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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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One Hundred and One Nights
1995 · Comedy
Bad Company
1995 · Action
Temptress
1995 · Horror
AMBA
1995 · Animation
Mixed Nuts
1994 · Drama
Farinelli
1994 · Drama
Three Colors: Red
1994 · Drama
Felidae
1994 · Thriller
Wes Craven's New Nightmare
1994 · Mystery
Timecop
1994 · Action
Ashes of Time
1994 · Action
Arizona Dream
1994 · Drama
The Three Swordsmen
1994 · Comedy
Minnaram
1994 · Romance
A Confucian Confusion
1994 · Comedy
Being Human
1994 · Drama
Kika
1994 · Drama
Minsan Lang Kita Iibigin
1994 · Romance
Sugar Hill
1994 · Drama
Dulaara
1994 · Thriller
Woman of Desire
1994 · Thriller
Madam
1994
Bank Robber
1993 · Thriller
Entangled
1993 · Drama
Shhh!
1993 · Horror
Desperate Remedies
1993 · Drama
Philadelphia Experiment II
1993 · Adventure
Green Snake
1993 · Fantasy
Gettysburg
1993 · Drama
M. Butterfly
1993 · Drama
The Hour of the Pig
1993 · Romance
Terminal USA
1993 · Drama
Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould
1993 · Drama
The Joy Luck Club
1993 · Drama
Clean, Shaven
1993 · Drama
Boxing Helena
1993 · Drama
Patlabor 2: The Movie
1993 · Action
Rising Sun
1993 · Action
The Mad Monk
1993 · Comedy
Chamayam
1993
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