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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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The Great Mouse Detective
1986 · Adventure
About Last Night...
1986 · Drama
Big Trouble in Little China
1986 · Action
Labyrinth
1986 · Adventure
Project A-Ko
1986 · Action
Lucky Stars Go Places
1986 · Comedy
The Karate Kid Part II
1986 · Action
Barefoot Gen 2
1986 · War
Never Too Young to Die
1986 · Action
Back to School
1986 · Sport
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
1986 · Comedy
Courier
1986 · Comedy
My Little Pony: The Movie
1986 · Adventure
Invaders from Mars
1986 · Sci-Fi
SpaceCamp
1986 · Adventure
100 Ways to Murder Your Wife
1986 · Romance
The Lunatics
1986 · Drama
Jake Speed
1986 · Action
Big Trouble
1986 · Comedy
Demons
1986 · Horror
Garfield In Paradise
1986 · Adventure
Cobra
1986 · Action
Poltergeist II: The Other Side
1986 · Horror
Hail the New Puritan
1986 · Music
Crawlspace
1986 · Thriller
Fuzzbucket
1986 · Family
Death of a Soldier
1986 · History
Top Gun
1986 · Action
Flying
1986 · Drama
Monster in the Closet
1986 · Horror
Spookies
1986 · Horror
Abducted
1986 · Horror
Killer Party
1986 · Comedy
Dust in the Wind
1986 · Drama
Short Circuit
1986 · Sci-Fi
Blue City
1986 · Action
No Retreat, No Surrender
1986 · Action
Combat Shock
1986 · War
His Motorbike, Her Island
1986 · Drama
Three Men and a Cradle
1986 · Comedy
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