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Bleak Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
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Yellowneck
1955 · Drama
The Strange Affair
1968 · Drama
Earth
1930 · Drama
High Sierra
1941 · Action
More
1969 · Drama
Pigsty
1969 · Drama
Beach Red
1967 · War
La Terra Trema
1948 · Drama
Fires on the Plain
1959 · War
Birth Certificate
1961 · War
The Dawn Patrol
1930 · War
The Camp Followers
1965 · War
When I Am Dead and White
1967 · Comedy
The Woman of the Port
1934 · Drama
Zatoichi Challenged
1967 · Action
Tobacco
1962 · Drama
Toni
1935 · Drama
The Silent Village
1943 · War
Single Room Furnished
1968 · Drama
Once Before I Die
1966 · Drama
Wooden Crosses
1932 · War
The Round-Up
1966 · War
Jeanne Eagels
1957 · Drama
Westfront 1918
1930 · Drama
I, Mobster
1959 · Crime
Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever?
1959 · War
Edward, My Son
1949 · Drama
Journey to Shiloh
1968 · Western
The Lower Depths
1957 · Drama
Ever in My Heart
1933 · Romance
Back Door to Heaven
1939 · Drama
Love Is Colder Than Death
1969 · Drama
Inadmissible Evidence
1968 · Drama
Ashes and Diamonds
1958 · War
Casque d’Or
1952 · Drama
Maria Candelaria
1944 · Romance
The Fifth Horseman Is Fear
1965 · War
The Last Sunset
1961 · Drama
Double Suicide
1969 · Romance
Attack and Retreat
1964 · War
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