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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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Salome’s Last Dance
1988 · Drama
My Best Friend Is a Vampire
1988 · Horror
The Music Teacher
1988 · Music
Deep Space
1988 · Horror
Black Eagle
1988 · Drama
Splash, Too
1988 · Romance
Stormy Monday
1988 · Thriller
The Further Adventures of Tennessee Buck
1988 · Action
Critters 2
1988 · Sci-Fi
The Unholy
1988 · Horror
Casual Sex?
1988 · Romance
Above the Law
1988 · Action
Bagdad Cafe
1988 · Drama
Bulletproof
1988 · Action
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
1988 · War
My Neighbor Totoro
1988 · Fantasy
Tokyo Pop
1988 · Comedy
Dear Yelena Sergeyevna
1988 · Drama
Manu Uncle
1988 · Adventure
Fright Night Part 2
1988 · Comedy
The Good, the Bad and Huckleberry Hound
1988 · Comedy
Iguana
1988 · Thriller
Bright Lights, Big City
1988 · Drama
Frequent Death
1988 · Thriller
The Tracker
1988 · Action
Biloxi Blues
1988 · Drama
God Bless the Child
1988 · Drama
Dominick and Eugene
1988 · Drama
Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach
1988 · Comedy
Howling IV: The Original Nightmare
1988 · Horror
A Short Film About Killing
1988 · Crime
Vice Versa
1988 · Fantasy
Stand and Deliver
1988 · Biography
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
1988 · Comedy
Prison
1988 · Drama
Pass the Ammo
1988 · Comedy
And God Created Woman
1988 · Drama
Babette's Feast
1988 · Drama
The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking
1988 · Family
Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers
1988 · Horror
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