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1987 · Romance
The Year My Voice Broke
1987 · Drama
The Whales of August
1987 · Drama
Morning Patrol
1987 · Drama
The Gold Rimmed Glasses
1987 · Drama
Maurice
1987 · Drama
Family Viewing
1987 · Drama
Kaash
1987 · Drama
The Dead
1987 · Drama
Promised Land
1987 · Romance
Wartime
1987 · War
Candy Mountain
1987 · Music
Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story
1987 · Drama
Amrutham Gamaya
1987 · Drama
January Oru Orma
1987 · Drama
Withnail & I
1987 · Drama
The Man with Three Coffins
1987 · Drama
A Month in the Country
1987 · Drama
A Man in Love
1987 · Drama
Gardens of Stone
1987 · Drama
Nombarathi Poovu
1987 · Drama
Osmanthus Alley
1987 · Drama
The Surrogate Womb
1987 · Drama
The Red Spectacles
1987 · Action
Dark Eyes
1987 · Drama
Dogs in Space
1987 · Drama
King Kong Lives
1986 · Action
Year of Enlightment
1986 · Drama
Tree Without Leaves
1986 · Drama
Down by Law
1986 · Drama
Where the River Runs Black
1986 · Adventure
The Last Days of Patton
1986 · Drama
Mella Thirandhadhu Kadhavu
1986 · Romance
Man Facing Southeast
1986 · Drama
Seize the Day
1986 · Drama
Nakhakshathangal
1986 · Drama
’Round Midnight
1986 · Drama
The Green Ray
1986 · Drama
A King and His Movie
1986 · Comedy
She's Gotta Have It
1986 · Comedy
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