained. Combine filters to narrow it down.
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Kamen Rider: Beyond Generations
2021 · Drama
South Park: Post COVID: The Return of COVID
2021 · Comedy
The Scary of Sixty-First
2021 · Mystery
The Whole Truth
2021 · Thriller
The Conspirators
2021 · Drama
Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea
2021 · History
Maanaadu
2021 · Action
Drive My Car
2021 · Drama
Adbhutham
2021 · Drama
Mothering Sunday
2021 · Drama
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn
2021 · Drama
The Power of the Dog
2021 · Drama
A Christmas Tale
2021 · Comedy
Eternals
2021 · Action
Only the Animals
2021 · Drama
The Souvenir: Part II
2021 · Drama
The Spine of Night
2021 · Action
Family Drama
2021 · Crime
Dune: Part One
2021 · Action
The French Dispatch
2021 · Drama
Broadcast Signal Intrusion
2021 · Drama
Warning
2021 · Sci-Fi
The Last Duel
2021 · Action
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
2021 · Drama
Bergman Island
2021 · Drama
Needle in a Timestack
2021 · Sci-Fi
The Free Fall
2021 · Horror
V/H/S/94
2021 · Horror
Titane
2021 · Drama
Cry of Fear
2021 · Horror
The Hidden Child
2021 · Drama
Malignant
2021 · Action
The Voyeurs
2021 · Drama
Terrorizers
2021 · Drama
Dune
2021 · Adventure
Who You Think I Am
2021 · Drama
Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms
2021 · Animation
Reminiscence
2021 · Sci-Fi
Raja Raja Chora
2021 · Comedy
Kanabadutaledu
2021 · Crime
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