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Movies with Moderately Complex Plots: Summaries & Endings Explained
20,066 movies with moderately complex plots, each with a full plot summary, timeline, character guide and the ending explained. Combine filters to narrow it down.
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Fat Man and Little Boy
1989 · Biography
The Architecture of Doom
1989 · Documentary
Breaking In
1989 · Adventure
The Fabulous Baker Boys
1989 · Drama
The Magic Portal
1989 · Animation
Drugstore Cowboy
1989 · Drama
An Innocent Man
1989 · Action
Beyond the Door III
1989 · Horror
Johnny Handsome
1989 · Drama
Kala Bazaar
1989 · Action
Black Rain
1989 · Action
Spider’s Web
1989 · Drama
A Dry White Season
1989 · Drama
Sea of Love
1989 · Crime
L.A. Bounty
1989 · Drama
The Big Picture
1989 · Drama
Old Gringo
1989 · Romance
Sweetie
1989 · Drama
Nair Saab
1989 · Drama
Speaking Parts
1989 · Drama
Jagratha
1989 · Crime
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
1989 · Crime
Chanakyan
1989 · Thriller
Avalon
1989 · Adventure
Shirley Valentine
1989 · Drama
Romero
1989 · Drama
Wired
1989 · Comedy
Chakkikotha Chankaran
1989 · Family
Casualties of War
1989 · Drama
Innale
1989 · Romance
Ponmana Selvan
1989 · Family
Innale
1989 · Romance
Meet the Feebles
1989 · Music
Violent Cop
1989 · Crime
The Iceman Cometh
1989 · Comedy
A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
1989 · Fantasy
Devil Hunters
1989 · Action
The Abyss
1989 · Action
Kindergarten
1989 · Drama
Ramji Rao Speaking
1989 · Comedy
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