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Movie Summaries & Endings Explained from 1936
131 movies from 1936, each with a full plot summary, timeline, character guide and the ending explained. Combine filters to narrow it down.
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Sitting on the Moon
1936 · Drama
Pennies from Heaven
1936 · Drama
San Francisco
1936 · Drama
César
1936 · Drama
Slippery Silks
1936 · Comedy
Moving Day
1936 · Animation
Mickey’s Polo Team
1936 · Comedy
They Were Five
1936 · Drama
Mummy’s Boys
1936 · Comedy
Mary of Scotland
1936 · Drama
Grand Slam Opera
1936 · Comedy
The Man Who Could Work Miracles
1936 · Comedy
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
1936 · History
Poor Little Rich Girl
1936 · Music
Anthony Adverse
1936 · Drama
Arbor Day
1936 · Comedy
Piccadilly Jim
1936 · Comedy
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
1936 · Drama
Mixed Magic
1936 · Comedy
The Garden of Allah
1936 · Drama
The Witness Chair
1936 · Romance
Somewhere in Dreamland
1936 · Fantasy
The Man in the Mirror
1936 · Comedy
Lucky Kids
1936 · Comedy
Klondike Annie
1936 · Comedy
Bullets or Ballots
1936 · Drama
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
1936 · Adventure
The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss
1936 · Romance
Spooky Hooky
1936 · Comedy
The Lawless Nineties
1936 · Western
Betty Boop and Little Jimmy
1936 · Comedy
Mickey’s Rival
1936 · Animation
The Walking Dead
1936 · Crime
Adventure in Manhattan
1936 · Mystery
The Country Doctor
1936 · Drama
Circus
1936 · Music
The Bohemian Girl
1936 · Comedy
One in a Million
1936 · Romance
Winds of the Wasteland
1936 · Western
Ride, Ranger, Ride
1936 · Action
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