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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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Play Girl
1941 · Music
Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
1941 · Drama
Black Friday
1940 · Thriller
They Met in Bombay
1941 · Drama
Deep Waters
1948 · Drama
The Saxon Charm
1948 · Drama
Heavenly Daze
1948 · Comedy
Daffy’s Southern Exposure
1942 · Animation
Kipps
1941 · Drama
The Small Voice
1948 · Thriller
Love on the Dole
1941 · Drama
Escape Me Never
1947 · Romance
You Nazty Spy!
1940 · Comedy
Above Suspicion
1943 · Thriller
Alimony
1949 · Crime
Dick Tracy’s Dilemma
1947 · Crime
The Great Gatsby
1949 · Drama
The Doctor Takes a Wife
1940 · Romance
Thundering Hoofs
1942 · Western
Ghost Wanted
1940 · Animation
Four Jills in a Jeep
1944 · Music
Secret Beyond the Door
1947 · Mystery
Kisses for Breakfast
1941 · Comedy
In Which We Serve
1942 · Drama
The Kid from Cleveland
1949 · Drama
None But the Lonely Heart
1944 · Drama
Sunset Serenade
1942 · Action
Dead Reckoning
1946 · Crime
Without Pity
1948 · Drama
Young Bill Hickok
1940 · Action
Arabian Nights
1942 · Action
One Foot in Heaven
1941 · Drama
The Enchanted Cottage
1945 · Drama
Earl Carroll Vanities
1945 · Music
Bodyguard
1948 · Thriller
Saigon
1947 · Drama
Deep Valley
1947 · Romance
A Wild Hare
1940 · Comedy
Roxie Hart
1942 · Comedy
John Loves Mary
1949 · Comedy
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