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Movies with a Sad Ending: Summaries & Endings Explained
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Bittersweet Love
1976 · Drama
And Agnes Chose to Die
1976 · War
From Noon Till Three
1976 · Western
The Tenant
1976 · Drama
Track of the Moon Beast
1976 · Horror
Helter Skelter
1976 · Drama
Griffin and Phoenix
1976 · Drama
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
1976 · Drama
Itim
1976 · Drama
The Hindenburg
1975 · Thriller
Hustle
1975 · Drama
The Love Butcher
1975 · Horror
Giliap
1975 · Drama
Faraar
1975 · Thriller
Lies My Father Told Me
1975 · Drama
The Story of Adele H.
1975 · Romance
Swept Away
1975 · Adventure
Farewell, My Lovely
1975 · Mystery
Alfie Darling
1975 · Drama
Manila in the Claws of Light
1975 · Drama
The Bullet Train
1975 · Drama
The Travelling Players
1975 · Drama
Lancelot of the Lake
1975 · Drama
Cornbread, Earl and Me
1975 · Drama
Aloha, Bobby and Rose
1975 · Drama
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud
1975 · Mystery
Capone
1975 · Drama
Shampoo
1975 · Drama
Deafula
1975 · Horror
Who Is the Black Dahlia?
1975 · Crime
The Promised Land
1975 · History
A Woman Called Sada Abe
1975 · Romance
Prem Kahani
1975 · Drama
The Man in the Glass Booth
1975 · Thriller
Deewaar
1975 · Crime
Chomana Dudi
1975 · Drama
The Godfather: Part II
1974 · Drama
Conversation Piece
1974 · Drama
Lenny
1974 · Biography
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
1974 · History
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