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Movie Summaries & Endings Explained from 1959 and Earlier
4,692 movies from 1959 and earlier, each with a full plot summary, timeline, character guide and the ending explained. Combine filters to narrow it down.
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Flight Command
1940 · War
Minesweeper
1943 · Drama
Stronghold
1951 · Romance
Edge of Hell
1956 · Drama
Gift Wrapped
1952 · Comedy
So This Is Love
1953 · Romance
Rustlers
1949 · Western
The Beast with a Million Eyes
1955 · Horror
Nana
1934 · Drama
Tenth Avenue Angel
1948 · Drama
The Holly and the Ivy
1952 · Drama
A Ticket to Tomahawk
1950 · Comedy
The Moonlighter
1953 · Western
Intrigue
1947 · Crime
It All Came True
1940 · Comedy
Girls About Town
1931 · Comedy
The Love of Jeanne Ney
1927 · Drama
Week-End Marriage
1932 · Comedy
Lena Rivers
1932 · Drama
Penny Serenade
1941 · Romance
You Can’t Escape Forever
1942 · Thriller
It Happened Tomorrow
1944 · Fantasy
A Life at Stake
1955 · Drama
The Corsican Brothers
1941 · Drama
Pitfall
1948 · Crime
Blonde Fever
1944 · Drama
Down Among the Z Men
1952 · Comedy
Little Rural Riding Hood
1949 · Animation
The Passionate Friends
1949 · Drama
A Night for Crime
1943 · Crime
My Dear Secretary
1948 · Romance
Dangerous Passage
1944 · Crime
Chip an’ Dale
1947 · Animation
Secrets
1933 · Western
Four Faces West
1948 · Western
Because of You
1952 · Romance
The Long Voyage Home
1940 · Drama
Blue Rhythm
1931 · Comedy
Stop Press Girl
1949 · Comedy
The Gay Falcon
1941 · Mystery
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