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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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Belle of the Nineties
1934 · Comedy
The Petrified Forest
1936 · Drama
Carve Her Name with Pride
1958 · Drama
Ride ’Em Cowboy
1942 · Comedy
Pot o’ Gold
1941 · Romance
The Baron of the Locks
1960 · Comedy
The Boys of Paul Street
1969 · Family
These Wilder Years
1956 · Drama
The Reluctant Astronaut
1967 · Comedy
Billy the Kid
1941 · Drama
The Hot Scots
1948 · Comedy
Chow Hound
1951 · Animation
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
1946 · Comedy
The Unearthly
1957 · Horror
Johann Mouse
1953 · Music
Clean Pastures
1937 · Animation
Target Zero
1955 · War
Innocents in Paris
1953 · Comedy
Pit Stop
1969 · Action
Last Woman on Earth
1960 · Mystery
Blood Feast
1963 · Horror
Calling All Curs
1939 · Comedy
King Neptune
1932 · Animation
Symphony Hour
1942 · Music
It’s Always Fair Weather
1955 · Romance
Tarzan and the Lost Safari
1957 · Adventure
Sailor Beware
1952 · Comedy
The Hucksters
1947 · Comedy
Space Ship Sappy
1957 · Comedy
The Pointer
1939 · Comedy
The Lady is a Square
1959 · Romance
The Fool Killer
1965 · Mystery
A Hen in the Wind
1948 · Drama
The Band Concert
1935 · Music
Escape
1948 · Thriller
Porky’s Romance
1937 · Animation
Summertime
1955 · Drama
The Blue Lamp
1950 · Action
The Dawn Patrol
1930 · War
Bailout at 43,000
1957 · Drama
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