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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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Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1939 · Drama
Satellite in the Sky
1956 · Drama
Circumstantial Evidence
1945 · Drama
Seven Were Saved
1947 · Drama
The Silent Village
1943 · War
What a Life
1939 · Drama
The Black Room
1935 · Horror
The Childhood of Maxim Gorky
1938 · Drama
You’re a Sap, Mr. Jap
1942 · Animation
Three Loan Wolves
1946 · Comedy
The Helen Morgan Story
1957 · Music
Army Girl
1938 · Comedy
Crooks Anonymous
1962 · Comedy
The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
1935 · Comedy
Gun Glory
1957 · Western
That Uncertain Feeling
1941 · Comedy
The Lawless Frontier
1934 · Western
The Man Without a Body
1957 · Horror
The Pathfinder
1952 · Western
The Aztec Mummy
1957 · Horror
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
1951 · Crime
King of the Khyber Rifles
1953 · Romance
Night Boat to Dublin
1946 · Thriller
The Tooth Will Out
1951 · Comedy
The Rats of Tobruk
1944 · War
Clancy Street Boys
1943 · Comedy
A Ducking They Did Go
1939 · Comedy
Whispering Smith
1948 · Western
The Kidnappers
1953 · Drama
The Star Witness
1931 · Drama
Flame of Barbary Coast
1945 · Romance
Return to Paradise
1953 · Drama
The Wrecking Crew
1968 · Comedy
Guns a Poppin!
1957 · Comedy
Attack of the Crab Monsters
1957 · Horror
Arbor Day
1936 · Comedy
Quack Shot
1954 · Animation
Violent Life
1962 · Drama
Carry On Sergeant
1958 · Comedy
The Walking Hills
1949 · Western
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