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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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Grounds for Marriage
1951 · Comedy
Tempest
1958 · History
The Wild and the Innocent
1959 · Western
Violent Summer
1959 · War
Night Into Morning
1951 · Drama
A Bird in a Guilty Cage
1952 · Animation
Ten Wanted Men
1955 · Western
Men of the Fighting Lady
1954 · Drama
Olivia
1951 · Drama
Umberto D.
1952 · Drama
Bad for Each Other
1953 · Drama
Apache Ambush
1955 · Western
A Hatful of Rain
1957 · Drama
Vendetta of a Samurai
1952 · Action
No Down Payment
1957 · Drama
Monster from Green Hell
1957 · Horror
Paradise for Buster
1952 · Comedy
The Guns of Fort Petticoat
1957 · Western
Odette
1950 · Drama
Lady in the Fog
1952 · Mystery
For the First Time
1959 · Drama
The Most Wonderful Moment
1957 · Drama
The Snow Creature
1954 · Horror
The Possessors
1958 · Drama
Swamp Women
1956 · Thriller
Stakeout on Dope Street
1958 · Drama
Two Men in Manhattan
1959 · Crime
French Cancan
1955 · Music
Trouble in Store
1953 · Comedy
The Magic Box
1951 · Drama
Verboten!
1959 · War
The Square Peg
1958 · War
Flight to Mars
1951 · Thriller
Seven Days to Noon
1950 · Thriller
Return of the Fly
1959 · Horror
The Twonky
1953 · Comedy
The Crimson Pirate
1952 · Comedy
Man with the Gun
1955 · Western
The Tall Men
1955 · Western
Small Town Story
1953 · Drama
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