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Steady-Paced Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
21,765 steady-paced movies, each with a full plot summary, timeline, character guide and the ending explained. Combine filters to narrow it down.
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Suddenly, Last Summer
1960 · Drama
Safe in Hell
1931 · Drama
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
1962 · Drama
The Longest Day
1962 · Action
Jailhouse Rock
1957 · Drama
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1958 · Drama
Cape Fear
1962 · Drama
3 Godfathers
1949 · Drama
Donovan's Reef
1963 · Adventure
Breakfast at Tiffany's
1961 · Drama
The Informer
1935 · Drama
The Body Snatcher
1945 · Thriller
Flying Down to Rio
1933 · Comedy
Swiss Family Robinson
1940 · Adventure
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949 · Western
Cimarron
1931 · Drama
The Son of Kong
1933 · Adventure
Ball of Fire
1942 · Comedy
Holiday Affair
1949 · Drama
They Live by Night
1949 · Romance
A Face in the Crowd
1957 · Drama
Splendor in the Grass
1961 · Drama
Baby Doll
1956 · Drama
Midnight Cowboy
1969 · Drama
The Stranger
1946 · Drama
Out of the Past
1947 · Drama
The Bishop's Wife
1948 · Drama
Mighty Joe Young
1949 · Adventure
Notorious
1946 · Drama
Song of the South
1946 · Fantasy
Love Affair
1939 · Drama
Cinderella
1950 · Fantasy
Rashomon
1951 · Drama
El Cid
1961 · Adventure
Hombre
1967 · Western
The Great Escape
1963 · Adventure
The Magician
1959 · Drama
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
1951 · Drama
Special Agent
1935 · Drama
Spellbound
1945 · Mystery
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