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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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Samurai Reincarnation
1981 · Horror
Hands Up!
1981 · Drama
Eyewitness
1981 · Drama
American Pop
1981 · Drama
Altered States
1980 · Sci-Fi
The Formula
1980 · Thriller
The Orion Loop
1980
The Visitor
1980 · Sci-Fi
The Last Witness
1980 · Drama
Stardust Memories
1980 · Comedy
A Deadly Secret
1980 · Drama
The Great Rock ’n’ Roll Swindle
1980 · Music
From the Life of the Marionettes
1980 · Drama
The Stunt Man
1980 · Action
Every Man for Himself
1980 · Drama
The Missing Link
1980 · Adventure
The Tin Drum
1980 · Drama
Zigeunerweisen
1980 · Mystery
Girl with the Golden Panties
1980 · Thriller
Forbidden Zone
1980 · Fantasy
Bad Timing
1980 · Thriller
The Ninth Configuration
1980 · Drama
Merry-Go-Round
1980 · Mystery
Aguila
1980 · Action
Billa
1980 · Crime
The Lathe of Heaven
1980 · Fantasy
All That Jazz
1979 · Drama
Vengeance Is Mine
1979 · Drama
More American Graffiti
1979 · Drama
The Lady in Red
1979 · Action
The Butterfly Murders
1979 · Fantasy
Phantasm
1979 · Sci-Fi
Babylon XX
1979 · Drama
The Third Generation
1979 · Comedy
Winter Kills
1979 · Drama
Jubilee
1979 · Drama
The Visitor
1979 · Horror
Dominique
1979 · Mystery
The Marriage of Maria Braun
1979 · Drama
Murder by Natural Causes
1979 · Crime
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