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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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Angel on My Shoulder
1946 · Comedy
These Thousand Hills
1959 · Western
So Evil My Love
1948 · Drama
The Frozen Ghost
1945 · Mystery
Journey to Italy
1954 · Romance
The Satan Bug
1965 · Thriller
Chicago Syndicate
1955 · Drama
Ashes and Diamonds
1958 · War
The Raid
1954 · War
Dollar
1938 · Comedy
Carl Peters
1941 · History
The Whale God
1962 · Drama
They Met in the Dark
1943 · Romance
A Gentle Woman
1969 · Romance
The Rise of Catherine the Great
1934 · Drama
Games
1967 · Thriller
An American Dream
1966 · Drama
The Macomber Affair
1947 · Adventure
The Horse’s Mouth
1958 · Comedy
The Third Lover
1962 · Thriller
The Orphan
1960
I See a Dark Stranger
1946 · War
Princess of the Nile
1954 · Romance
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
1935 · Comedy
Illicit
1931 · Romance
The Bravados
1958 · Western
Stranger in the House
1967 · Drama
Charlie Chan in Rio
1941 · Thriller
The Liquidator
1965 · Drama
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
1939 · Mystery
Heroes for Sale
1933 · Drama
Warlock
1959 · Western
Navrang
1959 · Drama
Libel
1959 · Mystery
The Pirates of Blood River
1962 · Action
Torn Curtain
1966 · Thriller
The Green-Eyed Blonde
1957 · Crime
Lady in the Dark
1944 · Drama
A Study in Terror
1965 · Mystery
Victoria the Great
1937 · Drama
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