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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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Parineeta
1969 · Drama
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen
1962 · Animation
The Last Blitzkrieg
1959 · War
The Law Is the Law
1958 · Comedy
Mr. Skeffington
1944 · Romance
Come and Get It
1936 · Romance
This Is My Affair
1937 · Crime
Yaar Nee?
1966 · Horror
Island of Lost Women
1959 · Adventure
A Coy Decoy
1941 · Comedy
The Road Back
1937 · War
Smashing the Rackets
1938 · Drama
The Cranes Are Flying
1957 · Romance
Chained Soldier
2024 · Animation
I Thank a Fool
1962 · Drama
An Angel from Texas
1940 · Romance
The Beat Generation
1959 · Crime
Exclusive
1937 · Drama
Evening – Night – Morning
1920 · Drama
The Oblong Box
1969 · Horror
The Full Treatment
1960 · Thriller
24: Redemption
2008 · Adventure
Comin’ ’Round the Mountain
1936 · Western
Satan Met a Lady
1936 · Mystery
In the Cool of the Day
1963 · Romance
Rififi
1955 · Crime
Deathwatch
1966 · Drama
Westward the Women
1951 · Western
36 Hours to Kill
1936 · Romance
Haseena Maan Jaayegi
1968 · Drama
Bright Lights
1930 · Music
Do Kaliyan
1968
Gunga Jumna
1961
The Westland Case
1937 · Crime
China Is Near
1967 · Drama
The High Bright Sun
1964 · War
The War Wagon
1967 · Action
Top Secret
1952 · Comedy
Senso
1954 · Romance
Europe ’51
1952 · Drama
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