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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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Solitaire
2016 · Drama
Suddenly Seventeen
2016 · Romance
Man Down
2016 · Drama
The Duelist
2016 · Action
Jackie
2016 · Biography
Kahaani 2
2016 · Thriller
10 Kalpanakal
2016 · Crime
Tank 432
2016 · Action
Miss Sloane
2016 · Drama
Evolution
2016 · Sci-Fi
Working Beks
2016 · Comedy
Nocturnal Animals
2016 · Drama
Woman on Fire
2016 · Documentary
Arrival
2016 · Sci-Fi
Elle
2016 · Drama
Death Note: Light Up the NEW World
2016 · Horror
Inferno
2016 · Action
Die Beautiful
2016 · Drama
Oxenfree
2016 · Adventure
The Handmaiden
2016 · Drama
Patient Seven
2016 · Thriller
Gangster
2016 · Action
Zulfiqar
2016 · Crime
The Greasy Strangler
2016 · Thriller
Beyond
2016 · Action
Bad Black
2016 · Action
Meridian
2016 · Mystery
Delusion
2016 · Drama
Revengeance
2016 · Animation
Maya 3D
2016 · Horror
Baar Baar Dekho
2016 · Romance
The 9th Life of Louis Drax
2016 · Mystery
Antibirth
2016 · Horror
Kidaari
2016 · Romance
Insane
2016 · Horror
Happy Hour
2016 · Drama
Line Walker
2016 · Drama
Amityville: No Escape
2016 · Horror
The Bride (La Novia)
2016 · Drama
League of Gods
2016 · Action
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