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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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That Fatal Sneeze
1907 · Comedy
Heart o’ the Hills
1919 · Romance
I Don’t Want to Be a Man
1918 · Comedy
The Woman Suffers
1918 · Drama
The Secret Game
1917 · Drama
Her Defiance
1916 · Drama
Alas and Alack
1915 · Drama
Twilight of a Woman’s Soul
1913 · Drama
Nicholas Nickleby
1912 · Drama
Artful Kate
1911
F Marry Kill
Comedy
The Invisible Man
1933 · Horror
Show Boat
1936 · Comedy
The Seventh Continent (1989)
Drama
Frankenstein
1931 · Drama
Shadow of a Doubt
1943 · Film-Noir
Sunset Boulevard
1950 · Drama
The Bride of Frankenstein
1935 · Drama
Seven Samurai
1956 · Action
Citizen Kane
1941 · Drama
Vertigo
1958 · Mystery
Time Limit
1957 · Drama
Miracle in Milan
1951 · Drama
Brute Force
1947 · Drama
Cavalcade
1933 · Drama
Sunrise
1927 · Drama
The Lavender Hill Mob
1951 · Comedy
The Racers
1955 · Drama
The Star
1952 · Drama
Don't Bother to Knock
1952 · Drama
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
1952 · Adventure
The Snake Pit
1948 · Drama
Niagara
1953 · Thriller
The Three Faces of Eve
1957 · Drama
Road to Singapore
1940 · Comedy
Going My Way
1944 · Drama
Little Miss Marker
1934 · Drama
Hold Back the Dawn
1941 · Drama
Wings
1929 · Action
Road to Utopia
1946 · Adventure
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