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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 Great Lie
1941 · Drama
Magnificent Obsession
1935 · Romance
We’ll Meet Again
1943 · Drama
Son of Sinbad
1955 · Fantasy
Vendetta
1950 · Drama
Brewster’s Millions
1945 · Comedy
Overland Pacific
1954 · Western
The Great Meadow
1931 · Western
Miss Grant Goes to the Door
1940
Love Me Tender
1956 · Drama
Pool of London
1951 · Drama
Hi’–Neighbor!
1934 · Comedy
Act of Violence
1948 · Thriller
Out of Scale
1951 · Animation
Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress
1957 · Romance
Kentucky Rifle
1955 · Western
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1934 · Comedy
Café Metropole
1937 · Drama
The Runaway Bride
1930 · Drama
Personal Maid’s Secret
1935 · Drama
The Sound and the Fury
1959 · Drama
Top Speed
1930 · Comedy
The Tall Stranger
1957 · Western
Isle of Forgotten Sins
1943 · Drama
Jack and the Beanstalk
1952 · Fantasy
Three Violent People
1956 · Western
Stallion Road
1947 · Western
A Gentleman at Heart
1942 · Comedy
Three on a Limb
1936 · Comedy
Each Dawn I Die
1939 · Drama
Park Row
1952 · Thriller
Song of the Thin Man
1947 · Crime
Wonder Man
1945 · Comedy
Music in the Air
1934 · Romance
The More the Merrier
1943 · Comedy
Our Miss Brooks
1956 · Comedy
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
1947 · Comedy
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
1945 · Drama
The Red Pony
1949 · Action
Rockabye
1932 · Drama
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