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Movie Summaries & Endings Explained from 2016
1,066 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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American Honey
2016 · Drama
A Man Called Ove
2016 · Drama
Operation Mekong
2016 · Action
Long Way North
2016 · Action
Beyond
2016 · Action
A Caribbean Dream
2016 · Romance
Penny Pincher!
2016 · Comedy
Tharlo
2016 · Drama
Laid in America
2016 · Comedy
Egon Schiele: Death and the Maiden
2016 · History
Dearest Sister
2016 · Drama
Bad Black
2016 · Action
Beauty and the Beast
2016 · Thriller
The Magnificent Seven
2016 · Action
Storks
2016 · Adventure
Queen of Katwe
2016 · Biography
Majnu
2016 · Comedy
Aandavan Kattalai
2016 · Romance
Dirty 30
2016 · Comedy
The Free World
2016 · Drama
I.T.
2016 · Drama
The Dressmaker
2016 · Drama
Chronic
2016 · Drama
Girl Asleep
2016 · Fantasy
The Age of Shadows
2016 · Action
Goat
2016 · Drama
Closet Monster
2016 · Drama
Sweet, Sweet Lonely Girl
2016 · Horror
Well
2016 · Drama
Thodari
2016 · Thriller
Hacker
2016 · Action
The Burglar
2016 · Drama
Meridian
2016 · Mystery
Nonna
2016 · Comedy
Delusion
2016 · Drama
Broadcast Signal Intrusion
2016 · Drama
A Silent Voice: The Movie
2016 · Romance
Snowden
2016 · Action
Bridget Jones's Baby
2016 · Comedy
Blair Witch
2016 · Thriller
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