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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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On the Silver Globe
1988 · Drama
Anguish
1987 · Horror
Brazil
1985 · Sci-Fi
A Zed & Two Noughts
1985 · Drama
Once Upon a Time in America
1984 · Drama
The Element of Crime
1984 · Drama
I Am The Cheese
1983 · Drama
City of Pirates
1983 · Drama
Three Crowns of the Sailor
1983 · Fantasy
Human Highway
1982 · Drama
Pink Floyd: The Wall
1982 · Drama
On Top of the Whale
1982 · Fantasy
City of Women
1980 · Comedy
Stalker
1979 · Drama
Vertical Features Remake
1978 · Documentary
A Wedding
1978 · Comedy
The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting
1978 · Drama
Eraserhead
1978 · Horror
Black Moon
1975 · Fantasy
Coonskin
1975 · Drama
The Travelling Players
1975 · Drama
The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat
1974 · Comedy
Sweet Movie
1974 · Comedy
Zardoz
1974 · Sci-Fi
The Holy Mountain
1973 · Adventure
The Hourglass Sanatorium
1973 · Fantasy
O Lucky Man!
1973 · Music
The Third Part of the Night
1971 · Drama
Long Live Death
1971 · Drama
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
1970 · Drama
The Kremlin Letter
1970 · Thriller
2001: A Space Odyssey
1968 · Adventure
Blonde Cobra
1963
The Outrage
1964 · Western
Mahabharat
1965 · Drama
Sympathy for the Devil
1968 · Music
A Man Vanishes
1967 · Documentary
The Locket
1946 · Crime
Thunderstorm
1934 · Drama
The Milky Way
1969 · Drama
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