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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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Last Tango in Paris
1973 · Drama
Shock Treatment
1973 · Crime
Ludwig
1973 · Drama
The Night Strangler
1973 · Mystery
Raja Rani
1973 · Romance
Garm Hava
1973 · Drama
Death Carries a Cane
1973 · Thriller
Kaadu
1973 · Drama
Ghost in the Noonday Sun
1973 · Comedy
The Last Italian Tango
1973 · Comedy
The Belstone Fox
1973 · Drama
Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41
1972 · Crime
The Heartbreak Kid
1972 · Drama
The Outside Man
1972 · Crime
The Adventures of Pinocchio
1972 · Drama
Across 110th Street
1972 · Action
Avanti!
1972 · Romance
Pete ’n’ Tillie
1972 · Comedy
Travels with My Aunt
1972 · Comedy
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
1972 · Drama
The Getaway
1972 · Action
Victoria No. 203
1972 · Comedy
The Amazing Mr. Blunden
1972 · Fantasy
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
1972 · Mystery
The Asphyx
1972 · Horror
Home for the Holidays
1972 · Thriller
They Only Kill Their Masters
1972 · Thriller
Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny
1972 · Fantasy
The Triple Echo
1972 · War
Encounter with the Unknown
1972 · Horror
1776
1972 · Drama
Black Girl
1972 · Drama
Neither the Sea Nor the Sand
1972 · Horror
Daughters of Satan
1972 · Horror
Pulp
1972 · Mystery
Ulzana’s Raid
1972 · Western
Indian Summer
1972 · Drama
You’ll Like My Mother
1972 · Horror
Death Line
1972 · Horror
The King of Marvin Gardens
1972 · Drama
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