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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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Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal
2015 · Fantasy
Maps to the Stars
2015 · Drama
Wondrous Boccaccio
2015 · Drama
Anegan
2015 · Romance
The Last Five Years
2015 · Drama
Jupiter Ascending
2015 · Action
Beyond
2015 · Drama
Rahasya
2015 · Thriller
The Loft
2015 · Thriller
Yennai Arindhaal
2015 · Thriller
Bitter Lake
2015 · Documentary
The Duke of Burgundy
2015 · Drama
Classmates
2015
Alone
2015 · Horror
NightCry
2015 · Horror
Psycho-Pass: The Movie
2015 · Action
Dark Summer
2015 · Thriller
88
2015 · Action
Ebar Shabor
2015 · Thriller
The Translator
2015 · Comedy
Winter Sleep
2014 · Drama
Gone with the Bullets
2014 · Adventure
The Captive
2014 · Thriller
Seconds
2014 · Mystery
Comet
2014 · Sci-Fi
Billy Bates
2014 · Drama
The Crossing I
2014 · Drama
The Imitation Game
2014 · Biography
Past Tense
2014 · Romance
V/H/S: Viral
2014 · Action
Naamkaran
2014 · Drama
The Jacket
2014 · Romance
Haunted Road
2014 · Horror
Monty Python: The Meaning of Live
2014 · Documentary
Origins
2014 · Documentary
Khaad
2014 · Adventure
The Lookalike
2014 · Drama
Interstellar
2014 · Action
ABCs of Death 2
2014 · Horror
Karthikeya
2014 · Thriller
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