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Movie Summaries & Endings Explained from the 1950s
1,920 movies from the 1950s, each with a full plot summary, timeline, character guide and the ending explained. Combine filters to narrow it down.
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Jim Thorpe – All-American
1951 · Drama
Dunkirk
1958 · Drama
Anari
1959 · Drama
Loving You
1957 · Drama
The Gambler and the Lady
1952 · Crime
The Bachelor Party
1957 · Drama
3 Ring Circus
1954 · Comedy
The Depraved
1957 · Thriller
The Indian Tomb
1959 · Romance
War Drums
1957 · Western
So Young, So Bad
1950 · Drama
The Oregon Trail
1959 · Western
The Legend of the White Serpent
1956 · Romance
The Jungle
1952 · Adventure
Let’s Stick Together
1952 · Comedy
Boyhood Daze
1957 · Animation
The Monster That Challenged the World
1957 · Horror
Four Girls in Town
1957 · Drama
5 Against the House
1955 · Crime
The Great Man
1956 · Drama
Crazed Fruit
1956 · Drama
Ride Clear of Diablo
1954 · Western
D-Day the Sixth of June
1956 · Drama
Scandal Sheet
1952 · Thriller
Doctor and the Healer
1957 · Comedy
The Ugly Duckling
1959 · Comedy
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
1957 · Romance
Suddenly
1954 · Crime
Men in War
1957 · Drama
Kansas City Confidential
1952 · Crime
Colorado Sundown
1952 · Action
Baby Face Nelson
1957 · Crime
Ballad of a Soldier
1959 · War
Tailored gentleman
1954 · Drama
The Sharkfighters
1956 · Adventure
Quincannon, Frontier Scout
1956 · Western
Fiend Without a Face
1958 · Horror
Thunder on the Hill
1951 · Drama
Bang! You’re Dead
1954 · Drama
Blowing Wild
1953 · Action
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