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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 Five Senses
1999 · Drama
Charisma
1999 · Thriller
Entrapment
1999 · Action
Go
1999 · Thriller
The Matrix
1999 · Action
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1999 · Thriller
Playing by Heart
1999 · Drama
Samarasimha Reddy
1999 · Action
The Thin Red Line
1999 · Action
Sneham Kosam
1999 · Family
Saworoide
1999
Mutiny
1999 · War
A Civil Action
1998 · Drama
José Rizal
1998 · Drama
The Conman
1998 · Action
The Miracle of P. Tinto
1998 · Fantasy
Celebrity
1998 · Drama
Velvet Goldmine
1998 · Drama
Beloved
1998 · Drama
Happiness
1998 · Drama
Ashes to Ashes
1998 · Drama
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Drama
Swasthik
1998
Dark Harbor
1998 · Drama
Divorcing Jack
1998 · Comedy
Poodle Springs
1998 · Mystery
Wrongfully Accused
1998 · Action
Pi
1998 · Sci-Fi
Natpukkaga
1998 · Drama
The X Files
1998 · Sci-Fi
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
1998 · Drama
The Opposite of Sex
1998 · Drama
Khrustalyov, My Car!
1998 · Drama
Goodbye Lover
1998 · Thriller
Sliding Doors
1998 · Drama
The Spanish Prisoner
1998 · Drama
Wild Things
1998 · Mystery
The Truth
1998 · Action
The Last Broadcast
1998 · Mystery
Dark City
1998 · Sci-Fi
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