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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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Tweety’s Circus
1955 · Comedy
Know Your Enemy: Japan
1945 · History
Donald’s Decision
1942 · Animation
The People Against O’Hara
1951 · Drama
The Mudlark
1950 · Drama
Men of the Blue Cross
1955 · Drama
This Woman Is Dangerous
1952 · Crime
I Was a Shoplifter
1950 · Crime
The Desperado
1954 · Western
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October (Ten Days that Shook the World)
1927 · Drama
Reducing
1931 · Comedy
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948 · Comedy
Somebody Loves Me
1952 · Music
Hog Wild
1930 · Comedy
Readin’ and Writin’
1932 · Comedy
The Phantom of Paris
1931 · Drama
Eight O’Clock Walk
1954 · Drama
Nosferatu
1922 · Horror
Wake Island
1942 · Drama
A Man About the House
1947 · Drama
Sea Fever
1927 · Drama
Yankee Doodle Bugs
1954 · Comedy
Manhunt in Space
1954 · Adventure
Donald Applecore
1952 · Animation
Bedelia
1946 · Drama
Oliver the Eighth
1934 · Comedy
Sabar Uparey
1955 · Mystery
Kept Husbands
1931 · Drama
Dr. Ehrlich’s Magic Bullet
1940 · Drama
The Three Musketeers
1933 · Adventure
Chance of a Lifetime
1950 · Drama
The Search
1948 · Drama
Rafter Romance
1933 · Romance
Poverty and Nobility
1954 · Comedy
Back in the Saddle Again
1942 · Music
The Big Hangover
1950 · Comedy
Goin’ to Town
1935 · Comedy
House of Strangers
1949 · Drama
Moby Dick
1956 · Drama
The Time of Their Lives
1946 · Comedy
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