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Emotionally Heavy Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
19,818 emotionally heavy movies, each with a full plot summary, timeline, character guide and the ending explained. Combine filters to narrow it down.
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Sabrina
2018 · Thriller
The Most Assassinated Woman in the World
2018 · Thriller
Forget Me Not
2018 · Drama
Bleeding Steel
2018 · Action
The Lighthouse
2018 · Thriller
Sorry to Bother You
2018 · Sci-Fi
The Skin of the Wolf
2018 · Drama
Mr. Chandramouli
2018 · Family
Pantham
2018 · Drama
The First Purge
2018 · Action
Le Mans 1955
2018 · Animation
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
2018 · Action
Three Identical Strangers
2018 · Documentary
Leave No Trace
2018 · Drama
The Domestics
2018 · Thriller
Custody
2018 · Drama
Sanju
2018 · Biography
Calibre
2018 · Thriller
Dark River
2018 · Drama
Tau
2018 · Sci-Fi
Winter Brothers
2018 · Drama
Black Water
2018 · Action
Till the End of the World
2018 · Drama
Songbird
2018 · Drama
The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion
2018 · Action
The Road Not Taken
2018 · Comedy
The King
2018 · Documentary
Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts
2018 · Drama
The Catcher Was a Spy
2018 · Biography
Never Steady, Never Still
2018 · Drama
Damsel
2018 · Drama
Spiral
2018 · Documentary
Brain on Fire
2018 · Biography
Tik Tik Tik
2018 · Adventure
Distorted
2018 · Action
Brothers’ Nest
2018 · Crime
Love Sonia
2018 · Drama
Hannah Gadsby: Nanette
2018 · Comedy
The Unthinkable
2018 · Thriller
Abrahaminte Santhathikal
2018 · Crime
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- Mind-Bending Movies Confusing, twisting stories you need to watch twice.
- Fast-Paced Movies No slow scenes: the story never stops moving.
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- Emotionally Heavy Movies Movies that make you cry and stay with you.
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