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Movie Summaries & Endings Explained from 2021
936 movies from 2021, each with a full plot summary, timeline, character guide and the ending explained. Combine filters to narrow it down.
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The Devil’s Child
2021 · Horror
Thank You Brother!
2021 · Thriller
The Mitchells vs. The Machines
2021 · Adventure
The Outside Story
2021 · Drama
Limbo
2021 · Drama
Cliff Walkers
2021 · Thriller
Eat Wheaties!
2021 · Comedy
Four Good Days
2021 · Drama
22 vs. Earth
2021 · Animation
Separation
2021 · Horror
The Resort
2021 · Horror
Things Heard & Seen
2021 · Drama
Ape vs. Monster
2021 · Adventure
Once Upon a Time in Hong Kong
2021 · Action
The Unbearable Lightness of the Revolution
2021 · Drama
Justice Society: World War II
2021 · Action
Best Summer Ever
2021 · Musical
Man of God
2021 · History
Mortal Kombat
2021 · Action
Wet Season
2021 · Drama
Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
2021 · Action
Together Together
2021 · Comedy
Bloodthirsty
2021 · Thriller
Boys from County Hell
2021 · Horror
Stowaway
2021 · Sci-Fi
Beast Beast
2021 · Drama
Arlo the Alligator Boy
2021 · Adventure
Jakob's Wife
2021 · Horror
Monday
2021 · Drama
In the Earth
2021 · Horror
Trigger Point
2021 · Action
Raat Baaki Hai
2021 · Thriller
Vanquish
2021 · Action
Vanakkamda Mappilei
2021 · Comedy
Breaded Life
2021 · Comedy
Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet
2021 · Crime
The Banishing
2021 · Drama
Chernobyl: Abyss
2021 · Adventure
Mathil
2021 · Drama
New Gods: Nezha Reborn
2021 · Action
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