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Intense Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
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Sigappu Rojakkal
1978 · Romance
The Fall of Ako Castle
1978 · History
Muqaddar Ka Sikandar
1978 · Drama
Halloween
1978 · Thriller
Comes a Horseman
1978 · Drama
Money Movers
1978 · Action
Confessions of a Congressman
1978 · Drama
Autumn Sonata
1978 · Drama
Midnight Express
1978 · Biography
The Boys from Brazil
1978 · Drama
Drunken Master
1978 · Comedy
Patrick
1978 · Horror
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
1978 · Horror
Death on the Nile
1978 · Drama
Paradise Alley
1978 · Drama
Are You in the House Alone?
1978 · Mystery
Battlestar Galactica
1978 · Action
On the Yard
1978 · Drama
Vayanadan Thampan
1978 · Action
The Avenging Eagle
1978 · Action
Days of Heaven
1978 · Drama
Dr. Strange
1978 · Fantasy
Avalanche
1978 · Action
Operation Diamond Racket
1978 · Thriller
Mardi Gras Massacre
1978 · Horror
Kizhakke Pogum Rail
1978 · Drama
Sleeping Dogs (Never Lie)
1978
Piranha
1978 · Sci-Fi
Eyes of Laura Mars
1978 · Mystery
Stingray
1978 · Action
Hooper
1978 · Action
The Driver
1978 · Action
Cyclone
1978 · Horror
The Tavern on Pyatnitskaya
1978 · Adventure
The Swarm
1978 · Thriller
Slave of the Cannibal God
1978 · Adventure
Go Tell the Spartans
1978 · War
The Playbirds
1978 · Crime
The Grapes of Death
1978 · Horror
The Wild Geese
1978 · Action
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