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Pépé le Moko
1937 · Drama
An Inn in Tokyo
1935 · Drama
Daaera
1953 · Music
Uyarndha Manidhan
1968 · Drama
The Heart of a Queen
1940 · Drama
Gastone
1960 · Comedy
Confession
1937 · Crime
His Days Are Numbered
1962 · Drama
Vapors
1965 · Drama
Shoot the Piano Player
1960 · Crime
No Regrets for Our Youth
1946 · War
The Picasso Summer
1969 · Drama
Bahu Begum
1967 · Comedy
Summer Interlude
1951 · Drama
Guide
1965 · Romance
The Goddess
1958 · Drama
Only Yesterday
1933 · Romance
Phantom
1922 · Fantasy
Humoresque
1946 · Romance
That Hamilton Woman
1941 · Romance
Escala en la ciudad
1935 · Romance
That Certain Woman
1937 · Drama
The Heart of the Matter
1953 · Drama
Conflagration
1958 · Drama
Le Bonheur
1965 · Drama
Summer with Monika
1953 · Drama
I’ll Cry Tomorrow
1955 · Drama
Voice in the Wind
1944 · Drama
Sharada
1957 · Romance
Singapore
1947 · Crime
I Want You
1951 · Drama
Christopher Strong
1933 · Drama
A Monkey in Winter
1962 · Comedy
Elegy of the North
1957 · Drama
Il Posto
1961 · Drama
The Secret of Madame Blanche
1933 · Romance
La Pointe Courte
1955 · Romance
They Were Sisters
1945 · Drama
A Very Private Affair
1962 · Drama
Sarah and Son
1930 · Drama
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