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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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After the Dark
2014 · Sci-Fi
Mahabharat
2013 · Adventure
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
2013 · Adventure
Silent Witness
2013 · Crime
The Rambler
2013 · Drama
Kamen Rider × Super Sentai × Space Sheriff: Super Hero Wars Z
2013 · Action
Midnight's Children
2013 · Drama
Trance
2013 · Drama
Upstream Color
2013 · Sci-Fi
Housefull
2013 · Comedy
Night Across the Street
2013 · Drama
Generation P
2012 · Sci-Fi
Cloud Atlas
2012 · Sci-Fi
Godfather
2012
The Oregonian
2012 · Mystery
Keyhole
2012 · Drama
Kahaani
2012 · Mystery
The Outraged
2012 · Documentary
Earthbound
2012 · Comedy
Hunting the Elements
2012 · Documentary
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
2011 · Thriller
The Tragedy of Man
2011 · Drama
Enter Nowhere
2011 · Mystery
Love Exposure
2011 · Action
Mysteries of Lisbon
2011 · Drama
World on a Wire (1973)
2011 · Sci-Fi
The Tree
2011 · Drama
The Tree of Life
2011 · Drama
Waking Madison
2011 · Mystery
The Image Threads
2010 · Fantasy
Carlos
2010 · Biography
Person of Interest
2010 · Drama
Zenith
2010 · Action
Enter the Void
2010 · Drama
Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider W & Decade: Movie War 2010 - Director’s Cut
2010
Life Is Too Long
2010
The Switch
2010 · Drama
Kutty Srank
2010 · Drama
Inception
2010 · Action
Triangle
2010 · Drama
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