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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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Anatomy of a Murder
1959 · Drama
Touch of Evil
1958 · Drama
Creature from the Black Lagoon
1954 · Sci-Fi
The Incredible Shrinking Man
1957 · Sci-Fi
Gun Crazy
1950 · Drama
Sands of Iwo Jima
1950 · Action
Witness for the Prosecution
1958 · Drama
Jailhouse Rock
1957 · Drama
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1958 · Drama
The Man Who Knew Too Much
1956 · Drama
Bundle of Joy
1956 · Comedy
Flying Leathernecks
1951 · Action
A Face in the Crowd
1957 · Drama
Baby Doll
1956 · Drama
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956 · Sci-Fi
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
1950 · Fantasy
Alice in Wonderland
1951 · Adventure
Cinderella
1950 · Fantasy
Rashomon
1951 · Drama
The Seventh Seal
1958 · Drama
Wild Strawberries
1959 · Drama
The Magician
1959 · Drama
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
1951 · Drama
Richard III
1956 · Biography
The Rules of the Game
1950 · Drama
Room at the Top
1959 · Drama
The Defiant Ones
1958 · Drama
The Killing
1956 · Drama
Rear Window
1954 · Mystery
The Barefoot Contessa
1954 · Drama
Separate Tables
1958 · Drama
The Kentuckian
1955 · Drama
Thunder Road
1958 · Drama
On the Beach
1959 · Sci-Fi
Not as a Stranger
1955 · Drama
Treasure Island
1950 · Adventure
The Ladykillers
1956 · Comedy
The African Queen
1952 · Adventure
On the Waterfront
1954 · Drama
Rio Bravo
1959 · Action
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