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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 Whore and the Whale
2004 · Drama
Yeh Lamhe Judaai Ke
2004 · Mystery
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004 · Drama
Intermission
2004 · Drama
Immortal
2004 · Drama
Thendral
2004
The Big Bounce
2004 · Thriller
Four Shades of Brown
2004 · Comedy
The Butterfly Effect
2004 · Sci-Fi
Athade Oka Sainyam
2004
Dead Leaves
2004 · Crime
Engal Anna
2004 · Romance
Virumaandi
2004 · Drama
Parasite
2004 · Horror
Mano Po 2: My Home
2003 · Drama
Filipinas
2003 · Drama
The Gathering
2003 · Comedy
Kim Possible: A Sitch In Time
2003 · Family
21 Grams
2003 · Drama
The Big Empty
2003 · Sci-Fi
The Singing Forest
2003 · Drama
Hukkle
2003 · Drama
Love Actually
2003 · Drama
The Matrix Revolutions
2003 · Action
Die, Mommie, Die!
2003 · Comedy
High Times Potluck
2003 · Crime
Intolerable Cruelty
2003 · Comedy
Wonderland
2003 · Drama
Timecop 2: The Berlin Decision
2003 · Action
Running on Karma
2003 · Drama
National Lampoon Presents Dorm Daze
2003 · Comedy
Demonlover
2003 · Drama
Millennium Actress
2003 · Drama
Matchstick Men
2003 · Drama
The Story of Marie and Julien
2003 · Drama
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
2003 · Drama
L.A. Confidential
2003 · Crime
Dust
2003 · Drama
Night Corridor
2003 · Horror
Green Tea
2003 · Drama
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