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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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Land of Mine
2016 · Drama
I Am Not Your Negro
2016 · Documentary
Spectral
2016 · Action
Pandora
2016 · Thriller
White Lily
2016 · Drama
Incarnate
2016 · Thriller
Maaveeran Kittu
2016 · Drama
Kuttikalundu Sookshikkuka
2016 · Thriller
Run the Tide
2016 · Drama
Man Down
2016 · Drama
Pet
2016 · Thriller
The Eyes of My Mother
2016 · Drama
The Duelist
2016 · Action
Jackie
2016 · Biography
Things to Come
2016 · Drama
Kahaani 2
2016 · Thriller
Saithan
2016 · Action
The Super Parental Guardians
2016 · Comedy
Derailed
2016 · Action
Missing
2016 · Drama
Lion
2016 · Drama
10 Kalpanakal
2016 · Crime
Purano Dunga
2016 · Drama
Moh Maya Money
2016 · Crime
Tank 432
2016 · Action
Miss Sloane
2016 · Drama
Always Shine
2016 · Thriller
Evolution
2016 · Sci-Fi
1898: Our Last Men in the Philippines
2016 · Drama
Allied
2016 · Action
Bad Santa 2
2016 · Drama
Working Beks
2016 · Comedy
Mercy
2016 · Drama
Manchester by the Sea
2016 · Drama
Bleed for This
2016 · Biography
Ekkadiki Pothavu Chinnavada
2016 · Romance
Life on the Line
2016 · Action
Ali and Nino
2016 · Drama
Divines
2016 · Drama
Nocturnal Animals
2016 · Drama
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