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Movie Summaries & Endings Explained from the 1940s
1,556 movies from the 1940s, each with a full plot summary, timeline, character guide and the ending explained. Combine filters to narrow it down.
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The Nifty Nineties
1941 · Family
Meet the Wildcat
1940 · Mystery
Silent Dust
1949 · Drama
The Story of Menstruation
1946 · Animation
Cass Timberlane
1947 · Drama
Address Unknown
1944 · Drama
Time Out for Rhythm
1941 · Music
Spring in a Small Town
1948 · Drama
I Was a Male War Bride
1949 · Romance
Station West
1948 · Western
State Fair
1945 · Comedy
Gaucho Serenade
1940 · Western
Here We Go Again
1942 · Comedy
Kind Hearts and Coronets
1949 · Comedy
Seven Keys to Baldpate
1947 · Mystery
Blood on the Sun
1945 · Action
Skylark
1941 · Comedy
Black Magic
1944 · Mystery
Her Cardboard Lover
1942 · Romance
Dizzy Detectives
1943 · Comedy
Three Little Girls in Blue
1946
Dr. Kildare’s Strange Case
1940 · Drama
A Gentleman After Dark
1942 · Adventure
A Welcome to Britain
1943 · Comedy
Crazy with the Heat
1947 · Animation
The Face Behind the Mask
1941 · Crime
Marianela
1940 · Drama
Pride of the Marines
1945 · War
Homecoming
1948 · Romance
Another Shore
1948 · Romance
Undertow
1949 · Thriller
Atlantic Ferry
1941 · Romance
Thunder Rock
1942 · War
Pillow to Post
1945 · Comedy
Broken Journey
1948 · Drama
Tarzan Triumphs
1943 · Adventure
No Dough Boys
1944 · Comedy
The Thin Man Goes Home
1944 · Mystery
Whispering City
1947 · Drama
Pirates of the Prairie
1942 · Western
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