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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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The House on Sorority Row
1983 · Mystery
The Year of Living Dangerously
1983 · Drama
The Turning Point
1983 · Drama
Himmatwala
1983 · Action
Duel to the Death
1983 · Action
Danton
1983 · Drama
Danton
1983 · Drama
Masoom
1983 · Drama
Zara Si Zindagi
1983 · Drama
Black Venus
1983 · Romance
Possibly in Michigan
1983 · Horror
A Night to Dismember
1983 · Horror
Mazes and Monsters
1982 · Fantasy
Moral
1982 · Drama
The Circus Princess
1982 · Romance
Tootsie
1982 · Drama
Fanny and Alexander
1982 · Mystery
Best Friends
1982 · Drama
Trail of the Pink Panther
1982 · Mystery
The Verdict
1982 · Drama
The Dark Crystal
1982 · Adventure
Don’t Go to Sleep
1982 · Horror
That Championship Season
1982 · Drama
Slapstick of Another Kind
1982 · Comedy
Xtro
1982 · Horror
Alsino and the Condor
1982 · War
Murder by Phone
1982 · Horror
The Queen of Spades
1982 · Horror
Still of the Night
1982 · Horror
The Last Unicorn
1982 · Adventure
Smithereens
1982 · Drama
Samraat
1982 · Adventure
Five Days One Summer
1982 · Drama
Creepshow
1982 · Fantasy
La Balance
1982 · Thriller
The Scarlet Pimpernel
1982 · Action
The Man from Snowy River
1982 · Adventure
Chalisuva Modagalu
1982 · Drama
The Girl from Trieste
1982 · Thriller
A Room in Town
1982 · Romance
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