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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 Woman of the Town
1943 · Western
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
1947 · Drama
Meet Boston Blackie
1941 · Crime
Chef Donald
1941 · Comedy
The Big Noise
1944 · Comedy
Hollow Triumph
1948 · Thriller
Perfect Strangers
1945 · Romance
The Gay Sisters
1942 · Romance
All This, and Heaven Too
1940 · Romance
Scott of the Antarctic
1948 · Adventure
Molly and Me
1945 · Comedy
The Pride of the Yankees
1942 · Drama
The Dancing Masters
1943 · Comedy
I Accuse My Parents
1944 · Drama
Sorrowful Jones
1949 · Comedy
Le Corbeau
1943 · Thriller
Lady in a Jam
1942 · Western
Johnny Belinda
1948 · Drama
The Valley of Decision
1945 · Romance
Legion of the Lawless
1940 · Western
The Homestretch
1947 · Drama
A Canterbury Tale
1944 · Drama
She Went to the Races
1945 · Comedy
Flight Angels
1940 · Drama
The Great Lie
1941 · Drama
We’ll Meet Again
1943 · Drama
Brewster’s Millions
1945 · Comedy
Miss Grant Goes to the Door
1940
Act of Violence
1948 · Thriller
Isle of Forgotten Sins
1943 · Drama
Stallion Road
1947 · Western
A Gentleman at Heart
1942 · Comedy
Song of the Thin Man
1947 · Crime
Wonder Man
1945 · Comedy
The More the Merrier
1943 · Comedy
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
1947 · Comedy
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
1945 · Drama
The Red Pony
1949 · Action
It’s a Great Feeling
1949 · Music
Down to Earth
1947 · Fantasy
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