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Bittersweet Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
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The Four Seasons
1981 · Romance
Knightriders
1981 · Action
Could One Imagine?
1981 · Drama
I’m Starting from Three
1981 · Comedy
Love Story
1981 · Drama
Premabhishekam
1981 · Romance
Mouna Geethangal
1981 · Drama
The Jazz Singer
1980 · Drama
Windwalker
1980 · Western
Nenjathai Killathe
1980 · Romance
The Competition
1980 · Music
Legend of Tianyun Mountain
1980 · Drama
Grown-Ups
1980 · Drama
The Promise of Love
1980 · Drama
Taxi zum Klo
1980 · Comedy
Who’s Singin’ Over There?
1980 · Drama
Judaai
1980 · Drama
The Calm
1980 · Drama
Melvin and Howard
1980 · Comedy
Romance on Lushan Mountain
1980 · Romance
The Blue Lagoon
1980 · Adventure
Urban Cowboy
1980 · Drama
Happy Birthday, Gemini
1980 · Comedy
Return of the Secaucus Seven
1980 · Drama
Aasha
1980 · Family
Little Darlings
1980 · Drama
Foxes
1980 · Drama
Bye Bye Brazil
1980 · Drama
Fatso
1980 · Drama
Hurricane Rosie
1980 · Romance
Going in Style
1979 · Drama
Kramer vs. Kramer
1979 · Drama
The Gift
1979 · Drama
Chapter Two
1979 · Drama
French Fried Vacation 2
1979 · Comedy
The Bitch
1979 · Romance
Yanks
1979 · Drama
Liquirizia
1979 · Comedy
Odd Couple
1979 · Action
Kaala Patthar
1979 · Action
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