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Movies with a Sad Ending: Summaries & Endings Explained
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Villain
1971 · Drama
The Ceremony
1971 · Drama
The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant
1971 · Horror
Vamsha Vriksha
1971
Death in Venice
1971 · Drama
10 Rillington Place
1971 · Thriller
Love Story
1970 · Drama
Run, Simon, Run
1970 · Action
Flap
1970 · Comedy
Road to Salina
1970 · Drama
I Never Sang for My Father
1970 · Drama
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970 · Action
Tchaikovsky
1970 · Music
Barquero
1970 · Western
Joe
1970 · Crime
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
1970 · Thriller
Heer Ranjha
1970 · Music
A Day at the Beach
1970 · Drama
The Walking Stick
1970 · Drama
Nadu Iravil
1970 · Mystery
Doctor Who and the Silurians
1970 · Adventure
Olavum Theeravum
1970 · Drama
The Dunwich Horror
1970 · Horror
West Side Story
1961 · Drama
All Quiet on the Western Front
1930 · Drama
Black and Tan
1929 · Music
Paratroop Command
1959 · Drama
Blood of Dracula
1957 · Horror
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
1932 · Drama
Last Train from Gun Hill
1959 · Western
La Bohème
1926 · Drama
Boom!
1968 · Horror
Tokyo Joe
1949 · Drama
Days of Glory
1945 · Documentary
The Fighting Lady
1944 · Documentary
The Oscar
1966 · Drama
In the Cool of the Day
1963 · Romance
Babul
1950 · Drama
The Mummy’s Curse
1944 · Fantasy
The Woman in Question
1950 · Mystery
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