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Intense Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
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Cruel Gun Story
1964 · Action
Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte
1964 · Mystery
The Witches
1967 · Comedy
Indestructible Man
1956 · Horror
Goyokin
1969 · Action
The Fifth Horseman Is Fear
1965 · War
Picture Mommy Dead
1966 · Thriller
The Rossiter Case
1951 · Mystery
The Legend of Lylah Clare
1968 · Drama
Theorem
1968 · Drama
Smart Money
1931 · Drama
The Trial
1962 · Mystery
Five Cartridges
1960 · Drama
Beyond Mombasa
1956 · Adventure
Illegal
1955 · Crime
Ambush Bay
1966 · Drama
Dragonwyck
1946 · Drama
Vice Squad
1953 · Crime
Desire in the Dust
1960 · Crime
Bigger Than Life
1956 · Drama
The Secret Invasion
1964 · War
The Brothers Karamazov
1969 · Drama
Gumnaam
1965 · Mystery
The Enforcer
1951 · Thriller
The Last Sunset
1961 · Drama
Mr. Soft Touch
1949 · Crime
Parthal Pasi Theerum
1962 · Drama
The Smashing Bird I Used to Know
1969 · Drama
Operation Cross Eagles
1968 · War
Thérèse Raquin
1953 · Romance
Samurai Spy
1965 · Drama
Cry of the City
1948 · Drama
The Unguarded Moment
1956 · Crime
Hero of Rome
1964 · Action
Along the Great Divide
1951 · Western
Something Weird
1967 · Horror
The Blue Max
1966 · War
Hysteria
1965 · Thriller
Captain from Castile
1947 · Adventure
Double Suicide
1969 · Romance
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