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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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Bright Lights
1930 · Music
The 400 Blows
1959 · Drama
The Edge of the World
1937 · Drama
Sadhna
1958 · Drama
Value for Money
1955 · Comedy
The Parisian Cobbler
1927 · Drama
Escape!
1930 · Drama
Babul
1950 · Drama
Paying the Piper
1949 · Comedy
The Sin Ship
1931 · Drama
The Westland Case
1937 · Crime
The Steel Lady
1953 · Action
Hurdy-Gurdy Hare
1950 · Comedy
Top Secret
1952 · Comedy
Houdini
1953 · Romance
Bearly Asleep
1955 · Comedy
Senso
1954 · Romance
Europe ’51
1952 · Drama
Of Rice and Hen
1953 · Animation
Run of the Arrow
1957 · Western
My Little Duckaroo
1954 · Comedy
Pirates of Monterey
1947 · Western
Female
1933 · Comedy
Rhapsody
1954 · Music
Come on Danger!
1932 · Western
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
1942 · Comedy
The Paleface
1948 · Comedy
The Square Jungle
1955 · Drama
Anna and the King of Siam
1946 · Drama
Kid Dynamite
1943 · Comedy
This Day and Age
1933 · Crime
Reunion in France
1942 · War
Uncivil War Birds
1946 · Comedy
Pluto’s Blue Note
1947 · Animation
The Manxman
1929 · Romance
Deluge
1933 · Drama
Smiles of a Summer Night
1955 · Romance
A Night in Casablanca
1946 · Comedy
A Woman of Experience
1931 · Romance
Rocket-bye Baby
1956 · Animation
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