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Bittersweet Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
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Dubravka
1967 · Romance
An Eye for an Eye
1966 · Western
Dark Victory
1939 · Drama
Blue Skies
1946 · Music
Age of Consent
1969 · Drama
Hills of Home
1948 · Adventure
Désirée
1954 · Romance
A Boy Named Charlie Brown
1969 · Animation
Zorba the Greek
1964 · Drama
Catch Us If You Can
1965 · Comedy
This Modern Age
1931 · Romance
The Lemon Drop Kid
1934 · Comedy
Another Dawn
1937 · Romance
Career
1959 · Drama
Young at Heart
1953 · Comedy
White Banners
1938 · Drama
In Love and War
1958 · War
The Hound That Thought He Was a Raccoon
1960 · Family
Shopworn
1932 · Drama
Swanee River
1939 · Drama
Four Wives
1939 · Romance
Hot Blood
1956 · Romance
Anne of the Indies
1951 · Drama
Woman in a Dressing Gown
1957 · Drama
The Best of Everything
1959 · Romance
Man on Fire
1957 · Drama
Sweet November
1968 · Drama
Marriage Is a Private Affair
1944 · War
The Prizefighter and the Lady
1933 · Romance
The Late George Apley
1947 · Comedy
Doctor Chakravarthy
1964
Beyond the Law
1968 · Comedy
Mandy
1952 · Drama
The Dolly Sisters
1945 · Music
I Shot Jesse James
1949 · Western
Billy Liar
1963 · Romance
A Letter for Evie
1946 · Comedy
Fire Down Below
1957 · Romance
The Great McGinty
1940 · Comedy
Two Soldiers
1943 · War
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