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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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Lady in Cement
1968 · Crime
My Brother Jonathan
1948 · Drama
The Pink Jungle
1968 · Adventure
I Am Cuba
1964 · Drama
The Sixth of July
1968 · History
Bitter Rice
1949 · Crime
By Love Possessed
1961 · Drama
The Blue Gardenia
1953 · Mystery
The Conspirators
1944 · Drama
Mashenka
1942 · Romance
The Crooked Way
1949 · Crime
Winter Light
1963 · Drama
The Argyle Secrets
1948 · Thriller
Go, Go Second Time Virgin
1969 · Drama
Gentleman’s Fate
1931 · Drama
Numbered Men
1930 · Crime
Chained for Life
1952 · Drama
Joseph
1995 · Drama
Careless
1962 · Romance
Five Golden Hours
1961 · Comedy
The Loves of Hercules
1960 · Adventure
The Rack
1956 · Drama
Burn!
1969 · War
Four Guns to the Border
1954 · Western
Dangerously They Live
1941 · Drama
Ladies in Retirement
1941 · Thriller
Parasakthi
1952 · Drama
Nightmare Castle
1965 · Horror
The Falcon’s Brother
1942 · Mystery
Good-Time Girl
1948 · Crime
Apache War Smoke
1952 · Western
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
1960 · Horror
Going Inside a Storm
1965 · Romance
The Young Savages
1961 · Crime
The Secret Heart
1946 · Drama
Possessed
1947 · Romance
Late Chrysanthemums
1954 · Drama
Return to Peyton Place
1961 · Drama
Deadlier Than the Male
1956 · Thriller
Carbide and Sorrel
1963 · Comedy
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