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The Tailor from Ulm
1978 · Drama
Junoon
1978 · War
Five Evenings
1978 · Romance
Aval Appadithan
1978 · Drama
Muqaddar Ka Sikandar
1978 · Drama
Days of Heaven
1978 · Drama
Days of Heaven
1978 · Drama
Interiors
1978 · Drama
Hungarians
1978 · Drama
Fedora
1978 · Mystery
Big Wednesday
1978 · Drama
A Dream of Passion
1978 · Drama
Maro Charitra
1978 · Drama
Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se
1978 · Romance
The Green Room
1978 · History
Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki
1978 · Drama
Bye Bye Monkey
1978 · Comedy
Coming Home
1978 · Drama
The Bermuda Depths
1978 · Fantasy
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs
1978 · Comedy
Gaman
1978 · Drama
Rocking Horse
1978 · Drama
First Love
1977 · Romance
The Dream of the Red Chamber
1977 · History
Kokila
1977 · Romance
Bobby Deerfield
1977 · Drama
To an Unknown God
1977 · Drama
Bhuvana Oru Kelvikkuri
1977 · Romance
Valentino
1977 · Drama
September 30, 1955
1977 · Drama
Jait Re Jait
1977 · Drama
Wounded Game
1977 · Drama
Padre Padrone
1977 · Drama
Stroszek
1977 · Drama
A Special Day
1977 · Drama
Kinara
1977
Hidden Pleasures
1977 · Drama
The Amazing Howard Hughes
1977 · Drama
Smoke on the Potato Fields
1977 · Drama
Avargal
1977 · Family
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