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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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Take My Life
1947 · Thriller
Goodbye Charlie
1964 · Fantasy
Street of Chance
1942 · Drama
Alakazam the Great!
1960 · Adventure
Portrait of Jennie
1948 · Drama
Phantom Lady
1944 · Thriller
Two Flags West
1950 · War
The Fugitive Kind
1960 · Romance
The Beginning or the End
1947 · Documentary
Confessions of Boston Blackie
1941 · Mystery
Before Winter Comes
1969 · Comedy
Tennessee Johnson
1942 · History
The Barber Shop
1933 · Comedy
Brainstorm
1965 · Thriller
Sweet Kitty Bellairs
1930 · Romance
Yksityisalue
1962 · Drama
Lilacs in the Spring
1954 · Comedy
Martin Roumagnac
1946 · Crime
Blind Spot
1947 · Mystery
Beau Brummell
1954 · Drama
The Lady Takes a Sailor
1949 · Romance
Close to My Heart
1951 · Drama
The House on Telegraph Hill
1951 · Drama
A Man’s Neck
1933 · Mystery
Neptune’s Daughter
1949 · Music
The Violent Men
1955 · Western
Caprice Italian Style
1968 · Comedy
The Golden Coach
1952 · Comedy
She Had to Say Yes
1933 · Drama
The Fallen Sparrow
1943 · Thriller
The Immortal Story
1968 · Romance
Killer McCoy
1947 · Drama
The Vagabond King
1956 · Romance
South of Suez
1940 · Drama
Calcutta
1946 · Crime
Across the Pacific
1942 · Drama
Scarlet Street
1945 · Crime
My Younger Brother
1962 · Drama
All Fall Down
1962 · Drama
The Sea of Grass
1947 · Drama
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