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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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DAU. Degeneration
2020 · Horror
HIT: The First Case
2020 · Action
Mafia
2020 · Drama
Filipiñana
2020 · Drama
Trance
2020 · Thriller
The Last Thing He Wanted
2020 · Drama
Fantasy Island
2020 · Fantasy
Malang
2020 · Action
Jiang Ziya
2020 · Fantasy
Horse Girl
2020 · Drama
Gentleman
2020 · Action
The Traitor
2020 · Biography
Incitement
2020 · Thriller
Beasts Clawing at Straws
2020 · Drama
The Gentlemen
2020 · Action
Disco Raja
2020 · Thriller
The Turning
2020 · Drama
The Nose or Conspiracy of Mavericks
2020 · Animation
A Fall from Grace
2020 · Thriller
Eye for an Eye
2020 · Drama
VHYes
2020 · Comedy
Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior
2020 · Drama
Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo
2020 · Action
Asur
2020 · Comedy
The Grudge
2020 · Mystery
Sacrifice
2020 · Thriller
Ghost Stories
2019 · Thriller
The Grudge
2019 · Horror
Avane Srimannarayana
2019 · Western
Union of Salvation
2019 · Adventure
Ruler
2019 · Romance
Line of Descent
2019 · Drama
I See You
2019 · Drama
In Fabric
2019 · Horror
The Mandela Effect
2019 · Sci-Fi
The Gentlemen
2019 · Crime
Dead Kids
2019 · Thriller
Yeh Saali Aashiqui
2019 · Thriller
The Translators
2019 · Mystery
White Snake
2019 · Action
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