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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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Branded
1950 · Western
Happy Ever After
1954 · Comedy
Red Hot Riding Hood
1943 · Comedy
So Red the Rose
1935 · Drama
Pension Mimosas
1935 · Drama
The Story of Will Rogers
1952 · Drama
Radar Secret Service
1950 · Drama
Rogue Cop
1954 · Crime
Cottage to Let
1941 · Thriller
The Silent Passenger
1935 · Crime
The Black Scorpion
1957 · Horror
The Saint in New York
1938 · Crime
The Far Horizons
1955 · Western
Snowbound
1948 · Drama
Jet Storm
1959 · Thriller
The Journey
1959 · Romance
Green Fields
1937 · Romance
Storm Fear
1955 · Crime
Jewel Robbery
1932 · Crime
The League of Frightened Men
1937 · Crime
In the Sweet Pie and Pie
1941 · Comedy
In This Our Life
1942 · Drama
Bhowani Junction
1956 · Romance
The Neanderthal Man
1953 · Horror
A Bird in a Bonnet
1958 · Animation
Machete
1958 · Drama
He Snoops to Conquer
1944 · Comedy
Santa and the Fairy Snow Queen
1951 · Fantasy
Pekka Puupää
1953 · Comedy
I Love Melvin
1953 · Music
He Couldn’t Say No
1938 · Adventure
Beloved Infidel
1959 · Romance
The Babe Ruth Story
1948 · Drama
All the Brothers Were Valiant
1953 · Adventure
Musang Berjanggut
1959 · Comedy
Three Hams on Rye
1950 · Comedy
The Man in the Mirror
1936 · Comedy
Bowery Buckaroos
1947 · Comedy
Lucky Kids
1936 · Comedy
Road to Rio
1947 · Comedy
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