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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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Superman
1978 · Action
The Deer Hunter
1978 · Drama
Shalimar
1978 · Action
Force 10 from Navarone
1978 · Action
My Life’s on the Line
1978 · Action
Someone’s Watching Me!
1978 · Horror
The House of the Dead
1978 · Action
The Lord of the Rings
1978 · Fantasy
Papaya: Love Goddess of the Cannibals
1978 · Horror
The Kirlian Witness
1978 · Crime
Eeta
1978 · Romance
Magic
1978 · Drama
The Time Machine
1978 · Adventure
The Thirty Nine Steps
1978 · Thriller
The Cat and the Canary
1978 · Mystery
Watership Down
1978 · Adventure
Aval Appadithan
1978 · Drama
Sigappu Rojakkal
1978 · Romance
The Fall of Ako Castle
1978 · History
Muqaddar Ka Sikandar
1978 · Drama
Money Movers
1978 · Action
Confessions of a Congressman
1978 · Drama
Autumn Sonata
1978 · Drama
The Big Fix
1978 · Comedy
The Boys from Brazil
1978 · Drama
Ordinary Miracle
1978 · Comedy
The Users
1978 · Drama
Patrick
1978 · Horror
Loggerheads
1978 · Comedy
Paradise Alley
1978 · Drama
Battlestar Galactica
1978 · Action
On the Yard
1978 · Drama
Days of Heaven
1978 · Drama
The Avenging Eagle
1978 · Action
Days of Heaven
1978 · Drama
Dr. Strange
1978 · Fantasy
Fast Break
1978 · Documentary
Girlfriends
1978 · Comedy
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Sleeping Dogs (Never Lie)
1978
Interiors
1978 · Drama
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- Dark Movies Grim worlds, moral grey zones and heavy atmospheres.
- Movies with a Happy Ending Stories that leave you smiling when the credits roll.
- 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.
- Movies with Ambiguous Endings Open endings that people still argue about.
- Bittersweet Movies Bittersweet endings: the win comes at a real cost.
- Emotionally Heavy Movies Movies that make you cry and stay with you.
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