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Emotionally Heavy Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
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The Man with Three Coffins
1987 · Drama
The Veldt
1987 · Horror
The Believers
1987 · Drama
The Stepfather
1987 · Thriller
The Untouchables
1987 · Drama
It’s Alive III: Island of the Alive
1987 · Horror
Enemy Territory
1987 · Action
Amazing Grace and Chuck
1987 · Drama
Dark Age
1987 · Adventure
Dance Dance
1987 · Music
Under the Sun of Satan
1987 · Drama
Good Morning, Babylon
1987 · Drama
Cassandra
1987 · Horror
Bloody New Year
1987 · Horror
White of the Eye
1987 · Horror
Epidemic
1987 · Drama
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
1987 · Drama
River's Edge
1987 · Drama
Prick Up Your Ears
1987 · Biography
Irupatham Noottandu
1987 · Thriller
Gardens of Stone
1987 · Drama
Malone
1987 · Action
Psychos in Love
1987 · Horror
Creepshow 2
1987 · Fantasy
A Return to Salem's Lot
1987 · Thriller
Cross of the Seven Jewels
1987 · Horror
Specters
1987 · Horror
Extreme Prejudice
1987 · Action
Wicked City
1987 · Fantasy
Summer Camp Nightmare
1987 · Thriller
Project X
1987 · Sci-Fi
Escape from Sobibor
1987 · War
Escape from Sobibor
1987 · War
Dacait
1987 · Crime
Nombarathi Poovu
1987 · Drama
Osmanthus Alley
1987 · Drama
Blood Rage
1987 · Thriller
The Hanoi Hilton
1987 · Drama
Anguish
1987 · Horror
The Surrogate Womb
1987 · Drama
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