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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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Donald’s Double Trouble
1946 · Comedy
Casque d’Or
1952 · Drama
Whisky Galore!
1949 · Comedy
13 West Street
1962 · Crime
Johnny Doughboy
1942 · Music
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
1935 · Adventure
Wild Guitar
1962 · Comedy
Flirtation Walk
1934 · Romance
The Gorgon
1964 · Fantasy
The Petty Girl
1950 · Comedy
Wise Quackers
1949 · Animation
Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare
1968 · Horror
Die, Monster, Die!
1965 · Horror
Son of Paleface
1952 · Western
Housewife
1934 · Drama
Trick or Treat
1952 · Comedy
The Night Is Young
1935 · Romance
I Know Where I’m Going!
1945 · Drama
Dynamite Pass
1950 · Action
Killers from Space
1954 · Horror
Serafino
1968 · Comedy
Convicted
1950 · Crime
All-American Co-Ed
1941 · Comedy
This Is Cinerama
1952 · Documentary
The Glass Slipper
1955 · Romance
Knock on Any Door
1949 · Drama
The Barkleys of Broadway
1949 · Comedy
That Tender Age
1964 · Comedy
My Sister Eileen
1955 · Comedy
Horton Hatches the Egg
1942 · Comedy
The Glass Bottom Boat
1966 · Comedy
The Meanest Man in the World
1943 · Comedy
Asterix and Cleopatra
1968 · Comedy
Touch and Go
1955 · Comedy
Maria Candelaria
1944 · Romance
Back Street
1932 · Romance
The Ambassador’s Daughter
1956 · Comedy
Four Sided Triangle
1953 · Romance
Upperworld
1934 · Crime
Back Street
1961 · Drama
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