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Movies with a Sad Ending: Summaries & Endings Explained
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Muni
2007 · Action
Lust, Caution
2007 · Drama
Bordertown
2007 · Drama
Into the Wild
2007 · Adventure
Dog Days of Summer
2007 · Thriller
The Girl by the Lake
2007 · Thriller
In the Valley of Elah
2007 · Drama
Exiled
2007 · Action
September Dawn
2007 · Drama
Black Water
2007 · Adventure
Gandhi, My Father
2007 · Biography
El cantante
2007 · Biography
Black August
2007 · Drama
Clapham Junction
2007 · Drama
The Picture of Dorian Gray
2007 · Thriller
In Between Days
2007 · Drama
A Mighty Heart
2007 · Biography
PVC-1
2007 · Thriller
Déficit
2007 · Drama
Shanghai Baby
2007 · Drama
Memories of Tomorrow
2007 · Drama
Sinking of the Lusitania: Terror at Sea
2007 · War
Baptism of Blood
2007 · Thriller
The Page Turner
2007 · Drama
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
2007 · Drama
1971
2007 · Action
The Border Post
2007 · Action
Nishabd
2007 · Drama
The Lark Farm
2007 · History
With a Little Patience
2007 · Drama
Beaufort
2007 · History
Voice of a Murderer
2007 · Drama
Kaiyoppu
2007 · Drama
Have Mercy on Us All
2007 · Thriller
Yogi
2007
Anwar
2007 · Drama
Tears of the Black Tiger
2007 · Action
Alpha Dog
2007 · Drama
Perfect Parents
2006 · Drama
Notes on a Scandal
2006 · Drama
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