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Bleak Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
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The Winter War
1989 · Drama
A City of Sadness
1989 · Drama
Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
1989 · Animation
A Visitor to a Museum
1989 · Drama
The Seventh Continent
1989 · Drama
Little Vera
1988 · Drama
Crusoe
1988 · Adventure
Miles from Home
1988 · Crime
For Queen & Country
1988 · Drama
A Handful of Dust
1988 · Romance
God Bless the Child
1988 · Drama
Pelle the Conqueror
1987 · Drama
Crazy Love
1987 · Drama
Hifazat
1987 · Romance
Thaniyavarthanam
1987 · Drama
The Veldt
1987 · Horror
Come and See
1987 · Drama
Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife
1987
When the Wind Blows
1986 · War
Jean de Florette
1986 · Drama
The Lunatics
1986 · Drama
Death of a Soldier
1986 · History
Scene of the Crime
1986 · Crime
Combat Shock
1986 · War
Trial on the Road
1971 · Drama
The Clan of the Cave Bear
1986 · Adventure
Ran
1985 · Action
Vagabond
1985 · Drama
Hour of the Star
1985 · Drama
1984
1985 · Sci-Fi
Dance with a Stranger
1985 · Drama
Nineteen Eighty-Four
1984 · Drama
Threads
1984 · Sci-Fi
Where the Green Ants Dream
1984 · Drama
Camila
1984 · Romance
Suburbia
1984 · Drama
The Holy Innocents
1984 · Drama
L'Argent
1984 · Drama
El Norte
1984 · Adventure
The Day After
1983 · Drama
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