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Movies with a Sad Ending: Summaries & Endings Explained
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Ted Bundy
2002 · Biography
A Is for Acid
2002 · Crime
One-Way Ticket to Mombasa
2002 · Comedy
A Time for Dancing
2002 · Music
Devdas
2002 · Drama
Letter from an Unknown Woman
2002 · Drama
The Legend of Bhagat Singh
2002 · Crime
23rd March 1931: Shaheed
2002 · History
Paper Soldiers
2002 · Comedy
Bartleby
2002 · Drama
Blackwoods
2002 · Drama
Galerians: Rion
2002 · Animation
The Piano Teacher
2002 · Drama
Chopin: Desire for Love
2002 · Drama
Salaam Bombay! (re-release)
2002 · Drama
Dark Blue World
2001 · Action
Uprising
2001 · Drama
Brian’s Song
2001 · Drama
Nandha
2001 · Romance
Donnie Darko
2001 · Sci-Fi
Ginger Snaps
2001 · Drama
In the Time of the Butterflies
2001 · Thriller
Cool and Crazy
2001 · Music
Earth vs. the Spider
2001 · Horror
Samsara
2001 · Drama
Tell Me Something
2001 · Mystery
Jeepers Creepers
2001 · Drama
James Dean
2001 · Drama
Lost and Delirious
2001 · Drama
Jin Roh: The Wolf Brigade
2001 · Drama
Betelnut Beauty
2001 · Romance
Down House
2001 · Crime
Moulin Rouge!
2001 · Drama
Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya
2001 · Thriller
Carmen: A Hip Hopera
2001 · Music
The End of the Road
2001 · Music
Sweet November
2001 · Drama
Wit
2001 · Drama
Diggajaru
2001 · Drama
Vatel
2000 · Biography
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