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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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De Dana Dan
2009 · Comedy
Defamation
2009 · Documentary
Broken Embraces
2009 · Drama
Women in Trouble
2009 · Comedy
Uncertainty
2009 · Drama
Searching for the Elephant
2009 · Drama
Gentlemen Broncos
2009 · Comedy
Paju
2009 · Romance
Battlestar Galactica: The Plan
2009 · Drama
Saw VI
2009 · Mystery
Antichrist
2009 · Drama
Pope Joan
2009 · Romance
All the Best: Fun Begins
2009 · Comedy
New York, I Love You
2009 · Drama
Jolly Fellows
2009 · Comedy
The Double Hour
2009 · Thriller
Mahatma
2009
Necromentia
2009 · Horror
Don’t Look Up
2009 · Horror
The Burning Plain
2009 · Drama
Disgrace
2009 · Drama
The Founding of a Republic
2009 · History
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
2009 · Drama
American Casino
2009 · Documentary
The Vintner’s Luck
2009 · Fantasy
Someone’s Knocking at the Door
2009 · Comedy
The Time Traveler's Wife
2009 · Drama
Kaminey
2009 · Crime
Taxidermia
2009 · Drama
Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker
2009 · Action
A Perfect Getaway
2009 · Drama
A Million
2009 · Thriller
Magadheera
2009 · Action
Ainthaam Padai
2009 · Action
Balibo
2009 · Mystery
Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders Super Spin-off
2009 · Comedy
The Shadow Effect
2009 · Documentary
New York
2009 · Drama
Marble Hornets
2009 · Mystery
Beautiful Kate
2009 · Drama
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