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Bittersweet Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
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Alice Adams
1935 · Drama
St. Martin’s Lane
1938 · Drama
The Judge Steps Out
1947 · Drama
The Adventures of Mark Twain
1944 · Drama
Something to Live For
1952 · Drama
I Often Think of Piroschka
1955 · Comedy
Fraulein
1958 · War
On Borrowed Time
1939 · Comedy
Show Boat
1951 · Romance
A Woman’s Face
1938 · Crime
Jim Thorpe – All-American
1951 · Drama
Heaven Can Wait
1943 · Comedy
Umka
1969 · Animation
By the Bluest of Seas
1936 · Romance
The Bachelor Party
1957 · Drama
The Legend of the White Serpent
1956 · Romance
Falling Leaves
1966 · Drama
D-Day the Sixth of June
1956 · Drama
The Twelve Chairs
1977 · Comedy
The President’s Lady
1953 · Western
Gunfighters of Casa Grande
1964 · Western
Loves of a Blonde
1965 · Comedy
The Group
1966 · Drama
The Lost Squadron
1932 · War
Once More, with Feeling!
1960 · Romance
Anastasia
1956 · Drama
A Mother’s Love
1950 · Drama
The Snow Maiden
1968 · Fantasy
Cowboy
1958 · Western
Kabuliwala
1957 · Drama
Black Spurs
1965 · Western
Gaby
1956 · Drama
Other Men’s Women
1931 · Romance
The Man in the White Suit
1951 · Comedy
Me, Natalie
1969 · Comedy
The Second Face
1950 · Drama
The Two of Us
1967 · Comedy
Brother Orchid
1940 · Comedy
Zatoichi and the Chess Expert
1965 · Action
Central Airport
1933 · Drama
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