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Tense Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
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Time After Time
1979 · Adventure
Death Car on the Freeway
1979 · Thriller
Hanover Street
1979 · Action
Dead Mountaineer’s Hotel
1979 · Horror
A Glass of Water
1979 · Romance
The Concorde… Airport ’79
1979 · Thriller
Fast Company
1979 · Drama
Sunburn
1979 · Action
The Island
1979 · Drama
Surakksha
1979 · Thriller
The Butterfly Murders
1979 · Fantasy
City on Fire
1979 · Action
Kalyanaraman
1979 · Comedy
Bloodline
1979 · Crime
Crocodile
1979 · Horror
Dance of the Drunk Mantis
1979 · Action
Alien
1979 · Horror
Game for Vultures
1979 · Action
Escape from Alcatraz
1979 · Biography
The Kung Fu Instructor
1979 · Action
The Plumber
1979 · Thriller
Snapshot
1979 · Horror
The Double McGuffin
1979 · Mystery
Dawn of the Dead
1979 · Thriller
A Force of One
1979 · Action
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
1979 · Action
Return to the Beloved
1979 · Drama
The Abandoned Field: Free Fire Zone
1979 · War
Firepower
1979 · Action
Hurricane
1979 · Drama
Knockabout
1979 · Comedy
The Humanoid
1979 · Fantasy
The Great Gambler
1979 · Action
Long Weekend
1979 · Mystery
Shaolin Rescuers
1979 · Action
Concorde Affair
1979 · Drama
The Jericho Mile
1979 · Thriller
The Silent Partner
1979 · Drama
The China Syndrome
1979 · Drama
Breakthrough
1979 · History
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