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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
Showing 881–920 of 3,156 movies · newest release first
The Bad Guys
2018 · Drama
Double Lover
2018 · Drama
Aapla Manus
2018 · Thriller
Nilacholey Kiriti
2018 · Thriller
Kalakalappu 2
2018 · Comedy
Chalo
2018 · Romance
Les Unwanted de Europa
2018 · History
Vodka Diaries
2018 · Mystery
My Birthday Song
2018 · Thriller
Kaalakaandi
2018 · Drama
Jai Simha
2018 · Comedy
The Beyond
2018 · Sci-Fi
Colony
2018
Okka Kshanam
2017 · Romance
Along With the Gods: The Two Worlds
2017 · Action
Happy End
2017 · Drama
Crooked House
2017 · Drama
Aadu 2
2017 · Comedy
Masterpiece
2017 · Thriller
Maayavan
2017 · Action
Birdboy: The Forgotten Children
2017 · Sci-Fi
Killing for Love
2017 · Crime
Steel Rain
2017 · Action
Oxygen
2017 · Thriller
Missing 2
2017 · Thriller
Murder on the Orient Express
2017 · Drama
I Remember You
2017 · Drama
A Bride for Rip Van Winkle
2017 · Drama
Ittefaq
2017 · Mystery
Phantasmagoria: A Puzzle of Flesh
2017 · Horror
All I See Is You
2017 · Drama
Jigsaw
2017 · Mystery
Always Be with You
2017 · Horror
Mersal
2017 · Crime
Gali Guleiyan
2017 · Drama
Haunted Road 2
2017 · Horror
Blade Runner 2049
2017 · Sci-Fi
Hara Hara Mahadevaki
2017 · Comedy
Woodshock
2017 · Drama
Infinity Chamber
2017 · Sci-Fi
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