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Gods and Monsters
1998 · Biography
Living Out Loud
1998 · Drama
Alice and Martin
1998 · Drama
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Drama
Barrio
1998 · Drama
Such a Long Journey
1998 · Drama
Lulu on the Bridge
1998 · Romance
Jinnah
1998 · Drama
The Rat Pack
1998 · Drama
The Eel
1998 · Drama
The Governess
1998 · Drama
Basil
1998 · Drama
Among Giants
1998 · Romance
High Art
1998 · Drama
The Bird People in China
1998 · Adventure
Claire Dolan
1998 · Drama
The Hole
1998 · Drama
The Horse Whisperer
1998 · Drama
Far from the Madding Crowd
1998 · Drama
Les Misérables
1998 · Drama
Wilde
1998 · Biography
Left Luggage
1998 · Drama
No Looking Back
1998 · Drama
Yugpurush
1998 · Drama
Taste of Cherry
1998 · Drama
Love and Death on Long Island
1998 · Drama
Besieged
1998 · Romance
Great Expectations
1998 · Drama
Oscar and Lucinda
1997 · Drama
Kundun
1997 · Biography
The Apostle
1997 · Drama
Deconstructing Harry
1997 · Drama
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
1997 · Drama
The Sweet Hereafter
1997 · Drama
The Wings of the Dove
1997 · Drama
Wintersleepers
1997 · Drama
Happy Together
1997 · Drama
Washington Square
1997 · Romance
Barbara
1997 · Drama
The Ice Storm
1997 · Drama
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