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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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Game Changer
2025 · Action
Identity
2025 · Mystery
Baby John
2024 · Action
Last Song for You
2024 · Drama
The Activated Man
2024 · Thriller
Abruptio
2024 · Animation
Oh, Canada
2024 · Drama
Watchmen: Chapter II
2024 · Animation
Jolly O Gymkhana
2024 · Comedy
Zebra
2024 · Crime
Nirangal Moondru
2024 · Thriller
Nocturnal Animals
2024
Here
2024 · Drama
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
2024 · Documentary
Emilia Pérez
2024 · Comedy
Time Cut
2024 · Horror
Magpie
2024 · Thriller
Do Patti
2024 · Crime
The Line
2024 · Drama
Bougainvillea
2024 · Mystery
We Live in Time
2024 · Drama
Martin
2024 · Drama
Caddo Lake
2024 · Drama
The Menendez Brothers
2024 · Documentary
Joker: Folie à Deux
2024 · Crime
Look Back
2024 · Animation
The Visitor
2024 · Comedy
Things Will Be Different
2024 · Horror
The Forest Hills
2024 · Drama
Sattam En Kaiyil
2024 · Thriller
Hitler
2024 · Drama
Kadaisi Ulaga Por
2024 · Action
Omni Loop
2024 · Drama
Kishkindha Kaandam
2024 · Drama
See You Yesterday
2024 · Drama
The Nana Project
2024 · Comedy
The Mother of All Lies
2024 · Documentary
Visfot
2024 · Crime
Slingshot
2024 · Sci-Fi
Virunnu
2024 · Drama
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