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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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Hare Splitter
1948 · Animation
Went the Day Well?
1942 · War
Bad Ol’ Putty Tat
1949 · Comedy
Are You With It?
1948 · Music
The Blue Dahlia
1946 · Mystery
A-Haunting We Will Go
1942 · Crime
I’ll Be Yours
1947 · Romance
Kiss the Boys Goodbye
1941 · Music
Titanic
1943 · Drama
Donald’s Dog Laundry
1940 · Animation
The Unfinished Dance
1947 · Drama
The Unsuspected
1947 · Thriller
So Goes My Love
1946 · Drama
Buck Privates Come Home
1947 · Action
Contrary Condor
1944 · Animation
Mouse Cleaning
1948 · Animation
Thrill of a Romance
1945 · Music
The Next of Kin
1942 · Mystery
Fingers at the Window
1942 · Thriller
Up in Central Park
1948 · Music
The Night Before Christmas
1941 · Animation
There’s One Born Every Minute
1942 · Comedy
The Living Ghost
1942 · Thriller
Crash Dive
1943 · Action
The Long Night
1947 · Romance
Reign of Terror
1949 · History
The Stone Flower
1946 · Fantasy
The Two Mrs. Carrolls
1947 · Thriller
The Way to the Stars
1945 · Romance
Fighting Man of the Plains
1949 · Romance
Two Sisters from Boston
1946 · Comedy
The Well Groomed Bride
1946 · Comedy
Frieda
1947 · Drama
A Plumbing We Will Go
1940 · Comedy
Candlelight in Algeria
1944 · War
Doña Bárbara
1943 · Drama
Son of Ingagi
1940 · Horror
The Children Are Watching Us
1943 · Drama
Footsteps in the Dark
1941 · Crime
Homecoming
1941 · Drama
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