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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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The Night Buffalo
2007 · Drama
Dante’s Inferno
2007 · Comedy
Far North
2007 · Romance
Flatland
2007 · Animation
Tears of the Black Tiger
2007 · Action
Resolved
2007 · Documentary
Missing
2007 · Thriller
The Dead Girl
2006 · Drama
The Good Shepherd
2006 · Drama
Curse of the Golden Flower
2006 · Action
The Good German
2006 · Drama
Big Nothing
2006 · Action
3 Needles
2006 · Drama
Sivappathigaram
2006 · Action
Deja Vu
2006 · Action
The Fountain
2006 · Sci-Fi
Bobby
2006 · Drama
The Colonel
2006 · Crime
Unknown
2006 · Drama
Death of a President
2006 · Drama
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
2006 · Drama
Tekkonkinkreet
2006 · Action
Varalaru
2006 · Drama
Curiosity Kills the Cat
2006 · Drama
The Departed
2006 · Mystery
Shortbus
2006 · Drama
All the King's Men
2006 · Drama
Renaissance
2006 · Action
The Science of Sleep
2006 · Drama
The Black Dahlia
2006 · Drama
Puzzle
2006 · Thriller
Mushi-Shi: The Movie
2006 · Fantasy
Retribution
2006 · Horror
Jaane Hoga Kya
2006 · Thriller
Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles
2006 · Action
Classmates
2006 · Mystery
Martyr
2006 · Horror
Don
2006 · Drama
Hamilton
2006 · Drama
Dasepo Naughty Girls
2006 · Romance
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