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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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Mixed Magic
1936 · Comedy
Can’t Help Singing
1944 · Western
Pacific Liner
1939 · Action
Yesterday’s Enemy
1959 · Drama
Of Human Hearts
1938 · Drama
A Gem of a Jam
1943 · Comedy
Larceny, Inc.
1942 · Crime
Copacabana
1947 · Comedy
David Harum
1934 · Comedy
The Garden of Allah
1936 · Drama
Three Guys Named Mike
1951 · Comedy
Sleepless
1957 · Drama
Lady with Red Hair
1940 · Drama
Adventure in Sahara
1938 · Adventure
Mark of the Vampire
1935 · Horror
A Life in the Balance
1955 · Mystery
The Sea Hawk
1940 · Romance
Geordie
1955 · Comedy
I’ll Never Heil Again
1941 · Comedy
The Night the World Exploded
1957
Riders to the Stars
1954 · Drama
If I’m Lucky
1946 · Music
The Man I Married
1940 · Drama
The Desert Song
1953 · Romance
We Were Strangers
1949 · Romance
The Witness Chair
1936 · Romance
Donald Duck and the Gorilla
1944 · Animation
The Big Land
1957 · Romance
Up in Arms
1944 · Comedy
Wooden Crosses
1932 · War
Elephant Walk
1954 · Adventure
The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake
1959 · Mystery
Fashions of 1934
1934 · Comedy
Judas’ Kiss
1954 · Drama
Turn Back the Clock
1933 · Drama
Crisis
1946 · Drama
San Quentin
1937 · Drama
Honky Donkey
1934 · Comedy
Somewhere in Dreamland
1936 · Fantasy
Lady of Burlesque
1943 · Comedy
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