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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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Cleopatra
1963 · Biography
Mutiny on the Bounty
1962 · Adventure
My Fair Lady
1964 · Drama
Spartacus
1960 · Adventure
2001: A Space Odyssey
1968 · Adventure
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963 · Action
The Sound of Music
1965 · Biography
West Side Story
1961 · Drama
The Guns of Navarone
1961 · Action
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
1967 · Drama
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964 · Thriller
Psycho
1960 · Mystery
Easy Rider
1969 · Drama
Urge to Kill
1960 · Crime
Baltic Skies
1960 · Drama
Frankie and Johnny
1966 · Comedy
Tobruk
1967 · History
Atlas
1961 · Fantasy
Sword of the Conqueror
1961 · Adventure
Ferry Cross the Mersey
1965 · Comedy
The Avenger
1962 · History
They’re a Weird Mob
1966 · Comedy
Boom!
1968 · Horror
Come Drink with Me
1966 · Action
What’s New Pussycat?
1965 · Comedy
Shock Treatment
1964 · Drama
No, My Darling Daughter
1961 · Comedy
Marlowe
1969 · Crime
Space Monster Wangmagwi
1967 · Horror
Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai
1960 · Drama
Stark Fear
1962 · Horror
The Cape Canaveral Monsters
1960
The Knife
1961 · Drama
I’ll Take Sweden
1965 · Music
Parineeta
1969 · Drama
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen
1962 · Animation
The River of Love
1960 · Romance
Two Thousand Maniacs!
1964 · Horror
Yaar Nee?
1966 · Horror
A Thunder of Drums
1961 · Western
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