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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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The Rise of Catherine the Great
1934 · Drama
The Stranglers of Bombay
1959 · Horror
Violent Is the Word for Curly
1938 · Comedy
Time Flies
1944 · Comedy
Musty Musketeers
1954 · Comedy
House of Horror
1929 · Comedy
The Macomber Affair
1947 · Adventure
The Horse’s Mouth
1958 · Comedy
No Limit
1935 · Comedy
The Kansan
1943 · Romance
The Return of the Vampire
1943 · Horror
Invaders from Mars
1953 · Horror
I See a Dark Stranger
1946 · War
Princess of the Nile
1954 · Romance
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
1935 · Comedy
The Woman in the Window
1944 · Crime
Francis Goes to the Races
1951 · Comedy
On Approval
1944 · Romance
Illicit
1931 · Romance
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1936 · Drama
Puttin’ on the Ritz
1930 · Music
The Bravados
1958 · Western
Mexican Hayride
1948 · Romance
Man’s Castle
1933 · Drama
It’s Great to be Young!
1956 · Comedy
You Can’t Beat Love
1937 · Comedy
The Gift of Love
1958 · Romance
Charlie Chan in Rio
1941 · Thriller
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
1939 · Mystery
Heroes for Sale
1933 · Drama
Warlock
1959 · Western
Navrang
1959 · Drama
Libel
1959 · Mystery
Buck Rogers
1939
Hot Spell
1958 · Drama
The Green-Eyed Blonde
1957 · Crime
Lady in the Dark
1944 · Drama
Winter Storage
1949 · Animation
Victoria the Great
1937 · Drama
Rawhide
1951 · Western
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