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Bleak Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
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Fog in August
2016 · Drama
Seoul Station
2016 · Thriller
Pandemic
2016 · Action
Marguerite & Julien
2016 · Drama
Mediterranea
2015 · Drama
Theeb
2015 · Adventure
Valiya Chirakulla Pakshikal
2015 · Drama
Last Days of Coney Island
2015 · Animation
Beasts of No Nation
2015 · Drama
The Fool
2015 · Drama
Visaranai
2015 · Thriller
Don’t Be Bad
2015 · Drama
The Golden Dream
2015 · Drama
God Bless the Child
2015 · Drama
Umrika
2015 · Drama
The Midnight Swim
2015 · Drama
Heaven Knows What
2015 · Drama
Animals
2015 · Drama
Slow West
2015 · Action
Black Souls
2015 · Drama
Amour Fou
2015 · Drama
Guilty
2015 · Crime
1944
2015 · War
Timbuktu
2015 · Drama
The Sea Is Behind
2014
The Homesman
2014 · Drama
Talakjung vs Tulke
2014 · Drama
Young Ones
2014 · Action
Ordered to Forget
2014 · War
Fires on the Plain
2014 · Drama
Metro Manila
2014 · Action
Aftermath
2014 · Action
Common
2014 · Drama
The Rover
2014 · Sci-Fi
The Normal Heart
2014 · Drama
Dirty Hands
2014 · Thriller
The Selfish Giant
2013 · Drama
Biriyani
2013 · Comedy
Victor Young Perez
2013 · Drama
Ram-Leela
2013 · Drama
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