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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.
Movie Summaries Matching Your Filters
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Red Joan
2019 · Biography
Kavaludaari
2019 · Crime
Athiran
2019 · Romance
Her Smell
2019 · Drama
The Tashkent Files
2019 · Drama
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
2019 · Adventure
The Wind
2019 · Horror
High Life
2019 · Adventure
The Last
2019 · Drama
Lucifer
2019 · Thriller
Legend of the Demon Cat
2019 · Drama
Volition
2019 · Thriller
Babylon
2019 · Drama
An Elephant Sitting Still
2019 · Drama
Badla
2019 · Drama
Guests
2019 · Thriller
Sonchiriya
2019 · Action
LKG
2019 · Comedy
Bell Bottom
2019 · Thriller
The Tree of Blood
2019 · Drama
So Long, My Son
2019 · Drama
Happy Death Day 2U
2019 · Sci-Fi
Who You Think I Am
2019 · Romance
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;Surrection
2019 · War
Everybody Knows
2019 · Drama
High Flying Bird
2019 · Drama
Berlin, I Love You
2019 · Drama
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
2019 · Documentary
Natasaarvabhowma
2019 · Action
Braid
2019 · Mystery
Piercing
2019 · Mystery
Serenity
2019 · Sci-Fi
Glass
2019 · Action
Fate/stay night: Heaven’s Feel II. Lost Butterfly
2019 · Fantasy
Perfect Strangers (Perfectos Desconocidos)
2019 · Comedy
The Untold Story
2019 · Drama
Petta
2019 · Drama
Brexit: The Uncivil War
2019 · Drama
Nathicharami
2018 · Drama
Vice
2018 · Biography
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