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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 Gay Sisters
1942 · Romance
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1968 · History
Wave Makers
2023 · Drama
Ship of Fools
1965 · Drama
Lizzie
1957 · Drama
Puthiya Paravai
1964 · Romance
Time Piece
1965 · Fantasy
The Secret Fury
1950 · Crime
The Mystery of Marie Roget
1942 · Crime
Totò in the Moon
1958 · Comedy
Diamonds of the Night
1964 · Drama
The Day of the Jackal
2024 · Mystery
A Page of Madness
1926 · Horror
Town on Trial
1957 · Mystery
Paris Belongs to Us
1961 · Mystery
The Green Archer
1961 · Crime
The Face of Another
1966 · Drama
Night and Fog in Japan
1960 · Drama
The Joke
1969 · Comedy
La Commare Secca
1962 · Crime
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
1965 · Thriller
Oliver Twist
1999 · Drama
Where Love Has Gone
1964 · Drama
Chronicle of Poor Lovers
1954 · Romance
The Return of Dr. Mabuse
1961 · Crime
Pigsty
1969 · Drama
There’s Always a Price Tag
1957 · Drama
The Burning Court
1962 · Drama
Candy
1968 · Fantasy
The Cremator
1969 · Horror
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
1961 · Drama
Castle in the Desert
1942 · Crime
Two Stage Sisters
1964 · Drama
Inner Sanctum
1948 · Thriller
The Old Guard
1960 · Comedy
Funeral in Berlin
1966 · Thriller
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
1933 · Mystery
The Last Judgment
1961 · Comedy
Spiral
1999 · Drama
Woh Kaun Thi
1964 · Thriller
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