A plotline is the main story or sequence of events in a movie, book, or any other narrative. It is the overall storyline that holds everything together and defines the flow of events from the beginning to the end. Full definition
«After the main plotline of the abduction takes over, Everybody Knows becomes a very different movie with Farhadi's trademark observant eye and passion for uncovering the human condition stamped all over it. (awardsdaily.com)
In a real way, with whole plotlines in common, Verbinski's film is the crappy, mainstream version of Baumbach's picture. (filmfreakcentral.net)
Tarantino has long been a self - indulgent filmmaker, but in a way that plays to his unique strengths, spinning gold from long tangential exchanges of dialogue or curious flashbacks that eventually snap into his films» main plotlines with a satisfying click. (theatlantic.com)