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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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Vabank
1981 · Crime
Galaxy of Terror
1981 · Action
Manon
1981 · Drama
Only When I Laugh
1981 · Comedy
So Fine
1981 · Comedy
Mommie Dearest
1981 · Biography
True Confessions
1981 · Drama
The Disappearance
1981 · Drama
Raggedy Man
1981 · Drama
The Club
1981 · Action
Passion of Love
1981 · Drama
Beau Pere
1981 · Romance
Edo Porn
1981 · History
Mandala
1981 · Drama
The Haunting of Julia
1981 · Drama
Silvestre
1981 · Drama
Private Lessons
1981 · Comedy
Kolangal
1981 · Drama
Body Heat
1981 · Drama
The Skin
1981 · War
Butterfly
1981 · Crime
First Monday in October
1981 · Drama
They All Laughed
1981 · Comedy
Lola
1981 · Drama
Choice of Arms
1981 · Thriller
The House by the Cemetery
1981 · Horror
An Eye for an Eye
1981 · Action
Deadly Blessing
1981 · Horror
Roaring Fire
1981 · Crime
Love Letter
1981 · Drama
Student Bodies
1981 · Mystery
Carbon Copy
1981 · Drama
Under the Rainbow
1981 · Comedy
Silsila
1981 · Romance
Eye of the Needle
1981 · Thriller
Wolfen
1981 · Thriller
Blow Out
1981 · Mystery
The Survivor
1981 · Thriller
Grendel Grendel Grendel
1981 · Fantasy
S.O.B.
1981 · Drama
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