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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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Venus in Fur
2014 · Drama
In the Absence of the Sun
2014 · Romance
Foucault Against Himself
2014 · Documentary
Mall
2014 · Drama
Midnight Hair
2014 · Horror
The Signal
2014 · Sci-Fi
Age of Tomorrow
2014 · Thriller
The Moment
2014 · Thriller
Rigor Mortis
2014 · Action
Anna
2014 · Drama
Borgman
2014 · Drama
Fatal Instinct
2014 · Action
The Night Shift
2014 · Comedy
Overheard 3
2014 · Crime
Filth
2014 · Drama
X-Men: Days of Future Past
2014 · Action
The Dance of Reality
2014 · Biography
Mr. Fraud
2014 · Thriller
The Xposé
2014 · Crime
The Double
2014 · Drama
Death in Buenos Aires
2014 · Drama
Mr. Jones
2014 · Drama
The Great Hypnotist
2014 · Drama
Chandamama Kathalu
2014 · Drama
Buttwhistle
2014 · Drama
Sarajevo
2014 · History
Dirty Hands
2014 · Thriller
Death Do Us Part
2014 · Horror
7th Day
2014 · Action
Oculus
2014 · Horror
Cruel & Unusual
2014 · Thriller
Under the Skin
2014 · Sci-Fi
Ulidavaru Kandanthe
2014 · Drama
O Teri
2014 · Drama
Exposed
2014 · History
Big Men
2014 · Documentary
Die Gstettensaga: The Rise of Echsenfriedl
2014 · Comedy
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014 · Drama
Fair Play
2014 · Drama
Glass Onions
2014
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