18,081 movie summaries
Movies with Simple, Easy-to-Follow Plots: Summaries & Endings Explained
18,081 movies with simple, easy-to-follow plots, each with a full plot summary, timeline, character guide and the ending explained. Combine filters to narrow it down.
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Heart of the Beast
2026 · Action
Resident Evil
2026 · Action
Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom
2026 · Animation
Coyote vs. Acme
2026 · Animation
Idiots
2026 · Comedy
Spa Weekend
2026 · Comedy
PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie
2026 · Animation
Nimrods
2026 · Comedy
The Wrong Girls
2026 · Comedy
Evil Dead Burn
2026 · Fantasy
jackass: best and last
2026 · Documentary
Voicemails for Isabelle
2026 · Comedy
The Furious
2026 · Action
Masters of the Universe
2026 · Action
Office Romance
2026 · Comedy
Power Ballad
2026 · Comedy
Propeller One-Way Night Coach
2026 · Adventure
The Breadwinner
2026 · Comedy
Passenger
2026 · Horror
Ladies First
2026 · Comedy
Is God Is
2026 · Drama
Deep Water
2026 · Action
One Spoon of Chocolate
2026 · Action
Michael
2026 · Biography
I Swear
2026 · Biography
Apex
2026 · Action
Amrum
2026 · Drama
You, Me & Tuscany
2026 · Comedy
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
2026 · Animation
They Will Kill You
2026 · Action
Pretty Lethal
2026 · Action
Ready or Not 2: Here I Come
2026 · Comedy
The Pout-Pout Fish
2026 · Animation
Reminders of Him
2026 · Drama
Saipan
2026 · Biography
War Machine
2026 · Action
Dolly
2026 · Horror
The Bluff
2026 · Action
I Can Only Imagine 2
2026 · Drama
Firebreak
2026 · Drama
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