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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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All the Young Men
1960 · Action
The Kid from Cleveland
1949 · Drama
Sunset Serenade
1942 · Action
Young Bill Hickok
1940 · Action
The Circus Clown
1934 · Comedy
The Thief of Paris
1967 · Comedy
Gidget Goes Hawaiian
1961 · Comedy
Little Boy Lost
1953 · Drama
One Foot in Heaven
1941 · Drama
The Enchanted Cottage
1945 · Drama
Call Me Madam
1953 · Comedy
Earl Carroll Vanities
1945 · Music
The Fiancés
1963 · Drama
September Affair
1950 · Romance
Weekend, Italian Style
1965 · Comedy
The Music Box Kid
1960 · Action
The Silencers
1966 · Comedy
Deep Valley
1947 · Romance
A Wild Hare
1940 · Comedy
The Lost Continent
1968 · Adventure
The Snow Maiden
1969 · Animation
Love in a Goldfish Bowl
1961 · Drama
The Little Mermaid
1968 · Family
Por mis pistolas
1968 · Comedy
I Haven’t Got a Hat
1935 · Animation
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
1956 · Comedy
Toy Tinkers
1949 · Animation
Fugitive Lovers
1934 · Crime
Gentle Giant
1967 · Adventure
Submarine Raider
1942 · Drama
A Challenge for Robin Hood
1967 · Adventure
Phony Express
1943 · Western
Sabapathy
1941 · Comedy
Scrambled Brains
1951 · Comedy
The ‘Maggie’
1954 · Comedy
Rings on Her Fingers
1942 · Romance
Kohlhiesel’s Daughters
1962 · Comedy
Beat Girl
1960 · Drama
Rampage
1963 · Adventure
Bandolero!
1968 · Western
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