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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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Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
1944 · Drama
Merrill’s Marauders
1962 · Drama
Rampaging Dragon of the North
1966 · Action
The Legend of Tom Dooley
1959 · Drama
Mickey’s Amateurs
1937 · Animation
A Very Private Affair
1962 · Drama
One in a Million
1936 · Romance
What’s the Matador?
1942 · Comedy
The Tortoise and the Hare
1935 · Fantasy
Me and the Colonel
1958 · War
A Girl Must Live
1939 · Drama
Rock All Night
1957 · Crime
Rough Night in Jericho
1967 · Romance
The Great Garrick
1937 · Romance
Angels from Hell
1968 · Action
Under the Yum-Yum Tree
1963 · Romance
Take a Giant Step
1959 · Drama
Ride Lonesome
1959 · Western
Heart of Stone
1950 · Fantasy
Lion Around
1950 · Animation
They Came from Beyond Space
1967 · Horror
Smuggler’s Cove
1948 · Action
The Terror of the Tongs
1961 · Crime
When The Bough Breaks
1947 · Drama
Francis Goes to West Point
1952 · Comedy
Hot Stuff
1956 · Comedy
The Proud Valley
1940 · Drama
The Broken Land
1962 · Western
Reform School Girl
1957 · Drama
The Mighty McGurk
1947 · Adventure
The Mummy’s Tomb
1942 · Horror
Armored Car Robbery
1950 · Thriller
Hotel Sahara
1951 · War
Thieves’ Highway
1949 · Thriller
Passport to Suez
1943 · Crime
The Man in Possession
1931 · Comedy
Santa Claus
1959 · Comedy
Donald’s Diary
1954 · Animation
Anpadh
1962
Winds of the Wasteland
1936 · Western
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