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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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Father of the Bride
1950 · Comedy
An American in Paris
1951 · Drama
A Christmas Carol
1938 · Drama
The Shop Around the Corner
1940 · Drama
The Postman Always Rings Twice
1946 · Drama
The Fly
1958 · Sci-Fi
Pillow Talk
1959 · Comedy
Curse of Chucky
-1 · Thriller
Saboteur
1942 · Thriller
The Night of the Hunter
1955 · Drama
Fantasia
1940 · Fantasy
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1954 · Adventure
High Society
1956 · Comedy
Rope
1948 · Drama
High Noon
1952 · Action
Some Like It Hot
1959 · Comedy
Little Women
1949 · Drama
La Ronde
1951 · Drama
Mister Roberts
1955 · Drama
Giant
1956 · Drama
The Diary of Anne Frank
1959 · Biography
Carmen Jones
1954 · Drama
Forbidden Planet
1956 · Adventure
Ikiru
1956 · Drama
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
1956 · Action
Imitation of Life
1959 · Drama
The Naked City
1948 · Drama
Written on the Wind
1956 · Drama
Man of a Thousand Faces
1957 · Biography
Salt of the Earth
1954 · Drama
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
1947 · Comedy
Black Gold
1947 · Drama
Love in the Afternoon
1957 · Drama
The Man with the Golden Arm
1955 · Drama
Anatomy of a Murder
1959 · Drama
Touch of Evil
1958 · Drama
Creature from the Black Lagoon
1954 · Sci-Fi
The Incredible Shrinking Man
1957 · Sci-Fi
The Blue Angel
1930 · Drama
Gun Crazy
1950 · Drama
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