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Tense Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
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Lone Hero
2002 · Adventure
The Cat's Meow
2002 · Drama
The Code Conspiracy
2002 · Action
The Falklands Play
2002 · Drama
High Crimes
2002 · Drama
Oomappenninu Uriyadappayyan
2002 · Romance
Panic Room
2002 · Thriller
Teddy Bears' Picnic
2002 · Comedy
Aadi
2002 · Action
Crocodile 2: Death Swamp
2002 · Horror
Quicksand
2002 · Drama
Desert Saints
2002 · Thriller
Monsieur Batignole
2002 · Comedy
Dead in a Heartbeat
2002 · Crime
Digimon Tamers: Runaway Locomon
2002 · Animation
The Mangler 2
2002 · Horror
Tumko Na Bhool Paayenge
2002 · Mystery
Mean Machine
2002 · Drama
.com for Murder
2002 · Thriller
John Q
2002 · Drama
War Game
2002 · Animation
Collateral Damage
2002 · Action
Power Play
2002 · Thriller
Unruled Paper
2002 · Drama
Raaz
2002 · Horror
Birthday Girl
2002 · Thriller
The Mothman Prophecies
2002 · Drama
Maa Tujhhe Salaam
2002 · Action
Air Panic
2002 · Drama
Liberty Stands Still
2002 · Action
Nothing So Strange
2002 · Crime
WiseGirls
2002 · Drama
Takkari Donga
2002 · Western
The Accidental Spy
2002 · Action
Seema Simham
2002 · Action
D-Tox
2002 · Thriller
Impostor
2002 · Action
Black Hawk Down
2001 · Action
Charlotte Gray
2001 · Drama
Ali
2001 · Biography
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