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Tempting Heart
1999 · Romance
Erskineville Kings
1999 · Drama
Crane World
1999 · Drama
Same Love, Same Rain
1999 · Comedy
Darkness and Light
1999 · Drama
Earth
1999 · Drama
Bye Bye Africa
1999 · Drama
Seventeen Years
1999 · Drama
Asukh
1999 · Drama
Twin Falls Idaho
1999 · Drama
Suyamvaram
1999 · Drama
The Hunley
1999 · Action
Late August, Early September
1999 · Drama
The Red Violin
1999 · Drama
The Book of Stars
1999
Eternity and a Day
1999 · Drama
The Five Senses
1999 · Drama
Vanaprastham
1999 · Drama
The Little Thief
1999 · Crime
Three Seasons
1999 · Drama
Ferdinando and Carolina
1999 · Comedy
Coquille
1999 · Drama
Invisible Child
1999 · Drama
White Valentine
1999 · Romance
Message in a Bottle
1999 · Drama
Set Me Free
1999 · Romance
The Geisha House
1999 · Drama
Will to Live
1999 · Drama
The Thin Red Line
1999 · Action
Peppermint
1999 · Drama
The Hi-Lo Country
1998 · Drama
Hilary and Jackie
1998 · Biography
José Rizal
1998 · Drama
Under the Sun
1998 · Romance
Naseeb
1998 · Drama
Jeremiah
1998 · Drama
Celebrity
1998 · Drama
Barbara
1998 · Comedy
License to Live
1998 · Drama
Velvet Goldmine
1998 · Drama
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