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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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Taffin
1988 · Action
Shame
1988 · Drama
Alien from L.A.
1988 · Family
Hairspray
1988 · Comedy
Hope and Glory
1988 · Drama
Born to Defence
1988 · Thriller
The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
1988 · Adventure
The Big Blue
1988 · Drama
Au Revoir les Enfants
1988 · Drama
Slugs
1988 · Horror
Cherry 2000
1988 · Action
The In Crowd
1988 · Drama
Faceless
1988 · Horror
Hell Comes to Frogtown
1988 · Action
Nekromantik
1988 · Drama
Mukunthetta Sumitra Vilikkunnu
1988 · Romance
Shahenshah
1988 · Action
Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama
1988 · Horror
The Telephone
1988 · Comedy
Braddock: Missing in Action III
1988 · Action
You Can’t Hurry Love
1988 · Comedy
Crash Course
1988 · Comedy
Stranger on My Land
1988 · Drama
Rockin’ with Judy Jetson
1988 · Adventure
For Keeps?
1988 · Drama
Return of the Living Dead II
1988 · Sci-Fi
Anna Nagar Mudhal Theru
1988
Cannibal Campout
1988 · Horror
Once Upon a Texas Train
1988 · Western
Defence Counsel Sedov
1988 · Drama
The Last Conflict
1988 · Crime
Curse of the Queerwolf
1988 · Comedy
Choopulu Kalasina Shubhavela
1988 · Drama
Moonstalker
1988 · Horror
Robowar
1988 · Action
Woodchipper Massacre
1988 · Horror
Dot Goes to Hollywood
1988 · Animation
Wartime
1988 · Action
Kid Safe: The Video
1988 · Comedy
Death Nurse 2
1988 · Crime
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