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Bittersweet Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
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Tonight and Every Night
1945 · Music
Green Dolphin Street
1947 · Drama
Seed
1931 · Drama
Cast a Giant Shadow
1966 · Drama
One Desire
1955 · Drama
My Brother Jonathan
1948 · Drama
Aah
1953 · Drama
Bravissimo
1955 · Comedy
Mashenka
1942 · Romance
Joseph
1995 · Drama
Right Cross
1950 · Drama
Late Chrysanthemums
1954 · Drama
You Came Along
1945 · Drama
Old Acquaintance
1943 · Drama
Shenandoah
1965 · War
Kismet
1943 · Drama
As the Earth Turns
1934 · Drama
The Master of Ballantrae
1953 · Adventure
The Phantom Planet
1961
Incendiary Blonde
1945 · Romance
Ring of Bright Water
1969 · Family
Crimson Romance
1934 · War
Goodbye, Columbus
1969 · Comedy
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
1969 · Drama
Sanjuro
1962 · Comedy
Picnic
1955 · Drama
Late Autumn
1960 · Drama
The McConnell Story
1955 · Drama
Easy Living
1949 · Drama
I Aim at the Stars
1960 · Drama
Tarana
1951 · Romance
Ek Phool Do Mali
1969
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
1960 · Drama
Beyond Tomorrow
1940 · Romance
Iru Kodugal
1969 · Drama
One Way Passage
1932 · Romance
Long Live the Mistress!
1947 · Comedy
April Showers
1948 · Music
Union Depot
1932 · Romance
There’s Always Tomorrow
1934 · Romance
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