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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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Raajneeti
2010 · Drama
Wild Things: Foursome
2010 · Mystery
Detention
2010 · Horror
Spanish Movie
2009 · Comedy
The Vanquisher
2009 · Action
Mr. Nobody
2009 · Romance
Timecrimes
2008 · Action
Synecdoche, New York
2008 · Drama
The Garden of Sinners: Paradox Spiral
2008 · Animation
King Lear
2008 · Drama
Youth Without Youth
2007 · Drama
Futurama: Bender’s Big Score
2007 · Comedy
I'm Not There.
2007 · Biography
Southland Tales
2007 · Sci-Fi
The Nines
2007 · Sci-Fi
Nadiya Kollappetta Rathri
2007 · Crime
Runaway Horse
2007 · Drama
Paprika
2007 · Sci-Fi
Brand Upon the Brain!
2007 · Drama
Paris, je t'aime
2007 · Drama
Inland Empire
2006 · Drama
Babel
2006 · Drama
The Prestige
2006 · Drama
Death Note: The Last Name
2006 · Thriller
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society
2006 · Animation
Phir Hera Pheri
2006 · Comedy
Don
2006 · Family
Slaughtered Vomit Dolls
2006 · Drama
Stay
2005 · Drama
Nine Lives
2005 · Drama
Strange Circus
2005 · Drama
Takeshis’
2005 · Fantasy
Mind Game
2005 · Adventure
2046
2005 · Sci-Fi
The League of Gentlemen’s Apocalypse
2005 · Horror
2009: Lost Memories
2005 · Action
Primer
2004 · Sci-Fi
Infection
2004 · Drama
Gozu
2004 · Drama
The I Inside
2004 · Drama
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