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A Fighting Man
2014 · Drama
Only Lovers Left Alive
2014 · Drama
Chirodini Tumi Je Amar 2
2014 · Romance
Ilo Ilo
2014 · Drama
Breathe In
2014 · Drama
Finding Vivian Maier
2014 · Documentary
Stay
2014 · Drama
It Felt Like Love
2014 · Drama
Tommy
2014 · Thriller
The Silent Mountain
2014 · Drama
The Face of Love
2014 · Drama
Love’s Whirlpool
2014 · Drama
Jaatishwar
2014 · Music
Blind Massage
2014 · Drama
A Small September Affair
2014 · Mystery
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
2014 · Documentary
Brokeback Mountain
2014 · Music
What’s the Time In Your World?
2014 · Drama
And the Oscar Goes To…
2014 · Documentary
Summer in February
2014 · Biography
Free Fall
2014 · Thriller
The Sinking of Sozopol
2014 · Drama
The Best Offer
2014 · Drama
Labor Day
2013 · Drama
The Invisible Woman
2013 · Biography
The Whale
2013 · History
Liv & Ingmar
2013 · Documentary
Night Train to Lisbon
2013 · Mystery
White Reindeer
2013 · Drama
Inside Llewyn Davis
2013 · Drama
Before the Winter Chill
2013 · Drama
Song of the Phoenix
2013 · Drama
Nebraska
2013 · Adventure
The Great Beauty
2013 · Drama
Apur Panchali
2013 · History
The Motel Life
2013 · Drama
The Falls: Testament of Love
2013 · Drama
Great Expectations
2013 · Drama
The Wind Rises
2013 · Biography
Diana
2013 · Biography
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