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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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Boo
2023 · Horror
Influencer
2023 · Mystery
Kennedy
2023 · Crime
Goodbye Julia
2023 · Drama
Karungaapiyam
2023 · Mystery
Maruthi Nagar Police Station
2023 · Action
Hypnotic
2023 · Action
Employee of the Month
2023 · Comedy
Psycho-Pass: Providence
2023 · Crime
2018
2023 · Adventure
Ponniyin Selvan: Part II
2023 · Action
We Are Both
2023 · Comedy
Virupaksha
2023 · Mystery
To Me, The One Who Loved You
2023 · Sci-Fi
Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine
2023 · Crime
Soppana Sundari
2023 · Comedy
Sam Now
2023 · Adventure
Gumraah
2023 · Thriller
Ravanasura
2023 · Comedy
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
2023 · Drama
Pathu Thala
2023 · Drama
Chor Nikal Ke Bhaga
2023 · Crime
Vellari Pattanam
2023 · Comedy
Full River Red
2023 · Drama
Boston Strangler
2023 · Drama
The Cuckoo’s Curse
2023 · Drama
The Fantastic Golem Affairs
2023 · Comedy
Linoleum
2023 · Sci-Fi
The Strays
2023 · Drama
Hidden Blade
2023 · Drama
The Other Fellow
2023 · Biography
Sharper
2023 · Drama
Consecration
2023 · Thriller
The Outwaters
2023 · Sci-Fi
Woman of the Photographs
2023 · Thriller
Empire
2023 · Drama
Cairo Conspiracy
2023 · Drama
Infinity Pool
2023 · Sci-Fi
The Wandering Earth II
2023 · Action
Missing
2023 · Drama
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