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Bleak Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
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Adanggaman
2001 · Drama
Betelnut Beauty
2001 · Romance
Goodbye Charlie Bright
2001 · Drama
Prison Song
2001 · Drama
Under the Skin of the City
2001 · Drama
Five Bottles of Vodka
2000 · Drama
The Trench
2000 · Drama
A Time for Drunken Horses
2000 · Drama
Requiem for a Dream
2000 · Drama
Human Resources
2000 · Drama
Pola X
2000 · Drama
On the Beach
2000 · Drama
The Idiots
2000 · Drama
Boys Don’t Cry
2000 · Crime
Angela's Ashes
1999 · Drama
Sethu…
1999 · Action
All the King’s Men
1999 · War
New Rose Hotel
1999 · Sci-Fi
Wisconsin Death Trip
1999 · Documentary
East/West
1999 · Drama
Bleeder
1999 · Drama
Ley Lines
1999 · Drama
Affliction
1998 · Drama
So Close to Paradise
1998 · Drama
I Stand Alone
1998 · Drama
Khrustalyov, My Car!
1998 · Drama
My Name Is Joe
1998 · Drama
Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl
1998 · Drama
Nil by Mouth
1998 · Drama
Hangor Nodi Grenade
1997 · War
Pizza, Beer, and Cigarettes
1997 · Drama
Made in Hong Kong
1997 · Drama
Face
1997 · Crime
Gravesend
1997 · Thriller
Ossos
1997 · Drama
Rainy Dog
1997 · Drama
The Perfect Circle
1997 · War
No Child of Mine
1997 · Drama
Johns
1996 · Drama
Breaking the Waves
1996 · Drama
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