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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 Smashing Bird I Used to Know
1969 · Drama
Doctor in Love
1960 · Comedy
Big Jim McLain
1952 · Action
Gambler’s Choice
1944 · Drama
The Boy Who Stole a Million
1960 · Adventure
Mary, Mary
1963 · Comedy
So This Is Washington
1943 · Comedy
The Song of Ceylon
1934 · Documentary
Towed in a Hole
1932 · Comedy
Hero of Rome
1964 · Action
Along the Great Divide
1951 · Western
Lili
1953 · Drama
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!
1948 · Drama
In the Wake of the Bounty
1933 · Action
Billie
1965 · Music
Sentimental Journey
1946 · Drama
The Facts of Life
1960 · Drama
The Doctor and the Girl
1949 · Drama
Tortoise Beats Hare
1941 · Animation
Batman
1966 · Comedy
Play Girl
1932 · Drama
Double Suicide
1969 · Romance
Crossroads to Crime
1960 · Crime
The Mating of Millie
1948 · Romance
Elvira Madigan
1967 · Romance
The Battle of the River Plate
1956 · War
The Thief
1952 · Crime
Hot Enough for June
1964 · Comedy
Devil’s Canyon
1953 · Crime
Revolt of the Praetorians
1964 · History
The Feminine Touch
1956 · Drama
Bathing Beauty
1944 · Music
Lucky Partners
1940 · Drama
Rumba
1935 · Drama
This Is My Street
1964 · Drama
Francis
1950 · Family
Dragon Around
1954 · Comedy
Broken Dreams
1933 · Drama
The Olsen Gang
1969 · Crime
Intruder in the Dust
1949 · Crime
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