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Movies with Confusing, Mind-Bending Plots: Summaries & Endings Explained
295 movies with confusing, 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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Active Measures
2018 · Documentary
Gogol. A Terrible Vengeance
2018 · Adventure
The Third Murder
2018 · Drama
7 Splinters in Time
2018 · Sci-Fi
Ghost Stories
2018 · Drama
Seven
2018 · Thriller
Curvature
2018 · Sci-Fi
Forgotten
2017 · Thriller
Antiporno
2017 · Drama
mother!
2017 · Drama
Death Note
2017 · Action
Men
2017 · Comedy
Shimmer Lake
2017 · Drama
Petscop
2017 · Animation
Saithan
2016 · Action
Vineland
2016 · Romance
Phantasm: Ravager
2016 · Fantasy
ARQ
2016 · Sci-Fi
Zoom
2016 · Drama
Power
2016 · Comedy
A Chinese Odyssey Part Three
2016 · Comedy
Detective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare
2016 · Action
The Forbidden Room
2015 · Drama
Narcopolis
2015 · Sci-Fi
The Incident
2015 · Drama
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Mother(s)
2015 · Drama
Enakkul Oruvan
2015 · Mystery
Vice
2015 · Action
Gangs of Wasseypur
2015 · Action
Predestination
2015 · Action
Inherent Vice
2014 · Drama
Zid
2014 · Romance
Iyobinte Pusthakam
2014 · History
Payday
2014 · Comedy
Bunshinsaba 3
2014 · Mystery
Coherence
2014 · Sci-Fi
The Incident
2014 · Horror
Enemy
2014 · Mystery
The Infinite Man
2014 · Comedy
River of Fundament
2014
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