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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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Lovely to Look At
1952 · Music
Operation Pacific
1951 · Action
The Strange World of Planet X
1958 · Horror
The Left Hand of God
1955 · Adventure
Mandy
1952 · Drama
The Heart of the Matter
1953 · Drama
It Happened to Jane
1959 · Romance
Throne of Blood
1957 · History
The Art of Getting Along
1954 · Comedy
Key to the City
1950 · Comedy
The Lower Depths
1957 · Drama
The Big Operator
1959 · Crime
Fire Down Below
1957 · Romance
Mussorgsky
1950 · History
The Bridal Path
1959 · Comedy
Violent Playground
1958 · Drama
Conflagration
1958 · Drama
Hell’s Horizon
1955 · Drama
Yellowstone Kelly
1959 · Adventure
The Law and the Lady
1951 · Comedy
Summer with Monika
1953 · Drama
Inferno
1953 · Adventure
Fowl Weather
1953 · Animation
Silk Stockings
1957 · Music
I’ll Cry Tomorrow
1955 · Drama
Reach for the Sky
1956 · Drama
Spare the Rod
1954 · Animation
The Third Word
1956 · Comedy
Distant Drums
1951 · Western
Ill Met by Moonlight
1957 · Adventure
Mr. Arkadin
1955 · Thriller
Crazy Over Daisy
1950 · Animation
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
1955 · Drama
Lucky Me
1954 · Comedy
Gents in a Jam
1952 · Comedy
The Midnight Story
1957 · Crime
The Captain from Kopenick
1956 · Comedy
Sharada
1957 · Romance
Something of Value
1957 · War
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
1955 · Comedy
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