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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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Yellow Canary
1943 · War
Minin and Pozharsky
1939 · Drama
Fanny by Gaslight
1944 · Romance
Hell and High Water
1954 · Action
The Bear That Couldn’t Sleep
1939 · Animation
Virginia City
1940 · Western
Career
1959 · Drama
The Wonderful Country
1959 · Western
Massacre
1934 · Western
Hollywood Extra Girl
1935 · Documentary
Escort West
1959 · Action
Young at Heart
1953 · Comedy
Pépé le Moko
1937 · Drama
Zero Hour!
1957 · Thriller
Young Man with Ideas
1952 · Drama
An Inn in Tokyo
1935 · Drama
Bells of San Angelo
1947 · Adventure
Dragonfly Squadron
1954 · War
Torchy Runs for Mayor
1939 · Action
It Happened in Hollywood
1937 · Comedy
Mad About Music
1938 · Comedy
You Gotta Stay Happy
1948 · Romance
Stranded
1935 · Drama
Higher and Higher
1943 · Music
Artists and Models
1955 · Comedy
What a Woman
1943 · Comedy
Nine Men
1943 · War
Cyclone on Horseback
1941 · Western
Jamila, the Algerian
1958 · War
White Banners
1938 · Drama
In Love and War
1958 · War
Q Planes
1939 · Thriller
Flight to Nowhere
1946 · Mystery
Trouble Makers
1948 · Crime
Three Strangers
1946 · Crime
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
1939 · Mystery
Pharaoh’s Curse
1957 · Horror
West Point of the Air
1935 · Drama
Daaera
1953 · Music
High Wall
1947 · Crime
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