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The Easiest Way
1931 · Drama
Katariina ja Munkkiniemen kreivi
1943 · Romance
Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie
1952 · Drama
The Sandpiper
1965 · Romance
July Rain
1967 · Drama
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
1931 · Drama
Our Friends in the North
1996 · Drama
Camille 2000
1969 · Drama
Edge of Hell
1956 · Drama
Nana
1934 · Drama
The Gypsy Moths
1969 · Romance
The Passionate Friends
1949 · Drama
The Long Voyage Home
1940 · Drama
Charulata
1964 · Drama
I, a Woman
1965 · Drama
Poor Cow
1967 · Drama
Valentino
1951 · Romance
The Way to the Stars
1945 · Romance
Hang Tuah
1956 · Action
Finis Terræ
1929 · Drama
Baiju Bawra
1952 · Drama
The Children Are Watching Us
1943 · Drama
Young Widow
1946 · Drama
Raven’s End
1963 · Drama
Thousand Cranes
1969 · Drama
The Bad Lord Byron
1949 · Drama
A Life of Her Own
1950 · Drama
Léon Morin, Priest
1961 · Romance
The Exile
1931 · Drama
Mirages
1916 · Romance
Atlantis
1913 · Drama
The Rainbow
1988 · Drama
Start-Up
2020 · Comedy
Her Defiance
1916 · Drama
Alas and Alack
1915 · Drama
Vientos de agua
2006 · Drama
I’m Sorry, I Love You
2004 · Drama
Picnic at Hanging Rock
2018 · Mystery
The Hollow Crown: Richard II
2012 · Drama
La Dolce Vita
1961 · Comedy
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