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Movies with Moderately Complex Plots: Summaries & Endings Explained
20,038 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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Kiss of the Spider Woman
1985 · Drama
The Man with One Red Shoe
1985 · Thriller
Night on the Galactic Railroad
1985 · Drama
Explorers
1985 · Adventure
Silverado
1985 · Action
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
1985 · Action
Aram + Aram = Kinnaram
1985 · Romance
Back to the Future
1985 · Adventure
St. Elmo's Fire
1985 · Drama
Lifeforce
1985 · Action
Return to Oz
1985 · Adventure
Cocoon
1985 · Sci-Fi
The Legend of the Stardust Brothers
1985 · Comedy
Secret Admirer
1985 · Comedy
Prizzi's Honor
1985 · Drama
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
1985 · Adventure
Perfect
1985 · Drama
Typhoon Club
1985 · Drama
Fletch
1985 · Mystery
Anveshana
1985 · Mystery
Trancers
1985 · Action
Rendez-vous
1985 · Romance
The Quiet Earth
1985 · Drama
Rustlers’ Rhapsody
1985 · Western
Waiting for the Hearse
1985 · Comedy
Yudh
1985
Gymkata
1985 · Action
The Purple Rose of Cairo
1985 · Drama
The Oracle
1985 · Mystery
Taipei Story
1985 · Drama
Desperately Seeking Susan
1985 · Drama
Cop au Vin
1985 · Mystery
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
1985 · Fantasy
Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future
1985 · Comedy
Adiós, Roberto
1985 · Drama
The Official Story
1985 · History
King David
1985 · Action
Colonel Redl
1985 · Drama
Bar 51
1985 · Drama
Aitbaar
1985 · Thriller
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