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Bittersweet Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
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Running on Empty
1988 · Drama
The Wash
1988 · Drama
The Music Teacher
1988 · Music
Tokyo Pop
1988 · Comedy
Kudumbapuranam
1988 · Family
Ayitham
1988 · Drama
Dominick and Eugene
1988 · Drama
Babette's Feast
1988 · Drama
Daisy
1988 · Romance
Hope and Glory
1988 · Drama
Life Is a Long Quiet River
1988 · Comedy
The In Crowd
1988 · Drama
Patti Rocks
1988 · Comedy
Good Morning, Vietnam
1988 · Biography
Tears in the Rain
1988 · Romance
The Way Steel Was Tempered
1988 · Comedy
Vedham Pudhithu
1987 · Romance
Broadcast News
1987 · Drama
Twilight of the Cockroaches
1987 · Romance
Pushpaka Vimana
1987 · Romance
Big Shots
1987 · Comedy
Orphans
1987 · Drama
Selamsız’s Band
1987 · Comedy
Wish You Were Here
1987 · Drama
La Bamba
1987 · Biography
An Autumn’s Tale
1987 · Drama
Unnikale Oru Kadha Parayam
1987 · Drama
Good Morning, Babylon
1987 · Drama
My Life as a Dog
1987 · Drama
Two of Us
1987 · Drama
Tin Men
1987 · Drama
Sworn Brothers
1987 · Action
84 Charing Cross Road
1987 · Drama
Light of Day
1987 · Drama
East of Ipswich
1987 · Drama
Crimes of the Heart
1987 · Drama
Thoovanathumbikal
1987 · Drama
Aulad
1987 · Romance
Brighton Beach Memoirs
1986 · Comedy
Manon of the Spring
1986 · Drama
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