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Bleak Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
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Revolutionary Road
2008 · Drama
Pulse 3
2008 · Horror
Where God Left His Shoes
2008 · Drama
Hunger
2008 · Drama
Small Crime
2008 · Romance
Colin
2008 · Horror
Burn
2008 · Thriller
Eden Lake
2008 · Thriller
Last Stop 174
2008 · Crime
Johnny Got His Gun
2008 · Drama
Passchendaele
2008 · War
King Lear
2008 · Drama
Boy A
2008 · Drama
Gorintaku
2008 · Drama
Zift
2008 · Thriller
Live and Remember
2008 · War
Kanchivaram
2008 · Drama
The Desert Within
2008 · Drama
Yeast
2008 · Drama
Chop Shop
2008
Tomie vs Tomie
2007 · Horror
No Country for Old Men
2007 · Drama
Fujian Blue
2007 · Drama
Days of Darkness
2007 · Action
The 11th Hour
2007 · Documentary
Longing
2007 · Drama
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
2007 · History
Import/Export
2007 · Drama
Flanders
2007 · Drama
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
2007 · Drama
Duniya
2007
The Lark Farm
2007 · History
Far North
2007 · Romance
Notebook
2006 · Family
Born Equal
2006 · Drama
Automatons
2006 · Sci-Fi
After This Our Exile
2006 · Drama
The Zombie Diaries
2006 · Horror
Pulse
2006 · Sci-Fi
Franz + Polina
2006 · War
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