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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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Lovers Courageous
1932 · Drama
Bombardier
1943 · Drama
Mummy’s Boys
1936 · Comedy
China Doll
1958 · Romance
Captain Eddie
1945 · Drama
A Guy Named Joe
1943 · Fantasy
Swiss Miss
1938 · Comedy
Please Believe Me
1950 · Romance
Hell Is Sold Out
1951 · Drama
Overland Telegraph
1951 · Western
Happy Anniversary
1959 · Comedy
Crash Landing
1958 · Drama
Life Begins in College
1937 · Comedy
No Time for Comedy
1940 · Comedy
The Affairs of Annabel
1938 · Comedy
Journey to the Center of the Earth
1959 · Family
Train of Events
1949 · Drama
Anna Karenina
1948 · Romance
Patterns
1955 · Drama
The Sleeping City
1950 · Crime
The Girl Most Likely
1958 · Romance
Apache Trail
1942 · Western
Hôtel du Nord
1938 · Romance
Ladies of Leisure
1926 · Drama
China Gate
1957 · War
Three Little Twirps
1943 · Comedy
The Young Stranger
1957 · Drama
People Will Talk
1951 · Drama
Private Detective 62
1933 · Drama
God’s Little Acre
1958 · Comedy
The Franchise Affair
1951 · Drama
The Last Days of Pompeii
1959 · Adventure
Footsteps in the Fog
1955 · Crime
The Uninvited
1944 · Horror
Louisiana Purchase
1941 · Comedy
High Tide at Noon
1957 · Drama
The Trap
1959 · Thriller
Alraune
1952 · Drama
The Buster Keaton Story
1957 · Comedy
Torchy Blane in Chinatown
1939 · Comedy
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