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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 Great Sioux Massacre
1965 · Western
My Life for Ireland
1941 · Drama
Up in the World
1956 · Comedy
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938 · Crime
Pocketful of Miracles
1961 · Comedy
The Long Gray Line
1955 · Drama
Tension
1949 · Crime
Poison Pen
1939 · Drama
Behold My Wife!
1934 · Romance
The Prowler
1951 · Thriller
Athey Kangal
1967 · Thriller
Magic Town
1947 · Romance
A Thousand and One Nights
1945 · Comedy
Daisy Kenyon
1947 · Drama
City in Darkness
1939 · Mystery
The Little Giant
1933 · Crime
The War Lord
1965 · War
Against the Wind
1948 · Action
The Root of All Evil
1947 · Drama
Ride Beyond Vengeance
1966 · Action
A Story Written with Water
1965 · Drama
The Royal Bed
1931 · Comedy
The Great Gatsby
1926 · Drama
Mr. Lucky
1943 · Romance
Her Private Hell
1968 · Drama
Charlie Chan at the Olympics
1937 · Thriller
Grand Slam
1967 · Crime
Lady on a Train
1945 · Romance
Martin Luther
1953 · Drama
Single Room Furnished
1968 · Drama
Pardon My Past
1945 · Comedy
On the Double
1961 · War
Toto the Third Man
1951 · Comedy
Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum
1940 · Mystery
The Prisoner of Zenda
1937 · Adventure
Love in Tokyo
1966 · Drama
Othello
1955 · Drama
Docks of New York
1945 · Adventure
Accident
1967 · Romance
They Made Me a Fugitive
1947 · Thriller
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