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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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The Day of the Jackal
1973 · Drama
Gehri Chaal
1973 · Thriller
The Last American Hero
1973 · Drama
The MacKintosh Man
1973 · Thriller
Dillinger
1973 · Drama
The Boy Who Cried Werewolf
1973 · Horror
Lady Ice
1973 · Thriller
Cleopatra Jones
1973 · Action
Treasure Island
1973 · Animation
Death Smiles on a Murderer
1973 · Horror
Cahill U.S. Marshal
1973 · Drama
Kazablan
1973 · Drama
Lonely Water
1973 · Horror
Hollywood 90028
1973 · Drama
Sssssss
1973 · Sci-Fi
The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing
1973 · Romance
Belladonna of Sadness
1973 · Drama
Scream Blacula Scream
1973 · Fantasy
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
1973 · Drama
Live and Let Die
1973 · Action
Indian Summer
1973 · Comedy
Terminal Island
1973 · Action
The Loreley’s Grasp
1973 · Horror
Super Fly T.N.T.
1973 · Action
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
1973 · Action
The Legend of Hell House
1973 · Horror
The Last of Sheila
1973 · Drama
The Hireling
1973 · Drama
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
1973 · Mystery
England Made Me
1973 · Drama
The Candy Snatchers
1973 · Crime
Invasion of the Bee Girls
1973 · Thriller
A Man at His Place
1973 · Drama
A Touch of Class
1973 · Romance
Incorrigible Liar
1973 · Comedy
The Hourglass Sanatorium
1973 · Fantasy
Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get to?
1973 · Comedy
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973 · Biography
Holiday on the Buses
1973 · Comedy
Blume in Love
1973 · Drama
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