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Intense Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
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Fire and Rain
1989 · Drama
A City of Sadness
1989 · Drama
Sweetie
1989 · Drama
Where the Spirit Lives
1989 · Drama
Nair Saab
1989 · Drama
Kickboxer
1989 · Action
Dr. Caligari
1989 · Horror
Jagratha
1989 · Crime
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
1989 · Crime
Chanakyan
1989 · Thriller
Things
1989 · Horror
The Bounty Hunter
1989 · Crime
Romero
1989 · Drama
Wired
1989 · Comedy
Romero
1989 · Drama
The Package
1989 · Action
Millennium
1989 · Sci-Fi
Casualties of War
1989 · Drama
Bilangin ang Bituin sa Langit
1989 · Drama
Blind Fury
1989 · Action
Cold Light of Day
1989 · Crime
Meet the Feebles
1989 · Music
Violent Cop
1989 · Crime
The Iceman Cometh
1989 · Comedy
A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
1989 · Fantasy
Devil Hunters
1989 · Action
The Abyss
1989 · Action
Kindergarten
1989 · Drama
Lock Up
1989 · Action
Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wastelend
1989 · Horror
Triads: The Inside Story
1989 · Drama
Triads: The Inside Story
1989 · Drama
Killer Crocodile
1989 · Horror
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
1989 · Adventure
Last Exit to Brooklyn
1989 · Drama
Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
1989 · Animation
Gunhed
1989 · Action
Gunhed
1989 · Action
Purani Haveli
1989 · Horror
Patlabor: The Movie
1989 · Action
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