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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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Trent’s Last Case
1952 · Mystery
New York Confidential
1955 · Crime
Squatter’s Rights
1946 · Animation
Cat Girl
1957 · Horror
Dangerous When Wet
1953 · Romance
Nowhere to Go
1958 · Crime
All Ashore
1953 · Comedy
The Captain’s Paradise
1953 · Drama
Tokyo Joe
1949 · Drama
Orpheus
1950 · Fantasy
Malaga
1954 · Drama
The Spiral Staircase
1946 · Horror
Revolt of the Zombies
1936 · Horror
Without Reservations
1946 · Romance
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941 · Comedy
This Is the Army
1943 · Romance
I Taw a Putty Tat
1948 · Animation
Our Man in Havana
1959 · Comedy
The Devil Makes Three
1952 · Crime
Yes, We Have No Bonanza
1939 · Western
Kolberg
1945 · Drama
The World, the Flesh and the Devil
1959 · Drama
Band Waggon
1940 · Music
Days of Glory
1945 · Documentary
Embraceable You
1948 · Drama
Forbidden Paradise
1924 · Comedy
The Embezzler
1954
Jan Žižka
1956 · War
Woman Haters
1934 · Comedy
Pather Panchali
1955 · Drama
Rootin’ Tootin’ Rhythm
1937 · Western
The Last Blitzkrieg
1959 · War
City for Conquest
1940 · Drama
The Girl Rush
1955 · Comedy
The Foundling
1939 · Comedy
The Law Is the Law
1958 · Comedy
East of the River
1940 · Drama
Mr. Skeffington
1944 · Romance
Come and Get It
1936 · Romance
Whoops, I’m an Indian!
1936 · Western
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