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Fresh Horses
1988 · Drama
Moonnam Pakkam
1988 · Family
In the Aftermath
1988 · Animation
Everybody’s All-American
1988 · Drama
Ariel
1988 · Comedy
Another Woman
1988 · Drama
A Chaos of Flowers
1988 · Drama
Bird
1988 · Biography
Paperhouse
1988 · Horror
Eight Men Out
1988 · Drama
Landscape in the Mist
1988 · Drama
Stealing Home
1988 · Drama
A Short Film About Love
1988 · Romance
A Few Days with Me
1988 · Drama
A Summer Story
1988 · Romance
Pascali’s Island
1988 · Drama
Anuragi
1988 · Drama
Padamudra
1988 · Drama
As Tears Go By
1988 · Drama
A Little Doll
1988 · Romance
Ram-Avtar
1988 · Drama
The Big Blue
1988 · Romance
Wings of Desire
1988 · Drama
Bright Lights, Big City
1988 · Drama
Kung-Fu Master!
1988 · Drama
The Big Blue
1988 · Drama
Au Revoir les Enfants
1988 · Drama
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
1988 · Drama
The Black Monk
1988 · Romance
Yesterday
1988 · Drama
Once Upon a Texas Train
1988 · Western
Wartime
1988 · Action
Tales from the Gimli Hospital
1988 · Drama
Le vie del Signore sono finite
1987 · Comedy
September
1987 · Drama
The Last Emperor
1987 · Biography
Mirror for a Hero
1987 · Drama
Empire of the Sun
1987 · Action
Rouge
1987 · Drama
Housekeeping
1987 · Comedy
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