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Movie Summaries & Endings Explained from the 1960s
1,988 movies from the 1960s, each with a full plot summary, timeline, character guide and the ending explained. Combine filters to narrow it down.
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Return to Peyton Place
1961 · Drama
Nevada Smith
1966 · Western
The Creeping Terror
1964 · Horror
The Sinister Urge
1960 · Crime
Platinum High School
1960 · Drama
La Collectionneuse
1967 · Romance
Crack in the World
1965 · Action
Crosstrap
1962 · Crime
Carbide and Sorrel
1963 · Comedy
Candidate for Murder
1962 · Crime
The Ambushers
1967 · Action
Madame X
1966 · Drama
This Man Must Die
1969 · Crime
Blood on the Land
1966 · Drama
The Bedford Incident
1965 · Action
Shenandoah
1965 · War
Sweet Love, Bitter
1967 · Drama
Rocky Road to Dublin
1968 · Documentary
A Touch of Larceny
1960 · Crime
It’s Only Money
1962 · Comedy
David and Lisa
1962 · Drama
The Canadians
1961 · Drama
Cherry Town
1962 · Drama
It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
1966 · Comedy
Young Fury
1964 · Western
The 3 Worlds of Gulliver
1960 · Comedy
The Haunted Palace
1963 · Horror
Murder She Said
1961 · Drama
Cemetery Without Crosses
1969 · Western
Confessions of a Psycho Cat
1968 · Horror
The Mercenary
1968 · Western
The Devil’s Eye
1960 · Drama
Battle at Bloody Beach
1961 · Drama
Queen of Blood
1966 · Horror
Zebra in the Kitchen
1965 · Family
The Damned
1969 · Drama
When the Trees Were Tall
1961 · Drama
The Shooting
1966 · Western
Model Shop
1969 · Romance
Seven Seas to Calais
1962 · Adventure
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