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The Apartment
1996 · Mystery
Close Your Eyes and Hold Me
1996 · Romance
Grand Avenue
1996
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1996 · Drama
Saint Clara
1996 · Drama
Heavy
1996 · Drama
Sardari Begum
1996 · Drama
A Friend’s Betrayal
1996 · Drama
Dead Man
1996 · Drama
Things I Never Told You
1996 · Romance
Devaraagam
1996 · Drama
Majhdhaar
1996 · Romance
Welcome to the Dollhouse
1996 · Drama
Chungking Express
1996 · Drama
The Flower of My Secret
1996 · Drama
Follow Your Heart
1996 · Drama
Jane Eyre
1996 · Drama
Love Birds
1996 · Romance
Thooval Kottaram
1996 · Drama
Anantha Rathriya
1996 · Drama
Kraurya
1995 · Drama
Georgia
1995 · Drama
Frankie Starlight
1995 · Drama
Total Eclipse
1995 · Biography
Powder
1995 · Fantasy
Feast of July
1995 · Drama
August in the Water
1995 · Drama
River of Grass
1995 · Drama
The Phantom Lover
1995 · Music
Multi-Facial
1995 · Drama
A Last Note
1995 · Drama
Ulysses’ Gaze
1995 · History
An Awfully Big Adventure
1995 · Drama
No Greater Love
1995 · Drama
Pharaoh’s Army
1995 · History
Land and Freedom
1995 · Drama
Mazhayethum Munpe
1995 · Romance
Bontoc Eulogy
1995 · Documentary
Jefferson in Paris
1995 · Biography
Love Letter
1995 · Romance
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