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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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Cult of Chucky
-1 · Thriller
Plan 9 from Outer Space
1959 · Sci-Fi
The Grapes of Wrath
1940 · Drama
Nightmare Alley
1947 · Drama
The Gunfighter
1950 · Western
Miracle on 34th Street
1947 · Drama
All About Eve
1950 · Drama
The Day the Earth Stood Still
1951 · Sci-Fi
The King and I
1956 · Biography
Lifeboat
1944 · Drama
Sabrina
1954 · Drama
Monkey Business
1931 · Comedy
Horse Feathers
1932 · Sport
Roman Holiday
1953 · Drama
The War of the Worlds
1953 · Action
Detective Story
1951 · Drama
To Catch a Thief
1955 · Mystery
Stalag 17
1953 · Drama
White Christmas
1954 · Comedy
Animal Crackers
1930 · Comedy
The Mummy
1959 · Adventure
The Blob
1958 · Sci-Fi
The Wrong Man
1957 · Drama
A Streetcar Named Desire
1951 · Drama
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1948 · Adventure
Dial M for Murder
1954 · Mystery
East of Eden
1955 · Drama
The Nun's Story
1959 · Drama
The Maltese Falcon
1941 · Mystery
To Have and Have Not
1945 · Adventure
42nd Street
1933 · Comedy
The Big Sleep
1946 · Mystery
Mildred Pierce
1945 · Drama
The Jazz Singer
1927 · Drama
North by Northwest
1959 · Action
Singin' in the Rain
1952 · Comedy
Mutiny on the Bounty
1935 · Adventure
The Lady Vanishes
1938 · Mystery
The Asphalt Jungle
1950 · Drama
Gigi
1958 · Comedy
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