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Ballast
2008 · Drama
Thirakkatha
2008 · Drama
Tear This Heart Out
2008 · Drama
Forgiveness
2008 · Drama
The Beautiful Person
2008 · Comedy
Return to Hansala
2008 · Crime
A Year Ago in Winter
2008 · Drama
Genova
2008 · Romance
Teza
2008 · Drama
À l’aventure
2008 · Drama
Aakasha Gopuram
2008 · Drama
Chirodini Tumi Je Amar
2008 · Romance
The Sun and the Moon
2008 · Drama
Elegy
2008 · Drama
Fireflies in the Garden
2008 · Drama
Brideshead Revisited
2008 · Drama
One Million Yen Girl
2008 · Drama
Before I Forget
2008 · Drama
Gulabi Talkies
2008 · Drama
Mehbooba
2008 · Drama
Death Defying Acts
2008 · Drama
The Stone Angel
2008 · Drama
Red Roses and Petrol
2008 · Drama
Expired
2008 · Drama
Medicine for Melancholy
2008 · Drama
Brick Lane
2008 · Drama
Lake Mungo
2008 · Thriller
Admiral
2008 · War
Flashbacks of a Fool
2008 · Drama
Everybody Dies But Me
2008 · Drama
The Edge of Heaven
2008 · Drama
Liverpool
2008 · Drama
Mulligans
2008 · Drama
Reprise
2008 · Drama
Ploning
2008 · Drama
The Life Before Her Eyes
2008 · Drama
Bra Boys
2008 · Sport
My Blueberry Nights
2008 · Drama
Flight of the Red Balloon
2008 · Drama
The Red Baron
2008 · Action
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