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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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Pity
2018 · Drama
Small Town Crime
2018 · Mystery
Vodka Diaries
2018 · Mystery
The Revival
2018 · Drama
Mom and Dad
2018 · Thriller
The Midnight Man
2018 · Horror
Delirium
2018 · Thriller
The Open House
2018 · Horror
Aschhe Abar Shabor
2018 · Drama
My Birthday Song
2018 · Thriller
The Banishment
2018 · Drama
The Insult
2018 · Drama
Batman: Gotham by Gaslight
2018 · Action
Dim the Fluorescents
2018 · Drama
Saturday Church
2018 · Drama
Proud Mary
2018 · Crime
Thaanaa Serndha Koottam
2018 · Crime
Kaalakaandi
2018 · Drama
Acts of Violence
2018 · Action
Jai Simha
2018 · Comedy
Sketch
2018 · Action
The Beyond
2018 · Sci-Fi
Blame
2018 · Drama
Insidious: The Last Key
2018 · Drama
Day of the Dead: Bloodline
2018 · Horror
Eeda
2018 · Drama
The Invisible Boy: Second Generation
2018 · Fantasy
Colony
2018
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
2017 · Biography
Balloon
2017 · Thriller
Okka Kshanam
2017 · Romance
Ulkuthu
2017 · Action
1987: When the Day Comes
2017 · Thriller
In the Fade
2017 · Drama
Phantom Thread
2017 · Drama
All the Money in the World
2017 · Biography
Molly's Game
2017 · Biography
A Horrible Woman
2017 · Drama
Deadma Walking
2017 · Music
Ang Panday
2017 · Family
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