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Movies with a Sad Ending: Summaries & Endings Explained
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Uninvited Guest
1999 · Thriller
Southie
1999 · Drama
Vanaprastham
1999 · Drama
Row Your Boat
1999 · Drama
Coquille
1999 · Drama
The Rage: Carrie 2
1999 · Drama
A Real Young Girl
1976 · Drama
José Rizal
1998 · Drama
The Theory of Flight
1998 · Drama
Naseeb
1998 · Drama
Wajood
1998 · Drama
Barbara
1998 · Comedy
License to Live
1998 · Drama
American History X
1998 · Drama
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
1998 · Drama
Lulu on the Bridge
1998 · Romance
Dil Se..
1998 · Romance
Checkpoint
1998 · Drama
Captured
1998 · Thriller
High Art
1998 · Drama
West Beirut
1998 · Drama
Wilde
1998 · Biography
The Idiots
1998 · Drama
Cleopatra’s Second Husband
1998 · Drama
The Day Lincoln Was Shot
1998 · Drama
The Newton Boys
1998 · Action
Oscar and Lucinda
1997 · Drama
Hangor Nodi Grenade
1997 · War
Mad City
1997 · Drama
The Locusts
1997 · Romance
Barbara
1997 · Drama
Face
1997 · Crime
Rizal in Dapitan
1997 · Drama
A Better Place
1997 · Drama
Marquise
1997 · Comedy
Career Girls
1997 · Drama
Sindhooram
1997 · Drama
The Last Time I Committed Suicide
1997 · Drama
American Perfekt
1997 · Drama
Mrityudaata
1997 · Action
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