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First Love
1971 · Drama
A Season in Hell
1971 · Drama
A Gunfight
1971 · Western
The Hired Hand
1971 · Western
Anubhavangal Palichakal
1971
Mon oncle Antoine
1971 · Comedy
The Touch
1971 · Romance
Two-Lane Blacktop
1971 · Drama
Sunday Bloody Sunday
1971 · Drama
Walkabout
1971 · Adventure
The Go-Between
1971 · Romance
The Ceremony
1971 · Drama
Vamsha Vriksha
1971
The Emigrants
1971 · Drama
Death in Venice
1971 · Drama
The Flight
1971 · History
Little Big Man
1970 · Adventure
Claire’s Knee
1970 · Romance
Husbands
1970 · Drama
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
1970 · Drama
Jane Eyre
1970 · Drama
The Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon Kicker
1970 · Comedy
I Never Sang for My Father
1970 · Drama
Monte Walsh
1970 · Western
Five Easy Pieces
1970 · Drama
Tchaikovsky
1970 · Music
The Spider’s Stratagem
1970 · Drama
Diary of a Mad Housewife
1970 · Comedy
Goin’ Down the Road
1970 · Drama
Judy
1970 · Horror
Heer Ranjha
1970 · Music
A Walk in the Spring Rain
1970 · Drama
The Virgin and the Gypsy
1970 · Drama
The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart
1970 · Drama
Let It Be
1970 · Music
It Was In May
1970 · Drama
A Day at the Beach
1970 · Drama
Vietnam Veedu
1970 · Drama
The Things of Life
1970 · Romance
Tropic of Cancer
1970 · Romance
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