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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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The Outsider
2018 · Drama
The Strangers: Prey at Night
2018 · Horror
The Leisure Seeker
2018 · Adventure
Hate Story IV
2018 · Drama
Family First
2018 · Drama
The Resistance Banker
2018 · War
KL Special Force
2018 · Crime
The Vanished
2018 · Thriller
The Grey Zones
2018 · Drama
Veronica
2018 · Drama
Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple
2018 · Comedy
Red Sparrow
2018 · Drama
Goldstone
2018 · Thriller
Pari
2018 · Fantasy
Ravenous (Les Affamés)
2018 · Sci-Fi
Death Wish
2018 · Action
Mohawk
2018 · Action
Submission
2018 · Drama
The Vanishing Of Sidney Hall
2018 · Drama
Kalki
2018 · Romance
The Heretic
2018 · Documentary
A.I. Rising
2018 · Drama
Operation Red Sea
2018 · Action
Annihilation
2018 · Action
The Young Karl Marx
2018 · Biography
The Cured
2018 · Sci-Fi
The Lodgers
2018 · Drama
Curvature
2018 · Sci-Fi
Mute
2018 · Sci-Fi
Death House
2018 · Horror
Tagaru
2018 · Action
The Quiet Room
2018 · Drama
Attraction
2018 · Romance
Before Winter Comes
2018 · Drama
The Silent Revolution
2018 · Drama
District
2018 · Crime
Utøya: July 22
2018 · History
3 Days in Quiberon
2018 · Drama
Profile
2018 · Thriller
Boys Cry
2018 · Crime
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- Emotionally Heavy Movies Movies that make you cry and stay with you.
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