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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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The Fly II
1989 · Sci-Fi
Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects
1989 · Action
Her Alibi
1989 · Mystery
The Prisoner of If Castle
1989 · Adventure
Lobster Man from Mars
1989 · Comedy
Aces Go Places V: The Terracotta Hit
1989 · Comedy
Physical Evidence
1989 · Crime
Mississippi Burning
1989 · Drama
In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones
1989 · Comedy
Intergirl
1989 · Romance
Baxter
1989 · Drama
Desperate for Love
1989 · Drama
Meet the Hollowheads
1989 · Horror
Shogun’s Shadow
1989 · History
Hanging Heart
1989 · Horror
Gleaming the Cube
1989 · Action
The January Man
1989 · Action
Long Arm of the Law III
1989 · Action
Bloody Brotherhood
1989 · Action
Vardi
1989 · Action
Kuduz
1989 · Drama
Balache Baap Brahmachari
1989
Bloodsuckers
1989 · Comedy
Back to Back
1989 · Action
Speak of the Devil
1989 · Horror
Ponmuttayidunna Tharavu
1988 · Drama
Dhwani
1988
Dhwani
1988
Gangaa Jamunaa Saraswathi
1988 · Drama
Hellbound: Hellraiser II
1988 · Thriller
The Accidental Tourist
1988 · Drama
Talk Radio
1988 · Drama
Chithram
1988 · Comedy
The Little Thief
1988 · Drama
Beaches
1988 · Drama
A Very Brady Christmas
1988 · Drama
Grandmother’s House
1988 · Thriller
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
1988 · Comedy
Crime Zone
1988 · Action
Criminal Talent
1988 · Drama
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- Dark Movies Grim worlds, moral grey zones and heavy atmospheres.
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- Mind-Bending Movies Confusing, twisting stories you need to watch twice.
- Fast-Paced Movies No slow scenes: the story never stops moving.
- Slow-Burn Movies Patient storytelling that builds to something big.
- Tense Movies Edge-of-your-seat suspense from start to finish.
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- Emotionally Heavy Movies Movies that make you cry and stay with you.
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