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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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Party Girl
1930 · Drama
12 to the Moon
1960 · Adventure
Band of Angels
1957 · Drama
Passion of Spies
1967 · Animation
Young at Heart
1954 · Music
The Loved One
1965 · Comedy
Two-Way Stretch
1960 · Comedy
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
1959 · Action
The Unguarded Hour
1936 · Crime
The Great Moment
1944 · Comedy
Mother India
1957 · Drama
Action of the Tiger
1957 · Adventure
If You Could Only Cook
1935 · Romance
Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses
1968 · Comedy
Ride a Crooked Trail
1958 · Romance
The Wooden Horse
1950 · Drama
Birth Certificate
1961 · War
Symphony of Six Million
1932 · Drama
Ensign Pulver
1964 · War
Alibi Bye Bye
1935 · Comedy
Lord Jim
1965 · Drama
Allegheny Uprising
1939 · Action
Lazybones
1935 · Comedy
It Ain’t Hay
1943 · Comedy
The Diamond Arm
1968 · Adventure
A Window in London
1940 · Thriller
Santa Fe Trail
1940 · Western
5 Steps to Danger
1956 · Action
Teen Devian
1965 · Music
The Blue Light
1932 · Drama
One More Tomorrow
1946 · Comedy
The Adventures of Pinocchio
1972 · Family
The Naked and the Dead
1958 · War
The Shadow Strikes
1937 · Mystery
Boom Town
1940 · Adventure
Son of the Gods
1930 · Drama
The Return of the Whistler
1948 · Crime
Dr. Gillespie’s New Assistant
1942 · Mystery
A Dog’s Best Friend
1959 · Drama
The Vicious Circle
1957 · Crime
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