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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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Battle in Outer Space
1959 · Action
Wells Fargo
1937 · Western
Over the Hill
1931 · Drama
Do Ankhen Barah Haath
1957 · Thriller
Beachhead
1954 · War
Something to Live For
1952 · Drama
Girl of the Night
1960 · Drama
Old MacDonald Duck
1941 · Comedy
Ervinka
1967 · Comedy
Rose Marie
1954 · Music
The Great Commandment
1939 · Drama
The Yellow Tomahawk
1954 · Western
Flagpole Jitters
1956 · Comedy
Andy Hardy’s Blonde Trouble
1944 · Comedy
The Ugly Duckling
1931 · Family
One Minute to Zero
1952 · Drama
The Fat Spy
1966 · Comedy
I Often Think of Piroschka
1955 · Comedy
Kid Galahad
1937 · Crime
On Borrowed Time
1939 · Comedy
Angel Face
1952 · Crime
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
1962 · Family
Bad Girl
1931 · Drama
Mr. Sardonicus
1961 · Horror
Wyoming Outlaw
1939 · Western
The Gay Desperado
1936 · Comedy
The Stratton Story
1949 · Drama
Diamond Jim
1935 · Drama
Tarzan and the Leopard Woman
1946 · Adventure
Fear Strikes Out
1957 · Drama
Giant from the Unknown
1958 · Horror
Woman Chases Man
1937 · Comedy
Diamond City
1949 · Drama
Love on a Bet
1936 · Romance
Hawaiian Holiday
1937 · Comedy
Bowery Champs
1944 · Action
Over 21
1945 · Comedy
Carry On Cruising
1962 · Comedy
We Dive at Dawn
1943 · Drama
Fourteen Hours
1951 · Drama
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