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Movie Summaries & Endings Explained from the 1970s
2,399 movies from the 1970s, each with a full plot summary, timeline, character guide and the ending explained. Combine filters to narrow it down.
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A Real Young Girl
1976 · Drama
Trial on the Road
1971 · Drama
The Crippled Masters
1979 · Action
Ten Tigers of Kwangtung
1979 · Action
The Flying Ship
1979 · Animation
Ina Ka ng Anak Mo
1979 · Drama
Going in Style
1979 · Drama
Scooby Goes Hollywood
1979 · Animation
The Man in the Santa Claus Suit
1979 · Drama
Orphan Train
1979 · Drama
Pasi
1979 · Drama
Scavenger Hunt
1979 · Comedy
Roller Boogie
1979 · Drama
The Black Hole
1979 · Action
The Electric Horseman
1979 · Drama
Cuba
1979 · Adventure
Velvet Hands
1979 · Comedy
The Little Convict
1979 · Drama
Hypochondriac
1979 · Comedy
All That Jazz
1979 · Drama
Buffet Froid
1979 · Crime
The Magnificent Butcher
1979 · Action
Kramer vs. Kramer
1979 · Drama
Being There
1979 · Drama
The Human Factor
1979 · Drama
An American Christmas Carol
1979 · Drama
The Gift
1979 · Drama
1941
1979 · Action
Chapter Two
1979 · Drama
The Jerk
1979 · Comedy
Jack Frost
1979 · Fantasy
Charlie Muffin
1979 · Drama
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
1979 · Adventure
Nauker
1979 · Drama
Azhiyatha Kolangal
1979 · Drama
Bear Island
1979 · Thriller
The Berenstain Bears’ Christmas Tree
1979 · Animation
Mysterious Island of Beautiful Women
1979 · Adventure
Penitentiary
1979 · Crime
I’m for the Hippopotamus
1979 · Adventure
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