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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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The Three Faces of Eve
1957 · Drama
On Moonlight Bay
1951 · Comedy
Stage Fright
1950 · Mystery
The Curse of Frankenstein
1957 · Sci-Fi
Room for One More
1952 · Comedy
Them!
1954 · Sci-Fi
Young Man with a Horn
1950 · Biography
The Bad Seed
1956 · Drama
The Old Man and the Sea
1958 · Adventure
Calamity Jane
1953 · Romance
Angels in the Outfield
1951 · Sport
Million Dollar Mermaid
1952 · Biography
Ivanhoe
1953 · Adventure
Brigadoon
1954 · Fantasy
Lust for Life
1956 · Biography
Julie
1956 · Drama
Hondo
1953 · Drama
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957 · Biography
Checkpoint
1957 · Drama
Too Many Crooks
1959 · Comedy
Land of the Pharaohs
1955 · Adventure
The Shaggy Dog
1959 · Fantasy
Old Yeller
1957 · Adventure
A Lion Is in the Streets
1953 · Drama
Some Came Running
1958 · Drama
An Affair to Remember
1957 · Drama
Knights of the Round Table
1954 · Action
Guys and Dolls
1955 · Comedy
The Wild One
1954 · Drama
The One That Got Away
1958 · Adventure
Native Son
1951 · Drama
The Caine Mutiny
1954 · Drama
3:10 to Yuma
1957 · Drama
From Here to Eternity
1953 · Drama
Plan 9 from Outer Space
1959 · Sci-Fi
The Gunfighter
1950 · Western
All About Eve
1950 · Drama
The Day the Earth Stood Still
1951 · Sci-Fi
The King and I
1956 · Biography
Sabrina
1954 · Drama
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