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Tense Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
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Airport '77
1977 · Action
The Crater Lake Monster
1977 · Horror
SST: Death Flight
1977 · Drama
Evening Land
1977 · Drama
Death Steps in the Dark
1977 · Crime
The Last Dinosaur
1977 · Adventure
Twilight’s Last Gleaming
1977 · Thriller
The Cassandra Crossing
1977 · Drama
Babruvahana
1977 · War
Alice or the Last Escapade
1977 · Thriller
Pumping Iron
1977 · Sport
Sweeney!
1977 · Drama
Nine Guests for a Crime
1977 · Crime
Chacha Bhatija
1977
Cross Shot
1976 · Crime
Raid on Entebbe
1976 · Drama
The Town That Dreaded Sundown
1976 · Drama
Shaolin Temple
1976 · Adventure
The Enforcer
1976 · Action
Drive-In Massacre
1976 · Horror
Victory at Entebbe
1976 · History
Barocco
1976 · Crime
Silver Streak
1976 · Action
The Savage Bees
1976 · Horror
Mayday at 40,000 Feet
1976 · Drama
Two-Minute Warning
1976 · Action
Schizo
1976 · Horror
The Next Man
1976 · Action
Assault on Precinct 13
1976 · Action
Pony Express Rider
1976 · Western
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
1976 · Mystery
Sherlock Holmes in New York
1976 · Thriller
The Possessed
1976 · Horror
Shaolin Wooden Men
1976 · Action
The Fifth Seal
1976 · War
Blind Rage
1976 · Crime
A Slave of Love
1976 · Romance
The Front
1976 · Drama
Dark August
1976 · Mystery
The Tenth Level
1976 · Drama
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