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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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Madame Bovary
1949 · Drama
Murder, He Says
1945 · Comedy
The Kid from Kokomo
1939 · Romance
Expensive Husbands
1937 · Comedy
Prairie Moon
1938 · Western
Smart Alecks
1942 · Comedy
Here Comes Cookie
1935 · Comedy
Apache Ambush
1955 · Western
A Hatful of Rain
1957 · Drama
Murder Over New York
1940 · Comedy
Vendetta of a Samurai
1952 · Action
No Down Payment
1957 · Drama
Monster from Green Hell
1957 · Horror
Busy Buddies
1944 · Comedy
The Perils of Pauline
1947 · Comedy
Paradise for Buster
1952 · Comedy
The Great Lover
1949 · Comedy
A Pest in the House
1947 · Comedy
The Guns of Fort Petticoat
1957 · Western
Just Around the Corner
1938 · Music
Odette
1950 · Drama
The First Round-Up
1934 · Comedy
The Three Musketeers
1948 · Adventure
That Gang of Mine
1940 · Comedy
The Scarlet Claw
1944 · Mystery
Blanche Fury
1948 · Drama
They Flew Alone
1942 · Drama
Lady in the Fog
1952 · Mystery
For the First Time
1959 · Drama
Decoy
1946 · Crime
The Most Wonderful Moment
1957 · Drama
Vampyr
1932 · Mystery
Back Alley Oproar
1948 · Animation
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
1942 · Mystery
The Snow Creature
1954 · Horror
The Possessors
1958 · Drama
Night Owls
1930 · Comedy
Shooting High
1940 · Western
Swamp Women
1956 · Thriller
Stakeout on Dope Street
1958 · Drama
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