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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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Palmetto
1998 · Drama
I Want You
1998 · Music
Sphere
1998 · Sci-Fi
Twilight of the Ice Nymphs
1998 · Mystery
Jackie Brown
1997 · Drama
Deconstructing Harry
1997 · Drama
Bella Mafia
1997 · Drama
Eve's Bayou
1997 · Drama
Cure
1997 · Crime
Gummo
1997 · Drama
Boogie Nights
1997 · Drama
Gang Related
1997 · Action
Hysteria
1997 · Horror
Mohabbat
1997 · Romance
L.A. Confidential
1997 · Drama
As Time Goes By
1997 · Documentary
The Hanging Garden
1997 · Drama
Chinese Box
1997 · Drama
Mrs. Dalloway
1997 · Romance
Ashes of Paradise
1997 · Mystery
Contact
1997 · Sci-Fi
Gupt: The Hidden Truth
1997 · Thriller
Love Stories
1997 · Comedy
Underground
1997 · Drama
The Pillow Book
1997 · Drama
Nowhere
1997 · Sci-Fi
Genealogies of a Crime
1997 · Drama
The Soong Sisters
1997 · Romance
Irma Vep
1997 · Drama
Riot
1997 · Drama
Total Reality
1997 · Action
The Second Civil War
1997 · War
Nirvana
1997 · Drama
Iruvar
1997 · History
Retroactive
1997 · Crime
Quiet Days in Hollywood
1997 · Drama
Thieves
1996 · Drama
My Fellow Americans
1996 · Adventure
The English Patient
1996 · Drama
Breaking the Waves
1996 · Drama
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