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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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Beauty’s Rival in Palace
2010 · Drama
Citizen Kane
1941 · Drama
Vertigo
1958 · Mystery
Time Limit
1957 · Drama
The Three Faces of Eve
1957 · Drama
True Confession
1937 · Comedy
Mondo Trasho
1969 · Comedy
Woman of the Year
1942 · Drama
Pride and Prejudice
1940 · Drama
The Ipcress File
1965 · Thriller
The Blood of a Poet
1933 · Fantasy
Reflections in a Golden Eye
1967 · Drama
Casino Royale
1967 · Comedy
Animal Crackers
1930 · Comedy
Mildred Pierce
1945 · Drama
Point Blank
1967 · Drama
The Manchurian Candidate
1962 · Drama
A Shot in the Dark
1964 · Mystery
La Ronde
1951 · Drama
Giant
1956 · Drama
Seconds
1966 · Sci-Fi
Anatomy of a Murder
1959 · Drama
Touch of Evil
1958 · Drama
Two for the Road
1967 · Drama
The Longest Day
1962 · Action
Witness for the Prosecution
1958 · Drama
Cimarron
1931 · Drama
Arabesque
1966 · Action
Spellbound
1945 · Mystery
Blow-Up
1966 · Drama
The Rules of the Game
1950 · Drama
The Man Who Knew Too Much
1935 · Mystery
Harakiri
1964 · Action
The Barefoot Contessa
1954 · Drama
8½
1963 · Drama
Masculine Feminine
1966 · Drama
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