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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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Hanna K.
1983 · Drama
Zelig
1983 · Comedy
Twilight Zone: The Movie
1983 · Sci-Fi
Koyaanisqatsi
1983 · Music
Life Is a Bed of Roses
1983 · Comedy
Videodrome
1983 · Sci-Fi
Anna to the Infinite Power
1983 · Drama
Good-bye Cruel World
1983 · Comedy
Skullduggery
1983 · Comedy
Heat and Dust
1983 · Drama
Ode to Gallantry
1982 · Comedy
Sophie's Choice
1982 · Drama
Agni Sakshi
1982 · Drama
The Sender
1982 · Thriller
An Egyptian Story
1982 · Fantasy
Labyrinth of Passion
1982 · Drama
Hammett
1982 · Drama
The Draughtsman’s Contract
1982 · Mystery
Moondru Mugam
1982 · Action
Querelle
1982 · Drama
Blade Runner
1982 · Action
Britannia Hospital
1982 · Comedy
Wrong Is Right
1982 · Drama
Rajput
1982 · Romance
Deathtrap
1982 · Mystery
Missing
1982 · Biography
Frankenstein Island
1981 · Horror
Ragtime
1981 · Drama
The War of the Worlds: Next Century
1981
Shock Treatment
1981 · Comedy
The Duel of the Century
1981 · Mystery
The French Lieutenant's Woman
1981 · Drama
Maeve
1981 · Drama
Kagero-za
1981 · Drama
Kagero-za
1981 · Drama
Honky Tonk Freeway
1981 · Comedy
Prince of the City
1981 · Drama
Heavy Metal
1981 · Adventure
Man of Iron
1981 · Drama
Teheran ’43
1981 · Action
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