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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 Man Between
1953 · Thriller
The Lower Depths
1937 · Drama
It Happened in Brooklyn
1947 · Music
Renegade Girl
1946 · Western
The Big Street
1942 · Romance
Orders to Kill
1958 · War
Three Smart Saps
1942 · Comedy
The Man in the Sky
1957 · Drama
Queen Bee
1955 · Drama
Powder Town
1942 · Comedy
It Should Happen to You
1954 · Romance
The Jungle Princess
1936 · Action
Gildersleeve’s Bad Day
1943 · Comedy
The Hard Way
1943 · Drama
Hercules
1958 · Adventure
Porky’s Garden
1937 · Animation
The Wild Goose Chase
1932 · Animation
Flight Nurse
1953 · War
Robinson Crusoe
1954 · Drama
Convoy
1940 · Drama
The Office Wife
1930 · Drama
Love Letters
1945 · Drama
The Talk of the Town
1942 · Drama
Hare Remover
1946 · Animation
Boy on a Dolphin
1957 · Romance
Woman in the Dark
1934 · Drama
Desperate Journey
1942 · War
Our Girl Friday
1953 · Comedy
Pigs Is Pigs
1954 · Animation
Daffy Duck in Hollywood
1938 · Animation
The Hunters
1958 · Action
Picnic on the Grass
1959 · Comedy
The Man Who Cheated Himself
1950 · Crime
Lighthouse Mouse
1955 · Animation
Trooper Hook
1957 · Western
A Kiss in the Dark
1949 · Comedy
The Riveter
1940 · Comedy
Too Late for Tears
1949 · Thriller
Zombies on Broadway
1945 · Comedy
Night Life of the Gods
1935 · Comedy
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