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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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Trivisa
2016 · Drama
Donald Trump’s The Art of the Deal: The Movie
2016 · Comedy
Hail, Caesar!
2016 · Drama
A Dragon Arrives!
2016 · Drama
Exposed
2016 · Drama
Synchronicity
2016 · Sci-Fi
Dictator
2016 · Drama
My Sweet Audrina
2016 · Thriller
Diablo
2016 · Action
The Abandoned
2016 · Mystery
The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun
2015 · Thriller
The Big Short
2015 · Biography
Boy and the World
2015 · Adventure
Urumeen
2015 · Fantasy
Hate Story 3
2015 · Drama
Dementia
2015 · Thriller
The World of Kanako
2015 · Drama
The Man in 3B
2015 · Mystery
The House That Jack Built
2015 · Drama
Arrowhead
2015
Love
2015 · Drama
The Looking Glass
2015 · Drama
Kanal
2015 · Drama
Heart of a Dog
2015 · Documentary
Amar Akbar Anthony
2015 · Comedy
The Diabolical
2015 · Sci-Fi
The Assassin
2015 · Action
Suburra
2015 · Drama
Remainder
2015 · Drama
The Empire of Corpses
2015 · Horror
Talvar
2015 · Mystery
A Christmas Horror Story
2015 · Horror
The Anomaly
2015 · Action
Campus Code
2015 · Action
Hacker
2015 · Crime
Maya
2015 · Thriller
Welcome Back
2015 · Action
Heart Attack
2015 · Drama
Thani Oruvan
2015 · Thriller
Fever
2015 · Drama
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