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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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The Major and the Minor
1942 · Comedy
No Man of Her Own
1932 · Drama
Alice in Wonderland
1933 · Adventure
My Favorite Blonde
1942 · Comedy
I Walk Alone
1948 · Drama
A Foreign Affair
1948 · Drama
Remember the Night
1940 · Drama
Road to Zanzibar
1941 · Adventure
Desire
1936 · Comedy
True Confession
1937 · Comedy
On Moonlight Bay
1951 · Comedy
Stage Fright
1950 · Mystery
The Curse of Frankenstein
1957 · Sci-Fi
The Public Enemy
1931 · Drama
Room for One More
1952 · Comedy
Objective, Burma!
1945 · Action
Christmas in Connecticut
1945 · Comedy
White Heat
1949 · Action
Them!
1954 · Sci-Fi
Young Man with a Horn
1950 · Biography
The Bad Seed
1956 · Drama
Rhapsody in Blue
1945 · Biography
The Old Man and the Sea
1958 · Adventure
The Sea Wolf
1941 · Adventure
Calamity Jane
1953 · Romance
The Man Who Came to Dinner
1942 · Comedy
They Died with Their Boots On
1942 · War
Life with Father
1947 · Comedy
Romance on the High Seas
1948 · Comedy
The Horn Blows at Midnight
1945 · Fantasy
David Copperfield
1935 · Adventure
Three Godfathers
1936 · Action
Captains Courageous
1937 · Adventure
The Harvey Girls
1946 · Comedy
National Velvet
1945 · Drama
Bombshell
1933 · Drama
A Tale of Two Cities
1935 · Drama
Woman of the Year
1942 · Drama
Angels in the Outfield
1951 · Sport
Million Dollar Mermaid
1952 · Biography
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