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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.
Movie Summaries Matching Your Filters
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Volunteers
1985 · Comedy
Teri Meherbaniyan
1985 · Action
Summer Rental
1985 · Comedy
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
1985 · Adventure
The Time to Live and the Time to Die
1985 · Drama
Follow That Bird
1985 · Adventure
The Hills Have Eyes Part II
1985 · Thriller
Fright Night
1985 · Thriller
Weird Science
1985 · Fantasy
Thunder Alley
1985 · Drama
The Heavenly Kid
1985 · Fantasy
National Lampoon's European Vacation
1985 · Adventure
The Black Cauldron
1985 · Action
Day of the Dead
1985 · Thriller
The Legend of Billie Jean
1985 · Action
Rangam
1985 · Drama
Cemetery of Terror
1985 · Horror
Pathamudayam
1985 · Drama
Sugarbaby
1985 · Drama
Pale Rider
1985 · Western
Pagal Nilavu
1985 · Drama
D.A.R.Y.L.
1985 · Family
Ma’am, May We Go Out?
1985 · Comedy
The Goonies
1985 · Adventure
Restless Natives
1985 · Crime
The Big Snit
1985 · Animation
Masterji
1985 · Romance
Here Come the Littles
1985 · Animation
A View to a Kill
1985 · Action
Rambo: First Blood Part II
1985 · Action
Brewster's Millions
1985 · Comedy
Cupid One
1985 · Comedy
Starchaser: The Legend of Orin
1985 · Animation
Creature
1985 · Horror
Gotcha!
1985 · Action
Code of Silence
1985 · Action
An Early Frost
1985 · Drama
Arthur the King
1985 · Adventure
Stick
1985 · Action
Just One of the Guys
1985 · Comedy
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