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Emotionally Heavy Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
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No Child of Mine
1997 · Drama
Hameshaa
1997 · Drama
Rosewood
1997 · Action
Lost Highway
1997 · Drama
Mother and Son
1997 · Drama
Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
1997 · Crime
…First Do No Harm
1997 · Drama
Absolute Power
1997 · Drama
Dangerous Ground
1997 · Crime
Werewolf
1997 · Horror
Dante's Peak
1997 · Action
Green Fish
1997 · Drama
Yeshwant
1997 · Drama
Parasite Eve
1997 · Romance
Laserhawk
1997 · Action
Shadow Conspiracy
1997 · Thriller
Prefontaine
1997 · Biography
Nirvana
1997 · Drama
Mother
1997 · Drama
Crowned and Dangerous
1997 · Comedy
Hurricane Streets
1997 · Drama
A Child’s Wish
1997 · Drama
Albino Alligator
1997 · Drama
Metro
1997 · Action
Iruvar
1997 · History
The Relic
1997 · Thriller
Peddannayya
1997 · Drama
Vanishing Point
1997 · Adventure
Hitler
1997 · Drama
Dang Bireley’s and Young Gangsters
1997 · Action
Bhai
1997
Ghulam-E-Musthafa
1997 · Action
The Haunted Sea
1997 · Mystery
Retroactive
1997 · Crime
Schizophreniac: The Whore Mangler
1997 · Drama
Friends ’Til The End
1997 · Drama
Quiet Days in Hollywood
1997 · Drama
Nagamandala
1997 · Drama
The Eighteenth Angel
1997 · Horror
Saaz
1997 · Music
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