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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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To the Bone
2017 · Drama
Lady Macbeth
2017 · Drama
Wish Upon
2017 · Thriller
Dharmayuddhaya
2017 · Drama
Lapachhapi
2017 · Thriller
Dandupalya 2
2017 · Crime
Berlin Falling
2017 · Crime
Playing with Dolls: Havoc
2017 · Thriller
Bloody Crayons
2017 · Horror
Falsettos
2017 · Music
Unrest
2017 · Documentary
The Substitute
2017 · Drama
Our Time Will Come
2017 · Drama
A Ghost Story
2017 · Drama
The Sea
2017 · Drama
Mom
2017 · Thriller
Tiyaan
2017 · Drama
Bad Frank
2017 · Drama
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable – Chapter 1
2017 · Action
The House
2017 · Comedy
13 Minutes
2017 · Biography
It's Only the End of the World
2017 · Drama
Reset
2017 · Action
2:22
2017 · Action
Inconceivable
2017 · Drama
Darkness Rising
2017 · Horror
Okja
2017 · Action
Anarchist from Colony
2017 · Drama
The Beguiled
2017 · Drama
The Ornithologist
2017 · Adventure
A Beginner's Guide to Snuff
2017 · Thriller
The Bad Batch
2017 · Sci-Fi
Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press
2017 · Documentary
Anbanavan Asaradhavan Adangadhavan
2017 · Action
Vanamagan
2017 · Action
Men
2017 · Comedy
National Theatre Live: Salomé
2017 · Fantasy
12 Feet Deep
2017 · Thriller
Resident Evil: Vendetta
2017 · Action
Murdered for Being Different
2017 · Drama
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