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Hopeful Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
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She's Having a Baby
1988 · Drama
Cherry 2000
1988 · Action
For Keeps?
1988 · Drama
Manchi Donga
1988 · Drama
Dot Goes to Hollywood
1988 · Animation
Christmas Comes to Willow Creek
1987 · Drama
The Secret Garden
1987 · Family
Guru Dakshina
1987 · Romance
Hello Again
1987 · Romance
Made in Heaven
1987 · Romance
Russkies
1987 · Drama
Baby Boom
1987 · Drama
Swayamkrushi
1987 · Drama
Dirty Dancing
1987 · Drama
Srinivasa Kalyanam
1987 · Romance
North Shore
1987 · Action
Can't Buy Me Love
1987 · Drama
Shrutilayalu
1987 · Drama
Per Sollum Pillai
1987 · Family
Mio in the Land of Faraway
1987 · Fantasy
The Adventures of Scamper the Penguin
1987 · Adventure
A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines
1987 · Romance
Benji the Hunted
1987 · Adventure
Mr. India
1987 · Drama
Long Gone
1987 · Comedy
Amazing Grace and Chuck
1987 · Drama
Sarvakalasala
1987 · Drama
Three for the Road
1987 · Drama
Beauty and the Beast
1987 · Family
The Barbarians
1987 · Fantasy
Royal Space Force - The Wings of Honneamise
1987 · Animation
Some Kind of Wonderful
1987 · Drama
Working Girls
1987 · Drama
Over the Top
1987 · Action
The Truth About Alex
1987 · Drama
The Room Upstairs
1987 · Romance
Samsaram Oka Chadarangam
1987 · Drama
Padamati Sandhya Ragam
1987 · Romance
Solarbabies
1986 · Action
An American Tail
1986 · Drama
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