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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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Pizza
2012 · Horror
Seven Psychopaths
2012 · Drama
Smiley
2012 · Drama
The Thieves
2012 · Action
Wolwedans In Die Skemer
2012
It's Such a Beautiful Day
2012 · Sci-Fi
Grave Torture
2012 · Horror
Double Xposure
2012 · Crime
Looper
2012 · Action
Thaandavam
2012 · Action
Headshot
2012 · Drama
The City of Children
2012 · Drama
The Killing Games
2012 · Horror
Switch
2012 · Adventure
Life Is Beautiful
2012 · Comedy
White Deer Plain
2012 · History
The Words
2012 · Drama
Tell No One
2012 · Comedy
What Remains
2012 · Drama
The Eye of the Storm
2012 · Drama
Branded
2012 · Action
Ship of Theseus
2012 · Drama
Guns, Girls and Gambling
2012 · Crime
Srimannarayana
2012 · Drama
Shanghai Gypsy
2012 · Drama
Neighboring Sounds
2012 · Drama
Friday
2012 · Romance
Cosmopolis
2012 · Drama
Beloved
2012 · Drama
Twixt
2012 · Thriller
The Philadelphia Experiment
2012 · Adventure
Another World
2012 · Documentary
Killer Joe
2012 · Drama
Uu Kodathara Ulikki Padathara
2012 · Fantasy
Red Lights
2012 · Drama
Alps
2012 · Drama
The Imposter
2012 · Biography
The Godfather Legacy
2012 · Documentary
Easy Money
2012 · Drama
The Life of Budori Gusuko
2012 · Fantasy
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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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