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Tense Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
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The Haunting
1963 · Horror
The Thomas Crown Affair
1968 · Drama
Bunny Lake Is Missing
1965 · Mystery
The Italian Job
1969 · Action
The Hill
1965 · Drama
Seven Days in May
1964 · Drama
King Kong Escapes
1968 · Adventure
A Man for All Seasons
1966 · Biography
Grand Prix
1966 · Drama
Forbidden Planet
1956 · Adventure
Anatomy of a Murder
1959 · Drama
Creature from the Black Lagoon
1954 · Sci-Fi
The Incredible Shrinking Man
1957 · Sci-Fi
The Longest Day
1962 · Action
Sands of Iwo Jima
1950 · Action
Witness for the Prosecution
1958 · Drama
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1958 · Drama
The Man Who Knew Too Much
1956 · Drama
Cape Fear
1962 · Drama
Flying Leathernecks
1951 · Action
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956 · Sci-Fi
Charade
1963 · Mystery
Arabesque
1966 · Action
The Stranger
1946 · Drama
Notorious
1946 · Drama
King Kong vs. Godzilla
1963 · Action
Hombre
1967 · Western
The Magnificent Seven
1960 · Action
The Great Escape
1963 · Adventure
Special Agent
1935 · Drama
Spellbound
1945 · Mystery
Blow-Up
1966 · Drama
For a Few Dollars More
1967 · Western
A Fistful of Dollars
1967 · Western
The Professionals
1966 · Action
Sabotage
1937 · Thriller
The Defiant Ones
1958 · Drama
The Man Who Knew Too Much
1935 · Mystery
The 39 Steps
1935 · Mystery
The Killing
1956 · Drama
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