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Liliom
1934 · Drama
The Arrangement
1969 · Romance
The Queen’s Guards
1961 · Drama
Dancing Girl
1951 · Drama
Phone Call from a Stranger
1952 · Drama
In Which We Serve
1942 · Drama
None But the Lonely Heart
1944 · Drama
Little Boy Lost
1953 · Drama
Out of an Old Man’s Head
1968 · Comedy
The Fiancés
1963 · Drama
September Affair
1950 · Romance
The Little Mermaid
1968 · Family
I Am a Camera
1955 · Comedy
I Was Nineteen
1968 · Drama
Berkeley Square
1933 · Romance
Aradhana
1969 · Romance
The Tale of Zatoichi Continues
1962 · Drama
The Right to Live
1935 · Drama
The Silence
1963 · Drama
The Blue Veil
1951 · Drama
Cleopatra
1934 · Romance
Countess Cosel
1968 · Romance
Petulia
1968 · Romance
Black Peter
1964 · Drama
The World Changes
1933 · Drama
Rocky Mountain
1950 · Western
A Stolen Life
1946 · Drama
Hunger
1966 · Drama
Chaudhvin Ka Chand
1960 · Romance
The Rains of Ranchipur
1955 · Drama
Miracle in the Rain
1956 · Drama
Heer Raanjha
1970 · Drama
Baby the Rain Must Fall
1965 · Romance
Winter Light
1963 · Drama
Careless
1962 · Romance
Waterfront
1950 · Drama
The Secret Heart
1946 · Drama
La Collectionneuse
1967 · Romance
Madame X
1966 · Drama
Sweet Love, Bitter
1967 · Drama
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