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Sad Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
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Young and Wild
2012 · Drama
Shell
2012 · Drama
Hidden Moon
2012 · Romance
Up There
2012 · Comedy
The Comedy
2012 · Drama
28 Hotel Rooms
2012 · Drama
In Another Country
2012 · Drama
Café de Flore
2012 · Drama
North Sea Texas
2012 · Drama
A Late Quartet
2012 · Drama
Halley
2012 · Horror
The Peach Tree
2012 · Drama
Kuro
2012 · Drama
The Battery
2012 · Horror
Ekla Akash
2012 · Romance
Sister
2012 · Drama
It's Such a Beautiful Day
2012 · Sci-Fi
A Special Day
2012 · Drama
White Night
2012 · Drama
Trivandrum Lodge
2012 · Drama
The Mistress
2012 · Drama
Liberal Arts
2012 · Drama
Smyrna: The Destruction of a Cosmopolitan City - 1900-1922
2012 · Documentary
The Words
2012 · Drama
Ozhimuri
2012 · Drama
Thy Womb
2012 · Drama
Ship of Theseus
2012 · Drama
Breathing
2012 · Drama
Beloved
2012 · Drama
Chicken with Plums
2012 · Drama
Jack & Diane
2012 · Horror
Another World
2012 · Documentary
Nuit #1
2012 · Drama
Moving Day
2012 · Comedy
Farewell, My Queen
2012 · Drama
The Life of Budori Gusuko
2012 · Fantasy
Starry Starry Night
2012 · Drama
Mars and April
2012 · Drama
Unforgivable
2012 · Drama
We Won't Grow Old Together (1969)
2012 · Drama
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