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Bittersweet Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
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Awakenings
1990 · Drama
Mermaids
1990 · Drama
Edward Scissorhands
1990 · Drama
Cyrano de Bergerac
1990 · Drama
Eating
1990 · Drama
Rocky V
1990 · Drama
Dances with Wolves
1990 · Adventure
My Mother’s Castle
1990 · Drama
Avalon
1990 · Drama
Fine Things
1990 · Drama
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
1990 · Drama
The Fifth Monkey
1990 · Drama
Texasville
1990 · Drama
Funny About Love
1990 · Romance
Postcards from the Edge
1990 · Drama
Fallen from Heaven
1990 · Romance
My Father’s Glory
1990 · Drama
Come See the Paradise
1990 · Drama
Mo' Better Blues
1990 · Drama
Young Guns II
1990 · Action
Ghost
1990 · Drama
A Moment of Romance
1990 · Romance
Daddy’s Dyin’… Who’s Got the Will?
1990 · Comedy
Ghar Ho To Aisa
1990 · Drama
Modern Love
1990 · Comedy
Love Hurts
1990 · Drama
Cinema Paradiso
1990 · Drama
Cool Blue
1990 · Comedy
Brief Encounter In Shinjuku
1990 · Drama
Men Don’t Leave
1990 · Comedy
Stella
1990 · Drama
The Plot Against Harry
1990 · Comedy
Palm Springs
1989 · Animation
Granpa
1989 · Animation
Always
1989 · Drama
The Delinquents
1989 · Romance
Glory
1989 · History
Family Business
1989 · Drama
Driving Miss Daisy
1989 · Drama
Blaze
1989 · Biography
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