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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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Master of the Game
2004 · Drama
Birth
2004 · Drama
The Grudge
2004 · Mystery
Siren
2004 · Horror
The Machinist
2004 · Mystery
Bangkok Loco
2004 · Music
I Heart Huckabees
2004 · Drama
The Raspberry Reich
2004 · Comedy
Infernal Affairs
2004 · Mystery
Burn! (re-release)
2004 · Drama
Incident at Loch Ness
2004 · Adventure
Head in the Clouds
2004 · Drama
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
2004 · Action
Wilby Wonderful
2004 · Comedy
Criminal
2004 · Drama
The Art of Losing
2004 · Thriller
Spider Forest
2004 · Mystery
Wicker Park
2004 · Drama
Hero
2004 · Action
Vettam
2004 · Comedy
Rosenstrasse
2004 · Drama
The Manchurian Candidate
2004 · Drama
The Village
2004 · Mystery
Madhouse
2004 · Horror
The Burial Society
2004 · Thriller
Ju-on: The Grudge
2004 · Thriller
Fahrenheit 9/11
2004 · History
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004 · Adventure
Jiang Hu
2004 · Crime
Marebito
2004 · Horror
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
2004 · Drama
Fanny and Alexander (re-release)
2004 · Drama
The Saddest Music in the World
2004 · Drama
Koma
2004 · Drama
Casshern
2004 · Drama
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
2004 · Action
Kushi Kushiga
2004
The Big Swindle
2004 · Comedy
Shade
2004 · Thriller
Vellinakshatram
2004 · Horror
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