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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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The Things You Kill
2025 · Drama
Nuremberg
2025 · Biography
Baramulla
2025 · Horror
Baahubali: The Epic
2025 · Action
Anniversary
2025 · Thriller
After the Hunt
2025 · Crime
Urchin
2025 · Drama
Play Dirty
2025 · Action
One Battle After Another
2025 · Action
Him
2025 · Horror
Compulsion
2025 · Thriller
Bang Bang
2025 · Drama
Bouchra
2025 · Animation
The Threesome
2025 · Comedy
The Legend of Hei 2
2025 · Animation
The Thursday Murder Club
2025 · Comedy
The Fantastic Golem Affairs
2025 · Comedy
Honey Don't!
2025 · Comedy
Hell House LLC: Lineage
2025 · Horror
Coolie
2025 · Action
An Honest Life
2025 · Drama
Eddington
2025 · Comedy
Metro… In Dino
2025 · Comedy
Dheeran
2025 · Drama
Chennai City Gangsters
2025 · Comedy
Killing Mary Sue
2025 · Action
The Unholy Trinity
2025 · Action
Bazooka
2025
Man Finds Tape
2025 · Mystery
Our Hero, Balthazar
2025 · Thriller
Taandob
2025 · Action
The Life of Chuck
2025 · Drama
Straw
2025 · Drama
Thug Life
2025 · Action
The Phoenician Scheme
2025 · Action
A Private Life
2025 · Mystery
Kokuho
2025 · History
A Useful Ghost
2025 · Fantasy
The Old Woman with the Knife
2025 · Action
Another Simple Favor
2025 · Comedy
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