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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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Lunacy
2006 · Horror
The Night Listener
2006 · Mystery
See How They Run
2006 · Comedy
Bloody Reunion
2006 · Horror
Omkara
2006 · Drama
A Scanner Darkly
2006 · Sci-Fi
The Lake House
2006 · Drama
Land of the Blind
2006 · Drama
Like Minds
2006 · Mystery
Dream Home
2006 · Horror
The Yacoubian Building
2006 · Drama
Colossal Youth
2006 · Drama
La Moustache
2006 · Drama
The Da Vinci Code
2006 · Mystery
Lemming
2006 · Drama
The Blue Elephant
2006 · Animation
Five Fingers
2006 · Thriller
Three Times
2006 · Drama
Creepshow 3
2006 · Horror
Free Jimmy
2006 · Animation
Lucky Number Slevin
2006 · Thriller
Basic Instinct 2
2006 · Mystery
Brick
2006 · Drama
Lovers, Liars and Lunatics
2006 · Comedy
Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams
2006 · Horror
Mrs. Harris
2006 · Thriller
C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America
2006 · Drama
Aksar
2006 · Thriller
Lion
2006 · Drama
Salvage
2006 · Horror
Subject Two
2006 · Thriller
Who Loves the Sun
2006 · Comedy
House Hunting
2006 · Adventure
Hungama
2006 · Comedy
Ghatak
2006 · Drama
Casanova
2005 · Adventure
Caché (Hidden)
2005 · Drama
Hoodwinked!
2005 · Mystery
The Tiger
2005 · Crime
Marebito (The Stranger from Afar)
2005 · Drama
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