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Movie Summaries & Endings Explained from 2016
1,141 movies from 2016, each with a full plot summary, timeline, character guide and the ending explained. Combine filters to narrow it down.
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Fences
2016 · Drama
Wajah Tum Ho
2016 · Thriller
Solace
2016 · Drama
Two Lovers and a Bear
2016 · Drama
A Kind of Murder
2016 · Drama
The Wasted Times
2016 · Drama
Barry
2016 · Biography
Neruda
2016 · Biography
Perfect Strangers
2016 · Comedy
Naanna Nenu Naa Boyfriends
2016 · Romance
Mano Po 7: Chinoy
2016 · Drama
Survival Family
2016 · Family
Solitaire
2016 · Drama
Office Christmas Party
2016 · Comedy
La La Land
2016 · Drama
Befikre
2016 · Comedy
Suddenly Seventeen
2016 · Romance
Swingers
2016 · Comedy
Kill Ratio
2016 · Action
Sword Master
2016 · Action
Slash
2016 · Comedy
Contract to Kill
2016 · Action
Abattoir
2016 · Thriller
All We Had
2016 · Drama
Beyond the Gates
2016 · Adventure
The Brand New Testament
2016 · Fantasy
Land of Mine
2016 · Drama
I Am Not Your Negro
2016 · Documentary
Spectral
2016 · Action
Masha and the Bear
2016 · Animation
Pandora
2016 · Thriller
Eliminators
2016 · Action
Nerdland
2016 · Comedy
The Old Capital
2016 · Drama
White Lily
2016 · Drama
Incarnate
2016 · Thriller
Super Express
2016 · Action
Maaveeran Kittu
2016 · Drama
Kuttikalundu Sookshikkuka
2016 · Thriller
Rooted in Peace
2016 · Documentary
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