Do you really want to know the plot of the movie Yellow Submarine? Re-released on its 50th anniversary, Yellow Submarine isn’t famous and beloved because of its terse and suspenseful story. You can appreciate repeated viewings of this movie without even noticing that a plot exists at all. It’s famous and beloved because it’s a series of beautiful, trippy, psychedelic paintings presented to you in sequence, 24 times a second, accompanied by the songs of the greatest rock band of all time.