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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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Detective Chinatown 3
2021 · Action
Sator
2021 · Horror
Little Big Women
2021 · Drama
Bliss
2021 · Sci-Fi
One for the Road
2021 · Drama
Kabadadaari
2021 · Crime
Tribhanga
2021 · Drama
Go/Don't Go
2021 · Sci-Fi
Maara
2021 · Drama
Nail Polish
2021 · Crime
Coolie No. 1
2020 · Comedy
AK vs AK
2020 · Drama
The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity
2020 · Drama
Skylines
2020 · Action
Wander Darkly
2020 · Drama
The Devil Inside
2020 · Drama
Wander
2020 · Action
Love, Weddings & Other Disasters
2020 · Comedy
Elyse
2020 · Drama
The Call
2020 · Mystery
The Last Five Years
2020 · Music
Andhaghaaram
2020 · Thriller
The Infernal Walker
2020 · Action
Mank
2020 · Biography
The Informer
2020 · Action
It’s a Summer Film!
2020 · Comedy
Rogue City
2020 · Action
Taish
2020 · Drama
Shadows
2020 · Thriller
The Empty Man
2020 · Drama
Synchronic
2020 · Sci-Fi
War
2020 · Drama
Dead Again
2020 · Horror
Batman: Death in the Family
2020 · Action
Black Box
2020 · Sci-Fi
The Call
2020 · Horror
Bahut Hua Sammaan
2020 · Crime
Death of Me
2020 · Mystery
Khaali Peeli
2020 · Comedy
Bellingcat: Truth in a Post-Truth World
2020 · Documentary
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