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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 Baby
1961 · Drama
Riot in Cell Block 11
1954 · Drama
Ek Phool Do Mali
1969
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
1960 · Drama
The World’s Greatest Sinner
1962 · Drama
Scared to Death
1946 · Thriller
Ramrod
1947 · Western
Anna Lucasta
1949 · Drama
Bees Saal Baad
1962 · Mystery
One Way Passage
1932 · Romance
Five Star Final
1931 · Drama
Dreaming Out Loud
1940 · Comedy
Undercover
1943 · War
Kanyadaan
1968 · Drama
The Falcon Strikes Back
1943 · Crime
Long Live the Mistress!
1947 · Comedy
Curse of the Fly
1965 · Horror
Deadline at Dawn
1946 · Romance
The Spider Woman
1943 · Thriller
Darling
1965 · Drama
Unconquered
1947 · Adventure
Pasha
1968 · Drama
Becket
1964 · History
San Antone
1953 · Western
The Doorway to Hell
1930 · Crime
Lydia
1941 · Romance
Decameron Nights
1953 · Adventure
Dimension 5
1966 · Action
Folly to Be Wise
1952 · Comedy
Paava Mannippu
1961 · Drama
The Big Clock
1948 · Crime
Heartbeat
1946 · Comedy
The Unfaithful
1947 · Mystery
Oedipus Rex
1967 · Drama
Dante’s Inferno
1967 · History
Murder in Reverse?
1945 · Thriller
Sam Whiskey
1969 · Western
Green Fire
1954 · Drama
Triple Cross
1966 · Adventure
Arturo’s Island
1962 · Drama
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