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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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Mysterious Intruder
1946 · Crime
O Costa do Castelo
1943 · Comedy
Top Secret Affair
1957 · Comedy
The Life of Vergie Winters
1934 · Drama
Boy Meets Girl
1938 · Comedy
The Picture of Dorian Gray
1945 · Horror
Alfred the Great
1969 · History
Mother Joan of the Angels
1961 · Drama
Beyond the Time Barrier
1960
Sing, Baby, Sing
1936 · Music
Small Island
2009 · Drama
The Adventurous Blonde
1937 · Romance
China Sky
1945 · Adventure
South Sea Woman
1953 · Adventure
The Ghost of St. Michael’s
1941 · Comedy
Assault on a Queen
1966 · Crime
Charlie Chan’s Murder Cruise
1940 · Crime
Frenchman’s Creek
1944 · Romance
The Falcon and the Co-Eds
1943 · Mystery
An Inspector Calls
1954 · Drama
The Leech Woman
1960 · Horror
Prince of Players
1955 · Drama
The Preview Murder Mystery
1936 · Thriller
Cloak and Dagger
1946 · War
Chastity
1969 · Drama
Attila
1954 · War
Alyonka
1962 · Comedy
The Young Philadelphians
1959 · Drama
Viva Zapata!
1952 · Drama
Port of Shadows
1938 · Drama
Invisible Agent
1942 · War
The Model and the Marriage Broker
1951 · Comedy
The I Don’t Care Girl
1953 · Music
Behold a Pale Horse
1964 · War
The Black Klansman
1966 · Drama
Jewel Thief
1967 · Drama
The Man Who Wouldn’t Die
1942 · Mystery
Knight Without Armour
1937 · Adventure
In Harm’s Way
1965 · Drama
Les Biches
1968 · Drama
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