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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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The Con Artists
1976 · Comedy
All the President's Men
1976 · Biography
Face to Face
1976 · Drama
Helter Skelter
1976 · Drama
Violent Panic: The Big Crash
1976 · Crime
Illustrious Corpses
1976 · Thriller
Manhunt
1976 · Crime
Not a Pretty Picture
1976 · Documentary
The Black Bird
1975 · Comedy
Dharam Karam
1975
Inside Out
1975 · Crime
Lisztomania
1975 · Music
Darktown Strutters
1975 · Comedy
Three Days of the Condor
1975 · Mystery
Apoorva Raagangal
1975 · Romance
Nashville
1975 · Drama
India Song
1975 · Romance
Cops vs. Thugs
1975 · Crime
Silent Action
1975 · Action
Night Moves
1975 · Mystery
Mondo candido
1975 · Adventure
Footprints on the Moon
1975 · Mystery
The Other Francisco
1975 · History
We All Loved Each Other So Much
1974 · Drama
The Godfather: Part II
1974 · Drama
Murder on the Orient Express
1974 · Drama
Space Is the Place
1974 · Music
Shanks
1974 · Horror
The Deluge
1974 · Adventure
The Internecine Project
1974 · Drama
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
1974 · Drama
Chinatown
1974 · Drama
The Parallax View
1974 · Drama
The Infernal Trio
1974 · Crime
Stavisky…
1974 · History
Céline and Julie Go Boating
1974 · Comedy
And Now My Love
1974 · Drama
Number 96
1974
Mahler
1974 · Drama
The Perfume of the Lady in Black
1974 · Mystery
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