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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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Adventures of Captain Fabian
1951 · Adventure
Yakshi
1968 · Thriller
The Bigamist
1953 · Romance
The Mystery of the Mary Celeste
1935 · Horror
Bandini
1963 · Romance
The Phantom of the Opera
1962 · Horror
Blues in the Night
1941 · Music
The Smiling Ghost
1941 · Comedy
Triumph of the Ten Gladiators
1964 · Drama
Sangam
1964 · Romance
Thoroughly Modern Millie
1967 · Comedy
Blood and Sand
1941 · Romance
The Tartars
1961 · Drama
Flesh and Fantasy
1943 · Horror
The Red Shoes
1948 · Drama
God Forgives… I Don’t!
1967 · Western
Union Depot
1932 · Romance
The Solitaire Man
1933 · Romance
Men and Beasts
1962 · Drama
Violence
1947 · Drama
This Sporting Life
1963 · Drama
High Lonesome
1950 · Mystery
Cruel Story of Youth
1960 · Drama
Topkapi
1964 · Adventure
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
1942 · Adventure
Caught
1949 · Drama
Murder in the Private Car
1934 · Mystery
The Witness
1969 · Comedy
Now I’ll Tell
1934 · Drama
Crack-Up
1946 · Thriller
Damaged Lives
1933 · Drama
Sua Eccellenza si fermò a mangiare
1961 · Comedy
Mohawk
1956 · Western
Eneide
1971 · Drama
The Spider and the Fly
1949 · Crime
Guns for San Sebastian
1968 · Western
She-Wolf of London
1946 · Thriller
Bhuvan Shome
1969 · Drama
Dharmputra
1961 · Drama
Across the Wide Missouri
1951 · Western
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