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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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Winning
1969 · Action
Old Yeller
1957 · Adventure
Babes in Toyland
1961 · Fantasy
The Incredible Journey
1963 · Adventure
That Darn Cat!
1965 · Thriller
Pollyanna
1960 · Drama
Blackbeard's Ghost
1968 · Fantasy
An Affair to Remember
1957 · Drama
Marooned
1969 · Adventure
Firecreek
1968 · Drama
Rachel, Rachel
1968 · Drama
Hour of the Gun
1967 · Drama
The Sterile Cuckoo
1969 · Drama
The Wild One
1954 · Drama
The Skin Game
1931 · Drama
The One That Got Away
1958 · Adventure
Vixen!
1968 · Drama
Anchors Aweigh
1945 · Fantasy
Fail-Safe
1964 · Drama
Cat Ballou
1965 · Comedy
3:10 to Yuma
1957 · Drama
Zulu
1964 · Drama
To Sir, with Love
1967 · Drama
Plan 9 from Outer Space
1959 · Sci-Fi
The Grapes of Wrath
1940 · Drama
Fantastic Voyage
1966 · Adventure
The Gunfighter
1950 · Western
Miracle on 34th Street
1947 · Drama
Monkey Business
1931 · Comedy
Horse Feathers
1932 · Sport
Roman Holiday
1953 · Drama
The War of the Worlds
1953 · Action
White Christmas
1954 · Comedy
Blue Hawaii
1961 · Comedy
The Odd Couple
1968 · Comedy
The Mummy
1959 · Adventure
The Blob
1958 · Sci-Fi
The Wrong Man
1957 · Drama
To Have and Have Not
1945 · Adventure
42nd Street
1933 · Comedy
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