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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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Safe in Hell
1931 · Drama
Sands of Iwo Jima
1950 · Action
Witness for the Prosecution
1958 · Drama
Jailhouse Rock
1957 · Drama
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1958 · Drama
The Man Who Knew Too Much
1956 · Drama
3 Godfathers
1949 · Drama
The Informer
1935 · Drama
The Body Snatcher
1945 · Thriller
Bundle of Joy
1956 · Comedy
Flying Down to Rio
1933 · Comedy
Swiss Family Robinson
1940 · Adventure
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1947 · Comedy
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949 · Western
Cimarron
1931 · Drama
The Son of Kong
1933 · Adventure
Ball of Fire
1942 · Comedy
Holiday Affair
1949 · Drama
Flying Leathernecks
1951 · Action
The Gay Divorcee
1934 · Comedy
They Live by Night
1949 · Romance
A Face in the Crowd
1957 · Drama
Baby Doll
1956 · Drama
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956 · Sci-Fi
The Stranger
1946 · Drama
Out of the Past
1947 · Drama
Pinocchio
1940 · Fantasy
The Bishop's Wife
1948 · Drama
Mighty Joe Young
1949 · Adventure
Notorious
1946 · Drama
Song of the South
1946 · Fantasy
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
1950 · Fantasy
Alice in Wonderland
1951 · Adventure
King Kong
1933 · Adventure
Love Affair
1939 · Drama
Make Mine Music
1946 · Music
Bambi
1942 · Drama
The Three Caballeros
1945 · Fantasy
Cinderella
1950 · Fantasy
Rashomon
1951 · Drama
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