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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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Dangan Runner
1996 · Crime
Mother Night
1996 · Drama
Buenos Aires viceversa
1996
Moebius
1996
Conspirators of Pleasure
1996 · Drama
Seven Servants
1996 · Drama
Swallowtail Butterfly
1996 · Crime
Chronicle of a Disappearance
1996 · Drama
The Apartment
1996 · Mystery
Lone Star
1996 · Drama
Picnic
1996 · Drama
Saint Clara
1996 · Drama
Sengottai
1996 · Drama
Courage Under Fire
1996 · Action
Primal Fear
1996 · Drama
Chungking Express
1996 · Drama
Mahjong
1996 · Comedy
City Hall
1996 · Drama
Female Perversions
1996 · Drama
The Grave
1996 · Horror
Mahathma
1996
Richard III
1995 · Drama
Nixon
1995 · Biography
The City of Lost Children
1995 · Adventure
Operation Antha
1995
A Single Spark
1995 · Drama
Reckless
1995 · Comedy
Kuruthipunal
1995 · Drama
Strange Days
1995 · Action
Thunderbolt
1995 · Thriller
Screamers
1995 · War
The Prophecy
1995 · Action
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
1995 · Comedy
Nazar Ke Samne
1995
Ulysses’ Gaze
1995 · History
Dolores Claiborne
1995 · Drama
Exotica
1995 · Drama
Doraemon: Nobita’s Diary on the Creation of the World
1995 · Adventure
Un eroe borghese
1995 · Drama
Just Cause
1995 · Action
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