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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 Walls of Jericho
1948 · Drama
Pygmalion
1937 · Comedy
Hangmen Also Die!
1943 · Drama
Naughty Neighbors
1939 · Animation
The Spirit of Notre Dame
1931 · Drama
The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown
1957 · Comedy
Pickpocket
1959 · Drama
Compulsion
1959 · Thriller
1001 Arabian Nights
1959 · Animation
The Set-Up
1949 · Drama
The Cat Creeps
1946 · Horror
The Oklahoma Woman
1956 · Western
The Toy Wife
1938 · Drama
The Weak and the Wicked
1954 · Drama
The Bowery
1933 · Drama
The Monte Carlo Story
1956 · Drama
Portrait of Alison
1955 · Drama
Tawny Pipit
1944 · Drama
Highway Dragnet
1954 · Drama
Wedding Rehearsal
1932 · Drama
Lost in Alaska
1952 · Comedy
Man on the Flying Trapeze
1935 · Comedy
Violent Saturday
1955 · Crime
Roses for the Prosecutor
1959 · Comedy
Somewhere I’ll Find You
1942 · Romance
Trailer Horn
1950 · Animation
That Certain Feeling
1956 · Comedy
Feudin’, Fussin’ and A-Fightin’
1948 · Comedy
Tom Sawyer
1930 · Drama
The Sleeping Tiger
1954 · Thriller
The Bells of St. Mary’s
1945 · Comedy
The Devil On Wheels
1947 · Drama
Tarzan’s Greatest Adventure
1959 · Adventure
No More Orchids
1932 · Drama
The Last Time I Saw Paris
1954 · Drama
Darby’s Rangers
1958 · War
Odds Against Tomorrow
1959 · Thriller
The Good Die Young
1954 · Thriller
Demetrius and the Gladiators
1954 · History
This Happy Feeling
1958 · Comedy
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