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Emotionally Heavy Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
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Full Metal Yakuza
1997 · Comedy
Little Dieter Needs to Fly
1997 · Documentary
Intruder
1997 · Crime
Cholera Street
1997 · Drama
Alien: Resurrection
1997 · Action
Welcome to Sarajevo
1997 · Drama
Mean Guns
1997 · Thriller
Hangor Nodi Grenade
1997 · War
The Rainmaker
1997 · Drama
The Sweet Hereafter
1997 · Drama
Stage Fright
1997 · Drama
Bella Mafia
1997 · Drama
The Jackal
1997 · Action
Time Under Fire
1997 · Action
Pizza, Beer, and Cigarettes
1997 · Drama
Starship Troopers
1997 · Action
Mad City
1997 · Drama
Eve's Bayou
1997 · Drama
Cure
1997 · Crime
Switchback
1997 · Mystery
Wintersleepers
1997 · Drama
Red Corner
1997 · Drama
Ratchagan
1997 · Action
The Devil’s Child
1997 · Thriller
Gattaca
1997 · Sci-Fi
The Tale of Sweeney Todd
1997 · Mystery
Best Men
1997 · Action
The Devil's Advocate
1997 · Drama
Gummo
1997 · Drama
Boogie Nights
1997 · Drama
The House of Yes
1997 · Drama
Most Wanted
1997 · Action
Made in Hong Kong
1997 · Drama
Fever Lake
1997 · Horror
Gang Related
1997 · Action
Who is Running?
1997 · Thriller
Kiss the Girls
1997 · Drama
The Locusts
1997 · Romance
Master
1997 · Drama
U Turn
1997 · Drama
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