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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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They Were Sisters
1945 · Drama
Storm Over the Nile
1955 · War
Sarah and Son
1930 · Drama
Night of the Serpent
1969 · Western
The Great Man’s Lady
1941 · Western
Way Back Home
1931 · Drama
Let Us Live
1939 · Thriller
Toys in the Attic
1963 · Drama
What a Carve Up!
1961 · Mystery
Light in the Piazza
1962 · Drama
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
1966 · Crime
The Old Dark House
1963 · Comedy
A Man and a Woman
1966 · Drama
The Naked Truth
1957 · Comedy
The Devil’s Disciple
1959 · War
Forty Guns
1957 · Western
Alexander Hamilton
1931 · Drama
Suez
1938 · History
The Hand
1965 · Animation
King Richard and the Crusaders
1954 · Drama
Bugles in the Afternoon
1952 · Western
Parole Girl
1933 · Drama
Women in Love
1969 · Romance
Another Time, Another Place
1958 · Romance
Inadmissible Evidence
1968 · Drama
Shadows Over Shanghai
1938 · Drama
Affair in the Snow
1968 · Romance
The Story on Page One
1959 · Drama
The 39 Steps
1959 · Mystery
Tokyo Drifter
1966 · Thriller
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1960 · Drama
Dangerous to Know
1938 · Drama
Love Is News
1937 · Romance
Judge Priest
1934 · Drama
The Scarlet Clue
1945 · Thriller
The Scent of Incense
1964 · Drama
The Violet Seller
1958 · Music
Rape of the Sword
1967 · Adventure
The Old Maid
1939 · Drama
The Saint Takes Over
1940 · Mystery
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