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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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Mars and April
2012 · Drama
To Rome with Love
2012 · Comedy
The Woman in the Fifth
2012 · Thriller
Dark Horse
2012 · Drama
Deranged
2012 · Horror
The Concubine
2012 · Drama
Lacuna
2012 · Drama
Adhinayakudu
2012
Don’t Click
2012 · Horror
Envelope
2012
Beyond the Black Rainbow
2012 · Sci-Fi
Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974)
2012 · Comedy
The Day He Arrives
2012 · Drama
Detention
2012 · Horror
Oki's Movie
2012 · Drama
The Cabin in the Woods
2012 · Sci-Fi
Housefull 2
2012 · Romance
The Devil’s Carnival
2012 · Horror
Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy
2012 · Mystery
Womb
2012 · Sci-Fi
Agent Vinod
2012 · Thriller
Brake
2012 · Action
Extracted
2012 · Thriller
John Carter
2012 · Action
Cleanskin
2012 · Crime
Liar Game: Reborn
2012 · Mystery
Aravaan
2012 · Drama
P.O.V. A Cursed Film
2012 · Horror
Muppozhudhum Un Karpanaigal
2012 · Thriller
Bullhead
2012 · Drama
Second Show
2012 · Action
Kill List
2012 · Thriller
Battlefield
2012 · Drama
Ace Attorney
2012 · Drama
Casanovva
2012 · Romance
Ayyare
2012 · Drama
Players
2012 · Thriller
A Separation
2011 · Drama
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
2011 · Action
Answers to Nothing
2011 · Drama
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- Mind-Bending Movies Confusing, twisting stories you need to watch twice.
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