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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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Autumn Leaves
1956 · Drama
Little Red Rodent Hood
1952 · Family
Bombers B-52
1957 · Drama
Pickup
1951 · Drama
The Iron Petticoat
1956 · Comedy
The Brave One
1956 · Family
Man-Made Monster
1941 · Horror
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
1944 · Drama
The Ringer
1952 · Mystery
They Were Sisters
1945 · Drama
The Legend of Tom Dooley
1959 · Drama
Mickey’s Amateurs
1937 · Animation
One in a Million
1936 · Romance
Storm Over the Nile
1955 · War
Sarah and Son
1930 · Drama
What’s the Matador?
1942 · Comedy
The Great Man’s Lady
1941 · Western
Way Back Home
1931 · Drama
The Tortoise and the Hare
1935 · Fantasy
Let Us Live
1939 · Thriller
Me and the Colonel
1958 · War
A Girl Must Live
1939 · Drama
Rock All Night
1957 · Crime
The Great Garrick
1937 · Romance
The Naked Truth
1957 · Comedy
The Devil’s Disciple
1959 · War
Forty Guns
1957 · Western
Take a Giant Step
1959 · Drama
Alexander Hamilton
1931 · Drama
Ride Lonesome
1959 · Western
Suez
1938 · History
Heart of Stone
1950 · Fantasy
Lion Around
1950 · Animation
Smuggler’s Cove
1948 · Action
King Richard and the Crusaders
1954 · Drama
Bugles in the Afternoon
1952 · Western
Parole Girl
1933 · Drama
When The Bough Breaks
1947 · Drama
Francis Goes to West Point
1952 · Comedy
Hot Stuff
1956 · Comedy
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