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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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Night Swim
2024 · Horror
He Went That Way
2024 · Crime
Self Reliance
2024 · Comedy
The Boys in the Boat
2023 · Biography
When I Met You In Tokyo
2023 · Drama
A Royal Christmas Holiday
2023 · Romance
Society of the Snow
2023 · Adventure
Migration
2023 · Animation
The Iron Claw
2023 · Biography
Anyone But You
2023 · Comedy
Pradhan
2023 · Family
Wonka
2023 · Adventure
The Family Plan
2023 · Action
The Taste of Things
2023 · Drama
The End We Start From
2023 · Drama
Our Son
2023 · Drama
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
2023 · Animation
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever
2023 · Animation
Your Christmas or Mine 2
2023 · Comedy
Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window
2023 · Family
The Archies
2023 · Comedy
Home Alone
2023 · Family
Christmas As Usual
2023 · Comedy
Parking
2023 · Thriller
Silent Night
2023 · Action
Candy Cane Lane
2023 · Comedy
Family Switch
2023 · Comedy
The Bad Guys: A Very Bad Holiday
2023 · Family
In His Mother’s Eyes
2023 · Drama
Suddenly
2023 · Drama
Farrey
2023 · Thriller
Wish
2023 · Animation
Genie
2023 · Comedy
Good Burger 2
2023 · Comedy
The Robbers
2023 · Drama
Mrs.
2023 · Drama
Fallen Leaves
2023 · Comedy
Next Goal Wins
2023 · Comedy
Dashing Through the Snow
2023 · Comedy
Please Don’t Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain
2023 · Comedy
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