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Heatwave

Australia, 1981
film

A suspenseful thriller about a woman who cared too much about people, their lives and their homes, and a man who had a job to do and wouldn’t be swayed ..

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The Heatwave lasted four days

Canada, 1974
Similarity: 81%

Bodyheat = Body heat

United States, 1981
Similarity: 72%

Heat

United States, 1995
Similarity: 71%

Heat = Andy Warhol presents Heat

United States, 1972
Similarity: 71%

Sunshine romance

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Similarity: 69%

Hot stuff

Canada, 1971
Similarity: 69%

Warm nights on a slow moving train

Australia, 1987
Similarity: 69%

Blowing hot and cold

Australia, 1988
Similarity: 69%

Kagero = Heat Wave Island (Cinemascope Print)

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Similarity: 68%

Weather does its thing

United States, 1970
Similarity: 68%

Red heat (Captioned)

United States, 1988
Similarity: 68%

Heat and dust

United Kingdom, 1983
Similarity: 68%

On the Beach

United States of America, 1959
Similarity: 68%

Images

United States, 1972
Similarity: 68%

The Long hot summer

United States, 1958
Similarity: 67%

White heat

United States, 1949
Similarity: 67%

The Hurricane

United States, 1937
Similarity: 67%

Overlooked

Australia, 1981
Similarity: 67%
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