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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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Gumnaam
1965 · Mystery
The Enforcer
1951 · Thriller
Samurai Spy
1965 · Drama
Hysteria
1965 · Thriller
Nightmare
1964 · Thriller
The Brothers Karamazov
1969 · Drama
Sunghursh
1968 · Action
Freud: The Secret Passion
1962 · Drama
The Bishop Murder Case
1929 · Mystery
Dead of Night
1945 · Thriller
L’Eclisse
1962 · Romance
Belle de Jour
1967 · Drama
The Night of the Generals
1967 · War
The Egyptian
1954 · Drama
The Maltese Falcon
1931 · Mystery
Trans-Europ-Express
1966 · Thriller
Pandava Vanavasamu
1965 · Drama
The Count of Monte Cristo
1934 · Drama
The Arrangement
1969 · Romance
Dead Reckoning
1946 · Crime
Ice Palace
1960 · Adventure
The Hills Run Red
1966 · Action
The Lion in Winter
1968 · History
The Limping Man
1953 · Thriller
The Wizard of Id
1969 · Comedy
Mrs. Parkington
1944 · Romance
Paris When It Sizzles
1964 · Romance
The Magus
1968 · Drama
Weekend
1967 · Comedy
Black Lizard
1968 · Crime
Bon Voyage
1944 · War
The World Changes
1933 · Drama
Oh… Rosalinda!!
1955 · Music
The Damned
1969 · Drama
Ten Little Indians
1965 · Mystery
Head
1968 · Music
Hour of the Wolf
1968 · Drama
Ten Thousand Days
1967 · Drama
The Honey Pot
1967 · Comedy
Prudence and the Pill
1968 · Comedy
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