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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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Slaughterhouse-Five
1972 · Sci-Fi
What’s Up, Doc?
1972 · Romance
Roma
1972 · Comedy
The Seduction of Mimi
1972 · Comedy
Caliber 9
1972 · Action
Solaris
1972 · Mystery
Lal Patthar
1971 · Drama
A Clockwork Orange
1971 · Sci-Fi
Delusions of Grandeur
1971 · Comedy
Death Walks on High Heels
1971 · Thriller
Chhadmabeshi
1971 · Family
The Death of Me Yet
1971 · Drama
A Taste of Evil
1971 · Thriller
Beware of a Holy Whore
1971 · Comedy
The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave
1971 · Mystery
The Case of the Scorpion’s Tail
1971 · Mystery
The Devils
1971 · Biography
The Mephisto Waltz
1971 · Mystery
The Cat o' Nine Tails
1971 · Mystery
The Ceremony
1971 · Drama
The House That Dripped Blood
1971 · Horror
Vamsha Vriksha
1971
A Lizard in a Woman’s Skin
1971 · Thriller
Emperor Tomato Ketchup
1971 · Drama
The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh
1971 · Mystery
The Flight
1971 · History
Little Big Man
1970 · Adventure
El Topo
1970 · Drama
Dodes’ka-den
1970 · Drama
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
1970 · Comedy
The Wizard of Gore
1970 · Horror
The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun
1970 · Drama
The Conformist
1970 · Drama
Crime and Punishment
1970 · Drama
Maidstone
1970 · Drama
The Spider’s Stratagem
1970 · Drama
Performance
1970 · Drama
Cleopatra
1970 · Documentary
Cromwell
1970 · War
Myra Breckinridge
1970 · Drama
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