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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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Challenger
1990 · Drama
The Voice of the Moon
1990 · Fantasy
Brain Dead
1990 · Sci-Fi
Marupuram
1990 · Drama
Silent Scream
1990 · Crime
Akira
1989 · Action
Boris Godounov
1989 · Drama
The Asthenic Syndrome
1989 · Drama
Back to the Future Part II
1989 · Adventure
Valmont
1989 · Drama
Mystery Train
1989 · Drama
Kill Me Again
1989 · Action
Crimes and Misdemeanors
1989 · Drama
If They Tell You I Fell
1989 · Romance
A City of Sadness
1989 · Drama
Dr. Caligari
1989 · Horror
The Package
1989 · Action
Millennium
1989 · Sci-Fi
Bilangin ang Bituin sa Langit
1989 · Drama
Nostos: The Return
1989 · Drama
Last Exit to Brooklyn
1989 · Drama
A Visitor to a Museum
1989 · Drama
Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All
1989 · Action
Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?
1989 · Drama
Santa Sangre
1989 · Horror
Marquis
1989 · Animation
Dream a Little Dream
1989 · Drama
Gang of Four
1989 · Mystery
Charithram
1989 · Thriller
Kamla Ki Maut
1989 · Drama
Tarka
1989 · Romance
Dangerous Liaisons
1988 · Drama
The Jester
1988 · Family
A Chaos of Flowers
1988 · Drama
Zerograd
1988 · Comedy
Drowning by Numbers
1988 · Comedy
Grotesque
1988 · Horror
The Last Temptation of Christ
1988 · Drama
Track 29
1988 · Drama
Oru CBI Diary Kurippu
1988 · Thriller
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