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Movies with a Bittersweet Ending: Summaries & Endings Explained
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The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
1988 · Adventure
The Big Blue
1988 · Drama
Aparan
1988 · Mystery
Shoot to Kill
1988 · Action
School Daze
1988 · Drama
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
1988 · Drama
The In Crowd
1988 · Drama
Hell Comes to Frogtown
1988 · Action
Shahenshah
1988 · Action
Yesterday
1988 · Drama
Braddock: Missing in Action III
1988 · Action
Stranger on My Land
1988 · Drama
Patti Rocks
1988 · Comedy
Good Morning, Vietnam
1988 · Biography
Once Upon a Texas Train
1988 · Western
Defence Counsel Sedov
1988 · Drama
Jeete Hain Shaan Se
1988 · Action
The Last Conflict
1988 · Crime
Robowar
1988 · Action
And the Violins Stopped Playing
1988 · Drama
Tales from the Gimli Hospital
1988 · Drama
Vedham Pudhithu
1987 · Romance
Le vie del Signore sono finite
1987 · Comedy
Opera
1987 · Thriller
September
1987 · Drama
The Last Emperor
1987 · Biography
A Better Tomorrow II
1987 · Crime
Broadcast News
1987 · Drama
Pelle the Conqueror
1987 · Drama
Gandahar
1987 · Fantasy
The Wild Pair
1987 · Drama
Wall Street
1987 · Drama
Empire of the Sun
1987 · Action
Rouge
1987 · Drama
Twilight of the Cockroaches
1987 · Romance
Nuts
1987 · Drama
Flowers in the Attic
1987 · Drama
Pushpaka Vimana
1987 · Romance
Prison on Fire
1987 · Drama
Russkies
1987 · Drama
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