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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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Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
1956 · Crime
Ittefaq
1969 · Mystery
Paulina Is Leaving
1969 · Drama
The Verdict
1946 · Crime
Foreign Intrigue
1956 · Thriller
The Six-Sided Triangle
1963 · Drama
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966 · Comedy
Contempt
1963 · Drama
Patthar Ke Sanam
1967 · Drama
The Long Night
1947 · Romance
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I Am Curious (Yellow)
1967 · Drama
The Trip
1967 · Drama
Mexican Spitfire at Sea
1942 · Comedy
Tokyo Revengers
2021 · Animation
Marry My Husband
2024 · Drama
Gintama: The Semi-Final
2021 · Animation
Moon Knight
2022 · Mystery
The Book of Boba Fett
2021
JL50
2020 · Drama
Caliphate
2020 · Drama
Fresno
1986 · Comedy
A Woman of Substance
1985 · Drama
Oppenheimer
1980 · Drama
Malice@Doll
2001 · Animation
Death Note
2006 · Animation
Vientos de agua
2006 · Drama
Bleak House
2005 · Drama
Funland
2005 · Mystery
Seven
2019 · Drama
Guest of Honor
2019 · Drama
Sharp Objects
2018 · Mystery
24: Live Another Day
2014 · Drama
Nymphomaniac
2014 · Drama
Sherlock: The Reichenbach Fall
2012 · Mystery
City Hunter
2011 · Crime
Sherlock: The Great Game
2010 · Mystery
Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
2010 · Comedy
Sherlock: The Sign of Three
2014 · Mystery
Sherlock: The Empty Hearse
2014 · Mystery
Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia
2012 · Crime
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