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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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Throne of Blood
1957 · History
One Third of a Nation
1939 · Drama
The Art of Getting Along
1954 · Comedy
The Dolly Sisters
1945 · Music
Billy Liar
1963 · Romance
The Thirteenth Chair
1937 · Mystery
Rendezvous
1935 · War
A Letter for Evie
1946 · Comedy
The Lower Depths
1957 · Drama
Fire Down Below
1957 · Romance
Among the Living
1941 · Thriller
The Great McGinty
1940 · Comedy
King of Hearts
1966 · Drama
Frisco Kid
1935 · Romance
Knife in the Water
1962 · Drama
Mussorgsky
1950 · History
Violent Playground
1958 · Drama
Conspiracy
1939 · Romance
The Law and the Lady
1951 · Comedy
They Won’t Forget
1937 · Mystery
Miss Tatlock’s Millions
1948 · Romance
Voice in the Wind
1944 · Drama
River’s End
1940 · Action
Berlin Express
1948 · Thriller
The Mad Miss Manton
1938 · Comedy
Ill Met by Moonlight
1957 · Adventure
Mr. Arkadin
1955 · Thriller
Moontide
1942 · Romance
The Midnight Story
1957 · Crime
Cherry, Harry & Raquel!
1969 · Comedy
Sharada
1957 · Romance
Something of Value
1957 · War
Taras Bulba
1962 · History
My Little Chickadee
1940 · Western
Jack London
1943 · Drama
Quantez
1957 · Western
A High Wind in Jamaica
1965 · Drama
Is Paris Burning?
1966 · Drama
Singapore
1947 · Crime
I Want You
1951 · Drama
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