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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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Joe Kidd
1972 · Western
Last of the Red Hot Lovers
1972 · Drama
Now You See Him, Now You Don’t
1972 · Fantasy
Seven Murders for Scotland Yard
1972 · Thriller
Napoleon and Samantha
1972 · Action
Au Pair Girls
1972 · Comedy
Hannie Caulder
1972 · Drama
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
1972 · Action
The Candidate
1972 · Drama
Dracula A.D. 1972
1972 · Horror
Ben
1972 · Horror
Beware! The Blob
1972 · Comedy
Frenzy
1972 · Thriller
Boxcar Bertha
1972 · Drama
Sweet Sugar
1972 · Drama
Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things
1972 · Horror
Mutiny on the Buses
1972 · Comedy
The War Between Men and Women
1972 · Comedy
The Doberman Gang
1972 · Action
Chato’s Land
1972 · Western
Z.P.G.
1972 · Thriller
Skyjacked
1972 · Thriller
Street Mobster
1972 · Crime
Carry On Matron
1972 · Comedy
Play It Again, Sam
1972 · Comedy
Stand Up and Be Counted
1972 · Drama
Bumbarash
1972 · Comedy
Vampire Circus
1972 · Horror
The Muppet Musicians of Bremen
1972 · Family
The Culpepper Cattle Co.
1972 · Western
Crucible of Terror
1972 · Horror
Tombs of the Blind Dead
1972 · Horror
Koshish
1972 · Drama
The Biscuit Eater
1972 · Drama
Pink Flamingos
1972 · Comedy
Blue Money
1972 · Thriller
Frogs
1972 · Sci-Fi
Silent Running
1972 · Sci-Fi
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
1972 · Drama
Baron Blood
1972 · Horror
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