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Movies with Moderately Complex Plots: Summaries & Endings Explained
19,957 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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Lord of the Flies
1963 · Adventure
Rope
1948 · Drama
Cactus Flower
1969 · Comedy
Village of the Damned
1960 · Sci-Fi
Inherit the Wind
1960 · Biography
The Haunting
1963 · Horror
Far from the Madding Crowd
1967 · Drama
Some Like It Hot
1959 · Comedy
The Thomas Crown Affair
1968 · Drama
Inspector Clouseau
1968 · Mystery
Bunny Lake Is Missing
1965 · Mystery
The Italian Job
1969 · Action
Little Women
1949 · Drama
The Masque of the Red Death
1964 · Horror
Tales of Terror
1962 · Mystery
Black Sabbath
1964 · Horror
Seven Days in May
1964 · Drama
The End of Summer
1962 · Drama
The Killers
1964 · Drama
A Man for All Seasons
1966 · Biography
Grand Prix
1966 · Drama
Carmen Jones
1954 · Drama
Forbidden Planet
1956 · Adventure
Ikiru
1956 · Drama
Imitation of Life
1959 · Drama
The Great Impostor
1961 · Drama
The Naked City
1948 · Drama
Written on the Wind
1956 · Drama
Man of a Thousand Faces
1957 · Biography
Salt of the Earth
1954 · Drama
Love in the Afternoon
1957 · Drama
The Naked Kiss
1964 · Drama
The Pawnbroker
1965 · Drama
One, Two, Three
1961 · Comedy
The Man with the Golden Arm
1955 · Drama
Barbarella
1968 · Adventure
Death Rides a Horse
1969 · Western
Elevator to the Gallows
1961 · Drama
Suddenly, Last Summer
1960 · Drama
Safe in Hell
1931 · Drama
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