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Movie Summaries & Endings Explained from 1931
102 movies from 1931, each with a full plot summary, timeline, character guide and the ending explained. Combine filters to narrow it down.
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The Blonde Captive
1931 · Action
The Smiling Lieutenant
1931 · Comedy
Rich and Strange
1931 · Romance
The Royal Bed
1931 · Comedy
The Star Witness
1931 · Drama
The Hare Mail
1931 · Animation
This Modern Age
1931 · Romance
Confessions of a Co-Ed
1931 · Drama
Guilty Hands
1931 · Drama
Blue of the Night
1931 · Comedy
Daphnis and Chloe
1931 · Romance
Way Back Home
1931 · Drama
Alexander Hamilton
1931 · Drama
The Man in Possession
1931 · Comedy
Her Majesty Love
1931 · Comedy
Illicit
1931 · Romance
The Peach Girl
1931 · Romance
Smart Money
1931 · Drama
Penrod and Sam
1931 · Drama
Possessed
1931 · Romance
Reducing
1931 · Comedy
The Phantom of Paris
1931 · Drama
Kept Husbands
1931 · Drama
Night Nurse
1931 · Comedy
Mickey’s Orphans
1931 · Animation
Mickey Steps Out
1931 · Comedy
Everything’s Rosie
1931 · Comedy
Cracked Nuts
1931 · Comedy
The Maltese Falcon
1931 · Mystery
The Finger Points
1931 · Crime
The Champ
1931 · Drama
I Like Your Nerve
1931 · Romance
Ariane
1931 · Comedy
The False Madonna
1931 · Drama
Never the Twain Shall Meet
1931 · Drama
The Sea Ghost
1931 · Action
Seed
1931 · Drama
Gentleman’s Fate
1931 · Drama
Transgression
1931 · Drama
The Viking
1931 · Romance
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