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The Song of Songs
1933 · Drama
Diamond Jim
1935 · Drama
The White Cliffs of Dover
1944 · War
Neel Kamal
1968 · Music
Number One
1969 · Drama
When Tomorrow Comes
1939 · Romance
The Joke
1969 · Comedy
Red Desert
1964 · Drama
Cass Timberlane
1947 · Drama
Spring in a Small Town
1948 · Drama
Ballad of a Soldier
1959 · War
The Bride from Hades
1968 · Horror
Hold Back Tomorrow
1955 · Drama
Sumaithaangi
1962 · Drama
The End of the Day
1939 · Drama
Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam
1962 · Drama
Adua and Her Friends
1960 · Drama
Nenjil Oor Aalayam
1962
The House I Live In
1957 · Drama
Marianela
1940 · Drama
Uncle Moses
1932 · Romance
Homecoming
1948 · Romance
Thunder Rock
1942 · War
Interlude
1957 · Drama
Chemmeen
1965 · Romance
The Vintage
1957 · Drama
Two
1965 · Family
The Angel with the Trumpet
1950 · Drama
Satyakam
1969 · Drama
A Man Called Adam
1966 · Music
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
1960 · Drama
Stormy Waters
1941 · Drama
Man Is Not a Bird
1965 · Drama
Lonely Are the Brave
1962 · Western
Happy Land
1943 · Fantasy
My Foolish Heart
1949 · Romance
Deep Jele Jaai
1959 · Drama
Anupama
1966 · Drama
Pyaasa
1957 · Drama
Shooting the Past
1999 · Drama
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