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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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Annette
2021 · Drama
The Green Knight
2021 · Adventure
The Green Knight
2021 · Adventure
Sheep Without a Shepherd
2021 · Drama
Masquerade
2021 · Thriller
Thittam Irandu
2021 · Crime
Batman: The Long Halloween, Part Two
2021 · Mystery
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
2021 · Action
Green Snake
2021 · Adventure
The Light Touch
2021 · Comedy
Malik
2021 · Thriller
A Classic Horror Story
2021 · Drama
Tokyo Revengers
2021 · Crime
No Sudden Move
2021 · Drama
Haseen Dillruba
2021 · Thriller
Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One
2021 · Action
The Birthday Cake
2021 · Thriller
Censor
2021 · Horror
Flashback
2021 · Drama
Escape from Tarkov. Raid.
2021 · Action
The Woman in the Window
2021 · Drama
There Is No Evil
2021 · Action
Spiral: From the Book of Saw
2021 · Mystery
Monster
2021 · Drama
The Unbearable Lightness of the Revolution
2021 · Drama
Ajeeb Daastaans
2021 · Romance
Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet
2021 · Crime
The Ballerina
2021 · Horror
Koi Jaane Na
2021 · Thriller
Sword of Destiny
2021 · Action
City of Lies
2021 · Biography
Doors
2021 · Sci-Fi
Come True
2021 · Sci-Fi
Dark Web: Cicada 3301
2021 · Thriller
Son
2021 · Thriller
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A (Ad Infinitum)
2021 · Thriller
Keep an Eye Out
2021 · Comedy
The Father
2021 · Drama
Crisis
2021 · Drama
A Writer's Odyssey
2021 · Action
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