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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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Ride, Ranger, Ride
1936 · Action
War of the Satellites
1958 · Horror
Texas Lady
1955 · Western
Heidi
1952 · Drama
Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite
1939 · Comedy
One Froggy Evening
1955 · Comedy
Women of the Prehistoric Planet
1966
Wild Seed
1965 · Romance
The Beast of Yucca Flats
1961 · Horror
Gents Without Cents
1944 · Comedy
My Blood Runs Cold
1965 · Drama
Boy! What a Girl!
1947 · Music
Her Majesty Love
1931 · Comedy
Round-Up Time in Texas
1937 · Action
The Goose Steps Out
1942 · Comedy
Torpedo Run
1958 · War
The E-Flat Man
1935 · Comedy
Taxi Driver
1954 · Music
Let’s Be Happy
1957 · Music
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
1952 · Comedy
The Lovers
1958 · Drama
Gambling Ship
1933 · Drama
The Wedding Night
1935 · Romance
Warpath
1951 · Western
Pendekar Bujang Lapok
1959 · Music
Roughly Speaking
1945 · Comedy
Paper Lion
1968 · Comedy
Three Daring Daughters
1948 · Music
The Night My Number Came Up
1955 · Fantasy
Dramatic School
1938 · Romance
Movie Maniacs
1936 · Comedy
Pardon My Scotch
1935 · Comedy
Escape Route
1952 · Crime
To the People of the United States
1944 · Documentary
The Proud Rebel
1958 · Drama
Decision at Sundown
1957 · Western
Orphans’ Benefit
1941 · Animation
A Pain in the Pullman
1936 · Comedy
The Spirit of St. Louis
1957 · History
Mister 880
1950 · Crime
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