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Man of Marble
1977 · Drama
Mama, I’m Alive
1977 · War
Speech for the Defence
1977 · Drama
Daana Veera Soora Karna
1977 · Drama
Green Eyes
1977 · War
Dead End
1977 · Drama
On Thursday and Never Again
1977 · Drama
Gharaonda
1977 · Drama
Castle of Otranto
1977 · Animation
The Little Mermaid
1976 · Music
A Star Is Born
1976 · Drama
Fellini’s Casanova
1976 · Drama
Bound for Glory
1976 · Biography
The Last Tycoon
1976 · Drama
The Little Mermaid
1976 · Fantasy
Welcome to L.A.
1976 · Drama
Stepan’s Remembrance
1976 · Fantasy
Laila-Majnu
1976 · Romance
The Anchorite
1976 · Drama
The Marquise of O
1976 · Drama
A Matter of Time
1976 · Fantasy
The Shootist
1976 · Drama
From Noon Till Three
1976 · Western
Lifeguard
1976 · Drama
A Sweet Woman
1976 · Romance
One-Two, Soldiers Were Going…
1976 · War
Ode to Billy Joe
1976 · Drama
The Man Who Fell to Earth
1976 · Sci-Fi
Robin and Marian
1976 · Adventure
Griffin and Phoenix
1976 · Drama
Unmade Beds
1976 · Crime
Mehbooba
1976
Mausam
1975 · Romance
Barry Lyndon
1975 · Adventure
Other People’s Letters
1975 · Drama
Mackintosh and T.J.
1975 · Drama
They Fought for Their Motherland
1975 · Drama
Lies My Father Told Me
1975 · Drama
The Story of Adele H.
1975 · Romance
Harvest: 3,000 Years
1975 · Drama
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