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Intense Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
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Bleak House
2005 · Drama
Funland
2005 · Mystery
I’m Sorry, I Love You
2004 · Drama
Blonde
2001 · Drama
Back Street Girls: Gokudols
2019 · Crime
Friends
2002 · Drama
Band of Brothers
2001 · Drama
Seven
2019 · Drama
Fatale
2019 · Drama
Guest of Honor
2019 · Drama
Resistance
2019 · Drama
Wanted
2016 · Crime
Escape at Dannemora
2018 · Crime
Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai
2018 · Animation
Dokgo Rewind
2018 · Crime
Guardian
2018 · Crime
Imaginary Cat
2015 · Romance
Sharp Objects
2018 · Mystery
Shortcut
2016 · Horror
The Young Pope
2016 · Drama
24: Live Another Day
2014 · Drama
Sherlock: The Hounds of Baskerville
2012 · Mystery
Gracepoint
2014 · Drama
Nymphomaniac
2014 · Drama
Sherlock: The Reichenbach Fall
2012 · Mystery
City Hunter
2011 · Crime
Mildred Pierce
2011 · Drama
Sherlock: The Great Game
2010 · Mystery
Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
2010 · Comedy
Sherlock: The Blind Banker
2010 · Mystery
Sherlock: The Empty Hearse
2014 · Mystery
20 Minutes
2013 · Family
Nobody
2012 · Drama
The Hollow Crown: Richard II
2012 · Drama
Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia
2012 · Crime
Bag of Bones
2011 · Drama
Appropriate Adult
2011 · Crime
Sherlock: A Study in Pink
2010 · Drama
Beauty’s Rival in Palace
2010 · Drama
The Pacific
2010 · Drama
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