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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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Room for One More
1952 · Comedy
The Music Man
1962 · Comedy
Objective, Burma!
1945 · Action
Them!
1954 · Sci-Fi
Rhapsody in Blue
1945 · Biography
PT 109
1963 · Biography
Sunrise at Campobello
1960 · Biography
The Old Man and the Sea
1958 · Adventure
Calamity Jane
1953 · Romance
The Sundowners
1960 · Adventure
Life with Father
1947 · Comedy
Three Godfathers
1936 · Action
Captains Courageous
1937 · Adventure
The Harvey Girls
1946 · Comedy
Ride the High Country
1962 · Drama
National Velvet
1945 · Drama
Angels in the Outfield
1951 · Sport
The Singing Nun
1966 · Biography
Million Dollar Mermaid
1952 · Biography
Ivanhoe
1953 · Adventure
Waterloo Bridge
1940 · Drama
Tortilla Flat
1942 · Drama
Good News
1947 · Sport
Brigadoon
1954 · Fantasy
The Yearling
1947 · Drama
They Were Expendable
1945 · Drama
Lust for Life
1956 · Biography
The Broadway Melody
1929 · Drama
Lassie Come Home
1943 · Adventure
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1969 · Drama
Till the End of Time
1946 · Drama
The Thrill of It All
1963 · Comedy
Julie
1956 · Drama
Spider Baby or, the Maddest Story Ever Told
1967 · Horror
Hondo
1953 · Drama
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957 · Biography
Roustabout
1964 · Drama
Girl Happy
1965 · Comedy
Shalako
1968 · Western
The Naked Prey
1966 · Adventure
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