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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 Night of the Grizzly
1966 · Adventure
The Blonde Captive
1931 · Action
Saps at Sea
1940 · Comedy
Hayseed Romance
1935 · Romance
Tit for Tat
1935 · Comedy
The Eyes Have It
1945 · Animation
The Smiling Lieutenant
1931 · Comedy
Wild and Woolly Hare
1959 · Comedy
My Pal Gus
1952 · Drama
The Cat That Hated People
1948 · Animation
Shotgun
1955 · Western
The Purple Heart
1944 · Drama
Johnny Shiloh
1963 · War
Comanche
1956 · Western
This Island Earth
1955 · Horror
Everybody’s Hobby
1939 · Comedy
Cry Terror!
1958 · Crime
The Subject Was Roses
1968 · Drama
Modern Inventions
1937 · Comedy
Tulsa
1949 · Drama
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
1936 · History
Hannibal Brooks
1969 · Comedy
Atlantis: The Lost Continent
1961 · Fantasy
Poor Little Rich Girl
1936 · Music
Space Master X-7
1958
Anna Lucasta
1958 · Drama
Trouble Along the Way
1953 · Comedy
The Brute Man
1946 · Crime
Server Sundaram
1964 · Comedy
Halleluja for Django
1967 · Western
Romanoff and Juliet
1961 · Comedy
Follow a Star
1959 · Comedy
Bountiful Summer
1951 · Music
Invisible Invaders
1959 · Horror
No Name on the Bullet
1959 · Action
Key Largo
1948 · Thriller
Jeopardy
1953 · Drama
Bone Trouble
1940 · Animation
Barnacle Bill
1941 · Comedy
Rich and Strange
1931 · Romance
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