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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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Thunivu
2023 · Thriller
Grom: Boyhood
2022 · Crime
Lost in the Stars
2022 · Thriller
Babylon
2022 · Drama
The Pale Blue Eye
2022 · Mystery
No Bears
2022 · Drama
Faithfully Yours
2022 · Mystery
Wildcat
2022 · Documentary
Govinda Naam Mera
2022 · Drama
Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam
2022 · Fantasy
Adult Swim Yule Log
2022 · Horror
Varalaru Mukkiyam
2022 · Romance
Fang
2022 · Drama
White Noise
2022 · Drama
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
2022 · Drama
Masooda
2022 · Drama
Yugi
2022 · Thriller
In a Better World
2022 · Drama
Mission to Mars
2022 · Drama
Monica, O My Darling
2022 · Drama
Satan's Slaves: Communion
2022 · Drama
One Piece Film: Red
2022 · Action
Something in the Dirt
2022 · Sci-Fi
Please Baby Please
2022 · Drama
Kendrick Lamar Live: The Big Steppers Tour
2022 · Music
Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power
2022 · Documentary
My Policeman
2022 · Drama
He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not
2022 · Romance
V/H/S/99
2022 · Horror
Old Man
2022 · Thriller
Repeat Shoe
2022 · Thriller
Rorschach
2022 · Action
Amsterdam
2022 · Drama
Ini Utharam
2022 · Crime
TÁR
2022 · Drama
To Every You I’ve Loved Before
2022 · Romance
Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm
2022 · Animation
Other Life
2022 · Drama
Ponniyin Selvan: Part I
2022 · Action
Vikram Vedha
2022 · Action
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