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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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Phantom of Chinatown
1940 · Crime
Uncertain Glory
1944 · Drama
Showdown at Boot Hill
1958 · Western
Black Angel
1946 · Thriller
Blitz Wolf
1942 · Comedy
There’s Always a Price Tag
1957 · Drama
The Golden Twenties
1950 · Documentary
Hell’s Kitchen
1939 · Drama
Buck Privates
1941 · Comedy
Frontier Marshal
1939 · Western
One Last Fling
1949 · Comedy
Big Leaguer
1953 · Drama
Oil’s Well That Ends Well
1958 · Comedy
Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka
1950 · Comedy
Slick Hare
1947 · Comedy
This Time for Keeps
1947 · Romance
Blessings of the Land
1959 · Family
The Scoundrel
1935 · Drama
Blood of the Vampire
1958 · Horror
Public Wedding
1937 · Comedy
The Iron Mistress
1952 · Action
Stars Over Broadway
1935 · Romance
Happy Land
1943 · Fantasy
Little Hiawatha
1937 · Comedy
Stagecoach Kid
1949 · Western
The Two-Headed Spy
1958 · Thriller
Sweet and Hot
1958 · Comedy
Lenin in October
1937 · Drama
The Big Broadcast of 1936
1935 · Music
Midnight Intruder
1938 · Crime
My Foolish Heart
1949 · Romance
La Terra Trema
1948 · Drama
Endless Desire
1958 · Drama
Star Dust
1940 · Comedy
Flight for Freedom
1943 · Drama
Brother Orchid
1940 · Comedy
Deep Jele Jaai
1959 · Drama
Fires on the Plain
1959 · War
Family Honeymoon
1948 · Comedy
Pyaasa
1957 · Drama
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