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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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On the Silver Globe (1988)
2016 · Adventure
30 Years Ago
2016 · Drama
Marauders
2016 · Action
Lukamari
2016 · Drama
The Debt
2016 · Drama
Swiss Army Man
2016 · Adventure
Right Now, Wrong Then
2016 · Drama
The Truth Beneath
2016 · Thriller
Totems
2016 · Animation
Udta Punjab
2016 · Drama
Classmates
2016 · Romance
Diary of a Chambermaid
2016 · Drama
The Wailing
2016 · Mystery
All the Way
2016 · History
Manhattan Night
2016 · Drama
Kaili Blues
2016 · Drama
Mudhugauv
2016 · Action
High-Rise
2016 · Action
The Lobster
2016 · Sci-Fi
Einstein’s God Model
2016 · Drama
Mah e Mir
2016 · Drama
24
2016 · Thriller
Lemonade
2016 · Music
Tale of Tales
2016 · History
Flight Crew
2016 · Action
Above and Below
2016 · Adventure
The Adderall Diaries
2016 · Action
Time Renegades
2016 · Fantasy
Love Games
2016 · Thriller
Insane
2016 · Thriller
Alleluia! The Devil’s Carnival
2016 · Horror
Run
2016 · Comedy
Baskin
2016 · Fantasy
Too Late
2016 · Drama
This House Has People in It
2016 · Comedy
Remember
2016 · Drama
Knight of Cups
2016 · Drama
Vettah
2016 · Thriller
Kshanam
2016 · Crime
Embrace of the Serpent
2016 · Adventure
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