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Movie Summaries & Endings Explained from 1938
121 movies from 1938, each with a full plot summary, timeline, character guide and the ending explained. Combine filters to narrow it down.
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Artists and Models Abroad
1938 · Comedy
Men in Fright
1938 · Comedy
Newsboys’ Home
1938 · Crime
Sky Giant
1938 · Romance
Smashing the Rackets
1938 · Drama
Wish upon a Pike
1938 · Family
Spawn of the North
1938 · Romance
Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife
1938 · Romance
Woman Against Woman
1938 · Drama
If I Were King
1938 · History
Marie Antoinette
1938 · History
Men Are Such Fools
1938 · Drama
Charlie Chan in Honolulu
1938 · Thriller
There’s That Woman Again
1938 · Crime
Rebellious Daughters
1938 · Drama
Mutts to You
1938 · Comedy
Boy Meets Girl
1938 · Comedy
Port of Shadows
1938 · Drama
The Song of the Scarlet Flower
1938 · Drama
Racket Busters
1938 · Crime
Porky in Wackyland
1938 · Comedy
Western Jamboree
1938 · Adventure
Port of Seven Seas
1938 · Drama
Accidents Will Happen
1938 · Drama
Lord Jeff
1938 · Crime
Angels with Dirty Faces
1938 · Drama
The Toy Wife
1938 · Drama
Daffy Duck in Hollywood
1938 · Animation
The Drum
1938 · War
Hold That Co-ed
1938 · Comedy
Torchy Blane in Panama
1938 · Mystery
Broadway Musketeers
1938 · Music
A Yank at Oxford
1938 · Drama
Brave Little Tailor
1938 · Animation
Kentucky
1938 · Romance
Mystery House
1938 · Adventure
The Sisters
1938 · Drama
The Ware Case
1938 · Drama
Professor Beware
1938 · Comedy
The Duke of West Point
1938 · Drama
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