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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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Mister Roberts
1955 · Drama
The Diary of Anne Frank
1959 · Biography
The Hill
1965 · Drama
King Kong Escapes
1968 · Adventure
A Patch of Blue
1965 · Drama
Burn, Witch, Burn
1962 · Horror
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
1956 · Action
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
1947 · Comedy
Black Gold
1947 · Drama
The Dirty Dozen
1967 · Action
Creature from the Black Lagoon
1954 · Sci-Fi
The Incredible Shrinking Man
1957 · Sci-Fi
The Blue Angel
1930 · Drama
Gun Crazy
1950 · Drama
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
1962 · Drama
Sands of Iwo Jima
1950 · Action
Jailhouse Rock
1957 · Drama
Cape Fear
1962 · Drama
3 Godfathers
1949 · Drama
Donovan's Reef
1963 · Adventure
The Informer
1935 · Drama
The Body Snatcher
1945 · Thriller
Bundle of Joy
1956 · Comedy
Flying Down to Rio
1933 · Comedy
Swiss Family Robinson
1940 · Adventure
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1947 · Comedy
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949 · Western
The Son of Kong
1933 · Adventure
Ball of Fire
1942 · Comedy
Holiday Affair
1949 · Drama
Flying Leathernecks
1951 · Action
The Gay Divorcee
1934 · Comedy
They Live by Night
1949 · Romance
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956 · Sci-Fi
Salesman
1969 · Drama
Django
1966 · Action
Pinocchio
1940 · Fantasy
The Bishop's Wife
1948 · Drama
Mighty Joe Young
1949 · Adventure
Song of the South
1946 · Fantasy
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