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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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Yellowstone Kelly
1959 · Adventure
The Law and the Lady
1951 · Comedy
Summer with Monika
1953 · Drama
Two Soldiers
1943 · War
Inferno
1953 · Adventure
Submarine Patrol
1938 · Drama
Fowl Weather
1953 · Animation
Silk Stockings
1957 · Music
They Won’t Forget
1937 · Mystery
I’ll Cry Tomorrow
1955 · Drama
Miss Tatlock’s Millions
1948 · Romance
Reach for the Sky
1956 · Drama
Hopalong Rides Again
1937 · Western
Voice in the Wind
1944 · Drama
Fighting Frontier
1943 · Western
Spare the Rod
1954 · Animation
The Third Word
1956 · Comedy
River’s End
1940 · Action
Distant Drums
1951 · Western
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
1933 · Romance
Berlin Express
1948 · Thriller
The Mad Miss Manton
1938 · Comedy
Mary Burns, Fugitive
1935 · Drama
Ill Met by Moonlight
1957 · Adventure
Mr. Arkadin
1955 · Thriller
Crazy Over Daisy
1950 · Animation
Moontide
1942 · Romance
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
1955 · Drama
Daphnis and Chloe
1931 · Romance
The Lamp Still Burns
1943 · Drama
Shall We Dance
1937 · Romance
Gang Busters
1942 · Crime
Lucky Me
1954 · Comedy
Gents in a Jam
1952 · Comedy
The Midnight Story
1957 · Crime
Heidi
1937 · Drama
Days of Glory
1944 · Drama
The Captain from Kopenick
1956 · Comedy
Sharada
1957 · Romance
Something of Value
1957 · War
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