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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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Pattanathil Bhootham
1967 · Comedy
Colorado Territory
1949 · Crime
The Wild Swans
1962 · Fantasy
Scene of the Crime
1949 · Crime
Stronghold
1951 · Romance
Fighting Elegy
1966 · Comedy
The Day of the Owl
1968 · Drama
The Naked Runner
1967 · Thriller
The Moonlighter
1953 · Western
Beau Geste
1966 · Action
Girls About Town
1931 · Comedy
The Love of Jeanne Ney
1927 · Drama
Lemonade Joe
1964 · Western
It Happened Tomorrow
1944 · Fantasy
A Life at Stake
1955 · Drama
Pitfall
1948 · Crime
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
1964 · Drama
The Passionate Friends
1949 · Drama
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
1960 · Crime
A Night for Crime
1943 · Crime
My Dear Secretary
1948 · Romance
Dangerous Passage
1944 · Crime
Secrets
1933 · Western
Because of You
1952 · Romance
The Long Voyage Home
1940 · Drama
The Long and the Short and the Tall
1961 · War
Charulata
1964 · Drama
Alias Boston Blackie
1942 · Mystery
The Last Chance
1945 · Drama
If He Hollers, Let Him Go!
1968 · Crime
Helter Skelter
1976 · Drama
Forest of the Hanged
1965 · Romance
Satan in High Heels
1962 · Thriller
Sergeant Deadhead
1965 · Music
I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!
1968 · Comedy
Are You With It?
1948 · Music
The Blue Dahlia
1946 · Mystery
A-Haunting We Will Go
1942 · Crime
All Night Long
1962 · Drama
Cast a Dark Shadow
1955 · Thriller
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