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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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Anbe Vaa
1966 · Drama
The Last Days of Pompeii
1959 · Adventure
The Night of the Iguana
1964 · Romance
Footsteps in the Fog
1955 · Crime
The Uninvited
1944 · Horror
Sex Kittens Go to College
1960 · Comedy
Alraune
1952 · Drama
Fate Is the Hunter
1964 · Drama
Torchy Blane in Chinatown
1939 · Comedy
Bama Vijayam
1967 · Comedy
The Day Will Dawn
1942 · Drama
One Mile from Heaven
1937 · Drama
Mary of Scotland
1936 · Drama
Enchanted Island
1958 · Adventure
The Matrimonial Bed
1930 · Comedy
Play Dirty
1969 · Adventure
White Cargo
1942 · Adventure
The Winslow Boy
1948 · Drama
Mutiny
1952 · War
The Bride Wore Black
1968 · Crime
Pygmalion
1938 · Comedy
The House on 92nd Street
1945 · Thriller
Madame X
1937 · Drama
Peeping Tom
1960 · Horror
Day of Wrath
1943 · Drama
Young and Innocent
1937 · Mystery
The Girl with a Pistol
1968 · Comedy
The Good Fairy
1935 · Comedy
Waterfront Lady
1935 · Drama
Three Girls About Town
1941 · Comedy
The Reunion
1963 · Comedy
Crime of Passion
1956 · Thriller
The Beast Shall Die
1959 · Drama
First Men in the Moon
1964 · Adventure
The File on Thelma Jordon
1949 · Thriller
Ivy
1947 · Drama
Appointment with Crime
1946 · Drama
The Man Who Could Work Miracles
1936 · Comedy
Backfire
1950 · Thriller
The 27th Day
1957
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