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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 of the Renegades
1964 · Adventure
The Garden of Women
1954 · Drama
Rocco and His Brothers
1960 · Romance
Papa’s Delicate Condition
1963 · Comedy
That Splendid November
1969 · Drama
Back from the Dead
1957 · Horror
Kings Go Forth
1958 · War
Desire Under the Elms
1958 · Drama
Paying Guest
1957 · Crime
The Female Prince
1964 · Music
The Dragon’s Blood
1958 · Adventure
Black Test Car
1962 · Crime
Hollow Triumph
1948 · Thriller
Broadway Musketeers
1938 · Music
Brief Encounters
1967 · Romance
The Unholy Garden
1931 · Romance
Charlie Chan in Egypt
1935 · Mystery
The Gorgeous Hussy
1936 · History
Perfect Strangers
1945 · Romance
Wicked as They Come
1956 · Drama
All This, and Heaven Too
1940 · Romance
British Intelligence
1939 · Drama
Party Girl
1958 · Romance
You Only Live Once
1937 · Crime
Devi
1960 · Drama
Sons and Lovers
1960 · Drama
Night World
1932 · Drama
The President
1961 · Drama
The Valley of the Bees
1968 · History
Branded to Kill
1967 · Thriller
Raintree County
1957 · Romance
Le Corbeau
1943 · Thriller
The Witches
1966 · Drama
Fort Defiance
1951 · Western
The Maze
1953 · Mystery
Mogambo
1953 · Romance
Johnny Belinda
1948 · Drama
The Valley of Decision
1945 · Romance
It Started with a Kiss
1959 · Comedy
Duel at Diablo
1966 · Western
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