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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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The Texas Rangers
1936 · Western
Two in a Crowd
1936 · Comedy
The Pumpkin Eater
1964 · Drama
Eleven Samurai
1967 · Drama
The Judge Steps Out
1947 · Drama
The Cobweb
1955 · Drama
The Wiser Sex
1932 · Drama
Theodora Goes Wild
1936 · Romance
Bees in Paradise
1944 · Music
The Thrill Killers
1964 · Thriller
Strangers May Kiss
1931 · Drama
Modesty Blaise
1966 · Action
…And God Created Woman
1956 · Romance
The Adventures of Mark Twain
1944 · Drama
The Song of Songs
1933 · Drama
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943 · Comedy
It!
1967 · Horror
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
1939 · Mystery
The Match King
1932 · Drama
Dear Ruth
1947 · Romance
The Unholy Wife
1957 · Thriller
Fraulein
1958 · War
Obi-Wan Kenobi
2022 · Drama
Adventures of Zatoichi
1964 · Drama
Show Boat
1951 · Romance
Elmer Gantry
1960 · Drama
Home at Seven
1952 · Crime
Suspense
1946 · Drama
Contraband
1940 · Thriller
The Iron Sheriff
1957 · Western
Sandokan the Great
1963 · Adventure
Broken Lance
1954 · Western
Boeing, Boeing
1965 · Comedy
The White Cliffs of Dover
1944 · War
Girls in the Night
1953 · Thriller
The Alligator People
1959 · Horror
Night and the City
1950 · Crime
Danger Within
1959 · War
Gold of Rome
1961 · Drama
Miss Julie
1951 · Drama
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