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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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Bullets or Ballots
1936 · Drama
Machine Gun McCain
1969 · Drama
The Revenge of Frankenstein
1958 · Horror
Murder by Contract
1958 · Thriller
Bulldog Drummond’s Peril
1938 · Mystery
Désirée
1954 · Romance
This Is the Night
1932 · Romance
I Am Semiramis
1963 · Drama
Three Sad Tigers
1968 · Comedy
Any Gun Can Play
1967 · Action
The Falcon in Mexico
1944 · Mystery
Zorba the Greek
1964 · Drama
Catch Us If You Can
1965 · Comedy
Hired Wife
1940 · Comedy
The Camp on Blood Island
1958 · War
This Modern Age
1931 · Romance
Goodbye, My Fancy
1951 · Comedy
A Trip Without a Load
1963 · Drama
The Divorce of Lady X
1938 · Comedy
Stella Dallas
1937 · Romance
Fallen Angel
1945 · Crime
The Wicked Lady
1945 · Adventure
Antara Dua Darjat
1960 · Romance
Lady Killer
1933 · Comedy
Who Killed Who?
1943 · Comedy
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
1936 · Adventure
The Burglar
1957 · Crime
Gunslinger
1956 · Western
Trade Winds
1938 · Mystery
Rain
1932 · Drama
The Bramble Bush
1960 · Drama
The Menace
1932 · Mystery
Tormented
1960 · Thriller
So This Is New York
1948 · Comedy
The Savage
1952 · Action
Home of the Brave
1949 · War
Experiment Perilous
1944 · Romance
The Junk Shop
1965 · Comedy
Another Dawn
1937 · Romance
The Dark Mirror
1946 · Thriller
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