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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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High Heels
1991 · Drama
JFK
1991 · Biography
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
1991 · Adventure
Night on Earth
1991 · Drama
Kafka
1991 · Sci-Fi
Thalapathi
1991 · Crime
The White Viking
1991 · Drama
City of Hope
1991 · Drama
Shattered
1991 · Mystery
Godfather
1991 · Comedy
Roujin Z
1991 · Animation
Running Against Time
1991
Adwaytham
1991 · Drama
Dead Again
1991 · Drama
Barton Fink
1991 · Drama
Killer Instinct
1991 · Thriller
Slacker
1991 · Drama
Toto the Hero
1991 · Fantasy
Anna Karamazoff
1991
Oscar
1991 · Comedy
Brahmarshi Vishwamitra
1991 · History
Psychic Wars
1991 · Fantasy
Time of Love
1991 · Drama
Hum
1991 · Romance
House Under the Starry Skies
1991 · Comedy
Appula Appa Rao
1991 · Drama
Lal Salam
1990 · Drama
Frankenstein Unbound
1990 · Horror
Jacob's Ladder
1990 · Drama
Reversal of Fortune
1990 · Drama
Henry & June
1990 · Biography
Miller's Crossing
1990 · Drama
Mindwalk
1990 · Drama
Playroom
1990 · Horror
Bethune: The Making of a Hero
1990 · History
The Two Jakes
1990 · Drama
Last Exit to Brooklyn
1990 · Drama
No, or the Vain Glory of Command
1990 · History
Nouvelle Vague
1990 · Drama
Michael Madana Kama Rajan
1990 · Comedy
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