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Movie Summaries & Endings Explained from 1959
177 movies from 1959, each with a full plot summary, timeline, character guide and the ending explained. Combine filters to narrow it down.
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Watusi
1959 · Adventure
Carry On Teacher
1959 · Comedy
The Big Fisherman
1959 · Drama
Third Man on the Mountain
1959 · Drama
Beast from Haunted Cave
1959 · Horror
The Wild and the Innocent
1959 · Western
Violent Summer
1959 · War
For the First Time
1959 · Drama
Two Men in Manhattan
1959 · Crime
Verboten!
1959 · War
Return of the Fly
1959 · Horror
Teenage Zombies
1959 · Horror
Sapphire
1959 · Thriller
Operation Amsterdam
1959 · War
Nujum Pak Belalang
1959 · Comedy
Cover Girl Killer
1959 · Drama
The Incredible Petrified World
1959 · Adventure
Veerapandiya Kattabomman
1959 · Drama
Good Day for a Hanging
1959 · Western
Nazarin
1959 · Drama
A Hole in the Head
1959 · Comedy
Happy Anniversary
1959 · Comedy
Journey to the Center of the Earth
1959 · Family
The Last Days of Pompeii
1959 · Adventure
The Trap
1959 · Thriller
Caltiki, the Immortal Monster
1959 · Horror
The Rebel Set
1959 · Drama
The Beast Shall Die
1959 · Drama
The Siege of Pinchgut
1959 · Action
Ivan Brovkin on the State Farm
1959 · Adventure
Wild and Woolly Hare
1959 · Comedy
Follow a Star
1959 · Comedy
Invisible Invaders
1959 · Horror
No Name on the Bullet
1959 · Action
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1959 · Thriller
Jet Over The Atlantic
1959 · Thriller
Make Mine a Million
1959 · Comedy
Yesterday’s Enemy
1959 · Drama
The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake
1959 · Mystery
Jet Storm
1959 · Thriller
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