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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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Wife, Husband and Friend
1939 · Comedy
Guilty Bystander
1950 · Drama
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
1969 · Drama
The Door with Seven Locks
1940 · Mystery
10:30 P.M. Summer
1966 · Romance
The Late Edwina Black
1951 · Mystery
Never on Sunday
1960 · Romance
Haqeeqat
1964 · Action
Punishment
1948 · Drama
Bury Me Dead
1947 · Crime
Against All
1957 · War
Strange Holiday
1945 · Fantasy
The Deadly Affair
1967 · Thriller
Beauty and the Beast
1946 · Fantasy
Never Say Goodbye
1956 · Romance
The 49th Man
1953 · Thriller
Dust Be My Destiny
1939 · Drama
King Solomon’s Mines
1950 · Adventure
The Gambler from Natchez
1954 · Western
June Bride
1948 · Comedy
The Palm Beach Story
1942 · Romance
Pushover
1954 · Crime
B.F.’s Daughter
1948 · Romance
Jail Bait
1937 · Comedy
L’Avventura
1960 · Drama
Night Train to Munich
1940 · Thriller
The Cheat
1931 · Drama
Shooting Straight
1930 · Drama
Operator 13
1934 · Drama
Dear Murderer
1947 · Thriller
Pit of Darkness
1961 · Thriller
Here Is Your Life
1966 · Drama
Fear and Desire
1952 · War
Desert Fury
1947 · Drama
Los Tres Huastecos
1948 · Drama
Seven Golden Men Strike Again
1966 · Comedy
No Way Out
1950 · Crime
Dhool Ka Phool
1959 · Family
So Dark the Night
1946 · Crime
Toxi
1952 · Drama
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