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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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Under the Rainbow
2013 · Romance
A Certain Magical Index: The Miracle of Endymion
2013 · Fantasy
Motivational Growth
2013 · Fantasy
Nobody’s Daughter Haewon
2013 · Drama
Okkadine
2013 · Romance
Long Live Freedom
2013 · Drama
Side Effects
2013 · Drama
Ongole Githa
2013 · Comedy
Movie 43
2013 · Comedy
Vishwaroopam
2013 · Thriller
Resolution
2013 · Mystery
John Dies at the End
2013 · Sci-Fi
Samar
2013 · Action
Before the Revolution
2013 · History
Balkan Is Not Dead
2013 · History
Ripples of Desire
2012 · Drama
Prince of the City
2012 · Crime
Yamudiki Mogudu
2012 · Comedy
Tabu
2012 · Drama
Ludwig II
2012 · Drama
The Girl
2012 · Drama
Chapters
2012 · Drama
Mine Games
2012 · Horror
Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning
2012 · Action
Talaash
2012 · Drama
Imaginaerum
2012 · Drama
Life of Pi
2012 · Adventure
16 Acres
2012 · History
Suddenly Last Summer
2012 · Romance
A Man Vanishes (1967)
2012 · Drama
Pizzas
2012
The Land of Cards
2012 · Fantasy
Burn
2012 · Documentary
In Another Country
2012 · Drama
Harodim
2012 · Drama
Confession of Murder
2012 · Thriller
Café de Flore
2012 · Drama
009 Re:Cyborg
2012 · Action
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D
2012 · Mystery
Darkest Night
2012 · Horror
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