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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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Inuyashiki
2018 · Fantasy
Lou Andreas-Salomé, The Audacity to be Free
2018 · Biography
The Farm
2018 · Horror
Beyond the Clouds
2018 · Drama
Ghost Stories
2018 · Drama
Traffik
2018 · Thriller
Unforgiven
2018 · History
Bharat Ane Nenu
2018 · Drama
This Is Our Land
2018 · Drama
And Then I Go
2018 · Drama
Kammara Sambhavam
2018 · Thriller
October
2018 · Romance
The Rider
2018 · Adventure
Zama
2018 · Drama
Kabir
2018 · Action
Marrowbone
2018 · Drama
Submergence
2018 · Drama
An Ordinary Man
2018 · Drama
Wildling
2018 · Drama
10x10
2018 · Thriller
Blumhouse's Truth or Dare
2018 · Thriller
Truth or Dare
2018 · Thriller
Don’t. Get. Out!
2018 · Thriller
Beirut
2018 · Drama
Parallel
2018 · Fantasy
Seven
2018 · Thriller
Big Fish & Begonia
2018 · Adventure
Chappaquiddick
2018 · Biography
A Quiet Place
2018 · Sci-Fi
Lean on Pete
2018 · Adventure
Blackmail
2018 · Thriller
You Were Never Really Here
2018 · Drama
Sweet Country
2018 · Adventure
The Endless
2018 · Sci-Fi
Lowlife
2018 · Drama
6 Balloons
2018 · Drama
Missing
2018 · Thriller
The Miracle Season
2018 · Biography
The Humanity Bureau
2018 · Action
To Die For
2018 · Drama
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