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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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River’s End
1930 · Drama
Unfaithfully Yours
1948 · Romance
The Belle Starr Story
1968 · Western
The Sea Chase
1955 · War
Dementia 13
1963 · Thriller
Carousel
1956 · Music
Don’t Bet on Blondes
1935 · Comedy
Mystery Street
1950 · Thriller
An Alligator Named Daisy
1955 · Comedy
The Black Tent
1956 · Action
The Ambush
1969 · War
The Dark Angel
1935 · Drama
The Swimmer
1968 · Drama
The Iron Curtain
1948 · Thriller
Let’s Live a Little
1948 · Comedy
Until They Sail
1957 · Romance
Monkey on My Back
1957 · Drama
Viridiana
1961 · Drama
The Lone Wolf Strikes
1940 · Drama
Sword of the Beast
1965 · Drama
Railroaded!
1947 · Thriller
Johnny O’Clock
1947 · Crime
Washington Melodrama
1941 · Drama
Seduced and Abandoned
1964 · Drama
Cuando Habla El Corazon
1943
Clouds Over Borsk
1961 · Drama
Blond Cheat
1938 · Music
Carefree
1938 · Comedy
Laughter in Paradise
1951 · Comedy
Blondes at Work
1938 · Crime
Sinners’ Holiday
1930 · Romance
Stampede
1949 · Western
Wagon Wheels
1934 · Drama
Rome Express
1932 · Thriller
The Flame of Love
1930 · Drama
Three Comrades
1938 · Drama
The Woman I Love
1937 · Drama
Bhaktha Prahlada
1967 · Drama
Prison Break
1938 · Crime
Nazarin
1959 · Drama
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