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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 Lemon Drop Kid
1951 · Crime
Mammy
1930 · Music
Laxdale Hall
1953 · Comedy
Appointment in London
1953 · War
All the World’s a Stooge
1941 · Comedy
Operation Amsterdam
1959 · War
Julia Misbehaves
1948 · Comedy
Nujum Pak Belalang
1959 · Comedy
Kes
1969 · Drama
Mon Oncle
1958 · Comedy
Slippery Silks
1936 · Comedy
The Breaking Point
1950 · Drama
Ride in the Whirlwind
1966 · Drama
Sinners in the Sun
1932 · Romance
Not of This Earth
1957 · Horror
Lost Boundaries
1949 · Drama
Wine, Women and Horses
1937 · Drama
A Millionaire for Christy
1951 · Romance
The Restless Years
1958 · Drama
One Thrilling Night
1942 · Comedy
You Can’t Get Away with Murder
1939 · Crime
Two-Buldi-Two
1929 · Drama
Hugs and Mugs
1950 · Comedy
Crime in the Streets
1956 · Crime
Golden Salamander
1950 · Adventure
A Snow Fairy Tale
1960 · Adventure
The Pure Hell of St. Trinian’s
1960 · Comedy
Moving Day
1936 · Animation
Cover Girl Killer
1959 · Drama
The Golden Antelope
1954 · Animation
Jessica
1962 · Comedy
The Incredible Petrified World
1959 · Adventure
Monkey Business
1952 · Comedy
Horrors of Spider Island
1960 · Horror
Three Outlaw Samurai
1964 · Drama
The Happy Family
1952 · Comedy
Soldier in the Rain
1963 · Drama
The Legend of Lobo
1962 · Family
Wet Blanket Policy
1948 · Comedy
Hindle Wakes
1927 · Romance
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