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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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Blood Punch
2014 · Thriller
Tabloid Truth
2014 · Mystery
Vengeful Heart
2014 · Comedy
The LEGO Movie
2014 · Action
A Field in England
2014 · Drama
Redirected
2014 · Crime
1: Nenokkadine
2014 · Thriller
Truth
2014 · Thriller
Dedh Ishqiya
2014 · Drama
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
2014 · Action
Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared 2
2014 · Horror
Mr Joe B. Carvalho
2014 · Comedy
The Sinking of Sozopol
2014 · Drama
The Best Offer
2014 · Drama
The Thirteenth Tale
2013 · Drama
Madha Yaanai Koottam
2013 · Thriller
Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor
2013 · Drama
Drishyam
2013 · Drama
American Hustle
2013 · Drama
Trap for Cinderella
2013 · Drama
Lupin the Third vs. Detective Conan: The Movie
2013 · Thriller
The Trials of Cate McCall
2013 · Drama
Oldboy
2013 · Action
PERSONA3 THE MOVIE #1 Spring of Birth
2013 · Adventure
Irandam Ulagam
2013 · Fantasy
Control
2013 · Thriller
Marvel Zombies vs. Army of Darkness
2013
Lucia
2013 · Fantasy
Haunter
2013 · Mystery
Boss
2013 · Action
Sixteen
2013 · Thriller
Escape from Tomorrow
2013 · Drama
Ramayya Vasthavayya
2013 · Action
Valentine Road
2013 · Documentary
A Touch of Sin
2013 · Drama
So This Is Christmas
2013 · Comedy
The Turning
2013 · Drama
Soul
2013 · Mystery
Passion
2013 · Drama
Closed Circuit
2013 · Drama
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- Mind-Bending Movies Confusing, twisting stories you need to watch twice.
- Fast-Paced Movies No slow scenes: the story never stops moving.
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