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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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Naam Shabana
2017 · Action
Despite the Falling Snow
2017 · Drama
The Discovery
2017 · Sci-Fi
The Zookeeper's Wife
2017 · Biography
Here Alone
2017 · Sci-Fi
The Blackcoat's Daughter
2017 · Thriller
The Death of Louis XIV
2017 · Biography
Life
2017 · Sci-Fi
Dhayam
2017 · Thriller
Take Off
2017 · Thriller
Victor
2017 · Biography
House on Willow Street
2017 · Action
The Most Hated Woman in America
2017 · Biography
The Levelling
2017 · Drama
Bokeh
2017 · Sci-Fi
Prevenge
2017 · Drama
Dear Nathan
2017 · Drama
The Heavy Hand of the Law
2017 · Crime
The Heretics
2017 · Fantasy
Mist & the Maiden
2017 · Thriller
Atomica
2017 · Sci-Fi
T2 Trainspotting
2017 · Drama
The Belko Experiment
2017 · Action
Mantra
2017
Urvi
2017 · Drama
The Devil's Candy
2017 · Horror
Mean Dreams
2017 · Thriller
They Call Me Jeeg
2017 · Action
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?
2017 · Drama
Frantz
2017 · Drama
Petscop
2017 · Animation
Disgraced
2017 · Documentary
Burning Sands
2017 · Drama
Brimstone
2017 · Mystery
The Sense of an Ending
2017 · Drama
Raw
2017 · Drama
Personal Shopper
2017 · Drama
Tu Pug Imatuy
2017 · Drama
Three Strangers
2017 · Comedy
Pwera Usog
2017 · Horror
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- Fast-Paced Movies No slow scenes: the story never stops moving.
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- Emotionally Heavy Movies Movies that make you cry and stay with you.
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