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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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Belle of the Nineties
1934 · Comedy
Party Girl
1930 · Drama
The Petrified Forest
1936 · Drama
Band of Angels
1957 · Drama
Carve Her Name with Pride
1958 · Drama
Ride ’Em Cowboy
1942 · Comedy
Pot o’ Gold
1941 · Romance
These Wilder Years
1956 · Drama
Young at Heart
1954 · Music
Billy the Kid
1941 · Drama
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
1959 · Action
The Hot Scots
1948 · Comedy
The Unguarded Hour
1936 · Crime
Chow Hound
1951 · Animation
The Great Moment
1944 · Comedy
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
1946 · Comedy
Mother India
1957 · Drama
Action of the Tiger
1957 · Adventure
The Unearthly
1957 · Horror
If You Could Only Cook
1935 · Romance
Johann Mouse
1953 · Music
Clean Pastures
1937 · Animation
Target Zero
1955 · War
Innocents in Paris
1953 · Comedy
Ride a Crooked Trail
1958 · Romance
The Wooden Horse
1950 · Drama
Symphony of Six Million
1932 · Drama
Calling All Curs
1939 · Comedy
King Neptune
1932 · Animation
Symphony Hour
1942 · Music
Alibi Bye Bye
1935 · Comedy
It’s Always Fair Weather
1955 · Romance
Tarzan and the Lost Safari
1957 · Adventure
Sailor Beware
1952 · Comedy
The Hucksters
1947 · Comedy
Space Ship Sappy
1957 · Comedy
Allegheny Uprising
1939 · Action
Lazybones
1935 · Comedy
Castle in the Desert
1942 · Crime
It Ain’t Hay
1943 · Comedy
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