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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 Black Stallion
1979 · Adventure
Mad Monkey Kung Fu
1979 · Action
Starting Over
1979 · Comedy
Nosferatu the Vampyre
1979 · Drama
Death Car on the Freeway
1979 · Thriller
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979 · Action
The Onion Field
1979 · Drama
Liquirizia
1979 · Comedy
Scum
1979 · Crime
Disco Godfather
1979 · Crime
Rock 'n' Roll High School
1979 · Comedy
The Prisoner of Zenda
1979 · Comedy
The Concorde… Airport ’79
1979 · Thriller
Fast Company
1979 · Drama
My Brilliant Career
1979 · Biography
Caligula
1979 · Drama
Hot Stuff
1979 · Comedy
The Island
1979 · Drama
Odd Couple
1979 · Action
When I Will Become a Giant
1979 · Romance
North Dallas Forty
1979 · Drama
Parts: The Clonus Horror
1979 · Horror
Griha Pravesh
1979 · Romance
The Villain
1979 · Comedy
The Amityville Horror
1979 · Horror
Breaking Away
1979 · Drama
Dracula
1979 · Horror
Just You and Me, Kid
1979 · Comedy
The Frisco Kid
1979 · Drama
Kummatty
1979 · Drama
City on Fire
1979 · Action
Kalyanaraman
1979 · Comedy
Outer Touch
1979 · Comedy
Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July
1979 · Family
Meatballs
1979 · Comedy
Moonraker
1979 · Action
Crocodile
1979 · Horror
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
1979 · Comedy
Dance of the Drunk Mantis
1979 · Action
Alien
1979 · Horror
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