192 movie summaries
Neutral-Tone Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
192 neutral-tone movies, each with a full plot summary, timeline, character guide and the ending explained. Combine filters to narrow it down.
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Nouvelle Vague
2025 · Biography
Nouvelle Vague
2025 · History
Am I Racist?
2024 · Documentary
Reagan
2024 · Biography
Aliens Expanded
2024 · Documentary
Jamie Wyeth and the Unflinching Eye
2024 · Documentary
Hacking at Leaves
2024 · History
The Sweet East
2023 · Drama
Unknown: Cave of Bones
2023 · Documentary
Anaïs in Love
2022 · Drama
Sugar Daddy
2021 · Drama
2021 · Drama
The Beginning of the End
2020 · Documentary
Katha Sangama
2019 · Drama
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
2019 · Documentary
Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins
2019 · Documentary
Friedkin Uncut
2019 · Documentary
Because You’re Mine
2019 · Drama
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
2019 · Biography
The Hard Way
2019 · Action
Better Angels
2018 · Documentary
Sincerely Yours, Dhaka
2018 · Drama
Milford Graves Full Mantis
2018 · Documentary
Behind the Curve
2018 · Documentary
Swingers
2018 · Romance
Attenborough and the Giant Elephant
2017 · Documentary
Shamantakamani
2017 · Drama
Food Evolution
2017 · Documentary
Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk
2017 · History
Into the Inferno
2016 · Documentary
The Audition
2016 · Documentary
Action Hero Biju
2016 · Comedy
The Occupation of the American Mind
2016 · Documentary
The Other Man: F.W. de Klerk and the End of Apartheid
2015 · Biography
The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power
2015 · Action
Altina
2014 · Documentary
Levitated Mass
2014 · Biography
Prelude to Axanar
2014 · War
Double Play: James Benning and Richard Linklater
2014 · Biography
The Homestretch
2014 · Documentary
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