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Intense Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
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The Doorway to Hell
1930 · Crime
The Little Shop of Horrors
1960 · Fantasy
Dil Ek Mandir
1963
Paava Mannippu
1961 · Drama
The Big Clock
1948 · Crime
Mosquito Squadron
1969 · War
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
1960 · Crime
Oedipus Rex
1967 · Drama
Dante’s Inferno
1967 · History
Andersonville
1996 · Drama
Murder in Reverse?
1945 · Thriller
Green Fire
1954 · Drama
Adventures of Captain Fabian
1951 · Adventure
Yakshi
1968 · Thriller
The Mystery of the Mary Celeste
1935 · Horror
Bandini
1963 · Romance
The Cycle Savages
1969 · Drama
The Phantom of the Opera
1962 · Horror
Sangam
1964 · Romance
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
1956 · Crime
Blood and Sand
1941 · Romance
Joe Smith, American
1942 · Thriller
The Tartars
1961 · Drama
The Red Shoes
1948 · Drama
God Forgives… I Don’t!
1967 · Western
Marine Raiders
1944 · Drama
Island of Terror
1966 · Horror
Violence
1947 · Drama
A Cottage on Dartmoor
1929 · Crime
The X from Outer Space
1967 · Horror
This Sporting Life
1963 · Drama
High Lonesome
1950 · Mystery
Cruel Story of Youth
1960 · Drama
Caught
1949 · Drama
Murder in the Private Car
1934 · Mystery
Now I’ll Tell
1934 · Drama
Crack-Up
1946 · Thriller
Damaged Lives
1933 · Drama
Eros + Massacre
1969 · Drama
Tribute to a Bad Man
1956 · Western
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