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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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Prudence and the Pill
1968 · Comedy
Thoroughly Modern Millie
1967 · Comedy
The Tartars
1961 · Drama
God Forgives… I Don’t!
1967 · Western
Island of Terror
1966 · Horror
Men and Beasts
1962 · Drama
Some Kind of a Nut
1969 · Comedy
The Ballad of a Gunfighter
1964 · Western
The X from Outer Space
1967 · Horror
This Sporting Life
1963 · Drama
A Hard Day’s Night
1964 · Comedy
Cruel Story of Youth
1960 · Drama
Topkapi
1964 · Adventure
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
1967 · Romance
The Witness
1969 · Comedy
Eros + Massacre
1969 · Drama
Sua Eccellenza si fermò a mangiare
1961 · Comedy
This Night I’ll Possess Your Corpse
1967 · Horror
Guns for San Sebastian
1968 · Western
Bhuvan Shome
1969 · Drama
Dharmputra
1961 · Drama
Wedding in Malinovka
1967 · Romance
Les Bicyclettes de Belsize
1968
The Detective
1968 · Crime
Ittefaq
1969 · Mystery
Kissin’ Cousins
1964 · Romance
Brainwashed
1960 · Drama
Up the Junction
1968 · Drama
Lenin in Poland
1966 · Drama
The Young Lovers
1964 · Drama
Duel of Champions
1961 · History
The Sandpiper
1965 · Romance
Paulina Is Leaving
1969 · Drama
Hands of a Stranger
1962 · Thriller
Seong Chun-hyang
1961 · Romance
July Rain
1967 · Drama
Invasion of the Star Creatures
1962 · Comedy
The Crawling Hand
1963 · Horror
The Devil’s Brigade
1968 · War
The Boston Strangler
1968 · Crime
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