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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 House That Screamed
1969 · Mystery
The Great Way
1947 · Drama
Murder in the Big House
1942 · Action
The Falcon Out West
1944 · Crime
Killer Dill
1947 · Comedy
Cleopatra
1934 · Romance
The Damned Don’t Cry
1950 · Drama
Northwest Hounded Police
1946 · Comedy
Countess Cosel
1968 · Romance
The Challenges
1969 · Drama
The Man from Nowhere
1961 · Fantasy
The Night of January 16th
1941 · Crime
Woman of the Lake
1966 · Drama
The Horror of It All
1964 · Horror
Petulia
1968 · Romance
I Like Your Nerve
1931 · Romance
Kind Lady
1951 · Crime
Make Mine Mink
1960 · Comedy
The Phantom of Crestwood
1932 · Mystery
Hurry Sundown
1967 · Drama
Two Nights with Cleopatra
1954 · Comedy
The Unseen
1945 · Mystery
The Baron of Arizona
1950 · Romance
Sodom and Gomorrah
1962 · Drama
Take One False Step
1949 · Thriller
Kid Glove Killer
1942 · Crime
The Interrupted Journey
1949 · Thriller
House of Cards
1968 · Drama
The False Madonna
1931 · Drama
Out of the Blue
1947 · Comedy
A Double Life
1947 · Drama
Zigzag of Success
1968 · Comedy
Kalai Arasi
1963 · Comedy
The Scarlet Hour
1956 · Crime
The Beast of the City
1932 · Crime
Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?
1966 · Comedy
Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair
1953 · Adventure
Death of a Cyclist
1955 · Crime
Untamed
1955 · Drama
A Stolen Life
1946 · Drama
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