Movies Like A Streetcar Named Desire

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A Streetcar Named Desire

1951·2h 5m·★ 7.9·Elia Kazan

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1998·1h 59m·★ 8.5·Tony Kaye

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1962·2h 9m·★ 8.2·Robert Mulligan

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1959·2h 41m·★ 8.0·Otto Preminger

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1994·2h 3m·★ 7.5·Neil Jordan

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1999·1h 38m·★ 7.1·Søren Kragh-Jacobsen

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1997·2h 1m·★ 6.7·Clint Eastwood

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How Good Is A Streetcar Named Desire?

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