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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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Super Happy Forever
2024 · Drama
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
2024 · Comedy
Strange Darling
2024 · Horror
Greedy People
2024 · Comedy
Hostile Dimensions
2024 · Horror
Watchmen: Chapter I
2024 · Animation
Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba
2024 · Crime
Luce
2024 · Drama
Detained
2024 · Thriller
Deadpool & Wolverine
2024 · Action
The Abandon
2024 · Horror
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1
2024 · Drama
Reunion
2024 · Comedy
Kinds of Kindness
2024 · Comedy
What Remains
2024 · Crime
Maharaja
2024 · Thriller
The Grab
2024 · Documentary
The Watchers
2024 · Fantasy
Tuesday
2024 · Fantasy
Golam
2024 · Crime
Satyabhama
2024 · Thriller
Dark Signals
2024 · Horror
Colors of Evil: Red
2024 · Crime
South Park: The End of Obesity
2024 · Animation
Golden Kamuy
2024 · Action
Monster
2024 · Horror
Major Grom: The Game
2024 · Mystery
I Saw the TV Glow
2024 · Drama
Wildcat
2024 · Biography
Reversi
2024 · Drama
Challengers
2024 · Drama
Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths - Part Two
2024 · Animation
Interstate
2024 · Fantasy
The People's Joker
2024 · Comedy
The Beast
2024 · Drama
Strictly Confidential
2024 · Crime
Suspect
2024 · Mystery
Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World
2024 · Comedy
Sleeping Dogs
2024 · Crime
Dune: Part Two
2024 · Action
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