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Emotionally Heavy Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
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The Mansion of Madness
1973 · Horror
Heavy Traffic
1973 · Drama
No, the Case Is Happily Resolved
1973 · Thriller
Gehri Chaal
1973 · Thriller
Dillinger
1973 · Drama
Death Smiles on a Murderer
1973 · Horror
Cahill U.S. Marshal
1973 · Drama
Hollywood 90028
1973 · Drama
Sssssss
1973 · Sci-Fi
The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing
1973 · Romance
Belladonna of Sadness
1973 · Drama
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
1973 · Drama
Indian Summer
1973 · Comedy
Terminal Island
1973 · Action
The Loreley’s Grasp
1973 · Horror
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
1973 · Action
The Legend of Hell House
1973 · Horror
The Last of Sheila
1973 · Drama
The Hireling
1973 · Drama
England Made Me
1973 · Drama
The Candy Snatchers
1973 · Crime
Invasion of the Bee Girls
1973 · Thriller
The Hourglass Sanatorium
1973 · Fantasy
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973 · Biography
The Corruption of Chris Miller
1973 · Horror
La Grande Bouffe
1973 · Drama
Anna and the Wolves
1973 · Drama
The Offence
1973 · Drama
Soylent Green
1973 · Sci-Fi
Lisa and the Devil
1973 · Horror
Malatesta’s Carnival of Blood
1973 · Horror
Thriller: A Cruel Picture
1973 · Crime
Coffy
1973 · Action
Horror Rises from the Tomb
1973 · Horror
And Now the Screaming Starts!
1973 · Horror
Ganja & Hess
1973 · Drama
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
1973 · War
Scorpio
1973 · Action
Season of the Witch
1973 · Drama
The Water Was So Clear
1973 · Drama
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