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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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Trapeze
1956 · Drama
The Silver Star
1955 · Western
The Forbidden Street
1949 · Drama
Sea Wife
1957 · War
Cornered
1945 · Thriller
Ride Out for Revenge
1957 · Western
Gorilla at Large
1954 · Mystery
A Prize of Gold
1955 · Drama
Pardon My Sarong
1942 · Comedy
The Hurricane
1937 · Romance
That Night in Rio
1941 · Music
China Town
1962 · Romance
Arsène Lupin
1932 · Romance
The Chapman Report
1962 · Drama
The Light in the Forest
1958 · Western
The Camp Followers
1965 · War
Captured!
1933 · War
Nora Prentiss
1947 · Drama
One Dangerous Night
1943 · Crime
Lelíček in the Services of Sherlock Holmes
1932 · Comedy
Champagne Charlie
1944 · Drama
College Humor
1933 · Action
The Black Cat
1941 · Comedy
One Night at Susie’s
1930 · Drama
Stolen Holiday
1937 · Romance
Lisbon
1956 · Drama
Ten North Frederick
1958 · Drama
Kala Pani
1958 · Drama
Blood on the Moon
1948 · Romance
You Can’t Buy Everything
1934 · Drama
The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery
1959 · Crime
The Mad Room
1969 · Thriller
My Brother’s Keeper
1948 · Thriller
The Well
1951 · Drama
The Lone Hand
1953 · Western
Masquerade
1965 · Thriller
The Traffic Policeman
1960 · Comedy
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
1943 · Crime
No Orchids for Miss Blandish
1948 · Crime
The Red Lanterns
1963 · Drama
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