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Intense Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
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Number One with a Bullet
1987 · Comedy
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
1987 · Action
Mirch Masala
1987 · Drama
Sukeban Deka: The Movie
1987 · Crime
City on Fire
1987 · Action
Stage Fright
1987 · Horror
Law of Desire
1987 · Comedy
From the Hip
1987 · Comedy
Black Widow
1987 · Drama
Dead of Winter
1987 · Drama
Come and See
1987 · Drama
Return to Horror High
1987 · Comedy
Nazrana
1987
Plumbum, or The Dangerous Game
1987 · Drama
Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife
1987
Kathakku Pinnil
1987 · Crime
The Bedroom Window
1987 · Mystery
Assassination
1987 · Action
Emmanuelle 5
1987 · Drama
Wisdom
1987 · Drama
The Gunfighters
1987 · Western
Death Nurse
1987 · Thriller
Aulad
1987 · Romance
Blood Harvest
1987 · Horror
Killing Spree
1987 · Horror
Criminally Insane 2
1987 · Horror
The Morning After
1986 · Thriller
Native Son
1986 · Drama
Legacy of Rage
1986 · Action
Platoon
1986 · Drama
Terrorizers
1986 · Drama
King Kong Lives
1986 · Action
Where Are the Children?
1986 · Drama
Class of Nuke ’Em High
1986 · Thriller
The Golden Child
1986 · Action
Shatru
1986 · Drama
Shatru
1986 · Drama
Heartbreak Ridge
1986 · Action
The Passage
1986 · Horror
Gothic
1986 · Horror
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