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Starfish
2019 · Sci-Fi
The Aftermath
2019 · Drama
Inhuman Kiss
2019 · Romance
The Glorious Seven
2019 · Action
An Elephant Sitting Still
2019 · Drama
Thirumanam
2019 · Drama
Sorry Angel
2019 · Drama
Hotel by the River
2019 · Drama
Amundsen
2019 · History
So Long, My Son
2019 · Drama
Who You Think I Am
2019 · Romance
Bait
2019 · Drama
The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then The Bigfoot
2019 · Adventure
A Handful of Dust
2019 · Horror
The Wild Pear Tree
2019 · Drama
IO
2019 · Adventure
Taxi Blues
2019 · Comedy
The Heiresses
2019 · Drama
The Aspern Papers
2019 · Drama
Sgt. Will Gardner
2019 · Action
Cold War
2018 · Drama
All Is True
2018 · Biography
Maya
2018 · Thriller
The Mule
2018 · Drama
If Beale Street Could Talk
2018 · Drama
Frank & Ava
2018 · Biography
Tenderness
2018 · Comedy
Happy as Lazzaro
2018 · Drama
The Mercy
2018 · Adventure
Ave Maryam
2018 · Drama
Martyr
2018 · Drama
First to the Moon
2018 · Documentary
Shoplifters
2018 · Drama
Roma
2018 · Drama
The Fare
2018 · Mystery
At Eternity's Gate
2018 · Biography
The Last Race
2018 · Sport
Tenderness
2018 · Drama
Vaca
2018 · Drama
Liz and the Blue Bird
2018 · Drama
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