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Emotionally Heavy Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
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Replicant
2001 · Thriller
Down
2001 · Mystery
Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya
2001 · Thriller
Carmen: A Hip Hopera
2001 · Music
Dhill
2001 · Drama
Pratibad
2001 · Action
Mockingbird Don’t Sing
2001 · Drama
Pavilion of Women
2001 · Adventure
Time and Tide
2001 · Action
Under the Sand
2001 · Drama
Eureka
2001 · Drama
Deuces Wild
2001 · Action
The End of the Road
2001 · Music
Prison Song
2001 · Drama
The Golden Bowl
2001 · Drama
The Substitute: Failure Is Not an Option
2001 · Drama
Tart
2001 · Drama
Varian’s War
2001 · Drama
The Hole
2001 · Crime
The Luzhin Defence
2001 · Drama
Purple Sunset
2001 · War
The Center of the World
2001 · Drama
By Dawn’s Early Light
2001 · Comedy
Brigham City
2001 · Drama
The Circle
2001 · Drama
Revelation
2001 · Horror
Chopper
2001 · Biography
Class Warfare
2001 · Thriller
Along Came a Spider
2001 · Mystery
Blow
2001 · Biography
The Day I Became a Woman
2001 · Drama
The Attic Expeditions
2001 · Horror
Amores Perros
2001 · Drama
Tomie: Rebirth
2001 · Horror
In Desert and Wilderness
2001 · Adventure
Yolngu Boy
2001 · Adventure
Visitor Q
2001 · Comedy
Enemy at the Gates
2001 · Drama
Memento
2001 · Mystery
15 Minutes
2001 · Action
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