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Alfie Darling
1975 · Drama
The Travelling Players
1975 · Drama
Prayanam
1975 · Drama
India Song
1975 · Romance
Red Sien
1975
Rancho Deluxe
1975 · Western
Who Is the Black Dahlia?
1975 · Crime
Yeong-ja’s Heydays
1975 · Drama
We All Loved Each Other So Much
1974 · Drama
Conversation Piece
1974 · Drama
A Peasant on a Bicycle
1974 · Drama
Brief Encounter
1974 · Drama
Sandakan No. 8
1974 · War
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
1974 · History
Stardust
1974 · Drama
Alice in the Cities
1974 · Drama
Autumn
1974 · Drama
The Truce
1974 · Romance
Daisy Miller
1974 · Drama
My Michael
1974 · Drama
Aap Ki Kasam
1974 · Drama
Lovin’ Molly
1974 · Romance
Mahler
1974 · Drama
The Great Gatsby
1974 · Drama
The Red Snowball Tree
1974 · Drama
Himiko
1974 · History
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
1974 · Drama
Hotel Angel
1974 · Drama
Thieves Like Us
1974 · Drama
Amarcord
1973 · Drama
I Will Walk Like a Crazy Horse
1973 · Drama
The Affair
1973 · Romance
Some Call It Loving
1973 · Drama
Sunshine
1973 · Drama
Saudagar
1973 · Family
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
1973 · Drama
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
1973 · Drama
The Mother and the Whore
1973 · Drama
Illumination
1973 · Drama
The Spirit of the Beehive
1973 · Fantasy
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