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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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Long Live Death
1971 · Drama
Wake in Fright
1971 · Thriller
Plaza Suite
1971 · Drama
I Drink Your Blood
1971 · Horror
Law Breakers
1971 · Crime
I Eat Your Skin
1971 · Horror
Cinderella
1971 · Fantasy
The Glass Ceiling
1971 · Mystery
Please Sir!
1971 · Comedy
Haathi Mere Saathi
1971 · Drama
Billy Jack
1971 · Action
Bananas
1971 · Comedy
The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant
1971 · Horror
The Designated Victim
1971 · Thriller
Summer of '42
1971 · Drama
Valdez Is Coming
1971 · Western
The Married Couple of the Year Two
1971 · Comedy
The Zodiac Killer
1971 · Horror
Don’t Deliver Us from Evil
1971 · Horror
Here Comes Peter Cottontail
1971 · Animation
The House That Dripped Blood
1971 · Horror
Vamsha Vriksha
1971
Black Beauty
1971 · Western
Woman of Fire
1971 · Crime
The Beguiled
1971 · Drama
Making It
1971 · Drama
Animal Treasure Island
1971 · Adventure
Between Miracles
1971 · Comedy
Get Carter
1971 · Action
Blood and Lace
1971 · Horror
The Barefoot Executive
1971 · Comedy
Vanishing Point
1971 · Action
Anand
1971 · Drama
A New Leaf
1971 · Comedy
THX 1138
1971 · Sci-Fi
When Eight Bells Toll
1971 · Adventure
The Emigrants
1971 · Drama
Bastard, Go and Kill
1971 · Western
Buddha Mil Gaya
1971 · Thriller
The Revolutionary
1971 · Action
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