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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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I Am Love
2010 · Drama
Confessions
2010 · Thriller
Vedam
2010 · Drama
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead
2010 · Comedy
4.3.2.1
2010 · Crime
Once a Gangster
2010 · Comedy
Trick the Movie: Psychic Battle Royale
2010 · Thriller
The Sentimental Engine Slayer
2010 · Drama
Mission London
2010 · Comedy
The Secret in Their Eyes
2010 · Drama
Secret Sunday
2010 · Horror
Don McKay
2010 · Drama
Teza
2010 · Drama
Estocolmo
2010 · Drama
LSD: Love, Sex aur Dhokha
2010 · Drama
Thanthonni
2010 · Action
Just Another Pandora’s Box
2010 · Comedy
The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie!
2010 · Mystery
Closed for the Season
2010 · Horror
Heavy Rain
2010 · Documentary
Shutter Island
2010 · Drama
The Ghost Writer
2010 · Drama
Leader
2010 · Drama
Aptharakshaka
2010 · Drama
Valentine's Day
2010 · Comedy
Lunopolis
2010 · Thriller
Secret Reunion
2010 · Thriller
Ajami
2010 · Drama
Kiss Me Again
2010 · Comedy
Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works
2010 · Animation
The Valdemar Legacy
2010 · Horror
44 Inch Chest
2010 · Drama
Naanayam
2010 · Drama
Bitch Slap
2010 · Action
No Mercy
2010 · Thriller
Hell Money
2010
The White Ribbon
2009 · Drama
The Turn of the Screw
2009 · Drama
Sita Sings the Blues
2009 · Fantasy
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
2009 · Drama
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