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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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Kidon
2013 · Comedy
Madras Cafe
2013 · Drama
I Don’t Know Whether to Slit My Wrists or Leave Them Long
2013 · Comedy
Enoshima Prism
2013 · Fantasy
Proloy
2013 · Drama
Liars All
2013 · Thriller
Confusion Na Wa
2013 · Comedy
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox
2013 · Fantasy
Pawn Shop Chronicles
2013 · Action
The Devil You Know
2013 · Mystery
Gintama: The Movie 2: The Final Chapter: Be Forever Yorozuya
2013 · Animation
God For Sale
2013 · Drama
Byzantium
2013 · Drama
Laurence Anyways
2013 · Drama
The House at the End of Time
2013 · Drama
Rushlights
2013 · Thriller
Player
2013 · Comedy
IRL
2013 · Drama
The Smile Man
2013 · Drama
Hello, My Dolly Girlfriend
2013 · Romance
Berberian Sound Studio
2013 · Drama
Now You See Me
2013 · Mystery
Iddarammayilatho
2013 · Action
Shadow Dancer
2013 · Drama
Ugly
2013 · Crime
Aurangzeb
2013 · Action
Mumbai Police
2013 · Thriller
Separation
2013 · Thriller
Disconnect
2013 · Drama
Antiviral
2013 · Sci-Fi
Bachchan
2013 · Action
The Face of Another
2013 · Drama
The Place Beyond the Pines
2013 · Drama
Swamy Ra Ra
2013 · Comedy
Players
2013 · Comedy
New World
2013 · Thriller
Vanishing Waves
2013 · Sci-Fi
The Kitchen
2013 · Drama
Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster Returns
2013 · Crime
Le Petit Soldat (re-release)
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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