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Emotionally Heavy Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
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Accident
2017 · Action
Alien Invasion: S.U.M.1
2017 · Sci-Fi
Annadurai
2017 · Family
Missing 2
2017 · Thriller
Forgotten
2017 · Thriller
The Chase
2017 · Thriller
Perfect Strangers
2017 · Drama
Antiporno
2017 · Drama
Totem
2017 · Crime
Boar
2017 · Horror
Darkest Hour
2017 · Biography
I Am Elizabeth Smart
2017 · Drama
Mudbound
2017 · Drama
Verna
2017 · Drama
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
2017 · Drama
Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru
2017 · Thriller
The Breadwinner
2017 · Drama
A Fantastic Woman
2017 · Drama
Wet Woman in the Wind
2017 · Drama
Sweet Virginia
2017 · Drama
Revolt
2017 · Action
Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters
2017 · Action
Aksar 2
2017 · Romance
Slaughterbots
2017 · Action
Cocaine Godmother
2017 · Drama
Murder on the Orient Express
2017 · Drama
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
2017 · Drama
Oasis
2017 · Drama
I Remember You
2017 · Drama
Mayhem
2017 · Action
A Bride for Rip Van Winkle
2017 · Drama
The Price
2017 · Drama
Bitch
2017 · Drama
Aramm
2017 · Drama
Okkadu Migiladu
2017 · History
The Unseen
2017 · Thriller
Thumper
2017 · Drama
Ittefaq
2017 · Mystery
Last Flag Flying
2017 · Drama
Blade of the Immortal
2017 · Action
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