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Movie Summaries & Endings Explained from 1970–1999
9,998 movies from 1970–1999, each with a full plot summary, timeline, character guide and the ending explained. Combine filters to narrow it down.
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Stranger in Our House
1978 · Horror
Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell
1978 · Horror
Within the Woods
1978 · Horror
Aval Appadithan
1978 · Drama
Summer of My German Soldier
1978 · Drama
Sigappu Rojakkal
1978 · Romance
The Fall of Ako Castle
1978 · History
KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park
1978 · Horror
Odds and Evens
1978 · Action
Muqaddar Ka Sikandar
1978 · Drama
Halloween
1978 · Thriller
Comes a Horseman
1978 · Drama
Money Movers
1978 · Action
The Wiz
1978 · Adventure
Confessions of a Congressman
1978 · Drama
Rescue from Gilligan’s Island
1978 · Comedy
Autumn Sonata
1978 · Drama
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!
1978 · Adventure
Rockers
1978 · Comedy
Midnight Express
1978 · Biography
The Big Fix
1978 · Comedy
Goin' South
1978 · Comedy
The Boys from Brazil
1978 · Drama
Drunken Master
1978 · Comedy
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
1978 · Drama
Ordinary Miracle
1978 · Comedy
The Users
1978 · Drama
Patrick
1978 · Horror
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
1978 · Horror
Death on the Nile
1978 · Drama
Loggerheads
1978 · Comedy
Paradise Alley
1978 · Drama
Are You in the House Alone?
1978 · Mystery
Battlestar Galactica
1978 · Action
On the Yard
1978 · Drama
Up in Smoke
1978 · Comedy
Vayanadan Thampan
1978 · Action
Days of Heaven
1978 · Drama
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
1978 · Thriller
The Avenging Eagle
1978 · Action
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