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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 Damned
1947 · Thriller
From the Terrace
1960 · Romance
Arch of Triumph
1948 · Drama
Edge of Fury
1958 · Thriller
Danger Route
1967 · Action
Winnetou and the Crossbreed
1966 · Adventure
Jack McCall, Desperado
1953 · Western
No Hands on the Clock
1941 · Crime
Tenali Ramakrishna
1956 · Comedy
Bluebeard
1944 · Horror
Deadlier Than the Male
1967 · Action
Love Is a Ball
1963 · Romance
Town Without Pity
1961 · Drama
Destiny’s Son
1962 · Action
The Great Bank Robbery
1969 · Western
A Merry Mix-Up
1957 · Comedy
Pigs and Battleships
1961 · Crime
Alcatraz Island
1937 · Romance
Do Badan
1966
Evenings for Sale
1932 · Comedy
Invitation to a Gunfighter
1964 · Western
A Scandal in Paris
1946 · History
Supernatural
1933 · Horror
Girl Missing
1933 · Crime
Men Are Not Gods
1936 · Drama
The Falcon in Danger
1943 · War
Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
1959 · Comedy
Callaway Went Thataway
1951 · Western
The Criminal
1960 · Crime
Double Dynamite
1951 · Comedy
New Mexico
1951 · Western
Seven Golden Men
1965 · Crime
The General Died at Dawn
1936 · Drama
Background to Danger
1943 · Thriller
Another Face
1935 · Drama
Shockproof
1949 · Thriller
The Fire Within
1963 · Drama
Death on the Diamond
1934 · Mystery
Repeat Performance
1947 · Fantasy
Side Street Story
1950 · Comedy
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