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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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I Was a Shoplifter
1950 · Crime
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October (Ten Days that Shook the World)
1927 · Drama
Hercules, Samson & Ulysses
1963 · Adventure
Reducing
1931 · Comedy
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948 · Comedy
Somebody Loves Me
1952 · Music
Hog Wild
1930 · Comedy
A Pistol for Ringo
1965 · Western
It Was a Short Summer, Charlie Brown
1969 · Comedy
Readin’ and Writin’
1932 · Comedy
The Hoodlum Priest
1967 · History
Wake Island
1942 · Drama
A Man About the House
1947 · Drama
Sea Fever
1927 · Drama
Yankee Doodle Bugs
1954 · Comedy
Manhunt in Space
1954 · Adventure
Donald Applecore
1952 · Animation
Ready, Woolen and Able
1960 · Comedy
Oliver the Eighth
1934 · Comedy
Once Upon a Mattress
1964 · Comedy
Kept Husbands
1931 · Drama
The Last War
1961 · Drama
The Search
1948 · Drama
Rafter Romance
1933 · Romance
The Monkey’s Uncle
1965 · Family
Back in the Saddle Again
1942 · Music
Witchfinder General
1968 · History
The Big Hangover
1950 · Comedy
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
1947 · Fantasy
The Marriage-Go-Round
1961 · Comedy
Affair with a Stranger
1953 · Romance
Family Troubles
1943 · Family
The Bushwhackers
1951 · Thriller
Sting of Death
1966 · Horror
Night Nurse
1931 · Comedy
Fanny
1932 · Drama
Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB
1967
Fury of the Congo
1951 · Adventure
The Blue Lagoon
1949 · Romance
Mickey’s Orphans
1931 · Animation
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